This diary began as a response to AndrewSshi's Unusual Bumper Sticker diary. It did not end there, and grew like topsy.

The McCain sticker on the Prius is an antidote to someone thinking the driver might be a Liberal. The driver might be secretly shopping at Whole Foods and surreptitiously eating arugula, too. Common sense and healthy food is mighty tasty, once it’s freed of its political associations. The bumper sticker keeps him from getting the finger from some redneck driving a ratty old pickup truck up from Galveston.

For one thing, the Bradley Effect would be gone, and race would be completely taken off the table. For another, Powell kills McCain in a head-to-head match-up. Remember when 1992 was the Year of the Woman? In 2008, with Powell as running mate, it could be the Year of the Black Man (or African-American Man, etc.).

So it turns out that AT&T threw a lavish private party at the DNC Sunday night for lobbyists and Democratic lawmakers. Glenn Greenwald was on the scene, well, on the sidewalk anyway:

I've got some alternative videos, and they are partisan. Absentee is a Redstate blogger who videotaped Recreate68 and other groups trying shut down FoxNews reporter Griff Jenkins [WARNING: profane language]...

So I'm pretty swamped today, but had a chance to check in on MSNBC's convention coverage. Twice.

First time? Joe Scarborough interviewed a self-described "black dude" preacher who was gravely concerned about Obama's ability to appeal to blue color -- wait, make that 'collar'! -- voters. He quoted Pat Buchanan about Obama bringing too much of the 'faculty lounge' with him, and I turned off the TV.

Yeah, I know, weak title. But I thought this post could make for a VP discussion thread. The Dems could do worse than Bayh. He's just as good a looking as Edwards, but without the baggage, and Bayh has a longer and more substantive political record than both Edwards or Obama. I don't know if Biden's in the mix or not, he would add some gray hair to the ticket, and some of that hair might even be real.

In an earlier, post, I criticized the McCain campaign for the inaccurate and untruthful ads and statements made in July. How's McCain doing this month? Better, but he's continued to distort Obama's position on taxes:

My Dad retired and took a lump sum payment. He turned most of it into real estate, some into stocks. For years, my folks had been buying property on the advice of a crafty real estate agent who also handled some of my real estate. How many houses did my folks own?

It's kind of ironic. There I was, months ago, making an issue of Hillary Clinton trying to lawyer her way to the Democratic nomination, yet twelve years ago Barack Obama lawyered his way to victory. I feel so used. Actually, not. Obama has decried cynicism in politics time and again, yet in his career he has employed cynical means to gain political advantage. His 1996 race for an Illinois State Senate seat is a case in point:

Hi! How's it going?

When you saw this diary title, who did you assume it was going to be about, and why did you assume that? Or any other insights.

Just curious.

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