Black and White...

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My friend Elliot has suggested that, while I pride myself in seeing things in Black and White, I might not be as good at it as I think, or would like.

That was last week, and I have thought a lot about it, off and on, in the intervening days.

I understand his point, but he's wrong.

It's not that I am treating the two campaigns differently, it's that we are viewing two completely different campaigns.

As we saw yesterday in front of the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, nothing bad ever happens to the McCain campaign, everybody loves him and her, no mistakes are made, no false steps occur.

His 100% reputation of integrity is intact, and unquestionable. When it was pointed out that he approved a message falsely claiming Barack Obama voted for a bill to educate Kindergarteners in sex ed, he replied that he needed a better example than that.

Uh, the Keating 5? Sending troops to war under a lie? Claiming credit for a GI Bill you opposed? Where and when does it stop?

On the other hand, Barack Obama has corrected his campaign staff, and even disagreed with Joe Biden, on several occasions. What a concept.

Two campaigns?

Barack Obama is not telling America that John McCain is a White Supremacist, but John McCain is trying to hint to America that Barack Obama is a Muslim Terrorist.

Barack Obama is not screaming about John McCain's questionable pastor ties, nor Sarah Palin's videotaped encounter with an African Witch Doctor, but John McCain is trying to convince America that Barack Obama is an angry black man because of the things said by Jeremiah Wright.

Barack Obama is not questioning John McCain's patriotism, but John McCain is questioning Barack Obama's. Questioning the patriotism of ANY United States Senator is quite simply outrageous.

John McCain is trying to sell Barack Obama as an elitist, but doesn't know how many homes he owns.

When Sarah Palin, who clearly qualifies as a Dickless Cheney, contradicted his Pakistan Border policy, it was because it was a "gotcha" question.

Last week, John McCain took credit for a bailout that failed, and then blamed Barack Obama for the failure.

Last week, McCain ads appeared in several places, claiming he handily won the debate- except they appeared the morning of the debate that didn't take place until that evening.

John McCain accuses the Harvard Law Review alumni, and 12-year law professor, of not knowing the difference between a strategy and a tactic. Barack Obama knows that John McCain's strategy is to make the American public afraid of him; the tactic is to lie to them all that Barack Obama will raise their taxes.

My rules of the game are the same for everyone- but they do have to be in the same game.