This just in from the Department of Implausible Deniability...

Biden says ad that mocked McCain was 'terrible'

AP - Obama, McCain's Democratic rival, launched the ad earlier this month, part of an aggressive push to slow McCain's rise in the polls after he chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. It included unflattering footage of Sen. McCain at a hearing in the early '80s, wearing giant glasses and an out-of-style suit, interspersed with shots of a disco ball, a clunky phone, an outdated computer and a Rubik's Cube.

"He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy, and favors $200 billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class," the ad says.

Way to be on top of things there Associated Press. You hacks. Not only are you weeks late on this story, and are only covering it to make Sen. Biden look good (good friggin' luck with that task there Sisyphus), you conveniently neglected to mention to whole bit about the reason he doesn't use the computer (nevermind that he pioneered the use of internet as an election campaign tool that Team Obama is making... er... use of) or email is because he suffered prolonged torture (read: not panties on the head or naked pig-piles, but actual torture) in the service of our nation.

UPDATE: Biden Backs Down

I was asked about an ad I’d never seen, reacting merely to press reports. As I said right then, I knew there was nothing intentionally personal in the criticism of Senator McCain’s views which look backwards not forwards and are out of touch with the new economic challenges we face today. Having now reviewed the ad, it is even more clear to me that given the disgraceful tenor of Senator McCain’s ads and their persistent falsehoods, his campaign is in no position to criticize, especially when they continue to distort Barack’s votes on an issue as personal as keeping kids safe from sexual predators.

And the boulder rolls back down the hill.