How They Roll

Propagate a hateful racially-charged video, then say "Oopsie Daisy!" and suspend (not "fire") the lackey who pushed it - which of course doesn't reverse the fact that the video is still out there making the Freepers' and wingnuts' collective underpants tighter.

A McCain campaign aide actively pushed an incendiary, racially-charged video that uses the controversial words of Barack Obama's pastor to tar Obama as unpatriotic -- despite the fact that McCain himself has suggested that Obama shouldn't be held accountable for Wright's views.

The aide, Soren Dayton, who works in McCain's political department, has been suspended from the campaign, a McCain spokesperson, Jill Hazelbaker, confimed to me.

The move by McCain's aide could create controversy for the McCain camp, because the video itself is thoroughly reprehensible -- it interweaves footage of Obama explaining why he won't wear the American flag pin, Wright saying "God damn America," Malcolm X, and Obama's wife saying that his candidacy has made her proud of America for the "first time."

That Obama is trying to talk about real issues while this fiddly-fart bullshit is dominating the conversation is a credit to Obama. Sadly, the fiddly-fart bullshit will be soaked up like a sponge among the electorate.