Withered old asshole McCain to embrace scumbaginess fully, add withered old prick to his repertoire

The Presidential election is 31 days away and if you thought that the McCain/Palin campaign's been going negative since, like, ever, boy have they got news for you...you ain't seen nothing yet sparky! From today's Washington Post...

Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said.

With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain's team has decided that its emphasis on the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. The Arizonan's campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls.

"We're going to get a little tougher," a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. "We've got to question this guy's associations. Very soon. There's no question that we have to change the subject here," said the operative, who was not authorized to discuss strategy and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

And right on cue, bat-shit crazy, fake baby birthing church lady Sarah Palin was out on the campaign trail today implying that Obama regularly samples brie and pinot noir with terrorists who want to destroy America and rape your souls while they drink the blood of your children...

Palin told a group of donors at a private airport, "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She also said, "This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America."

Palin, Alaska's governor, said that donors on a greeting line had encouraged her and McCain to get tougher on Obama. She said an aide then advised her, "Sarah, the gloves are off, the heels are on, go get to them."

Palin's reference was to Bill Ayers, one of the founders of the group the Weather Underground. Its members took credit for bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, during the tumultuous Vietnam War era four decades ago. Obama, who was a child when the group was active, served on a charity board with Ayers several years ago and has denounced his radical views and activities.

So...buckle your seatbelts.

UPDATE:

CNN fact-checks Palin's comments and essentially calls her a liar. The AP calls Palin's assault thinly veiled racism. And the NY Times ran a front page expose on the Obama-Ayers connection and came away with nothing.