by Mary Lyon [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

I would never have thought there'd be any greater crimes than those of George W. Bush, nor any villain greater. I'm wrong. And no, it's...

by Phoenix Woman [courtesy of Firedoglake]

You'll have to excuse the mess, folks. My head just exploded. John Sidney McCain III just lied away the existence of the Iran-Contra scandal, and the press took him at his worthless word, preferring to save their outrage for Barack Obama, who had inadvertently dared trespass into sacred Bush territory and given a reporter a Bush-like nickname.

by Sarah Posner [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

After he met with McCain in early 2007, Hagee declared McCain's views on Israel "on target." In other words, McCain's no weak-kneed appeaser of terrorists.

by Mark Green [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Whenever conservatives can't win an argument on the merits, they attack some real or perceived enemy as Hitler. And anyone who tries to resolve conflict short of more war is Chamberlain.

by Lionel Beehner [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

The storm over President Bush's "appeasement" remarks in Israel misses the point. No, we should not appease, engage, or give shoulder rubs to Islamist organizations...

by Joseph A. Palermo [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

George W. Bush's remarks before the Israeli Knesset, where he charged Barack Obama with "Appeasement" for seeking diplomatic alternatives to war with Iran shows that...

by Scout Finch [courtesy of Daily Kos]

Hillary Clinton stood firmly with Barack Obama today, blasting President Bush and his implied comparison of Senator Obama to Nazi appeasers. From Ben Smith at The Politico:

Hillary, today in Rapid City, South Dakota, defended Obama from President Bush's apparent comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports.

She told reporters:

President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially in light of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has no place in any presidential address and certainly to use an important moment like the 60th anniversary celebration of Israel to make a political point seems terribly misplaced. Unfortunately, this is what we’ve come to expect from President Bush.

"There is a very clear difference between Democrats and Republicans on foreign policy and that difference will be evident once we take back the White House.

McCain jumped at the chance to get in the mud, despite claims in his maverick speech this morning that he wanted to take the high road. When asked about the controversy, McCain replied that he took the Bush camp at their word that GWB was not referring to Senator Obama, but was quick to add:

"This does bring up an issue that we will be discussing with the American people, and that is, why does Barack Obama, Senator Obama, want to sit down with a state sponsor of terrorism?"

If that's the high road, what does the low road look like?  No matter, Senator Obama responded "swiftly" and appropriately with the following statement:

by Josh Orton [courtesy of MyDD]

You may have already seen the grossly misleading and embarrassingly political smear Bush used against Democrats (and WH aides say Obama) from Israel:

"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along," Bush said at Israel's 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem.

"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said in remarks to Israel's parliament, the Knesset. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

As Singer pointed out, McSame ramped up the charge, perhaps after realizing he had been looped out of a debate between the President and a Democrat running for the job he wants:

"I think [it] is an unacceptable position, and shows that Senator Obama does not have the knowledge, the experience, the background to make the kind of judgments that are necessary to preserve this nation's security."

White flags, surrender, naive, etc..

But let's contrast the responses from two of the surrogates - one Republican and one Democrat.

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Utterly insane goings-on tonight on Hardball, where, for the second night in a row, the "Hardball Sideshow" segment was preceded by a scene that way...