I'm not sure any of you guys were paying attention this week but a bunch of people got together this week in Denver and nominated some guy from Illinois for President. And did I mention? He's Black.
Well, unless you're dead, totally clueless or a kool-aid drinking GOPer you either watched or have heard about Obama's speech last night. Hell, he even had Pat Buchanan gushing afterwords. Chris Matthews was babbling that Barack inspired him and the hell with his critics who attacked him for saying so. I flicked over to Faux Noise for a quick look and Juan Williams was spouting the GOPper/Faux/Rove talking points about there was nothing there and how uninspiring the delivery was.(Are you fucking kidding me Juan?)
If you missed Guancous's diary this morning here's the Youtube clip of Buchanan's gushing.
Now, this morning Joe is doing his best to tap down on the speech and trying to talk about whether or not and who will be McSame's VP choice. By his rhetoric he thinks it's Liarman, I mean Lieberman. BTW, someone has updated Sarah Palin's wiki page to include the following;
On August 29, 2008, Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends reported that Palin's family departed hastily from Anchorage, Alaska, aboard a Gulfstream jet that landed near Dayton, Ohio, site of McCain's planned vice presidential announcement. They cited the website changeandexperience.com, which also had correctly leaked travel details for Senator Joseph Biden to Springfield, Illinois, for Barack Obama's announcement. [58]. An employee of a fixed base operator at Hook Field Municipal Airport was reported as saying the jet had a woman, two teenagers and two men on board and that a couple of white vans met the plane, gathered their gear and took the party to an undisclosed location.[59] In an apparent conflict with the reports, ABC News subsequently reported that Palin's spokesperson said that the governor was at home in Anchorage and had no plans to travel to Ohio on the 29th.
OK, enough about politics for now. How about some mojo?
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Now for a very personal note.
My Mother is going to Chapel Hill NC next Friday to be evaluated as to whether or not she is a viable candidate for a liver transplant.
She's been through a lot this year and this is just the latest. She's a tough and stubborn gal but it finally may be more than her body can handle at one time. Part of the problem is she has been a insulin dependent diabetic for 35 years. On top of all of this her kidneys are not doing well.
So, for all the good thoughts you have sent to me for my health, I thank you and ask that you keep my Mother in your thoughts and prayers.
If you would like to help lift her spirits and send her a note and wish her well, send me an email for her mailing address. Just tell her you are friends with her son Tony.
My email address is in my profile.
UPDATE: Everyone's announcing it's Palin.
BTW, does McCain/Palin sound more like a description than a Presidential ticket. McCain's a Palin.