http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/the-filter-august-12-2008.aspxA round-up of this morning's must-read stories. THE FRONTRUNNER'S FALL (Joshua Green, The Atlantic) Penn also left no doubt about where he stood on the question of a positive versus negative strategy. He made the rather astonishing suggestion to targetenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/the-filter-august-12-2008.aspx#563842Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:15:45 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:563842DavidGD620<p>The Paris Hilton analogy appeared to have backfired on McCain when the lady herself, without cue card or a teleprompter, delivered a very credible statement. &nbsp;The message I got from her message is, in spite of her popular image, she is not an air-head. </p> <p> The McCain campaign risks alienating younger and better educated voters by equating youthful aspirations &nbsp;and &nbsp;internationalism with Un-Americanism. &nbsp;Bring on the House Un-American Activities Committee &nbsp;(HUAC). The committee was originally founded in 1938 to investigate Nazi activities and KKK activities. Neither goal was followed, rather in the HUAC undertook to investigate prominent Americans about suspected liberal, socialist or communist activities. &nbsp;There are still individuals out there, over 50 years later, that equate liberalism with communism. </p> <p>The committee was mostly responsible for &quot;black balling&quot; many Hollywood professionals when they refused to finger fellow professionals for &quot;UN-AMERICANISM&quot;. &nbsp;Please, Mr. McCain, don't go down that road again. &nbsp;You are better than that. &nbsp;Winning the presidency is not worth prostituting yourself to the radical right. &nbsp;Campaign on real issues!!!</p> Blog: Stumper