Michelle Obama's "combination of bitterness, ingratitude, anti-Americanism, leftism, and, yes, elitism rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

Because if you want to stay neutral you should quote a lot of the guys from National Review.

Should a man wear a tie the color of his wife's outfit . . . even when the color is orange?"

Ties go to the runner. Prof. Althouse seems snarkier towards Obama than to McCain but I can't call it negative.

Is feminism about defending women from criticism?

Interesting question. "Women in politics are subject to attacks, as are male politicians, and they aren't going to succeed by arguing that the attacks are sexist. Get to the point and tell us why the attacks are wrong. . . The fact is, Americans feel much freer to disrespect white men — and this is not a disadvantage for white men. This is part of being viewed as strong and powerful. So be strong and powerful, quit whining, and fight." You know, I am about to watch the VP debate in a few hours.

"We're bacon people." "Does Obama eat bacon?" "He will eat the bacon."

Bacon, bacon, bacon!!!

Moderating Michelle -- Michelle Obama to go on "The View" today. UPDATE: I live-blog the show.

Just like meet the press. Here is a question, if Prof. Althouse is positive toward a spouse, is she positive toward the candidate? I am saying no.

So now Obama is supposed to be the hothead?

Phlegmatic is pretty neutral.

Obama's secret weapon

OHHHHHH the humanity.

Michelle Obama, looking and acting like the perfect First Lady...

Colbert!

"I thought, This is weird, John McCain has a recipe for pasta with sausage and peas."

Plagiarist!

What's the most amazing thing about this New York Magazine article, "The Feminist Reawakening: Hillary Clinton and the fourth wave"?

Don't talk about the elephant in the room.

"[Bill Clinton] can’t compute that he’s not the new kid on the block. It’s about his mortality — and immortality."

Relevcance.

"On one day in Canada, he made $475,000 for two speeches, more than double his annual salary as president."

A few years ago, that line would have elicited from me: "Sure he $475,000 in Canadian money but that is worth a lot less in real money." Today, that comment would even be stupider and less funny on so many levels.

"An aide to John McCain was suspended from the campaign today for blasting out an inflammatory video...."

A McCain campaign aide pushes the envelope on race (and gets "suspended"). Prof. Althouse hopes the McCain camp steers clear of such games. My guess is that the campaign will avoid that game, but others won't and McCain will sit there and say "hey what am I supposed to do." We will see how believable he is.

A couple of idiosyncratic asides. If you really want to piss off middle class white guys by playing this song, don't just play the refrain. Drop the lyrics (from about 2:30):

Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Motherfuck him and John Wayne

Finally, I am still amazed that people who call themselves "conservative" are more interested in using Malcolm X as a boogeyman to scare white folks than they are in using Malcolm X's words to convert others to their way of thinking. There is much in his speeches that will resonate with conservatives.

Good luck finding anything interesting in the newly released Hillary Clinton records.

A different take on Hillary Clinton's experience than this take.

Bill Clinton says: "Celebrate!"

Fretting? Not so much. Bored? You bet. Clinton is duplicitous in what he says but he is not the candidate.

Why so much talk about Silda standing by her man Eliot? It is really about Hillary and Bill?

The media is talking about Spitzer's wife. The inevitable comparisons come up about Bill and Hillary Clinton. Prof. Althouse concludes (I think) that the Washington Post piece paints Hillary Clinton in a negative light because of the comparison. But criticism of the media is not criticism of the candidate.

Eliot and Hillary.

Pondering the implications of the Spitzer hooker scandal on Hillary Clinton. On the one hand Prof. Althouse is neutral and on the other hand she is neutral.

Let's talk about the new McCain ad.

Prof. Althouse gushes about one of the first (perhaps the first) McCain ad for the general.

She takes a sidetrack by discussing Michelle Obama and her being proud of America. I don't think Prof. Althouse buys this criticism of Mrs. Obama and, even if she did, I don't necessarily think criticism of the spouse is criticism of the candidate.