Al Qaeda Endorses John McCain?

Of course not. But if the news today had come out the other direction, you can be certain we'd be hearing it non-stop out of the McCain camp.

Certain al Qaeda websites have posted messages indicating glee at our current financial troubles and the fervent hope that hot-headed John McCain wins our next election, so that he'll continue to further our fiscal woes with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is a non-issue, or should be. But it rings back in my head to 2004, when we heard incessantly how al Qaeda wanted Kerry to win, and it just reminds me how ugly and dirty politics have gotten, and how angry I was at the time.

So, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. To use John McCain's latest rhetorical flourish, I think the American public needs to know more about McCain's ties to al Qaeda, and to ask themselves why al Qaeda would prefer him as our next President.

Of course it's ludicrous. But if things were reversed, I'll lay good odds that the OTHER side wouldn't be so quick to call it ludicrous. Remember back in April, when McCain said Obama was the Hamas choice? He said essentially that.

Liam.