Ex Cathedra

Heard of the PUMAs?, the Clintton supporters who were so pissed off at Obama that they decided to vote for McCain?

They’re Swiftboats. Republican dirty tricks.

They debuted on Fox and were snapped up eagerly by every other corporate media outlet, who’d already bought into the Republican narrative that the Democrats were irreparably divided.

Darragh C Murphy, founder of the PUMAs, never gave as nickel to Hillary, but gave $500 to McCain and gave her name to the PAC that launched this Republican lie.

That’s because all you ladies are way to emotional and far too stupid to figure out what McCain has voted to do for and to women over the years and what he’s promised to do if he’s elected.

Thanks to Amanda Marcotte for getting the goods on this liar and to Lindsey Beyerstein and her commentors for following up and finding more astroturf sites that were probably set up by Republican operatives that are spreading this lie.

And obtw, what I expect women to do this November is, one by one, learn about the candidates and what they stand for and make up their own minds and vote for the candidate they think will be best for America, or, failing that, vote against the candidates they think will be nightmares for America. Just like always.

The White House and the right-wing blogosphere have an explanation for Scott McClellan’s book making the news: ‘lib-ruhl media bias.”

Hey, keep those new ideas coming, guys.

As Spring turns into Summer  there’s a real Canary or two who may sing, and  they’re arguably not covered by executive privilege. Keep a happy thought.