Palin's Speach tonight...

was a home run. I've got slow, slow, internet access here in the home of Guns and God, so I can't blog much.

Someone needs to tell Levi not to chew gum on national television.

On the Plane...

I'll be in Dallas most of the week.

Update: Fucking bumpy trip between Atlanta and Dallas.

Comment of the Day...

"To borrow from Ross Perot (not always a good idea), would you hire any of these people as a manager at your company?

"Palin you'd offer the job to right away, and then you'd sweat until she accepted it.

"McCain would seem like a decent choice, but wouldn't make or break you either way.

"You'd wonder how Obama possibly thought he was qualified, and you'd leave him to be hired by some other company where they fall for people who say all the right things.

"And you'd be telling stories about Biden's interview, and making jokes about it, for years."

Comment by dicentra on Protein Wisdom

Attack Cartoons....Ms Palin

If her husband wasn't already one of the first people, I would not be surprised to learn how she fought off an indian attack while nursing and pulling arrows out of her husband with her teeth...a la Maureen O'Hara in a John Wayne movie.

She is seriously all that.



Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies.
Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.

The Tickets are Set...

McCain/Palin '08

Good Choice. She is pro-gun, pro-drilling, and as conservative as you are likely to see these days. While Biden's age removes that anti-McCain meme for M'Bonga, exposing Palin's lack of experience would just show up M'bonga's lack of the same. Amazingly, she has more executive experience than the other three men on the tickets combined.

McCain certainly is a Maverick, isn't he. This woman has a much better chance of being VP than Geraldine Farraro ever did.

So both sides are hip deep into identity politics now... how precious.

She is smokin' admittedly.

M'Bonga's Speech...

The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.

AK-47s have been illegal since 1936...this is Moonbat speak for another Assault Weapons Ban.

Comment of the Day...Woot

From a comment by Ed R on an Anti-squirrel thread on Rachel Lucas

So it's Smugs and Plugs....

Pajamas Media -- It's Biden! The Fun Begins

Biden is nearly as old as McLame so there goes the age thing. Biden's been a left-wing senator for 30 odd years, so there goes the change thing. Biden is generally a pro-war Dim so the nut-roots won't be happy. He has foreign policy experience, but is considered a policy wonk and shows up M'Bonga's lack of experience. He's been involved in some serious scandals that will re-emerge soon. He criticized the Messiah heavily during the primaries.

Probably a safe choice, but uninspired and not a big help I think. They didn't even consider Hillary. That would have been a better ticket...or she didn't consider joining a sinking ship.

So I guess I won't have to hold my nose and vote for McLame afterall.

For those of you who don't remember, it was Senator Biden who strong-armed the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill through the Senate and House in the summer of 1994. That bill had within it one of the key seeds of the "Republican Revolution" that was voted in that November. The Crime Bill was the vehicle through which the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was hammered into law

I don't think so...

Living with humans has taught dogs morals, say scientists | Mail Online

I've got a Border Collie smarter than most middle schoolers...but moral?

I think they are anthropomorphizing.

This dog would fuck a snake's mouth if it would hold still, and eat a slug's barf, warm or cold. He will kill any small furry he can catch in the yard.

Instincts and the fact that all dogs are wolves that never reach adulthood are more like it. They are bred to stay puppies (wolves don't play) their whole lives.

Children are not moral creatures. Dogs are loving and dependent companions, anything more is pushing the limit of credulity.

McLame ahead in Electoral Voting now...

Election Projection: 2008 Elections - Polls, Projections, Results

# Colorado: Weak Obama -> Weak McCain
# Connecticut: Solid Obama -> Strong Obama
# Indiana: Mod McCain -> Strong McCain
# Iowa: Mod Obama -> Weak Obama
# Maryland: Solid Obama -> Strong Obama
# Minnesota: Mod Obama -> Weak Obama
# Missouri: Weak McCain -> Mod McCain
# Nevada: Weak Obama -> Weak McCain
# New Mexico: Mod Obama -> Weak Obama
# North Carolina: Weak McCain -> Mod McCain
# North Dakota: Mod McCain -> Strong McCain
# Ohio: Weak Obama -> Weak McCain
# Pennsylvania: Mod Obama -> Weak Obama
# South Dakota: Mod McCain -> Strong McCain


Big changes in a week. McLame picked up nearly 60 electoral votes pushing him into a small lead over M'Bonga for the first time. State polling shows McLame getting stronger across the board, and M'Bonga getting weaker...in all instances.

Remember, at this time in past elections, the Dims were way ahead in all categories...and still lost. This doesn't bode well for the Messiah.

The only Northern liberal Democratic presidential candidates since 1964 have been Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis and Kerry.

Comparing how they did in Gallup polling in July versus the eventual electoral result:

- Mondale and McGovern suffered swings toward the Republicans of 2% and 4% respectively, which in their cases didn’t matter much because they started and stayed a devastating 20% or so behind

- In the closer elections Humphrey (1968) suffered a July-November swing to the Republicans of 6%, Dukakis (1988) 16%, Kerry (2004) 9.5%.

In each case in the fall the Northern liberal's support fell off sharply, when the public found out more about them and the policies they supported.

As a Northern liberal (and he's a very orthodox, rather left of center one at that) this 40-year history suggests that Obama would need to have a solid 10% lead in the polls now just to have an even chance in November, quite apart from any racial considerations (which if they materialize on polling day may well cut both ways).

...and if Hil uses this to grab the nomination away from the magic messiah, I would ovulate* on the spot.

*Which I learned from Rachel Lucas