discussing politics, beyond the bitter partisan rivalries in the martial arts world wearing a kilt putting ketchup on a hot dog — in fact, were I to put ketchup on a hot dog, and the response of one of the other attendees was to beat me over the head with a plank of fencing, I’d harbor no ill feelings toward that person or persons because ketchup on a hot dog

— Well, not in those exact words, but it’s the thought that counts. Audio here, courtesy Hot Air. Writes Allah: [Howard Gutman’s] M.O. reminds me of Greenwald trying to rewrite the definition of “chickenhawk” so that it applies to the right but not the left: Start with the smear you want to use, then refine the parameters just enough to protect your own side from the tu quoque. In this

So. Whaddya think, Josh. Eagleton? *

Guess we should now refer to the One as, like, the Two then, yes? From Rasmussen: […] following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% hold an unfavorable view of the self-described hockey mom. The figures include 40% with a Very Favorable opinion of Palin

Jonah Goldberg: Oprah’s a private citizen, albeit a very public one. She’s not the host of Meet the Press or even the host of Hardball. She’s the queen of daytime TV or some other cliché. She’s under no obligation to have anyone on her show she doesn’t want to. I think it might be good for Winfrey, Palin and/or the country. Or it might not be. I agree that Gov.

And oh, ‘ow they danced, the li’l children of Stone ‘enge…: Having rejected the possibility of a woman VP candidate because of the animus between Obama and Hillary, they are reduced to screeching that the Republicans are playing identity politics by their choice of a woman for VP, because she’s not the right kind of authentic woman. Having dismissed Palin as Mayor of “Wasilly,” the Obama campaign now complains that

Stephen Silver to Palin-drones: the bloom is off the rose, sheeple! […] legitimate questions have been raised about the candidate. Whether she was actually given more than minimal vetting by the McCain campaign. Whether she supported or opposed the controversial “Bridge to Nowhere” (it appears she did both at different times.) Whether she or her husband Todd ever belonged to a secessionist Alaskan political party (Todd, it appears, did; Sarah

Yes, nishi, he’s old. Will probably let slip a dust and cabbage fart while trying to bend over to pick up an errant streamer. But the real question is: what if he dies mid speech? Would Sarah Palin be qualified to come out onstage and finish it for him? OLBY NEEDS TO KNOW!

Happyfeet SarahW linked this in the previous thread, but we may as well put it out here in the bright light of day. From The Weekly Standard: I just watched CNN’s Soledad O’Brien sandbag former White House Communications Director Nicole Wallace by asking her how Sarah Palin can claim to be a defender of special needs children when she cut the budget for that Alaska office by 62 percent. Wallace

Rasmussen: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Barack Obama attracting 47% of the vote while John McCain earns 43%. When “leaners” are included, it’s Obama 50%, McCain 45%. (see recent daily results). Tracking Poll results are based upon nightly telephone interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. Virtually all of the interviews for today’s update were completed before Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s speech last