Today's Links (10/4)

[Italicized comments, unless in quotes, are my own and not from the referenced article.]

Palin's Tax Return Mystery: Where Are The Per Diems?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/03/palins-tax-return-mystery_n_131791.html

Well, it sure as hell took long enough to release them! But only 2 years' worth?! That's pathetic.

Palins' taxes shows Joe and Jill Six-Pack lifestyle
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14266.html

"The Palins passed up the opportunity to direct $12 from their 2006 and 2007 taxes to the presidential public financing system through which the McCain-Palin campaign received $84.1 million for the general election." Uhhhhh ... okay.

Champ vs. Doggone
http://www.slate.com/id/2201336

I still think Biden had a better performance ... but it's true that Sarah Palin didn't throw up or fall off of the stage.

She Still Knows Nothing
http://www.slate.com/default.aspx?id=2201510

"Palin proved that she can speak in complete sentences, but not that she understands anything about foreign policy." I don't believe I can express it any better than that. :-)

Dick Cheney, Role Model
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04sat1.html

And not exactly in a good way.

Obama's other running mate: a basketball
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-basketball4-2008oct04,0,4619598.story

Hey, if it keeps him relaxed and in good shape, I'm all for it.

Obama About to Be Hit on Questionable Associates
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/obama-about-to.html

I've been waiting for Republicans to get desperate enough to go this route. The truth is that there is no evidence that Obama ever did anything illegal or unethical ... but that won't stop the GOPers. Of course, it's laughable for them to be talking about ethics after the last 8 years of Bush, Cheney, DeLay, Craig, etc., etc., etc.

Obama: McCain health plan 'radical'
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14271.html

There's a lot about McCain that's radical, which is probably one of the things conservatives have disliked about him over his long career.