RELEASE THE MEMOIRS!... There was a hint last November that Scott McClellan's memoir was going to be unrelenting on George Bush, Karl Rove and the gang, but that was quickly dismissed as overhyped.  The book is now on the verge of being released, and in fact was on sale over the weekend at D.C.-area bookstores.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AUSCHWITZ?  —  AUSCHWITZ, JANUARY 1945. … IN AN ATTEMPT TO BURNISH HIS CREDENTIALS WITH AMERICA'S VETERANS, BARACK OBAMA HAS FREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER “WHO SERVED IN PATTON'S ARMY.”  HE HAS NOW ADDED A NEW EPISODE TO HIS WORLD WAR II REPERTOIRE: THE UNCLE WHO LIBERATED AUSCHWITZ.

Obama rewrites WWII history  —  In one of his more egregious and easily demonstrated lies, made even more so by the day he decided to let it loose on, Obama has rewritten WWII history such that the allies liberated Auschwitz. … Auschwitz of course is in Poland.  It was liberated by the Red Army on Jan 27 1945.

Obama Campaign Scrambles to Correct the Record on Uncle's War Service  —  Barack Obama's campaign scrambled Tuesday to set the record straight after the Democratic presidential candidate said on Memorial Day that his uncle helped liberate the Auschwitz death camp at the end of World War II.

Obama's (Great) Uncle  —  The Obama campaign has put out a statement saying that Obama was mistaken when he referred to his great uncle helping liberate Auschwitz — it was in fact, the campaign says, Buchenwald.  The statement and info sheet:

Obama rejects McCain's proposal for a joint trip to Iraq  —  Even more amusing than Maverick's savviness in forcing this choice on him is TPM straining to spin it as some sort of manifestation of principle — a standard Obama reaction whenever he weasels out of some tough decision …