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McCain on Fox News Sunday:

Excerpts:
“What this brings is a spirit of reform and change that is vital now in our nation’s capital. Eighty four percent of the American people think the country’s on the wrong track. In our Party, we have corruption. We have former members of Congress residing in federal prison, so it’s not […]

I didn’t obsessively blog about McCain’s VP choices because for the most part, I found it pointless. McCain was playing it close to the chest, and 99% of the articles in the dextrosphere were based on nothing more than pure speculation or “anonymous sources.” I did lay out my case against Romney, mostly because there […]

From Second Hand Conjecture:
The explosion of enthusiasm for Palin on just about every conservative blog and media outlet has apparently gone unnoticed at the DailyKos, which is predicting that Sarah represents a divisive force, who will soon fracture and ultimately destroy the Republican party.
If it weren’t so oblivous, it would be funny.

Make mental note: It is not a good idea to drive through Pittsburgh on a football game day.
I figured out how to get the pics on the computer, so here we go. Click the pic to get the big one.
First, it was hot, and the sun was brutal until about 5 o’clock. Hotter than we’ve […]

As of some time yesterday, the McCain campaign got seven million dollars in donations after announcing Sarah Palin as VP.
Jonathan Martin at Politico reports that volunteerism is exploding.
Color me unsurprised. Palin is a rock star. More on that later today.

Almost midnight when we got home — and I didn’t sleep well.
The crappy little Canon Powershot A60 I’ve had for years picked yeserday to die, so I got a new camera, with a 12X zoom. When I figure out how to get the pics off the camera, I’ll post them. No promises on the pics, […]

No, I won’t be liveblogging. It’s in a baseball stadium. I will take the camera, though I’m not promising great shots (depends on how far we end up from the stage).
Those new loafers. I just put them on for the first time since I bought them, and I’m still moaning in comfort. These are them […]

Back tomorrow. Time to get ready to go.

There are always going to be idiots, like this one:
Are you retarded?
Palin’s first veto was used to block legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska’s […]

As of right now, there are 548 posts on the Palin pick thread of the Hillary Clinton forum — and nearly all are beyond just positive.

That’s what “troopergate” (which really shouldn’t be called that, since that was the Clinton scandal from Arkansas) is. See here.
Video: McCain and Palin visit the troops.

My email inbox just doubled — all kinds of Hillary supporters have joined the list after the Palin announcement.

Here are the clips from yesterday in Dayton. This is the whole thing, so it’s 25 minutes.

Except that there are other left-wing feminist bloggers who are cheering the Palin pick. Reclusive Leftist, who says,
UPDATE: Greetings, Instapundit readers. You probably won’t be here long, as this is a genuinely feminist, leftist blog. But while you’re here I shall do my uttermost to be polite, and I ask the same of you.
says,
The Palin […]

Just kidding. But other than pundits and blog readers, the US is just starting to discover who Sarah “Barracuda” Palin is. If you’re one, this is for you. If you know all about her, you’ll appreciate the links.
Note: These are just from yesterday. There are lots more already posted on the blogs I read since […]

I said I was going to post about Palin, and I will. We got back mid-afternoon, and before I started writing, I figured I’d see what others were saying.
If you haven’t noticed, with only a handful of exceptions, the dextrosphere is ecstatic. It’s all Sarah, all the time. And I just got done scanning sites.
Tomorrow, […]

So now that we know it’s McCain-Palin, I have to go to get something for tomorrow. I will be back, and I will have more to say about the Palin pick.

Fox News just said it was Palin.

But NBC insists that according to their sources (whoever they may be), Mitt is out. This is more than a little interesting, though:
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS: Did this Gulfstream private jet, going from Anchorage, AK to Hook Field Municipal Airport, near Dayton, OH (scene of tomorrow’s Republican VP announcement) carry Governor Palin? Track the flight via […]

But Dan sums up Obama’s speech here:
“It’s not about me talking about me. It’s about you talking about me talking about you.”
“I support the right of unborn rural Ohio proto-humans to wield handguns when they visit gay hospitals.”
“I staunchly opposed the Iraq War from the start, in the Illinois Senate.”
“After 8 years of Bush […]

To be aired after Obama’s speech.

Very well played, Senator.
And speaking of, isn’t it a bit odd, after all the “texting” and “web 2.0-ing” Obama supposedly does and how the nutroots jeered at McCain for being computer illiterate that the McCain campaign has turned into the King of Youtube over the last couple of weeks? What, […]

We heard the other day (according to those “anonymous GOP sources,” so take it for what it’s worth) that Mitt was out of the running. So Pawlenty’s out now? There has been buzz today (for the first time in a couple of months) about Kay Bailey Hutchinson, but nothing I saw was based on anything […]

I just approved a comment, and it disappeared.
I don’t usually approve comments from slobbering nutjobs, but since I have the comment in an email message, here it is. Enjoy the unmedicated wonder that is liberalism!
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You fascist Republicans make the […]

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The esteemed Jules Crittenden — who is from Massachusetts, by the way — also thinks Mitt would be a poor VP choice.

Zombie has some great photos of the Giant Puppet Parade in Denver.

Eyeblast:

Farewell To Arms — Obama’s plan to dismantle U.S. defenses
Loveable Rogues – An open invitation for talks with global thugs
Bomb Iran — Maybe, depending on what day you ask
Baby Be Gone — No one wants to be “punished” with babies
Workin’ 9 to 5 — Tough questions are “above my pay grade”
The Gospel Of Barack — […]

Dave Barry reports from the convention:
8:04 — The convention floor erupts as the big TV screen shows … OHMIGOD … JOE BIDEN! He’s HERE! The transformation of Joe Biden is one of the best story lines at this convention. A week ago, people would sprint from the room when Joe entered for fear he would […]

There’s this idiot in the NYT:
In the way Mr. Obama has trained himself for competition, he can sometimes seem as much athlete as politician. Even before he entered public life, he began honing not only his political skills, but also his mental and emotional ones. He developed a self-discipline so complete, friends and aides say, […]

Joe Biden: Hair We Can Believe In

They just make it so easy.
When Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., moves the Democratic National Convention from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field in Denver on Thursday, the freshman senator is planning to speak from a columned stage resembling an ancient Greek temple.
“Is this from the Onion?” quipped a McCain adviser.
The reference to the satirical newspaper […]

Things you learn.
Many of these names don’t surprise me. Angie Harmon. Robert Duvall. Gerald McRaney. Stephen Baldwin. Wilford Brimley. Gary Sinise. James Caan. Pat Boone. David Zucker. Robert Davi. Lou Ferrigno. Patricia Heaton.
But Dean Cain? Kevin Sorbo? Lorenzo Lamas? Jerry Bruckheimer? Who knew?
Then there’s this:
Duvall, who just finished doing the voiceovers for the McCain videos […]

Those of you who don’t live in college towns should realize something. The median age is significantly lower (lower than you’ll see in census stats, because they don’t take into account the students). What this means is that the target market is college students, and it’s not easy to find adult clothes.
So I went to […]

I have owned the world’s most comfortable pair of loafers for five years now. I got them at Kohl’s, but they haven’t finished the one here yet. There aren’t a lot of places to buy shoes here. There’s Macy’s at the Mall, Jos A Bank, Penney’s, and a couple of other places. Anyway, these shoes […]

Can you smell the popcorn?
And:
DENVER, Aug. 26 — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever delivered, hoping her words could somehow unwind a year of tension in the Democratic Party. […]

McCain is going to be in Washington (Pennsylvania) Saturday. So I emailed to reserve a ticket. Washington is almost all the way to the West Virginia border, 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, about 180 miles southwest of here. It’s easy to get there. I-99 south to the Turnpike, take the turnpike, exit at Washington.
But I’m […]

You know, If I were Obama and were intending to destroy the economy a la Jimmy Carter, I wouldn’t run ads about McCain’s economic competence. Then, there’s been a whole lotta stupid sandwich with stupid sauce coming from that campaign.