Picking up on the point I made below, the Democrats, evidently unable to go toe to toe with John McCain’s actual positions on issues, have confirmed their attack on his “100 years” comment as a key part of their strategy against him. (Politico)

I hope the blogosphere, talk radio and intellectually honest pundits will hold the elite tabloid press to the fire on this one.

This “strategy” is nothing less than flagrant deception, attempting to scare those who aren’t following politics closely – particularly young people and busy working folks. When a Democrat throws out something like, “Well, John McCain wants the war to continue for 100 years” and the news anchors and analysts don’t call them on it, casual viewers assume the statement to be accurate.

 The Democrats wouldn’t dare employ this desperate (and pathetic) strategy if they didn’t think they could count on a free pass from the press.

Let’s not let them get away with this kind of outright lying this year.