elfs | Watching the far right react...

Man, the crazy is just beginning. Let's start at The Corner, where K-Lo always delivers: Kathryn Lopez: "Normal Americans are telling me it was 'mean' speech."

Johan Goldberg: "I think his shots at McCain were ill-advised. Who the hell is Obama to try to out-hawk McCain on Bin Laden? Please. Not plausible." (Really, Jonah? Then why did we go to Iraq? It wasn't about out-hawking. It was about using the military correctly.)

Andy McCarthy: "LAME. This is a very weak candidate. As I'll argue in a piece for tomorrow, there's no question Hillary would be a far more formidable candidate." (Because, dammit, we had all this ammo to use on her!)

Jim Geraghty: "Obama's speech was predictable, it was implausible, and it was strikingly, inexplicably, angry." (Translation: You really don't want an angry uppity black man in your White House)

Yuval Levin: "Given his considerable talent, he could have done much better. But it wasn't bad." (Translation: the bump won't be 15%, and you should therefore interpret the poll shift as indicating Obama is a loser!)

Jay Redding: "Negative. Shrill. Lacking in vision. This is not the Obama that inspires. This speech is flopping, and I can't see independents going for this. What was the Obama team thinking?"

Towhall: "Obama changed his strategy, attacked back, made decisions to avoid being attacked. This turned him in a typical politician." (Translation: Please, dear God, let us find a way to recast Obama the way Obama's team has successfuly recast McCain.)

Say Anything: "'This is not about me.' I hope nobody had their mouth full when he said that."

Save The GOP: "Is that the theme to Saving Private Ryan they're playing now? Just get off the stage, jackass."

Rightwing News: "Maybe that this is the pinnacle? Maybe, that this is going to be the top moment? The last top moment? Yes, I think that's it. This show doesn't feel like the beginning of anything, but the end."

Redstate: "The atmospherics were impressive, if more than a little bit imperial... Once the harsh shots are finished, it is more than a little bit disingenuous to suddenly and self-righteously pronounce that we ought to put aside the old politics of imputing bad motives and ill intent to our political opponents. Republicans didn't just get politely disagreed with in that speech. Republicans got accused of every nasty thing under the sun and merely because Obama stopped every once in a while to assure us that ~~Brutus~~ John McCain is an honorable man, doesn't mean that he meant it." (Translation: Look, a monkey!)

AnchorRising: (subject) "Quick Thoughts on the Five Minutes of the Speech I Could Actually Endure." (Translation: I'm not really serious about being a responsible, thoughtful voter.)

And for the real craziness, we have to turn to:

Stormfront: "Do you really want a gay black man for president?"

World Net Daily: "I didn't need to listen to him. I've read the Communist Manifest."