I'm very curious to see what Obama does on O'Reilly. I hope he doesn't give them the opportunity to point out in outrage that McCain ran a "congratulations" ad on the night of his acceptance speech.

Im watching Orally Factor tonight, I feel kind of weird though, I did protest FOX News by not watching the channel...Not like i had a tough time not watching FOX News. Now that I think about, I think I would rather see McCain give a lack luster speech then watch FOX News. I don't think I want to help with that stations ratings...I'll just watch the interview on youtube.
Video: Hot Mic, Republicans Bashing Sarah Palin

Obama will be his usual calm, centered self on O'Lielly just as he was in the Chris Wallace interview.

Hockey Dude, Levi, has posted his convention diary.

Hockey Mom, Sarah Barracuda requests that you go to the link, and recommend it.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/levi-johnstons-convention-diar.php

Sarah Barracuda demands that you click it on up now, or she will make Moose Stew out of your asses.

YUP! YUP!

"Anyone who knows Senator Reid knows he never backs down when he's fighting for what's right"

Oh, I get it.

He simply doesn't think things are right very often, if ever.

Can someone explain to me how the GOP women can claim sexism, yet the men from IN are wearing "Hoosiers for the Hot Chick" buttons?

http://www.thetruthpursuit.com/

Loved Biden's responses this morning. Taking the very high road on Sarah Palin, which is so definitely the path for us right now.

Shorter Biden: "She's an accomplished woman, and certainly can deliver zingers, but there was nothing in the speech about how they plan to get us out of the hole they've spent the last eight years digging us into."

so Palin is ready for a news conference, right? ... like, tomorrow? (Dems should push hard on this, and milk it for all it's worth when she's kept under wraps for another couple of weeks)

Check out CNN.com right now. There's a huge pic of Palin and it looks at first glance like she's giving a Nazi salute and shouting, "Seig Heil!"

Wonkette has a picture of the lipstick attack dog . . .

Lapel pin, would someone please tell me what lapel pin Palin and her husband were wearing?

Obama agreeing to appear with O'Reilly:

BIG MISTAKE. There's nothing to be gained.

BILL O'LIELLY : Is there a place to watch his crap show live online?? I don't have a TV...

PS - The "Shrilla from Wasilla" makes me ill.

The magic word was "lipstick". Last night, Sarah Palin said that the difference between a soccer mom and a pitbull was "lipstick". It was so nice of her to put this race into perspective.

Let me say up front that I am not calling Sarah Palin a "pig". I am calling her Party, the GOP, a PIG. It is John McCain and his Party that have brought out an attractive lady, with very little vetting before the American people, and want everyone to look at their Party in a different way.

Forget the economic concerns. Forget the bank failures. Forget the shredding of or Constitution. Forget the torture of prisoners. Forget the trillions of dollars in debt. Forget the cost of gasoline and food. Forget the value of the dollar and the jobs that have left our country. Forget the massive transfer of wealth. Forget the utter incompetence and criminality of this Administration and the GOP.

Now they have marched Sarah Palin out in front of their Party as the new face and the new "beginning". But make no mistake, there is no new beginning. It is the same old slop. They have effectively put lipstick on the pig, the GOP, but it is still a "pig". Thanks to Sarah Palin for putting this into perspective for the American people.

Loved Biden's responses this morning. Taking the very high road on Sarah Palin, which is so definitely the path for us right now.

I disagree. Between Rudy and Palin I felt as though I was watching a Bund Rally. It was shrill, dismissive, hateful, full of lies, distortions and mocking disinformattion. Clearly, they have no respect for the political process. If McCain pulls out a win our country is sunk and playing "nice" right now will get our Party nowhere.

the AP on GOP diversity dreaming...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_diversity

quote from the above linked NYTimes article is just perfect:

"According to a New York Times analysis, the Democratic speakers frequently used the following words last week: change, family, energy, jobs, health care, economy, mom/mother and Iraq. So far, words that Republicans have been using often include God, reform, character, family, taxes, leader, hope and hurricane."

"Reform" and "Shaking up Washington": Question: Beyond stopping earmarks, exactly what does McCain/Palin mean by reforming Washington? What, exactly, do they see needs reformation (Palin's a great earmarker, and McCain is up to his chin in lobbyists)? Similarly with 'shaking up Washington': what needs to change and can be changed? What do we need instead of what we have? McCain/Palin seem to believe they can run a successful campaign that substitutes vacuous slogans for policy prescriptions. I hope they're wrong.

re: Obama appearing on O'Reilly:

I really don't get this at all. I understand that Obama wants to reach out to crossover voters, but this is akin to McCain going on Olberman's Countdown. Regardless of how well he does, the O'Reilly gang's going to do everything they can to make him look bad.

What's the point? I can see talking to Wallace, but this is just a risky endeavor w/ little potential upside.

Is it just me or is there not an easy line of counter-attack to this "executive experience" argument that supposedly makes Palin so qualified. Off the top of my head, I can think of 2 responses:

1. By that rationale, she's more qualified than McCain.

2. This is the exact same gambit, with the "executive" keyword, put on by the exact same people that got W elected in 2000. Look how that turned out.

Dems have to get back to the issue of Judgement, and away from this false argument that tries to stack up their legislative accomplishments to a single Governer's thin tenure. On Lauer this morning, hours after Palin ripped into Obama, Biden comes out and...cozies up to Palin?! It makes him look like Lieberman 2000--another smiling Joe Pushover.

I hope this isn't an early sign that Schmidt's Roveian trap is working, ie. that all the manufactured pre-speech bluster about smear-mongering journalists has actually cowered the msm and the Dems into walking on eggshells around Palin. They need to take the gloves off before Palin catches fire.

This could be tricky, to have the Dem candidate going one on one against one of the biggest Republican pundits.

When will you people learn? Obama will do fine and he'll win some fox-watching swing voters. That is the point of this campaign, remember?

I’ve given quite a bit of money to the Obama campaign this year & I’m likely to give more, but not until I see them go on the attack. I got an email this morning form David Plouffe (me & millions of other contributors) to the effect that the answer to Sarah Palin’s sneering attack on “community organizers” is to say, “Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies.” sorry, the right response will be to hang Palin out to dry for her lies & radical right-wing ideas. Don’t explain, don’t complain — make the right wing culture warrior play defense. That’s when I’ll cut another check.

Damn server! Sorry for the double post.