Today's Links (10/13) -- The Liar-Liar-Pants-on-Fire Edition

[Italicized comments are my own and not from the referenced article.]

Fact-Checking the Ayers Allegations: So Wrong, It’s “Pants on Fire” Wrong
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002974214

The McCain campaign isn't worried about truth. They're desperate.

Vote for Obama
http://www.slate.com/id/2202163

The author of this piece has written some pretty bad (and often misleading) stuff about Obama ... but he's apparently more comfortable with him than McSame.

McCain abandons plan for new tax cuts
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14508.html

No surprise here. McCain changes his mind on economic issues more often than he does in any other area.

Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101202333.html

McCain's ratings are dropping because his campaign has pretty much stopped talking about things that are important to voters and have gone exclusively negative.

Writing Memoir, McCain Found a Narrative for Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13mccain.html

Nice, except he didn't write much of it; his speechwriter did.

Obama surges past McCain in fundraising race
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-money13-2008oct13,0,6436466.story

There are a lot of people in this country desperate for a better world who are sending in $25 or $50 ...

John McCain, Barack Obama on healthcare
http://www.latimes.com/features/la-he-healthcare13-2008oct13,0,3711417.story

McCain wants to tax your health care benefits; that's no solution.

Pentagon divided over John McCain
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-mccainmil13-2008oct13,0,7923948.story

No real surprise there.

These days, even 'The View' is getting political
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-channel13-2008oct13,0,3964529.story

I'm not sure how anybody watches this stuff, mostly because Elizabeth acts like she knows what she's talking about even though the words that come out of her mouth are sheer lunacy.

For president, a generational conflict
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-baker13-2008oct13,0,7097395.story

"Palin could be the next Richard Nixon." That sentence alone should scare the Hell out of you.

What McCain Hasn't Tried
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201632.html

Talking about the issues would be a nice change of pace.

Does Your Subconscious Think Obama Is Foreign?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201873.html

Uhhhh ... no. My subconscious thinks he's American.

The next president and the economy
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-economy13-2008oct13,0,63281.story

I don't envy the next president in the least. He's going to have a multitude of dilemmas on his hands.

The GOP and the perils of populism
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rodriguez13-2008oct13,0,936020.column

Republicans just don't "get it."

GOP Head Compares Obama to Bin Laden
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201956.html

This guy is just nuts.

Does Sarah Palin Have a Pentecostal Problem?
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1848420,00.html

There's really no other explanation for that bogus Rev. Wright "issue" not appearing again.

Bristol Palin's Boyfriend Says Couple Expects Boy in December
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6019811

Dropping out of school is a helluva first step towards providing for your new family -- not to mention a great sign of maturity. NOT.