Obama will be great in the Debates

Here is some proof Sen. Obama will do great in the debates against John McCain. I really feel that the reason he didn't agree to the town hall meetings was:

1. Why give John McCain publicity/an audience
2. He will cream him in the debates and didn't want to use his ace in the hole early.

Additionally, I think he is going to slam John McCain over missing so many votes. Notice he has missed more than Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), who had brain surgery during this time.

Intellectual Dishonesty

From the International Herald Tribune:

In an effort to cast himself as independent of the influence of money on politics, Senator Barack Obama often highlights the campaign contributions of $200 or less that have amounted to fully half of the $340 million he has collected so far.

But records show that a third of his record-breaking haul has come from donations of $1,000 or more - a total of $112 million, more than the total of contributions in that category taken in by either Senator John McCain, his Republican rival, or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, his opponent in the Democratic primaries.

Several points:

1. The first paragraph discusses "percentages" the second switches to "totals"
2. Sen. Obama raised a lot more money than either Sen. Clinton or Sen. McCain, so it's no wonder that his "total" large donations was larger.
3. His "percentage" of large donations is smaller than both Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain.
4. In fact, almost half of McCain donors have contributed the maximum (or more), which means that an increadibly large percentage of his total donations is from people who have paid the maximum (probably around 75%)
5. In sum, it's crazy that 170 million dollars has come from people who gave under $200 dollars.
6. Don't believe everything you read on Drudge
   

Remind me again

From the Rocky Mountain Post:

Meanwhile, the Nevada's GOP's official convention did not reconvene. Instead, the state party's 12-member executive board simply appointed 34 delegates and 31 alternates - all presumed McCain supporters - to the Sept. 1-4 national convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

But again, the Democrats are the Party that "steals Delegates" as opposed to the "good GOP".

Bill Burton fails again

Via Ben Smith, Bill Burton fails to respond to the Paris Hilton ad well:

UPDATE: Obama spokesman Bill Burton reacts: "Whatever."

UPDATE: McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds emails: “It sounds like Paris Hilton supports John McCain’s ‘all of the above’ approach to America’s energy crisis – including both alternatives and drilling. In reality, Paris Hilton may have a more substantive energy policy than Barack Obama.”

NO! You say that her hybrid plan is like the one in the Senate that you support and McCain opposes! That's a good response, "Whatever" is not.

I love it

Paris Hilton just won a billion cool points in my book:

See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die

Holy crap!

The water main busted on the floor above us and the two offices next to me are raining sewage water...

Disabled doesn't mean unable

I was ecstatic to hear this:

Goodwill Industries' workforce division will be assisting in the assembly of the prominent media and delegate bags to be distributed by the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee. Goodwill will have workers with physical and mental disabilities assisting in the assembly and packaging of the 20,000 bags needed for the Democratic National Convention at Goodwill's headquarters in North Denver.

So many physically and mentally disabled are discriminated against and not allowed to work. But, seriously, they are just as capable at doing certain things as we are.