Some of us realized this 2 months ago. Others drank the Kool-Aid -- FOX and most rank-and-file Republicans among them -- insisting that perfectly legitimate questions like those asked in the Gibson and Couric interviews were gotcha journalism.
McCain-Palin didn't deserve 46% of the vote. They got that much by hiding the truth and stoking racial/terrorism fears, among other things.
From the NYT, a map of the areas where McCain performed better than Bush in 2004:
Yglesias jokes:
You can see why John McCain’s principled stand against higher taxes on the wealthy would have a special resonance in this region. Liberals who thought race had something to do with those appeals should be ashamed of themselves.Today's GOP is a tragic disgrace.
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