Disgusting...

Hat tip, Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic.

The VRWAM (vast right wing attack machine) is already starting its engines on Obama. First, the NCGOP runs a horrible ad against our Democratic gubernatorial candidates by trying to smear Obama's Wright controversy on them. And now this.

Anyone remember Floyd Brown? He's the lovely fellow who created the Willie Horton ad that pretty much put the nail in the coffin of Mike Dukakis' presidential bid. I was torn whether to give this clown any more press than he deserves, but I really do feel like sunlight is the best disinfectant for ignorant, fear peddling ideologue. Here's the money quote from his website:

Make no mistake, there are people in the United States who despise America... hate America... and hate our way of life. Barack Hussein Obama is THEIR CANDIDATE and they will do everything in their power to make sure that patriotic Americans do not understand exactly how dangerous Barack Hussein Obama really is. They'll hide his record and his past and they'll tar-and-feather his opposition.

Ah yes, the old "hate America" canard. This is exactly the type of politics that Obama is trying to lift the dialogue above. I'll be curious to see if McCain denounces Floyd Brown like he did the NCGOP ad. Or, and I'll make this call now, McCain denounces the ad, "appeals to them" to not run it with a wink and a nod and they run it anyways. McCain's hands stay clean but the attack machine keeps running. We'll see.