I understand that. (When you're a vociferous supporter of a cause, whatever it is, it can turn other folks off. Hell, the opposition is now exploiting this depth of support of Obama's supporters versus McCain's supporters, attempting to spin it--more like grossly contort it--into a negative via a satirical t.v. commercial, where they compare Obama with visuals of Charlton Heston in his role as Moses.)

"Jeralyn is wondering whether Kaine is a smokescreen for Sebelius. I highly doubt it, but maybe for someone else.

Is there a dark horse in the Democratic V.P. race?  (I say yes, there is...see below the fold.)

BACKGROUND.
Todd Beeton, whose work I've come to respect immensely here on MyDD, has another great piece running at the top of this blog (as I post this diary) entitled: "McCain: Obama To Blame For High Gas Prices."

THE REALITY: McCAIN'S CAMPAIGN IS NOW VIOLATING A SLEW OF CAMPAIGN LAWS.
Regrettably, for all intents and purposes, this particular McCain ad "flight" represents a slap in the face to every law-abiding individual that's ever run for office in this country (regardless of party affiliation).  Oddly enough, James Carville and David Plouffe have been speaking up about this--at least in Plouffe's case--for about eight years.

You see, as even a ten-year-old would would interpret the current campaign finance laws in the U.S., what the McCain camp is now doing, as far as their advertising is concerned,  is illegal.

"The only thing new in the world is the history we don't know."

--President Harry Truman

BACKGROUND
About a week ago, I penned a couple of back-to-back diaries entitled: "2008's Grand Masters of GOP Dirty Tricks", and "A Preview Of GOP Racism In The Fall?" Please take a look at these if you haven't read them already, if for no other reason than the fact that they contain more than ample links to support everything I'm stating in this diary.

In those previous diaries, I reviewed how well-versed the folks running the 2008 GOP and 501(c)4-based neoconservative media strategies were at dirty tricks, general skullduggery and skirting the law (and sometimes breaking the law and then being jailed for their nefarious actions, too). However, what I've learned over the past few days is that there's actually a documented history of deep contempt over GOP campaign and election abuses, spanning many years, specifically between David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager, and the very folks running the show over for the GOP this year.  It's quite a story...

"Breaking: Incredibly f**ked health insurance story!"

But, today, it's true hilarity!

See below the fold...

The U.S. gov't is grossly distorting our country's financial realities to us, via publicized statistical reports, on a regular basis.

NEW INFORMATION SUPPORTS THIS REALITY.
At least as far as the Consumer Price Index (i.e.: inflation and cost of living statistics) is concerned.  A story running on this (Monday) morning's Bloomberg.com confirms this.  In the article, a variety of comments from throughout the business community supports the reality that the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") statistics that we hear from our government are little more than fiction.

Yesterday, I blogged about "2008's Grand Masters Of GOP Dirty Tricks," ( in advance, I ask your forgiveness for any unintended appearance of diary pimping; my sincere goal here is to get some specific realities up on everyone's radar now, in preparation for what lies ahead)  and today I wanted to drill a little deeper on that theme with regard to my concerns about planned and/or potential Republican "caging," voter suppression and any overall, generally racist efforts that we will most likely see supported by those camps in coming weeks and months.

For now, I'd like to focus on the McCain campaign in the always-critical states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Specifically, I'd like to zero in on the two or three people that have been put in place by the McCain operation to head those states' efforts for the GE.

Comment from a New Jersey blog on convicted GOP felon, Allen Raymond,  author of "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative."

"As for his three months in a Pennsylvania prison, he wrote: 'After 10 full years inside the GOP, 90 days among honest criminals wasn't really any great ordeal.' "

Please read this previous sentence again.

(More about this in a few moments.)

I talk with friends and business associates about the state of the economy all the time, as I'm sure many of you do, as well.

Apparently, what hits home the most, when I bring this up--aside from everyone getting nailed with higher consumer prices--is when I tell them to take a look around in their communities. I ask them: "What would happen to their towns, their friends, their jobs, and their friends' jobs if the following companies no longer existed?

You'll be hearing this word a lot in coming days and weeks: DEFLATION.

Essentially, what many--just about everyone that matters IMHO--are saying is that we're going to go through a period of rather intense inflation (some are calling it hyperinflation) which will be followed by an extended period of deflation. There's a rather clear consensus building on this--despite those espousing the current administration's double-speak regarding the economy now--I might add.

Looking for a precise definition of the word, "deflation," the best definition I could find for it was, in of all places, at the website for the Elliot Wave Theorist. But, more about that in a bit.

(see below the fold)

This is not one or two folks or entities saying this. Over the past few days, there are dozens of highly-respected organizations throughout the world all concurrently coming to the same conclusion. And, as of this morning (see links at the end of this diary), when stories start running on Bloomberg acknowledging this, one could say it's the real thing.

We're toast. (Please pass the butter and jam.)

The headlines of the past 48 hours spell it all out (see below the fold). Unfortunately, many of those headlines were with regard to stories published outside the U.S.

Unbeknownst to the majority of U.S. society, due to a total lack of responsible reporting of the facts by the MSM, it is now self-evident to this diarist that the sky really is falling.

Over the past day, we now have some stunningly awesome triangulation from both Joe Klein (of all people) and Booman, echoing this diarist's sentiments about everything that's soooo wrong with the Lieberman-led neoconservative/far-right-Christian-zionist/Rethug sentiments concerning support for Israel and conflating it with their mantra as to why we should go to war with Iran.

Read Booman's greater-than-great diary right here, entitled: "Joe Klein, ADL, AIPAC and Foreign Policy" for the real deal with regard to where the majority of Jewish Dems really stand on these matters, today!

There's an outstanding piece about Adelson in the latest edition (June 30th, 2008 edition) of the New Yorker, "The Brass Ring. A multibillionaire's relentless quest for global influence," by Connie Bruck. It's a must read for all progressives serious about victory in November, too.

Here's Reed's opening paragraph from The Progressive piece:

(see below the fold)

Here's the transcript from CNN tonight, with regard to what will be the first in a series of major press events in which Wright finally speaks up. Those start airing today. Clips from a Bill Moyers' interview with Wright to be aired on PBS tonight were shown at the top of the news hour Thursday evening, around 8:00PM, on CNN.