...is the Secret Service protecting Obama or spying on him for the republican party? I'm very serious about that question. Republicans are guilty of the worst and fully capable of anything, does anyone actually doubt that.

I no longer doubt anything now that I have a clear that my religion, catholic, and the popes are embedded up to their noses in the slime of republican politics that is destroying my america.

Furthermore I am totally PO'd about it.

What a nice bit of character assassination. Shapiro suggests Obama's campaign has requested the additional protection, while eliding Hillary's own overuse of the Secret Service.

It's a subtle piece of work Shapiro offers. He suggests Obama clearly demanded this "unprecendented" protection because the Secret Service says it wasn't based on a threat. At the same time Shapiro concedes it's "no surprise" Obama would want such protection.

Hillary on the other hand is just a poor victim of circumstance. She doesn't want to be surrounded by guards, but has to accept it "because of her status as a former first lady." Don't blame her for her immobility and distance, says Shapiro (though she could like the Carters request a smaller contingent, a detail Shapiro fails to note).

Having planted the suggestion that Obama wants to "seem like a political celebrity," Shapiro contorts himself to criticize the lack of protection around Edwards. He fails to note that the Edwards campaign has pointedly rejected a large protection detail. Then he moves on to criticize the Edwards campaign, with an undecipherable analysis of a typo in Edwards' schedule.

Can anyone discern anything remotely like a point to Shapiro's post? Does anybody wonder which candidate has Shapiro's support?

Edwards is right. He's terrific and he's electable. Go John.

...should be just enough time to put some plastic and duct tape over the windows of the house. I'm pretty sure we are at terror threat level orange.

It was a typo in the Edwards press release. It should be 9:50 AM for the press conference. The full day's schedule makes that clear:

FRIDAY, MAY 4TH, 2007

9:00 AM

Senator Edwards to help with rebuilding efforts at a house in the 9th Ward

1824 Congress Street

New Orleans, Louisiana

9:50 PM

Senator Edwards to hold a media availability

1824 Congress Street

New Orleans, Louisiana

10:00 AM

Senator Edwards to take a walking tour of a FEMA trailers in the Lower 9th Ward with State Representative Cedric Richmond and Danny Glover

N. Claiborne and Caffin streets

New Orleans, Louisiana

2:30 PM

Senator Edwards to deliver remarks at the National Conference of Black Mayors'

33rd Annual Convention

Baton Rouge River Center

275 South River Rd

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

True, Edwards isn't being terribly subtle. But unless you mixed up your AMs and PMs, he is spending over 12 hours working on the restoration before his scheduled press availability.