Video: Olbermann Rips Into AP
From Editor & Publisher:
In an unusually heated attack on a veteran political reporter by a cable news host, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann laced into the Associated Press’s Charles Babington an hour after Barack Obama had concluded his speech in Denver on Thursday night.Nearly all of the top commentators and reporters on the three cable news networks had hailed Obama’s speech as something new and powerful, and filled with specifics, and predicted it would have a positive effect on his chances vs. John McCain. This hallelujah chorus included conservatives such as Bill Kristol and Pat Buchanan and the longtime Republican David Gergen, as well as Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. Buchanan called it the best and most important political convention speech he had ever heard, going back 48 years.
So the liberal Olbermann was outraged that the AP’s Babington had written, in his analysis of the speech, just off the wire, that Obama had tried nothing new and that his speech was lacking in specifics. He read the first few paragraphs on the air, lamented that it would be printed in hundred of newspapers on Friday, and concluded, “It is analysis that strikes me as having borne no resemblance to the speech you and I just watched. None whatsoever. And for it to be distributed by the lone national news organization in terms of wire copy to newspapers around the country and web sites is a remarkable failure of that news organization.
“Charles Babington, find new work.”
Word that the infamous Babington is a former Bush campaign adviser.
McCain’s Beauty Queen VP
Secretary of Interior: Vanessa Williams. She’s shown a great eye for design on “Ugly Betty.”
Secretary of Defense: Diane Sawyer. She’s covered international stories.
Attorney General: Sharon Stone. She knows how to use an ice pick. That’s got to make her a good lawyer.
Of course, he could’ve picked someone in the Republican party who actually had experience like, oh, say, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Christine Todd Whitman, Condoleeza Rice…. I guess, no beauty queen title, no nomination.
Indecision 2008 offers the following take on the choice:
And she is considerably more attractive than Joe Lieberman. No offense to Lieberman, but Palin is only 44-years-old (that’s even younger than Barack Obama) and as MILFy as they come.
On the other hand, she’s not particularly experienced (I wonder how McCain will sally forth without that meme), having been in office for less than two years. It’ll be interesting to see how she’ll look going up against the very experienced Joe Biden in veep debates.
You know, it’s too bad presidential and vice-presidential candidates don’t get to debate. I think most people would rather watch Palin go up aginst Obama.
MSNBC: Romney and Pawlenty out as VP, McCain Pulls August Surprise – Sarah Palin
Update: It’s official. CNN says McCain has picked Palin.
Can anyone say Sarah Palin? I don’t know who it’s going to be. I didn’t think McCain had the guts to nominate a woman to be his Vice President. Lieberman, Ridge or some other wild ass pick might be what McCain has in mind. However, MSNBC seems to be fairly confident it is not Romney or Pawlenty. That gust of wind that just hit you was the collective sigh of relief from Republicans who were hoping their party wasn’t totally hijacked by crazy people.
According to MSNBC:
As the political community turned desperate for clues, speculation moved toward Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called “hockey mom” credited with reforms of her out-of-the-way state.A Gulfstream IV from Anchorage, Alaska, flew into Middletown Regional Airport in Butler County near Cincinnati about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, said Rich Bevis, the airport’s manager. He said several people came off the plane, including a woman and two teens, but there was no confirmation of who was aboard.
“They were pretty much hustled off. They came right down the ramp, jumped in some vans here and off they went,” Bevis said.
“It was all hush, hush.”
Back in May I discussed the dark horse candidate. You can read my post about Palin HERE.
Daily Show in Denver: Obama’s Nomination
Video: Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech
The highlight video:
Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. (In case you’re wondering, that’s U2’s City of Blinding Lights” that he walked out to)
The Headline that Distracted Me from Obama
Remember when Scully would crack jokes about Mulder looking at porn? When Mulder would watch porn to get to sleep? Art imitating life…
The headline reads:
Actor Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction.
From CNN:
In a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein, the actor said he did so voluntarily, adding, “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”
The actor’s publicist, Flo Grace, confirmed the rehab report, which first appeared on People.com.
She and Stein both declined to elaborate further.
Duchovny plays a sex-obsessed character on the Showtime series “Californication,” which earned Emmy nominations for casting and cinematography. The show’s second season begins September 28.
The VP Runner Up
Gore
Bill Richardson: We Can’t Afford McCain’s Flip-Flops
Bill Richardson: “John McCain may pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we’re the ones who will pay for his flip-flops.”
"I Have a Dream"
