It's hard to find good badness for the Sith Blogroll ... (Updated)

Newest Sith Blogroller "Comments from Left Field" is displaying an interesting tendency in the early going--a tendency to base conclusions on thin evidence.

First, last week's big prison break in Kandahar was supposed to be the final proof (if more was needed!) that the Taliban is making a comeback in Afghanistan, as I documented here alongside some of the evidence of the Taliban having a very tough go of it overall.

Today, Kyle E. Moore did the same sort of thing ("Kathy" was responsible for the Taliban post) in stating that a forthcoming book would provide the final proof that the GOP's entire election strategy would focus on smearing Barack Obama. Seriously.

Just in case the countless attempts to smear Obama thus far haven’t convinced you yet, a book scheduled to be released this August should make it abundantly clear that the right’s entire strategy for putting McCain in office is to positively bury Obama in mud.

Reality-based?

Moore goes on to challenge conservatives to make a positive case for McCain. In the comments accompanying Moore's post, I pointed out that Obama's legitimate weaknesses rightly help make a positive case for McCain. Moore apparently does not wish to countenance the possibility that Obama has legitimate weaknesses, as evidenced by his insistence on using the term "smear," which carries the connotation of slanderous attacks.

The key point about Obama, it seems to me, is that he doesn't really have any legitimate reputation. Any reputation he brought into the election (other than his reputation of limited experience) was based on the skinniest of track records. Moore's message might as well be don't challenge the image that Barack presents of himself--'cause that's wrong!

Moore ends up following the campaign playbook that some conservative bloggers have suggested Obama is peddling: Dealing with issues other than hope and change (or the like) are merely distractions from the campaign.

Moore apparently wants Obama to have his image the way he chooses it, and let that image be pitted in the campaign against that of McCain.

And if Moore decides to attack McCain ("it is yet another example of John McCain looking like a simpleton compared to Obama regarding the economy"), well, that's not really a smear because it's, like, true and stuff!

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Update:
Quoth Moore:

So when can we expect the McCain hit book to reach the stands?

clipped from www.amazon.com

How about yesterday, or thereabouts?


Hat tip to the left-fielders anyhow--I was overdue in adding the "Right-wing attack machine" tag with which to categorize posts.