Best review of McCain's speech

Attaturk:

"Oh, Go with the Green Background"

"It'll make you look like the cottage cheese in a lime jello salad" Always a good look for an older gentlemen.

The aesthetics of McCain's speech, just mercifully completed before a slightly energized crowd of literally dozens, was awesome in how dreadful it was. No matter what Harold Ford thinks, who was somehow thoroughly moved by lime-jello McCain.

Yeah, Ford is thus far the only person on TV, print, or on radio to have given McCain's speech a positive review. At least until someone asks Joe Lieberman what he thought about it.

A Baker's Dozen of Int'l Headlines for Obama

El Pais (Madrid): Obama se convierte en el primer candidato negro a la presidencia de Estados Unidos
^{(Obama becomes the first black candidate to the presidency of the United States)}

It appears that "sealed" the nomination wins the prize. Got any international headlines of your own?

Clinton surrogate talking points include VP talk

Instead of Obama focusing his energies against McCain, helping drive the contrast shown tonight in both their speeches, the cable newsheads will be obsessing over the "Clinton as VP" thing. And yes, it's the Clinton campaign itself which is pushing these talking points.

* Today, Senator Clinton was asked whether she was open to the idea of running as Vice-President and repeated what she has said before: she will do whatever she can to ensure that Democrats take the White House back and defeat John McCain.

Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are Yashua, Painty Kat, Bent Liberal, jlms qkw, Avila and grog.

• oxfdblue gives us one more reason to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate no matter who in Today's NYT Science Times: Before Roe. (jlms qkw)
• Unitary Moonbat has developed an Executive Summary that offers some critical changes regarding education policies he believes necessary in Obama's Education Policy: In Need of Change, Pt. 2. (PaintyKat)
• mem from somerville brings us a detailed account of Jim Hansen's odyssey to bring climate change to the forefront of our national dialogue in So Jim Hansen says to me.... (Yashua)
• The always excellent dogemperor explains how dominionist propaganda is perpetuating a cycle of sectarian violence, possibly including torture, in Prosyletization in Iraq: A threat to national security. (Avila)
• BFSkinner generously shares his personal medical history in this plea for more recognition of a disease that disproportionately affects minorities in Lupus and men. (jlms qkw)
• Janeane The Acerbic Goblin explains why she believes we need to Sack the lot of 'em...the MSM should be collectively fired.... (PaintyKat)
• zwerlst discusses yet another pro-business, anti-people banking decision in Community Colleges: Shortchanged Again. (jlms qkw)
• zenbowl is flummoxed that the military is housing vets recovering from PTSD next to a noisy firing range in Unbelievable - wounded US soldier treatment. (BentLiberal)
• Norbrook questions the motivation of politicians who are Addicted to Sin (taxes, that is). (jlms qkw)
• Cassiodorus provides a fascinating book review on privatization of schools and standards-based education "reform" in Radical Teaching and NCLB: Hursh's "High-Stakes Testing." (Avila)
• Darius Noir poses questions concerning our current political environment, then shares his own answers in Questioning the Intelligibility of Politics and Division. (PaintyKat)
• leveymg throws a strike at the presumptive Republican nominee in The Crimes And Coverups of "Reformer" McCain. (jlms qkw)
• Displaying consistency and depth, Frank Cocozzelli writes about Election 2008's pastor problems in Of Pfleger And Donohue. (BentLiberal)
• Angel Of Mercy writes a thorough and thought provoking piece on how the political right use language to further their agenda in Language Pollution II: Won’t Get Fooled Again. (Yashua)

In between (non)concession speeches, punditizing and (not) achieving party unity during Sherman's March to the Democratic Nomination, take some time here for shameless diary promotion and Open Threading.

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