Roger Simon of Politico has a fine analysis of the Obama speech as he accepted the nomination at the Democratic National convention, saying the candidate highlighted his opponent’s biggest weaknesses: he’s old and wrong.
The past, the past, the past. Old, old, old. Tired, tired, tired. That was Obama’s continuing line of attack.
Obama’s speech soared many […]

In the above clip, you’ll see Alaska governor Sarah Palin interviewed by the nauseatingly unctuous Glenn Beck, which makes the clip NSE (not safe for eating while watching). The interview actually starts at 4:20.
She is on the program to discuss her lawsuit against the Bush administration to stop them from including polar bears on the […]

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Pawlenty, Romney Said to Be Out
Update 7:39 PDT: NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell has confirmed that McCain has picked Palin.
No less a source than Fox News says this morning that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is en route to Ohio this morning, and is likely to be John McCain choice to be his running mate.
Fox also reports […]

What someone doesn’t want you to publish is journalism; all else is publicity.
— Paul Fussell (1924- ), cultural and literary historian

Justin Peters of the Columbia Journalism Review provides a rare insight into what exactly the 15,000 journalists covering the Democratic National Convention are actually doing:
14,000 are wearing terrible suits.
7,500 aren’t doing much at all.
4,021 are smugly bad-mouthing the convention and its participants in their story ledes (“There is no reason for so many journalists […]

Apparently, Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is determined to further the state’s reputation as a hostile environment in which to vote in presidential elections. That, or he believes that most felons are Democrats. Either way, his belated executive order restoring voting rights to felons who have served their time just five weeks before the deadline […]

Bob Novak, the rightwing columnist who treasonously revealed the clandestine identity of CIA WMD investigator Valerie Plame, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, but recently returned to producing short squibs for his syndicate, including the latest on Joe Lieberman’s chances of being named as John McCain’s VP on Friday:
Reports of strong support within […]

While Trish found much to criticize in Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic Convention last night, her candidate seemed to think it was pretty good:
“Clinton Hits a Home Run in a Finely Tuned and Delivered Speech” – BuzzFlash.com
Obama watched the Hillary video intently, with a slight smile.
“That was great,” he said afterward.
Although they were […]