Was the Palin pic too realistic? Newsweek is catching flak for not retouching a cover photo of the Alaska governor and Republican V.P. candidate because they have supposedly gone out of their way to make Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama look good. Apparently (and you have to see the magazine in person to notice) Palin’s showing too many wrinkles, pores and facial hairs.

McCain got mixed reviews from right-wing bloggers after last night’s debate. Conservative blogger John Hawkins surveyed the responses and came up with three general categories: those who thought McCain barely won, those who thought the debate was dull and did nothing to help McCain, and those who were mortified by McCain’s housing bailout.

Community organizers with ties to Obama may sound more like racketeers to some. Following the raid upon the Las Vegas headquarters of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) on suspicion of voter fraud (allegedly registering the Dallas Cowboys’ starting lineup), Modern Conservative blogger Brad O’Leary wrote a piece digging into the organization’s shady history and its ties to presidential candidate Barack Obama. Here’s an organization, he writes, “that was beyond knee-deep in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failures which have riveted our economy.” Socialism is still the great evil.

But don’t overreact! A guy in England claims he was shot simply for wearing an Obama T-shirt. I had to include this. It’s a reminder that politics are just the rules we create to ensure our disputes get settled peacefully (if loudly). Ignore the law and violence becomes legislator.