Friday 05SEP08

59 days to go.....

so anyway, McCain's acceptance speech was really good. He's not a real "dynamic" speaker in the first place, but he done good. I liked the voice-over intro by Teh Fred!

All the cool kids are still talking about Sarah "The Thrilla from Wasilla" Palin (I just wish I could remember who coined the phrase so I could give proper credit).

The best one-line comment of the day came from Rachel Lucas' blog:

Good Lord, I so wanna vote for her. I wanna vote all over her.

Not only did more people tune in to watch her than watched Senator Obama, but she gave her speech without a teleprompter! Apparently, the 'prompter crapped out early in the speech and she just kept going. Have you ever seen Senator Obama speak cohesively without a teleprompter? I thought not.

Victor Davis Hanson on Palin:

A beautiful, confident, articulate, independent, accomplished—and conservative—woman apparently has enraged Team Obama, the mainstream media, and the entire American intelligentsia, as if they were collectively hit by a cruise missile aimed from Middle America.

Looks like the dims' post convention bounce has done bounced away: statistical dead heat:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows the beginning of John McCain’s convention bounce and the race is essentially back where it was before Barack Obama’s bounce. Obama now attracts 46% of the vote while McCain earns 45%. When "leaners" are included, it’s Obama 48%, McCain 46% (see recent daily results)...

Both Obama and McCain are now viewed favorably by 57% of the nation’s voters (see trends). However, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is viewed favorably by 58%--a point more than either Presidential hopeful. Forty percent (40%) have a Very Favorable opinion of her.

Via Cold Fury, we learn that the Wilson sisters are not happy about having 35+ million people hear their song:

Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign.

Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic “Barracuda” as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart’s rep, who says “The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission.”

The statement goes on: “We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.”

This from a band who's most recent gig was the "oldies reunion" show for a PBS pledge drive.

more soon