One thing we've learned from Tuesday's primaries

(in case anyone might have forgotten) is that the left is just as capable of fear mongering as the right (as evidenced by Hillary's well reported ringing red phone at 3am ad).  It also appears to be effective as shown by polls taken after the ad first started airing.  They showed voters who had yet to commit to a candidate overwhelmingly falling into Cliton's camp while at the same time voters in Ohio and Texas where the ads were aired characterized Clinton as being a more capable Commander in Chief than Obama.  Apparently, because the red phone ad didn't stoop low enough, Clinton has now started airing a new spot which pretends to be a legitimate news story.  Here's the text:

This is an election news update with a major news story reported by the AP. While Senator Obama has crisscrossed Ohio giving speeches attacking NAFTA, his top economic advisor was telling the Canadians that was all just political maneuvering. A newly released document from the Canadian government shows that Obama's senior economic advisor met with the Canadian Consul General and made clear that Obama's attack on NAFTA were just, quote, "political maneuvering," not policy. Political maneuvering, not policy. In fact, the document shows that Obama's advisor also assured the Canadians that these attacks against NAFTA would not continue. Obama would not want to be, quote, "fundamentally changing the agreement." As Senator Obama was telling one story to Ohio, his campaign was telling a very different story to Canada. How will Ohioans decide whether they can believe Senator Obama's words? We'll find that out on election day. Paid for by Hillary Clinton for President.

This is about as on the level as those phony news stories announcing medical "breakthroughs" and "just found" Civil War era coins.  Jeez, what can we expect for her next spot?  Indicted Chicago developer Tony Rezko lurking in the shadows of an imagined Obama Oval Office like some street pusher raising ghosts of Willie Horton?  I guess that when Hillary said she knew what to expect from a Republican attack machine it wasn't just that she knew their playbook -- it was a playbook she knew how to use.

It's about time someone said it

"What exactly is this foreign policy experience?" Obama asked mockingly. "Was she negotiating treaties? Was she handling crises? The answer is no."

I've been waiting months for someone to call Hillary on her assertions of "White House experience."  She wants to use her position as a former First Lady as a reason for why she is more qualified to be Commander in Chief but what exactly did she do that would have earned this experience?  My strongest recollection of her being actively involved in policy and decisions was her failed attempt at universal health care, a plan that failed so badly it's taken something like fifteen years before anyone will seriously start talking about it again in Washington.

Really, what is this great experience she's talking about?

Well, blow me down!

The inspiration for E. C. Segar's Popeye


Frank "Rocky" Fiegle

There was a man in Chester named Rocky Feigle, who had a reputation for being handy with his fists. Thugs thought he'd be a pushover because of his short stature, but Feigle held his own. He worked in George Gozney's bar, sweeping out and straightening up the bar. He usually sat in a chair just outside the establishment. One day a group of five teen-aged toughs decided to lure Feigle to the woods behind the bar with the intent of robbing him. They did so, but when they tried to jump him, Feigle took care of three of them in short order. The other two, anticipating a similar fate, ran away. Feigle returned to his chair outside the bar, lit his corncob pipe and relaxed. Feigle died in 1947 at age 79. It's been strongly rumored over the years that Segar sent Feigle checks in appreciation.

--from Ed Black's Cartoon Flashback