Monday Big Blue Smurf Blogging: What They Said

Today's honoree: Tristero, for pointing out just how deeply into the gutter John the Maverick War Hero MaCain is willing to go to get the presidency to which he's felt entitled since he got back from Vietnam.

Money quote:

Don't show me Obama's leading by two whole points in the polls. That is, for all intents and purposes, a tie. By any reality-based standard, this election should be a rout. The Republicans fielded a buffoon and a sociopath while Democrats chose genuine leaders. Racism explains a lot of it. Media bias explains a lot of it. But it is also the case that Democrats are hellbent on avoiding mentioning anything that could possibly be thought "unclean" when the Republicans have demonstrated that no sewer is so foul they won't stoop to disgorge its stinking mess into the public discourse.