Would McCain stop acting like Americans are complete idiots, please? This whole "Fundamentals means the American people" is just ridiculous. Just look at the speech itself. He says people are scared but the fundamentals are strong. It's pretty clear that the people and the fundamentals are not the same thing unless the people are scared of themselves.

Also, I'm surprised more democrats haven't jumped on the fact that it isn't obvious that McCain thinks the American people are a strong lot. In fact, Phil Gramm, the architect of McCain's economic plan and man who has had his hand in the current mess, called the nation a bunch of whiners. By his account, the fundamentals were strong and it was the people who weren't keeping up.
And yes, I know McCain has distanced himself from Gramm but until I hear a pledge from McCain not to hire Gramm or his lackies, I'll assume that Phil is still on the short list for a key position in the McCain White House.

Not that Obama is innocent of this as well. Anyone with a brain realizes that he made the lipstick remark in response to Sarah Palin's lipstick joke. I don't think he was calling her a pig but he also wasn't just picking that phrase out of the nowhere. In fact, I think he basically admitted what he was really getting at on Letterman (at the 1:37 mark of this clip).