God, thank you Todd.  Either shut down the site and let every take a little 5 minutes of deep breathing to calm down or make us laugh...or both.

both Obama and Hillary are in Puerto Rico tomorrow; it should be interesting.

How many gated compounds are there in Phoenix? dumbaya has to hide behind something after all...

Got to love this bit of news.  It is a nice light and a good note to end the week on.

And we are worried we might lose with either Obama or Clinton?  Please.  The republicans are going down hard in November.

A much better note on which to end the week.

Politico is back to carrying water for the Repugs.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/050 8/10585.html

I don't think McSame has a chance. Barack is already pulling ahead of Gramps. Once everybody sees that this McCain is not the independent straight talking 2000 McCain we will be golden.

It's going to be a cakewalk.

So, where are they going to go?  Is there a gazebo nearby that they can use?

I heard about this on KPHX radio (Phoenix Nova-M) today. Jeff Farias was on top of it. This is a real embarrassment in McSame's own hometown! Maybe they were afraid of Bush catching a glimpse of KPHX's billboards that are all over town right now:
http://www.1480kphx.com/
-and look who the billboard owner is. heh-heh.

1.  Can you imagine McCain holding a fundraiser with Bush in, say, Los Angeles?  New York?  I think he could really draw a crowd.

2.  What does Bush typically do on a Friday night?  Solitare?  Play with the dog? Porn? Stairmaster?  He must be going out of his mind with boredom.  Ok.  Poor use of words. He must be bored.

3.  McCain needed Hagee to get through the primary season.  Then he threw him under the bus.  Can you guess the date that it will happen with Bush?

Now let's talk about how Obama doesn't stand a chance against this crowd.

Love it!

And the diarist uses such lovely blockquotes.

A technical question...

How do I do blockquotes? Quick tutorial anyone?

Thanks in advcance!

Exactly how many antiwar protesters did they expect to be attending the fundraiser inside?

...sneering at republicans than other democrats? This is fun!

I think this fundraiser with Bush is a horrible idea for McCain and I'm not quite sure what his political advisors are thinking.  They can't have it both ways.  You can't be different from the current administration and distance yourself from them and then at the same time have them playing offense for you(Israel) and trying to help you make money.  

That is hilarious.

In somewhat related news, I was at Sunrise, FL today for Obama's rally, 20,000 seat arena filled near to capacity, it was electric in there.

Rough week for McCain.  His double distancing was fun to watch.  It made him seem very weak and misinformed.  

It seems like the beginning of the end of the nightmare.

Remember how all the radio crazies for months keelhauled him..

I am afraid I cannot partake of the lighter note:  The concerns raised by this story are legitimate and need to be addressed.

Obama's weaknesses demographically and in the crucial, BIG Electoral-Vote states mean trouble in November, no matter what McCain does or does not do.

Remember, after all is said and done, Bush still enjoys a 30% approval, and this will be McCain's to inherit.

Bush fought Kerry to a standstill in 2004; I still remember the joy of early-afternoon exit polling in Ohio, and the bitter disappointment after it dawned on us Rove had found a way, through the crooked GOP in Ohio, to both suppress and realign Ohio's votes to give Bush the slim margin in Ohio that carried him over the top.

Most analyses I've read say the same thing:  It's one thing to have charisma and carry caucuses, it's quite another to look at winner-take-all swing state politics.  Obama puts it in McCain's reach.

This is the main reason I've supported, and will continue to support Senator Clinton for President.