Sarah Palin’s people now say those weren’t crosshairs on the ad targeting Democrats, they were surveyor’s symbols, inspiring much amusement on Twitter and elsewhere. As @lippard notes, “You remember how the map was described — ’survey the landscape for a 2010 win.’” Clearly that’s why she scrubbed her Tweets and website — you know how controversial those surveyor’s symbols are.

And of course the right wing bloggers are doing what they always do — as my friend @barryeisler sums it up, “Deny everything, admit nothing, make counteraccusations.” Which reminded me of this cartoon from 2005 …