Sarah Palin told a conservative radio host that the media is violating her First Amendment rights for criticizing her attacks on Obama:

“If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations,” Palin told host Chris Plante, “then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.”

You can hear the clip here. Palin is so dumb that it hurts.

Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein:

I think it has very much undermined the whole question of John McCain’s judgment. You know what most Americans I think realized is that you don’t offer a job, let alone the vice presidency, to a person after one job interview. Even at McDonald’s, you’re interviewed three times before you get a job.

McCain’s poor judgement shows that he is ill-fitted to be president.

I actually enjoy the duet rendition of “Con Duong Tinh Ta Di” from Duc Tuan and Nguyen Thao better Duc Tuan’s solo on his album. Vo Thien Thanh gives the tune a nice touch of bossa nova. Tuan Ngoc’s “Duong Em Di” and “Tinh Cam” are pretty good too.

John Ridley argues that Palin could have been the Republican’s Obama and “Palin 2.0 will be a force to be reckoned with.” Comparing Palin to Obama is an insult. Yeah, I said it. It needs to be said and I am not being sexist either. Let’s just hope that we won’t see Palin 2.0 in the future. In fact, let’s just hope that we won’t see her again after November 4th.

Fox News Business‘s Neil Cavuto rips McCain on his shifting positions:

You rail against big government, yet continue to push cockamamie spending plans that make a mockery of it. That’s why you’re losing right now, Senator McCain. Not because you don’t have the courage of your convictions. But because on economic matters, you have no convictions.

Here is a perfect example of rewarding the rich and penalizing the poor under Bush-McCain tax plan:

Bajillionaire Warren Buffett has argued that he isn’t being asked to pay his share. He went around his office, asking people what share of their income they pay in income taxes. Buffett’s 17.7 percent tax rate compared a bit too favorably with the 30 percent tax rate paid by his secretary.

Black Sheep’s Dres revived his classic joint to support Obama: You can get with this or you can get with that. The video is quite creative as well.

Hendrik Hertzberg breaks down how Obama got a bargain deal on his half-hour infomercial:

Obama’s half hour was the equivalent of sixty thirty-second commercials. The average price of a thirty-second prime-time ad on NBC is $102,928. On CBS it’s $116,729. Therefore, to buy a half hour in thirty-second increments—the usual procedure, at which no one bats an eye—on both networks would cost…let’s see…$13,179,420.

New Hampshire Republican, Fred Bramante, drops McCain and backs Obama on education:

Bramante, a member of the state Board of Education, said he opposes McCain’s support of school vouchers, which he said politicians must abandon if they want to improve education.

Bramante said he’s concluded that McCain would do little to improve education, while Obama supports new and innovative ideas.

I like Obama’s logo next to Daring Fireball. Very subtle but gives the site a nice touch.