Arugula-Eating Bad Asses: Tough Bo-Bo Sends War Veteran Scurrying for Cover

I just read what might be one of the most absurd quotes of this election. When his patriotism and commitment to success in Iraq was questioned, Obama said, "John McCain doesn't know what he's up against."

John McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton when the junior senator from Illinois was starting kindergarten. When Russia invaded Georgia and Obama got his 3AM call he said, "I'm going body boarding." He couldn't be bothered to yank himself away from his Hawaiian vacation to salvage his flimsy foreign policy image. I'm pretty sure John McCain knows what he's up against.

Olympics

I abandoned my principles--I broke down and watched the Olympics. I was at the Ford dealership getting my car fixed and the TV in the waiting room was turned to the Women's 50m Freestyle . I couldn't very well say to the other people there, "Excuse me, but due to China's ongoing persecution of political dissidents, Christians, and Tibet, I insist that we change the channel."

So I watched. In spite of the fact that the Chinese, in their standard Asian commie creepiness, had one little girl lip sync while another sang because the singer wasn't deemed sufficiently cute enough. And in spite of the fact that they had "16-year old" gymnasts who could only be 16 if they were forced to smoke, drink coffee, and sleep in a short bed, which knowing China wouldn't be outside of the realm of possibility and the fact that the Beijing Olympics has been the biggest Potemkin undertaking since Pyongyang. I watched and it was pretty damn good.