http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com _content&view=article&id=3335:mc auliffe-touts-kaine-for-v-p-in-fairfax-t alk&catid=13:news-stories&Itemid =76

The former national chairman of the Democratic Party who ran Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign this year told 200 Democratic activists in Fairfax County Tuesday that Virginia Governor Tim Kaine would be his party's best choice as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.

Terry McAuliffe brought his articulate, high energy speaking style to the monthly meeting of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee at Oakton High School, to, among other things, "make no mistake" that his party leadership considers Virginia "a battleground state" in the 100 days left to fight it out for the presidency this fall.

"The fact that we've opened 33 offices around the state should remove all doubt" about how important Virginia is perceived to be for winning the election, he said. "We've leased them all through November," he added.

What?!?!

It's time to drop the Clark Bomb!

I started off wanting Senator Obama to show the civility I know he's not only capable of, but disposed to.  I still want that, but events have changed and we've gotta change with 'em.

Senator McCain has done two things in the last few weeks I cannot abide.  First, his campaign attacked Senator Obama for something he wrote in the guestbook at the Holocaust Museum in Israel.  Secondly, Senator McCain has evidenced that he has an imperfect (at best) understanding of military matters.

I don't wanna go dirty and I don't wanna get into smears.  What I want is to slap McCain around on the issues, on his judgment, and above all on his plans.  I want him taken down a peg and put where he belongs - an honorable old warhorse that no longer understands what must be done.  You treat him with respect but you make it plain his fighting days are done.  There's no dishonor in that, but I think at this point we have to make it plain.

Wes Clark is in the best position and has the appropriate disposition to be an aggressive VP.

And one more thing...

No, I'm pretty sure that John McCain has control of his faculties.  My question is really about the American people.  Hello?  Are you watching, gang?  Do you see this?

How can this avoid your field of view?  How can you possibly miss this?

Yep.  I was actually done with these sorts of diaries, but I find the notion of a "last call" kind of cathartic.  As such, lemme lay out some of my favorites.  I will not discuss this further, at least not until sufficient time has passed to make all of this so much history.  Still, there's a few moments in our primary season that I'd like to remember.  It's important to note that some of this stuff happened before the PUMAs went all feral, but the people who pushed this idiocy are the same ones (mostly anyway) who became PUMAs.

Anyway, here we go!

1)  ZOMG Senator Obama flipped Hillary the bird!

"I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/21 /mccain-owns-first-foreign_n_114013.html

Thank you Senator McCain!  I was unaware that there was a sensitive situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.  In fact, I was unaware that these two countries shared a border.  In fact, I'm not sure they know they share a border.

Obama needs to be worried about making a gaffe?  Can the press actually cover this stuff or what?

So, come my next birthday on January 21st, after all of the inaugural balls have come and gone, what's your wish list?  What do we want from our shiny new President and our enlarged majority in both houses of the Congress?  What's your wish list?

Care to see mine?

We came way too close to a President Rudy Giuliani.  I'm not saying he was ever really the most likely winner, but the fact that it was ever even plausible scares the hell out of me.

Anybody else really want to consider how amazingly lucky we are here?

Good afternoon, all!

John McCain's not a bad guy, really.  As Republicans go, well, we could easily do worse.  I'm okay with him having a government job, good health care (he needs it, frankly), and a healthy retirement plan.  The good news is that this honorable public servant already has a job - he's a Senator.

Let's keep him there.  I don't want to promote him.  Anybody here think he's done a good enough job to warrant a better office?  New digs are nice and all, but I think he's got a good gig now.