Some of Barr's key points:

1. McCain, like his mentor, is clueless when it comes to "geopolitics and the ethnic and demographic problems in that part of the world (Georgia)." I should add that this ignorance extends across the globe: he is equally clueless on the Middle East, Asia, Africa, LA and, of course, the Real America (not the one where a person graduates from the middle class after five million dollars).
   
2. McCain, like his mentor, recklessly bases his foreign policy judgments on metaphysical data like that gathered by Bush when he peered into Putin's soul (or spoke with G-d).
   
3. McCain is a moron for his "we are all Georgians" remark. His advisor, Randy Scheunemann, might be a Georgian in the same way that I might  be an Iranian if Ahmadinejad gave me $730,000 for a shoulder to cry on. But, like Barr said, we are not all Georgians.
   
4. McCain, like his mentor, does not understand that American power is not based solely on empty bluster, especially when it can't be backed up.
   
5. Republicans are sucking in the free world (as opposed rocking in it).

Earlier this year, Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to throw his muscle behind John McCain, citing the Senator's record of bipartisanship, as well as his alleged efforts to halt global warming. The former Mr. Olympia, in his appeal to voters, recruited his own ass to deliver the message of support. According to the LA times:

At a solar roofing company in downtown Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger formally backed McCain, praising his record of reaching across the aisle to "get things done" and noting their shared commitment to halt global warming.

"There are people out there that talk about reaching across the aisle, but McCain has shown the action over and over again," Schwarzenegger said. "He's also a crusader to end wasteful spending in Washington, which is so important; and he's a crusader, has a great vision, in protecting the environment and also protecting the economy."

McCain hugged Schwarzenegger and called him "a role model and guide to millions of Americans and people throughout the world."

Ah, nothing tops off a good talking-out-your-ass like receiving a big man-hug from your fellow republican. I bet Lieberman wishes it was Joe in those arms.

Lately, though, Schwarzenegger's ass has ceded the floor to his brain with an increasingly critical view of McCain's shifting energy policy--even going so far as accusing his Republican colleague of "blowing smoke." In the following ad, which takes a few hits on McCain's retohric on energy while defending statements by Obama, Governor Schwarzenegger continues to undermine his party's nominee:

Transcript:

Hello and welcome to Ecodriving. You hear lots of ideas from politicians about lowering gas prices and fighting global warming. Whether it's biofuels, offshore drilling or nuclear power. But none of those will affect the gas prices right now. Only you can do that...just by following the recommendations of this fantastic website. You can reduce your fuel costs by more than 15%. And I am talking about simple things, like proper tire pressure, avoiding rapid starts and stops, and keeping your engine tuned. In fact, if all Americans practiced eco-driving, the reduction in CO2 emissions would be an equivalent of heating and powering of nearly eight cities the size of LA. So we don't have to wait for the politicians to take action; each of us has the power to make a difference right now. So I want everyone across the nation to join in this campaign. And I hope that you will spend some time on the site finding out what you can do to help. Thank you

Click here for video

With energy prices near the top of voter's list of concerns, the above initiative is no small favor to Obama, and it's no discreet diss on McCain. Whether it's his wife's influence or his own guilty conscience, Arnold is proving to be a failed surrogate for McCain. While the McCain campaign encourages advocates to lie, insult, pander, waffle and generally mimic Joe Lieberman's sullied act, Arnold seems to have hopped off the Ass-Talk Express.

In light of this, the following clip fairly illustrates Arnold's current support for McCain:

Anytime McCain speaks, you can win!

For every McCain lie that you expose via diary, I will donate a dollar on your behalf to the Obama campaign. To win, simply post a diary here exposing the newest McCain lie. If you're the first to expose the lie, I will donate a dollar on your behalf to Barack Obama's campaign.*

It's easy, and there are many, many chances to win! Here's an example of a winning diary:

Last night, at Rick Warren's forum, McCain cited a suicide bombing by al-queda that involved two mentally disabled women unwittingly used as bombers.

According McLiar:

My friends, we are facing a transcendent  challenge in the 21st century: radical islamic extremism.

Not too long ago in Baghdad, Al-Queda took two young women who were mentally disabled and put suicide vests on 'em, sent 'em into a market place, and by remote control, detonated those suicide vests. If that isn't evil, you have to tell me what is.

That is evil! And transcendent! But:

The chief Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, said the female bombers had Down syndrome and that the explosives were detonated by remote control indicating they may not having been willing attackers in what could be a new method by suspected Sunni insurgents to subvert stepped up security measures.

And from the NYTimes:

The blasts, coming after a marked drop in violence in Baghdad after the infusion of American troops into the capital and a shift by Sunni tribes against the insurgency, left many people here critical of the authorities and pessimistic for the coming year as they fear withdrawals of American troops.

Officials said insurgents had shifted tactics, because increased checkpoints and roadblocks have made it harder to detonate the car bombs that killed much larger numbers of people in the past.

Sunni Insurgents? Didn't McCain, though, recently claim that those guys (with his surgetastic help) were now helping to fight Al-Queda off? Yet, in front of Rick Warren and G-d, he now reveals that Al-Queda and the Sunni insurgents are still in cahoots?

Where are those lightning bolts when you need them?

Ah, yes, the time-tested Al-Queda/Insurgent interchangeability smokescreen switcharoo!  Use them as synonyms often enough, and everyone will be confused--but you'll never be wrong. It's one of McCain's favorite lies, and just one of many ways you can win! Here's another example of a recent, winning diary by A Siegel:

McCain: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire...

Good luck!

*<SMALL>Each lie can only be entered once; winners will be chosen on a first-exposed/first-wins basis. Winners are limited to one lie per day. Diaries that expose lies subsequently corrected by McCain's handler, Joe Leiberman, receive half-credit. This offer is limited by federal election laws to the first 2300 lies.
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According to Cokie Roberts (if that it is her real name) last week:

Roberts: ...going off this week I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state, but it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place. He should be at Myrtle Beach and if he's going to take a vacation at this time. I just think this is not the time to do that.

Unfortunately, AFP has a cold glass of STFU it needs her to drink:

Obama's poll standing unhurt by Hawaii getaway

by Jitendra Joshi 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - As Barack Obama prepares to rejoin the fray of the White House campaign, the Democratic hopeful can take heart from holding his own in the polls despite sequestering himself in Hawaii for the past week.

But don't worry, Cokie, your "can he seal the deal?" narrative is still as alive and well as it was six months ago. Enjoy:

But with Obama set to resume battle with Republican rival John McCain this weekend following his family break, he cannot be entirely comforted by poll findings that suggest he has yet to seal the deal with US voters.

The guy's been ahead since the starting gate, so shouldn't McCain be the uncomfortable one? I digress. AFP describes the polls, which, not surprisingly, contradicts the "yet to seal the deal" narrative in the very same article:

When he left for vacation in his birth state a week ago, ahead of the convention season, the Illinois senator had a three-point edge over McCain in the Gallup Daily tracking poll.

By Thursday, as Obama packed his bags to fly back to the US mainland, his Gallup lead was still three points -- 46 percent to 43.

But at least McCain's unsightly train-wreck of Rovian campaign commercials is working. They're making American's leery of Obama and his exotic foreign vacation to Hawaii. Meanwhile, McCain bolstered his foreign policy cred at home with bellicose rhetoric pretending to take the Georgian Bull by the horns. Right?

The moving average failed to budge despite a rhetorical onslaught by McCain on the crisis in Georgia, as the Republican's campaign scented an opportunity to hammer Obama on his perceived weak spot of foreign policy.

Rassmussen joins in, buying John McCain a glass of STFU on the rocks:

One poll by Rasmussen said 59 percent of Americans regard Russia's actions in Georgia as a threat to US national security. But only 31 percent believed the United States should take any diplomatic action against Russia.

Awww, is playing make-believe president not working out either, Johnny? You might want to try the race card a little more. Maybe something less discreet than the "White girls love him!" angle.

Don't worry, there's still a little STFU left in that glass for Joe Scarborough, Rick Davis and CNN at large:

Obama does best on readings of which candidate is preferred by voters to tackle what is their overriding priority these days -- the economy.

In Pennsylvania, one of the swing states hit hardest by industrial decline, Obama has built up an eight-point lead of 44 percent to 36, according to the Center for Opinion Research at the Franklin and Marshall College.
...

"Look at the underlying trends. The economy is a huge issue. (President George W.) Bush's ratings are terrible," he said.

Or was I on crack when I read her in college (mid 90s), and she made sense?

She writes:

A major gaffe this summer has been that, in trying to act more casual and folksy to appeal to working-class white voters, Obama has resorted to a cringe-making use of inner-city black intonations and jokey phrasings -- exactly the wrong tactic.

(Example below:)

The following is a key excerpt from the latest swiftboat manual, "Obama Nation":

In this book, I intend to argue that an Obama presidency would lead us into an "Obama Nation." The play on words is fully intended, because Obama's radical leftist politics, driven by the cult of personality he has intentionally manufactured, would be an abomination in that the result of those policies would be to lead the United States in a costly and self-destructive direction, both at home and abroad. After an Obama presidency, we would be a militarily weakened and economically diminished nation. Instead of being more united, our internal conflicts could well become more sharpened and more abrasive from four years of Obama leadership.

This is compelling stuff. Only a few minor edits, and this book describes a stark reality that voters would be loathe to ignore. Here are my suggested edits:

In this book, I intend to argue that an Obama Bush presidency would lead us into an "Obama Nation."  a "Bushterfuk." The play on words is fully intended, because Obama's radical leftist Bush's idiotic right-wing politics, driven by the cult of personality he has intentionally manufactured, would be an abomination in that the result of those policies would be to lead the United States in a costly and self-destructive direction, both at home and abroad. After an Obama a Bush presidency, we would be a militarily weakened and economically diminished nation. Instead of being more united, our internal conflicts could well become more sharpened and more abrasive from four eight years of Obama Bush leadership.

That sounds about right.

Countergarbage: Pre-order Obama's book here (hat tip bincbom).

From Jake Tapper:

How many young white women professing adoration for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, can you count in this anti-Obama web video that the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, was sending out yesterday?
One...two...three...four...sure are a lot of young white women in this thing....

Why do you think they put so many young white women professing their love for Obama in what is clearly an anti-Obama video? What would possibly be negative about young white women liking Sen. Obama?

I'm highly doubtful this strategy would work in 2008, but I recognize the McCain campaign's desperation in trying. Of course, McCain's klan would never admit it:

When asked, the McCain campaign says they took the video from local news packages, but of course that doesn't explain anything.
- jpt

UPDATE: McCain campaign senior adviser Mark Salter writes to say: "All we are suggesting is 'the kids think he's dreamy. But should he be president?'"

Translation:

"All we are suggesting is guard our women with your vote. White Power!"

What this cynical ploy ignores is that McCain already has a lock on the latent racists voting bloc. Not only is he throwing away money trying to reach his core supporters (bigots), but he's alienating precious independent voters who will never take the race bait. This fear might play out well for McCain in Kentucky, Tennessee et al., but the states he needs to win are Wisconsin, Virginia, Minnesota etc.

My prediction: On election night, the McCain campaign will be rudely welcomed into the 21st century by exit polls that show the "Bradley effect" has been replaced by the "Obama occurance" (i.e. polls, accounting for "likely voters" and neglecting cell-phone users, will have severely underestimated the sharp increase in voters who are not stuck in 1998. Or, in McCain's case, 1928).

Warning: The following video will offend your family values.

In the above video, Sheppard Smith lets one of McCain's terms of endearment for Cindy slip out. It rhymes with stunt. Freudian slip? Probably not, considering FOX has not been shy about its full-throated support of McCain's ideas. Sheppard attempts to walk back from his remarks, but now we know how he really feels.

Next up on FOX:*

1. Bill O'reilly tells a rape joke.
   
2. Sean Hannity pimps his wife out to 50,000 bikers.
   
3. After a long day in the studio, John Gibson yells at Neil Cavuto, "at least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c###."
   
4. Senator Lindsey Graham responds to a question with an awkward wife-beating quip.

*This list is, though not exhaustive, is based on actual acts of McCain.

I know what you're all thinking: thank G-d Barack Obama, and not these people, represents my family's values!