Ft. Leonard Wood. . .does quite a bit of "basic training" and hosts the Advanced Individual Training for Military Police, Transportation Corps, and Chemical Corps. Cops, Truckers, and Extremely Hazardous Chemicals. Now if that's not a holy trinity of potential security risks, I don't know what is. . .

"I'm not just starting a campaign, though, I'm beginning a conversation with you, with America. Let's talk. Let's chat. Let's start a dialogue about your ideas and mind. Because the conversation in Washington has been just a little one-sided lately, don't you think? And we can all see how well that works."

Close your eyes and picture Mike Meyers on Saturday Night Live doing his "Coffee Talk" schtick. . ."Let's talk. Let's chat. . .the Bush administration is gutting the Bill of Rights: Yes or No ? Talk amongst yourselves. . ."

The GOP will not change its tactics: attack the man, not the policy. There was nothing misleading about Obama's intentions; he will wage a vigorous campaign against McCain, won't roll over like Kerry did, and will have the cajones to stand up to the GOP's hubris laden sense of entitlement.

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Tucker Bounds was on CNN with Campbell Brown tonight trying to defned Mcain's choice; Brown (to her credit ) wouldn't let him off the hook as he evaded question after question regarding Palin's suitability to be Cdr in Chief.

So the Enquirer gets the Edwards story right and now Salon is indirectly citing them as a credible source?

What's next ? The "Bat Boy" endorses Obama ?

Will you cite "The Rude Pundit" ?

If Palin bonked somebody, it belongs in the Enquirer, not on Salon

John McCain is an honorable man who has served his country with distinction. He deserves our thanks for his service and ought to be President. . .of the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars or the National Rifle Association. Hell, he's probably a great Senator.

But he's 72 years old. He looks like he's up past his bedtime.

He is a stiff public speaker and pales in comparison to his running mate.

He successfully divorced himself from George Bush, Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, and the rest of those effin' crooks that sucked the public teat from Jan 2001 on. . .but it's too late for that, John. Your renunciation of your pals comes too late in the game. You even hired the rat bast--d ( to coach Palin ) who worked for Rove in 2000 who dragged you and your family through the mud.

He threw Shrub under the bus tonight and hopes it will help him get elected.

He chose a hell raisin' running mate who adds the energy he lacks, even if she carries some unwelcome baggage in the form of a flip-flop on earmarks and an unmarried daughter with a bun in the oven.

McCain couldn't be satisfied that 99% of the speakers at the convention invoked images and anecdotes of his time as a Vietnam War POW; he had to trot it out himself tonight and tell us why that awful, horrible, inhuman existence made him the uber -patriot we see today. We get it, John. It made you who you are and most Americans appreciate your service. Even the Swift Boaters think you're a cool dude.

But it was over 30 years ago. . .between the Hanoi Hilton and the Excel Energy Center, you were hauled before the Senate Ethics Committee for your role in the S & L scandal, the economic forerunner of the ENRON disaster and the current mortgage meltdown. You voted yes with Bush 90% of the time. How much of a maverick are you? Your pledge of allegiance to your fellow citizens is outweighed by your pledge of allegiance to the politics of privilege.

Further evidence that Nevada should embrace Yucca Mountain. . .these hillbillies need the work. Nevada is a Wasteland and the GOP residents of the Silver State are nothing more than Rush Limbaugh wanna-be's who would orgasm over the prospect of spending private time with Sean Hannity.

Nevada is a state filled with boy's prouder of the lift-kits on their pick-ups than their high school diplomas. It is a backwater of psuedo-Christian automotons who believe their rightful place in the world is a sun-fried beach on Pyramid Lake or Lake Lahontan, with the best C&W tunes on the boom box and a cooler full of Schlitz. The saddest thing is these wankers believe they are true Americans. . .

Best thing that could happen to Nevada would be Godzilla rising up out of the bowels of the Test Site and heading straight for Vegas, wreaking havoc on the Strip. . .

Why would a recent college graduate auction her virginity on the internet ( to be surrendered in a Nevada brothel ) to the highest bidder ? Because she can. Nevada has a grand tradition of gambling, whores, and corruption. . .Harry Reid is the tricked-up Morman version of all of the above. . . .Sarah Palin would fit right in: Trailer trash from Lemmon Valley, Stagecoach, or Silver Springs. Her knocked up teenager is considered a badge of honor in these parts.

Obama is the sole guest on Face The Nation. . .better than those two flacks representing McCain & Obama campaigns.

As for Uncle Bill: He's irrelevant.

I have lived in Reno 14 years. About three years ago, I put a bumpersticker on my truck: " Bush Lies, Soldiers Die". After nearly being run off the road, cleaning spit off my car, and finding nails laid out beneath my tires one morning before work, I took the sticker off the vehicle.

Washoe County is redneckville. It will likely go McSame's way. I hope Obama picks up enough votes to meld with the Vegas area Democrats to pick up the 5 electoral votes, but if doesn't come to pass, I won't be surprised. This is "damn the bail out, let the chips fall where they may" territory.