Talkin' smack

I feel so silly. As it turns out, the McCain campaign does, in fact, have a strategy. It's incredibly simple. Just complete this sentence: "Barack Obama pals around with [insert bad person or group here]." It doesn't even have to be true. The more outrageous, the better. Like Palin saying Obama pals around with terrorists, a lame attempt at a connection that has been disproven multiple times.

Let's try a few more on for size, and let's not show party preference:

• Obama pals around with...Joe Biden.
• McCain pals around with...Sarah Palin.
• Obama pals around with...David Plouffe.
• McCain pals around with...lobbyists for the financial industry.
• Obama pals around with...naked squirrels.
• McCain pals around with...Charles Keating.

With this strategy, the Count the Lies site may blow up.

Wait a second...naked squirrels?! That sounds like a potential game changer to me. If you care at all about America, I encourage you to buy some squirrel underpants today for every squirrel in your yard. This must be nipped in the bud before the McCain campaign gets wind of it and tries to use it against Obama.

God bless America.