I had to copy this from Daily Kos...

Tom Delay, Indicted Republican: "Unless he proves me wrong, [Obama] is a Marxist."

Hunter, Blogger: "Unless he proves me wrong, Tom Delay lures children into his van with candy, gasses them to death with bug spray, and uses their powdered bones as an aphrodisiac when making love to all the animals at the San Antonio Sea World. Prove me wrong, pal, prove me wrong."

On a more positive note, I want to congratulate Republicans on finally coming up with one (albeit inexplicable) smear against Obama that isn't just codespeak or awkward polite-company placeholder for "he's black. Scary!" Consider the recent dismal record:

Obama has a Kenyan father! (You know what color Kenyans are? Black!) Scary!

Obama might secretly be a Muslim! (You know what color Muslims are? Neither do I, but they might be black for all I know!) Scary!

Obama's middle name is ethnic sounding! Scary!

Obama attends a black church! With black people! Scary!

Obama needs to better prove his patriotism! (Waiver of proof granted if you are a white politician.) Scaaaary!

Obama needs to prove he understands the middle class, like [insert fabulously wealthy pasty white lawmaker here] undoubtably does. (Because black people might not understand the middle class like rich white people do!) Scary again!

Obama can't bowl! (You know who else can't bowl? Terrorists -- I mean, black people!) Super scary!

Obama's wife, this one time, possibly was in the same room as Louis Farrakhan's wife! For a women's luncheon! With black people! Scaaaaary! Booga booga booga! Look, I'm holding a flashlight under my face right now! And there, on the handle of the car door, was a hook! Aaaaaagh!

Translation of all of the above: Oh my goodness, this guy might be African American or something. But we can't say that out loud, because it's the freaking twenty first century and we'd look like giant, bigoted jackasses

First of all, is there ANY Democrat that Republicans do NOT think is a Marxist? They use that tactic just about every day and it doesn't seem to work.

But if I have this straight, according to Republicans, Obama is a communist, elitist, radical Muslim, radical Christian, America-hating, racist terrorist. Talk about cosmopolitan!

Btw, here's a gem from Hugh Hewitt: "And did the Obama rally begin with the Soviet National Anthem?"

And from National Review: "U2's "Beautiful Day" is playing at the Barack Obama rally. No Americans write music Obama likes?"

The Soviet National Anthem thing never happened, which is why he says it as a question, because he knows the answer is 'no'. Scum.

I still wonder how the socialist label is still thrown around seriously in the country and people buy into it. Even moderate leftism has been dead in the country for over thirty years.

If the right lacks anything more than principles, it's imagination.

I read some conservatives on a Red Sox message board call him a socialist and I just laughed. He doesn't even know what a true socialist is.