Christopher Hitchens, one of the four horsemen and a “new atheist,” is endorsing Obama. No big surprise but his words are rather candid in good-Hitchens style.

He learned not to separate issues and personality without questioning because

A candidate may well change his or her position on, say, universal health care or Bosnia. But he or she cannot change the fact—if it happens to be a fact—that he or she is a pathological liar, or a dimwit, or a proud ignoramus. And even in the short run, this must and will tell.

And this is what he thinks about the Republican candidates:

Last week’s so-called town-hall event showed Sen. John McCain to be someone suffering from an increasingly obvious and embarrassing deficit, both cognitive and physical. And the only public events that have so far featured his absurd choice of running mate have shown her to be a deceiving and unscrupulous woman utterly unversed in any of the needful political discourses but easily trained to utter preposterous lies and to appeal to the basest element of her audience.
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The most insulting thing that a politician can do is to compel you to ask yourself: “What does he take me for?” Precisely this question is provoked by the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin.

He comes to this powerful conclusion, which hopefully will be heard loud and clear by all potential voters:

It therefore seems to me that the Republican Party has invited not just defeat but discredit this year, and that both its nominees for the highest offices in the land should be decisively repudiated, along with any senators, congressmen, and governors who endorse them.

Let’s hope that Obama/Biden maintain a lead in the polls that is too big to close even with voting machines…