Left In Lowell

She delivered a very negative, unsubstantive, and often lying (by omission or worse) speech, written by someone else, adequately well. Wonder how all those sarcastic remarks hold up with middle America who want to know what the hell this ticket would do other than abandon them to free market cruelties and jobs going overseas. And compare her speech to Biden’s or Obama’s and it looks totally fluff.

But if you really want a summary of why Sarah Palin isn’t ready on day one as second in line to the Presidency of the United State, Think Progress puts it all in a single long, scrolling page for you.

{Cross posted on BMG and Dailykos (please recommend on each site if you can). This is by far the most important story in America this week.}

Buried deep, deep under the seriously unvetted veep choice of John McCain, under Gustav, and under the formless, content-free speechmaking at the Republican convention, is the real scary story of the week - the scene outside of the RNC convention in St. Paul.

By all accounts, fascism is here, and it is us. The scenes just from that one Greenwald post alone should cause you great worry for our democracy. (more…)

This is pretty high up on the humor scale for this election. Might even be the funniest thing I’ve seen since 2006.

Safe for work (and home). EDIT: Oops, one word not safe for work or kids. Heh. [Via AMERICAblog.]