Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

Coming Up on Sunday Kos ....

• Hunter will reflect on the Republican National Convention, and on how low the Republican brand has sunk.
• When the likes of Rudy Guiliani and Phyllis Schlafly start crying "sexism," you know you've stepped through the looking glass. Something is deeply disturbing when muckety-mucks of the party that defeated the Equal Rights Amendment, opposed family leave, fought to keep women out of the military, and continues to try to curtail women's reproductive rights now seeks to make political hay as a bastion of feminist enlightenment. Meteor Blades will discuss how one of the worst aspects of overly broad accusations of sexism is how they undermine concerns about real sexism, which still has its talons hooked deeply into our society, from boardroom to blogworld.
• SusanG will explore the deep and bloody history of John McCain's love affair with war, despite his recent protestations at the Republican National Convention that he abhors it.
• Plutonium Page will share her reaction as a first-time convention goer to the creative, quirky and authentic enthusiasm of the Democrats in Denver--and how predictable, dull and scripted the Republican gathering has seemed in comparison.
• brownsox will argue that the selection of Sarah Palin puts the lie now and forever to the myth of Maverick McCain.
• mcjoan looks back to Denver and writes about this election, where it could lead for our future, and what it could mean for the West.