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I think I'm alone in that I respect both McCain and Obama. And Biden, for that matter. Even Palin has a fascinating and uniquely American story, even if I do think she's pretty much W. with a better haircut.

But at the tops of the tickets, I got exactly the matchup I wanted a year ago. These are both bright, honorable men who've devoted their lives to serving their country and communities in a way, I suspect, that you and I and the vast majority of Americans wouldn't at gunpoint. I'd be proud to have either as my head of State and commander in chief. Which is a helluva improvement on feeling shame.

And yet their inferiors, moral and otherwise, vilify them. When Chris Rock mentioned McCain during his show here in Seattle, the ditzy left in attendance booed viciously. Contempt? Really? Two days later, the College Gameday show was in Atlanta, and in passing one of them mentioned Obama. The cretins in the audience booed his name just as bloodthirstily. Hatred? Really?

I don't understand you people. Don't want to, either.