Nuts

And yet he keeps having Howard Fineman on.

This is the squirrels' argument: "Like their human friends, squirrels all over the country are sitting around their kitchen tables worried about how to pay their squirrelages and heat their trees. Obama's extensive relationship with ACORN -- which his campaign has sought to conceal from the squirrel and human communities -- raises serious questions about the judgment of the person who wants to be chief executive of our economy."

Here is the official Obama campaign response, via "spokeshuman Tommy Vietor": “If they really think this is an important issue, why make a joke of it by dressing up like Alvin and the Chipmunks.”

First: Whatever else those furry creatures are, they are squirrels. I dunno, maybe Vietor is one of those bigots to whom all rodents look alike. Lastly, if I were the boyish Tommy Vietor, I'd be careful about dismissing critics for being too cute to be taken seriously.

For what it's worth: The squirrels could probably do a lot for their adorable cause by denouncing anti-ACORN ugliness.