And the winner is....

Joe the Plumber!

If you watched the debate last night, you were sure to get an earful of "Joe the Plumber." All in all, he was mentioned over two dozen times by both McCain and Obama. So who, you may wonder, is this "Joe the Plumber?" Apparently, he is real, his name is Joe Wurzelbacher, and he is a plumber. Some stats:

• 34 year old male
• Resident of Holland, Ohio
• Works for Newell Plumbing and Heating Co.
• Registered to vote as Samuel Joseph Worzelbacher- which is wrong
• Plays football in the front yard with his son

I wonder if he is related to "Joe Six Pack." I am thinking cousins...in any case, I know that both of them are just like me.

In news unrelated to "Joe," McCain opened the debate by giving a shout out to Nancy Reagan. She fell the other day and fractured her pelvis. She is also homies with John McCain. The pundits gave him a point for that one. Roland Martin, in fact, was playing fast and loose with the points last night. He gave 50+ positive points to Obama alone. David Gergen, on the other hand, fell asleep after the first five minutes. John King was busy downloading more iTunes.

McCain went as far as telling America that nobody likes taxes so "Let's not raise anybody's taxes, Ok?" That's cool. I don't know anybody that likes taxes either. But I do know people who like things like funding for education and roads and other such necessary programs. I want to know where McCain is going to get the money to fund programs without raising taxes or at least keeping them the same. Seriously Johnny Boy, where are you going to come up with this money for these so-called helpful programs if you stop taxing people? Oh, Oh, I know, I know- we can just print more paper or borrow it from China! Yeah, China loves to loan us money. Once again I will say that it is a really good thing we have a strong military so that China doesn't hop over the ocean and try to take their money back.

I mean, we already have a $455 BILLION deficit- that is expected to be over $1 TRILLION next year- so why not add a few more billion, no one will notice. McCain does think he can balance the budget in four years. He was all like, "What, like it's hard?" (to quote Legally Blonde 2). He plans to do this while ending dependence on Middle Eastern and Venezuelan oil and unleashing plans to fix the economy and capture Osama Bin Laden all in his first term. Canadian oil is apparently ok- I think becasue the Canadians don't hate us. Obama never got a chance to answer the budget balancing question but he does take a more realistic approach on ending American dependency on foriegn oil as he thinks it will probably take ten years.

The healthcare issue is a debacle. Both plans are weird and probably won't work. McCain said he was a federalist and believes that decisions on alot of stuff should be left up to the states. Maybe he should write some new Federalist Papers to try to convince people of his views- hey, it worked before. Obama is apparently pro-abortion. I'm sorry but pro-choice does not equal pro-abortion. Once again, I don't know anyone who wakes up in the morning thinking-hey, let's go kill some babies today. McCain thinks judges should be confirmed based on qualifications not political leanings. Last I checked, judges weren't supposed to have political leanings. My dad isn't even allowed to put a school board candidates sign in the front yard. Obama is guilty by association- didn't you know he hangs out with shady people, or at least people who did shady things when he was 8. McCain had an angry moment. Obama did his best not to laugh at times- even when John McCain was going on and on about how proud he was of Sarah Palin... you would have thought she was his child or something.

Obama managed to not say one negative thing about Sarah Palin though. Even when asked directly if he thought she is qualified to be President. McCain referenced Biden wanting to split Iraq into three countries when answering the same question. I think McCain needs a world history lesson. Iraq (and most of the Middle Eastern countries) is only a country because after WWII, the US and its Allies said it world be. The ethnic groups hate each other and always have. Hey, I have a novel idea- why don't we let the people of Iraq decide how many countries they want to be? That might just work.

McCain also wants to start or expand some Troops to Teachers program where members of the military could be teachers without completing certification or state testing requirements. Ugh...that can be another story for another day. Now I must go home and hope that the cake I baked last night somewhat resembles what I left it as.

"The Straight Talk Express Lost a Wheel on That One"

With Sarah Palin back in Alaska keeping an eye on the Russians, John McCain once again took on opponent Barack Obama in a lovely debate. This one town hall meeting style- because apparently John McCain does well at town hall meetings. So anyway, after 45 minutes of rules- most of which were broken in the first five minutes of the actual debate- Tom Brokaw got the questioning underway. So, here are the top 10 things I learned from watching the second Presidential Debate- in no particular order of course.

1. AIG took their top earners on a $400,000 spa retreat- a week after being bailed out by the government. Maybe Dr. HokieKev and I should have bought that half million dollar house we couldn't afford four years ago so we could get bailed out too.
Dear AIG, I WANT MY MONEYBACK! kthxbai

2. We owe China a lot of money. A REALLY lot of money. Good thing we have a strong military so that China won't hop over the ocean and attack us to get their money back.

3. At least McCain and Obama agree on one thing- Warren Buffet is a smart dude. Maybe he should run for President. He MADE money this year. Even Bill Gates lost money.

4. Nailing down Obama's tax proposals apparently equals trying to nail Jello to a wall. I have never tried nailing Jello to the wall but I suppose epoxy may work better. In any case, maybe we should call off the election and let the two candidates Jello wrestle for the title. Fully clothed, of course.

5. John McCain has secret plans to fix the economy and capture Osama Bin Laden. He looks to Teddy Roosevelt as his hero, yet cannot accurately quote possibly the most famous thing he ever said. It is "SPEAK softly, but carry a big stick." Not walk softly, not talk softly. McCain also says "my friends" alot.

6. We have two new foreign policy doctrines to put on the AP Test- seriously, I think that is the only place foreign policy doctrines show up. The short versions- Obama Doctrine: It may not always be a national security issue, but moral issues will be at stake. The US can't do it all so they have to work with Allies in these situtations. McCain Doctrine: The only good is the US and the US should help when beneficial. I bet France is happy to know it is not good.

7. British military commander Sherard Cowper-Coles says there needs to be an "acceptable dictator" in Afghanistan. Wasn't Saddam Hussein the "acceptable dictator" in Iraq? Yeah, we see how well that turned out.

8. Neither candidate can answer a simple yes or no question. Case in point:
Brokaw: This requires only a yes or no. Ronald Reagan famously said that
the Soviet Union was the evil empire. Do you think Russia under
Vladmir Putin is an evil empire?
Obama: I think they have engaged in an evil behavior...(they) still have
nationalist impulses that are dangerous.
McCain: Maybe.
Last time I check, neither of these answers were yes or no. Guess it is a good thing Sarah Palin is on Russia Watch 2008.

9. According to John McCain, we should have stayed in Afghanistan longer in 1980 after we helped the Afghans get the Russians out. Had we stayed the Taliban wouldn't have resurfaced. I mean, its not like we gave the Taliban the guns to fight the Russians. (By the way, we did give the Taliban the guns to fight the Russians. We also gave them tanks and missiles.)

10. In order to energy independent withint 10 years, we need to have a JFK like attitude and just do it. I would like to remind both candidates that when JFK said we would be going to the moon in ten years, he backed it up with federally funded education programs in math and science. There were contests and prizes and lots of money being spent on research and development. If you want to be energy independent you really should think about funding programs that will make people want to go into the field. And that probably means raising taxes.

Just for good measure, let's add a couple more things learned.
11. "that one" is apparently a racist remark. I think it was just an old guy looking down on a young guy. Obama could have been purple and McCain would have said the same thing. Or maybe it was a senior moment.

12. Asking the American people to allow the government to cut certain programs as a way to sacrifice in a time of war is indeed asking them to make a sacrifice. After 9/11, good ole' G.W. asked the American people to go shopping. Spending money on consumer good is not quite the same sacrifice as when, during WWII, the government asked people to give up things like...oh I don't know...butter, sugar, and meat.

So, there is what I learned from the second Presidential Debate. Life lessons, all of them.

Are You Smarter Than a High School Junior: Constitution Edition

In order to educate the masses and provide future reference, I feel compelled to tell the world that the Constitution gives hardly any power whatsoever to the Vice President of the United States. Dude has two jobs: 1) Serve as President of the Senate and break any ties and 2) inquire daily as to the health of the President. That is it. No real executive power whatsoever. No real legislative power either. Other than breaking ties and The State of the Union, the Vice President rarely graces the floor of the Senate. That is what the President Pro Tempore of the Senate is for. It used to be Strom Thurmond, but he was old- and died. The current one is Robert Byrd. He is 90 and used to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He gave a wonderful speech on dogfighting.

So contrary to what the hockeymom would have you believe, the Vice President has no real legislative role at all. They don't get to make laws. Maybe she should have read a high school government book before the debate last night. Seriously. I guess, if you want to get technical, the Vice President can preside over the Senate everyday- and maybe that was the original intent- but that is not what happens in real life. It is kinda like being the Congressional delegate from Guam...you can show up, you can talk for three days, but in the end you don't get to vote.

So there is your civics lesson for today. In addition, the President of Iran's last name is Ahmadinejad- say it with me, AH-MA-DIN-NA-JAD. THERE IS NO K!

Are you Smarter than a High School Junior?

Sarah Palin isn't. All I am saying is that my high school kids knew what the Bush Doctrine was. They also knew the Monroe Doctrine and its equally as famous Roosevelt Corollary. On a good day, they may have been able to tell you the Truman and Eisenhower Doctrines.

Sure, high school juniors know alot about history that the average person may not know- especially the ones taking the AP classes. But I wouldn't exactly call someone who hopes to be the next VP of the USA an average person. I certainly don't expect her to know every foreign policy doctrine throughout history (although I probably should), but I do expect her to know the current administrations view...especially when it is her freaking party in power. SHEESH! I also expect her to pick it up quickly when Charlie Gibson does everything he can to bail her out even though I am sure she was FULLY prepped on the questions. Its not like her "people" weren't made well aware of the questions BEFORE the interview began. UGH!

To be fair, maybe they should ask Biden the same question. Even if he doesn't know the answer, I am sure he would do a better job of faking it. Just sayin'.

Life Lesson #546- Lipsticked Pigs

So the word on the street is you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. Makes since to me but apparently it has certain peoples' panties in a bunch. So, I decided to to try it out for myself and since I am pig-less here in Utah, I did it the newfangled way- I used Google! Here it goes...

Step 1: Find Pig



Step 2: Find Lipstick. A nice shade of red I think- it will show up the best.

Step 3: Apply lipstick to pig. This could get a little difficult in real life so I wouldn't try it at home. Google Images, however, do not fight back.



Step 4: Analyze results. Let's see....curly tail, check. Snout, check. Hoofs, check. Still looks like a pig to me. A prettier pig, but a pig nonetheless. Maybe if I add some pearls, a dress, and J-Lo sunglasses....



Nope....still a pig.

A (few) days late, hopefully not a dollar short!

So, I am a little late with my RNC wrapup. I guess I just wasn't paying as much attention. I kind of tuned out after the 15th time they mentioned that John McCain was a war hero. Really...I didn't know that. Thanks to Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Cindy McCain, Rudy Guiliani, Laura Bush, Sarah Palin, Joe Leiberman, and scores of others, I now do. It seriously could have been a drinking game. I also think they mentioned that the Republican party was the party of Lincoln a million times. If I heard it once more I was going to jump through the TV and throttle someone. Today's Republicans are not the same Republicans that Republicans were in the 1860s. Seriously...those Republicans were for things like, oh I don't know, Civil Rights. I guess you could equate the whole Patriot Act/suspension of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War things...but still. It just kind of seems funny that the entire party was founded on Civil Rights and thats not so much what they are for now (again, something you would know if you had me as a history teacher).

Other than that, some of the speeches were downright mean. Not politically mean...just mean in general. Half the stuff that Guiliani said was just hateful. And wonder VP candidate Sarah Palin- was it just me, or did she miss the boat. Seriously, to hear CNN (and every other media source) tell it, she hit a "home run." Really? Was I asleep? Did I temporarily go deaf? Yes, she read a well written speech off of a teleprompter. And, yes, I know every other politician does the same thing. But I really don't think she said much. Specifics please! She did read it well...no surprise since she used to be a sportscaster... but I have heard high school kids do the same thing. In fact, I have heard high school kids give better speeches that they wrote themselves without the aid of a teleprompter. I think the "liberal" media was just trying to kiss ass so the Republicans would stop talking about them. Huckabee did pretty well though- there must be something in the water in that "little town called Hope." As you should recall, Bill Clinton grew up there too. Although, if Huckabee is ever anywhere close tot he White House, I am moving to Australia.

As a sidenote, this is what Laura Bush and Cindy McCain wore one night. Assuming all the jewelry was real, Mrs. McCain's outfit is estimated to have cost over $300,000. Mrs. Bush's- around $4,000. And no, I didn't hit the zero key one too many times.

I mean, I know Cindy McCain owns beer and all, but $300,000- that is more than my house cost. In fact, that is more than most people's house cost. I just find it a bit hypocritical that the Republicans spent a week trying to appeal to Middle America and they parade their First Lady candidate around in something almost no one in Middle America could afford. Meanwhile, Michelle Obama is wearing clothes off the rack from stores in the mall that normal people can shop at. Just sayin'!

So back to the speeches. John McCain's was boring. And if you didn't notice, the wrong graphic was projected on the screen behind him. It was supposed to be Walter Reed Medical Center but instead was Walter Reed Middle School. Google FAIL! He didn't offer many specifics either but he did remind us all that he was, in fact, a POW. (Take a shot) I don't fault him for that, I get it, it's important, however- you aren't qualified to be President simply because you spent five years in a tiger box. So, tell me what you will do in the future please...k thanks! The balloon drop at the end was pretty spectacular though. And Palin's youngest daughter is super cute on camera, McCain should keep her around to rival the cuteness of the Obama kids. Hopefully, she can manage to stay out of trouble~ unlike her two oldest siblings, but that is neither her nor there. Nor is it hear or there that the religious right (aka the conservative conservatives) are in love with the fact that Palin's 17 year old knocked up daughter is keeping the baby. Had the same thing happened to the Democrats, all hell would have broken loose- and the religious right can make that happen. I also wonder if the babydaddy would have been flown to St. Paul had he not looked like he stepped out of a J. Crew catalog. But like I said, neither here nor there.

I guess all these speeches helped though because "Maverick and the MILF" are ahead in the polls. It seems to be coming down to middle aged white women. Please let me reiterate- if you are voting for McCain just because he picked a woman as his running mate- THAT IS NOT A GOOD REASON. If you like the politics- fine- but to vote for someone just because of their anatomical parts is ridiculous. Because like someone else sorta said "You can put lipstick on a [Republican] but its still a [Republican]!"

Really? Seriously? Who?

I am wondering if John McCain seriously wants to be President. Seriously, the Gov. of Alaska? Really? Dr. HokieKev and I had the following conversation Friday morning:

Dr. HokieKev: Guess who McCain picked?
Me: Mitt Romney- duh!
Dr. HokieKev: Nope. Guess again.
Me: Leiberman.
Dr. HokieKev: Nope. Again.
Me: If he picked Mike Huckabee, I am moving to Australia.
Dr. HokieKev: Nope, I will give you 40 guesses and you will never get it. Sara Palin.
Me: Who?

I think most of America echoed my response. I get it John McCain, I really do. You needed to prove to the conservative conservatives that you are, in fact, conservative. You needed to pick someone young because, lets face it, you aren't. And you, by all accounts, needed to pick a woman. I get it. You thought this woman thing would bring over all the Hilary voters. Do you think Hilary supporters are stupid? Do you think that all women are the same? Do you think this woman is anything like Hilary? Seriously, if people out there are thinking of switching their vote to John McCain simply because he picked a woman as his running mate then they need some serious help. I mean, if you like her politics, fine. But just because she is a woman, that is dumb. Really, really dumb.

I think it is really funny how McCain has been hyping up Obama as an inexperienced "celebrity" and then he goes and picks someone equally as inexperienced and who is fast becoming somewhat of a celebrity. Sara Palin...Really? I mean, yes she has executive experience. She was the mayor of a town with less than 9,000 people and is now the Governor of Alaska. Alaska? Really? Alaska has 670,053 people in it...Whoa, Dream Big! New York CITY has over 8 million people. In fact, 19 CITIES in the United States have more that 670,053 people in them. NINETEEN!!! Governing this city...er....state gives her foreign policy experience, commander in chief experience, experience dealing with the economic problems that face the country? Oh, I am sorry. She is the Commander in Chief of the Alaskan National Guard. I guess she also has experience with big oil. Isn't it funny how she is all for drilling in the wildlife refuge...isn't it also funny how her husband works for BP? I mean, its fine he picked someone outside of Washington who has little experience but at the same time he can't be hating on Obama for the same reasons. In all actuality, she could end up being the President. Let's remember that McCain is 72 and has had 4 bouts with cancer.

I guess she is pretty. John McCain does like to have pretty women around him- just look at his wife. And she did win Miss Congeniality in the Miss Wasilla Pageant in 1984. Too bad she couldn't convert that into Miss Alaska and had to settle for first runner up. She also has that whole good looking family thing going on. People like those good looking families. Ask Obama- he has one too. She also pulls in those social conservatives who were a little shaky on McCain and some of his more moderate leanings. We will see if they stick around after this whole teenage daughter getting pregnant thing. They probably will as the kid is keeping the baby and allegedly marrying the father. Hopefully, the poor girl isn't hurt too much by the media frenzy that brought the admission out in the first place.

This "scandal" is, in fact, what has increased Palin's celebrity. When the story broke that her 4 month son was really her 17 year old daughters and she was the grandmother and they were covering it up, I kind of laughed at the media for being so dumb. One, it is pretty rare for a young mother to have a baby with Down's Syndrome and two, even if it were true, its really none of my business. So the kid had a baby and the grandparents are raising it. Whatever. That is kinda the responsible thing to do. Dr. HokieKev thinks it would be just as bad as the whole John Edwards lovechild thing. I said that parents will do alot to protect their children and that this would be the responsible thing to do. Come to find out, the baby is hers but the 17 year old daughter is pregnant. I still say whatever. I mean, I guess that whole abstinence only education policy thing didn't work and maybe she will rethink her stance on it. If she is naive enough to think that teenagers aren't having sex (esp. in Alaska, I mean, what else is there to do), what else will she believe? But that alone is not what will make her a bad Vice President.

Nevermind the fact that she is anti-gay, anti-choice, and anti-polar bear. Who needs equal rights anyway? And seriously, isn't everyone pro-life? I don't know anyone that wakes up in the morning and says "Oh, let's kill some babies today!" I do however know alot of people that don't feel it is the governments business to get involved in the affairs of a woman's uterus. And the poor polar bears- Palin is against putting them on the endangered species list because she believes it will harm the economy in Alaska. Poor polar bears.

I think she is also a bit shaky on the meaning of the First Amendment as she advocates the teaching of Creationism in public schools. Separation of Church and State is kind of important and is one of those things that distinguishes us from many other countries. People from many backgrounds and faiths attend public schools and it isn't fair to force one way of thinking upon them all. If parents want to teach Creationism to their children, fine. They can always send them to church, read them the Bible, or send them to a church based school. And if you decide you must teach Creationism in public schools, then I really think you have to teach all versions of it from all different backgrounds. I am sure science teachers would love that added obligation.

If the Republicans are going to have a shot in 60 days, she really needs to give that speech at the Republican Convention that has been cut short because of the Hurricane. She really needs to clear some of this stuff up. Not that it will matter much to me, but maybe it will give those people who are voting for her just because she is a woman something to really think about. I think in the end, I will be sitting here saying Really? The Governor of Alaska? Really?

Commercials, Clintons, and some guy from Montana

I am kinda disappointed that I live in a state the is really a non-issue in the election. I mean, this state is Republican- always has been, probably always will be. What this means is that neither candidate will be spending money running TV ads so the only ones we will see are the national ones. Boo! Same thing happened in 2004. MA is Democratic so it doesn't get commercials either. Imagine my excitement when I ran across this website! Seriously, go there. Watch the first Eisenhower ad from 1952. Tap your foot. Do a gig. Take note that they do not make them like that anymore.

Anyway, it is probably a good thing that they aren't showing commercials around here. All the ones that I have seen are kind of dumb. They have also been heavily Republican. Well, heavily the Republicans stealing from Hillary. Shouldn't the Republicans be saving money by not airing their commercials during the DEMOCRATIC convention. People that watch these conventions are not basing their November choice off of them. They are nerds, just like Dr. HokieKev and I. The one commercial that I think is especially dumb is the one of the woman holding a Hillary sign claiming that she is a "life long" Democrat. Well number one- no one is a "life long" anything. You don't pop out with a political affiliation and furthermore, those who have affiliations pushed upon them tend to revolt at some point. And number two- the whole point of this commercial is invalid. The premise is that this woman, once a Hillary supporter, is now supporting McCain because he has more experience than Obama. OK- if you are basing your vote totally off of who has more experience, why were you not supporting McCain from the beginning? He has always had more experience than all the others in the contest. He is older than they are, been in the Senate longer than they have, and lived in a frickin tiger box for five years. He didn't all the sudden get more experienced the day Hillary lost the nomination.

And Hillary did lose the nomination. Contrary what CNN and Fox News have been pushing all week, she lost. Fox News was especially bad this afternoon going on and on saying that the DNC wasn't going as planned and expect things to get iffy when they began the roll call vote. I, for one, was hoping this would happen as I am always up for a good case of political shenanigans. However, after Hillary's speech last night, my hopes of that had dwindled. Whether it was heartfelt or not, she did what she was supposed to do and hopefully it worked. She was the one who, this afternoon, motioned that Obama be nominated by acclamation- something that hasn't happened in a while (if you watch the CNN trivia ticker it will eventually show you how long). Maybe if she had that kind of pep and vigor during the primaries she would be the one speaking tomorrow. Maybe not. And I don't really feel all that bad for her.

I do feel kinda bad for John Kerry. How did he get the speech slot after Bill Clinton? That is certainly not a spot in which I would want to have to speak. I mean, Bill Clinton is so- dynamic- so- persuasive and John Kerry is well, not. He should just stick to the fact that his wife owns ketchup because he isn't going to make money as a motivational speaker. Overall though, Kerry's speech wasn't that bad. At least not the part CNN deemed it necessary to show. Again, had he been that excitable four years ago, maybe things would be different. He was the captain of the Yale debate team for crying out loud and he couldn't beat G.W. in a debate? What's up with that?

Bill Clinton, on the other hand, is a great speaker and always has been. And he certainly was right in saying that Obama has about as much national security experience as he did in 1992. The Republicans are of course saying that Clinton at least had executive branch experience. I mean, I know the Gov. of Arkansas is an executive position but come on exactly how much national security and foreign relations was he conducting? I did think Clinton was going to jump off that podium and start physically forcing people to sit down. He technically was only supposed to speak for 10 minutes- I think he went for 20. The LDS Bishop interrupted my Bill watching and proceeded to scowl at me when I said I had to get back to Bill. I guess he wasn't a big Bill fan. Oh Well!

Speaking of great speeches...Dr. HokieKev and I agree that Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana has stolen the speech show. If you missed it, you can go here and watch it. That is what YouTube is for. They should cart him out more often. He called out John McCain and it was funny. Schweitzer managed to get those delegates riled up. Until his speech, they looked like a bunch of bored individuals only in Denver because they had to be. The only thing that would have made that speech better is if it culminated with a balloon drop. Everyone loves a good balloon drop.

PS- What's up with Nancy Pelosi's outfit? She looks like she is going to a ball- well, until they show the pants.

Musical Interludes, Kennedys, and Carville's Shiny Head

Once again, I really think I need to be on CNN's panel of experts. For those of you who did not read it before, I became convinced of this on the evening of the New Hampshire primary when CNN expert John King was clearly downloading iTunes while waiting for Wolf to finish playing with the maps. I am pretty sure I could hang out at CNN and play with iTunes.

Anyway, so I am sitting here watching the Democratic National Convention. CNN has once again outdone itself with its completely unnecessary additions to a perfectly fine on its own event. What do I mean, you ask? Well, in addition to the actual coverage of what is going on in Denver, CNN presents the viewer with a Sound-O-Meter (which I haven't seen move into the yellow or red sections, even when Ted Kennedy was speaking, even though he is sick.), a sidebar Gavel to Gavel list which basically lists the four big things happening in each hour of coverage (maybe this is good if I could get in my time machine and go back to 5pm to maybe care about the introduction of the first time delegates), and of course let us not forget the Now/Next/Later Trivia Bar. The Now/Next/Later is a nifty gizmo I suppose, but do you really need to put the musical interludes on there? Seriously? Are the American people that dumb as to not know when they are playing music? And the Trivia- its like watching Pop Up Video- Democratic Convention Edition.

Let's revisit Senator Kennedy. Dude is a machine. Seriously, he had brain surgery less than three months ago and has since undergone chemo and radiation AND he flys all the way to Denver to make his second public appearance since his surgery AND he refuses the stool AND he gives a crazy hyped up speech AND he says Novembah. If the DNC elected a candidate like the mini-popes elect the Pope, Kennedy would so be the candidate right now. Unfortunately for Kennedy, they don't use nomination by acclamation anymore (not since Johnson is what I believe CNN trivia ticker said). They really don't use it to elect the Pope anymore either, but I think they still can. Everyone was crying at the end. I was eating Pesto Alfredo Chicken Ravioli.

And no DNC would be complete without James Carville. I love James Carville. He is just so ragin'! Besides, anyone who can spin Bill Clinton's pre Presidential personal life in a positive way has got to be a pretty competent dude. I also love his shiny, shiny head. He probably won't need to do too much spinning this election as I don't think Obama has those kinds of skeletons in his closet but then again, a month ago I would have said the same thing about John Edwards. Carville is supposedly out of the business of Presidential campaign spinning these days. But I do wonder what the dinner conversation at the Carville-Matlin house is like during election season.

Now it is time for the closing prayer. I know this from looking at my convenient Now/Next/Later ticker. Good thing this isn't going as late as the Olympics. A girl has got to sleep at some point.

And on one final note, I still think we are in for some shenanigans. Hilary Clinton's name is still on the ballot and the CNN Trivia ticker says it will remain there for historical purposes. The delegates are only bound to vote for their predetermined candidate through the first round. If neither candidate gets the required amount of delegate votes, the delegates are free to vote for whomever they want on subsequent votes. So there is a possibility Hillary can still win the nomination (This would require many super delegates to change their votes). It is a long shot but strange things happen in smoke filled rooms. Just ask James K. Polk.

PS- Keep those Obama kids on TV as long as possible. You could just hear that in the earpieces of those in charge of the stage when the girls were up there. Everyone loves cute kids. Although, I'm not sure that the older one was liking it too much.