Hendrik Hertzberg makes a good point about the hypocrisy of the Republican candidates trying to stir up fear of Obama by labeling him a socialist. It's one more example of desperate McCain/Palin doublethink as their defeat looms ever closer. The whole piece is worth reading, but I excerpt the conclusion below.

Tonight at the liquor store on Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway (it was a bad day at work and I needed some fortification) the man in front of me, after buying a bottle of white rum (he said he wasn't prejudice) started going off about Obama and why he wasn't supporting him.