A boggart, according to the J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series, is a shape-shifting creature that looks like the viewer's worst fear.
Speaking of shape-shifting, I think mine would look like President Palin.
You defeat a boggart by making it look ridiculous. In the Potter books, you say "Riddikulus" while thinking of something that would make the beastie look silly.
Now, we need something to counter the brazen, repeated lies coming from John McCain and Sarah Pailin.
So I have this little idea.
So I have this little idea. Something that everyone could help with. Something we could repeat. Something that would be remembered with each new attempted lie.
One of the frequently repeated lies is that Sarah Pailin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere." ThinkProgress has counted 35 times now that McCain, Pailin and campaign have repeated this blatant falsehood.
Now, imagine thousands of people, blogs and T-shirts all across this great country, all claiming "I stopped the Bridge to Nowhere."
Someone asks you what you did yesterday? "I stopped the Bridge to Nowhere." Writing a bio? "She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere." And imagine a T-shirt that says "I stopped the Bridge to Nowhere, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
It's clearly a lie. But you've got as much claim to say it as Sarah Pailin.
Think this ridicule wouldn't be damaging? Ask Al Gore. And he didn't even make the claim he was saddled with.
Riddikulus!