"If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."

So says Obama; it's the Chicago way.

Obama insinuated that McCain is senile, and the wily McCain took advantage.

Prof. Althouse insinuated that Obama is senile.

So now Obama is supposed to be the hothead?

Phlegmatic is pretty neutral.

Baptist minister talks dirty to John McCain

Wherein I learn that trollop and cunt are pet names. I'll have to try that sometime.

Why Christopher Hitchens tries never to wear a tie.

I am curious why Prof. Alhouse tries never to wear a tie.

"I don't get too high when I get high, and I don't get too low when I'm low."

When I get high, I get really high. That's the point.

Damn, I missed the point again.

I'm phlegmatic.

McCain's "anger always has a purpose"

Anger can be good.

"Historians are generally ambivalent over whether hot-tempered leaders have fared any worse than the placid."

Obama, too cool. McCain, too hot. Goldilocks in a pantsuit, just right.