The International House of Bacon

This is what happens when Geometry Wars and a pennant race end up replacing political writing in my evening free time.

* First, I may have jumped the gun on this: maybe the McCain ad about Obama and sex education wasn’t completely wrong. Someone also dug up this ABC report, where Obama comes right out and notes the situation. Honestly? It’s not a huge issue for me in either direction, but it’s lose-lose for Obama at this point - he can’t outright deny it without going back on both his word and the wording of the legislation, and he can’t endorse it without igniting a culture battle he can’t win.

* Also, perhaps the most important campaign issue that’s surfaced in the last week is Obama’s attempts to delay the troop withdrawal agreement until Bush leaves office. More detail here, there’s obviously a lot to pore through, but it makes one wonder why he’d complain about the money being spent on Iraq and call for an immediate withdrawal, and then turn around and try to delay a withdrawal plan. It’s very strange.

* With the financial news this week, it’s worth highlighting Don Luskin’s piece on the economy in the Washington Post. Few people get it the way Luskin gets it.

* Beldar on why Palin was right on the Charlie Gibson interview regarding the Bush Doctrine. The revisionism on the Doctrine is nothing short of astounding to me, and Gibson is complicit. By the way, ABC? Great editing job, really. Again, don’t trust the first thing you hear from the media regarding Palin. Ever.

* Oh, and that NYT piece on Palin over the weekend? That’s all they’ve got? He said, she said anecdotes? Riiiight.

* The Volokh Conspiracy had two posts on the whole book banning thing in Alaska as well. They’re very detailed and worth a look.

* Obama doesn’t consider commissions useful, unless he wants them.

* The Democrats bear no responsibility for the financial crisis, says Nancy Pelosi, except when they blocked a call for oversight of Fannie and Freddie. I don’t think anything other than the ridiculously large regulatory structure is to blame in terms of government, but the Pelosi claim doesn’t hold up considering the ideology.

* For some fun: Palin bags a Bigfoot, grading Obama’s response to the financial “crisis”, and viral Spore DRM protests.