Cannot bear to watch. What is happening? (andy85719, 10:43 pm)

What does this color pantsuit mean? (roxy4hill2, 10:43 pm)

Notice how she is shaking her head “no” as she speaks…. (pumetta, 10:48 pm)

IT’S SOO GOOD TO SEE HER AND HEAR HER SPEAK, BUT I REALLY WANT TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES (Rancho, 10:48 pm)

very nasty look on michelle’s face. i hope somebody gets it on utube (jody in florida, 10:49 pm)

I may never vote for a Democrat again. (mpdamon, 10:57 pm)

why doesn’t she stand up for herself?? (Sunshinelvr, 10:58 pm)

Her heart’s not in it; it sounds canned, or should I say “obotamized”? (Leosroar, 11:00 pm)

Hillry just sold out america (TrishfromCanada, 11:01 pm)

Bill Kristol is talking and he said it was a generic speech so she didn’t sell us out.. (slyt2, 11:12 pm)

she did not give up!!!!!! She did not release her delegates!!! (FLgayGuy4Hill, 11:15 pm)

Delegates Mad as Hell: Scramble for Floor Vote [Puma Pac]

In an announcement that by sheer coincidence came the afternoon before Michelle Obama’s speech, John McCain told a waiting world that Cindy is traveling to Georgia.

No, not that Georgia. The other one. The Christian one. The other Christian one.

Wait: The Georgia with the pipelines. And Russian tanks. That one.

Cindy, whose humanitarian efforts are legendary among McCain staffers, will meet with Mikheil Saakashvili (thanks, copy & paste!), visit wounded Georgian soldiers, talk to representatives of the land-mine removal organization she works with, and not be criticized by the Fox News hosts who would rake Michelle Obama over the coals if she did anything similar.

Her aides swear the timing has nothing to do with the Democratic convention. Even if she does plan to return Wednesday night — checking off every item on her list in a whirlwind 36 hours.

Cindy McCain’s Mission to Georgia [Time]

Did you know John McCain is a former POW? Strange but true! Seems the Geezer spent a few years cooling his heels in Hanoi while Democrats were figuring out new ways to disgrace America.

Or maybe you have heard — McCain’s been using his POW experience as a political cudgel since his first race for Congress, in 1982. Some fatuous opponent accused him of being a carpetbagger, and the Geezer’s response is legend:

“I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the first district of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi.”

Good day, sir! And for any voters who missed that thrilling exchange, here’s the ad that saturated local television:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAi2cJZSLvo

That would be McCain limping off a plane after his release as a POW.

As for the carpetbagging, we know McCain married an Arizona beer heiress, so what’s the problem? Turns out it’s not Arizona as such — instead, a Congressional seat opened up, and the McCains quickly moved to that district.

In other words: One of those houses the Geezer tends to forget is the one that qualified him to run for Congress. Cindy bought it. And soon as he won his first Senate race in 1986 and no longer needed the district residence — she sold it.

Which brings us back to the quote. Opportunistically moving into a Congressional district may have raised uncomfortable questions during McCain’s first candidacy. He learned in 1982 how to shut up such questions, and he’s been pulling that move ever since.

POW status was key factor in McCain’s first race [AP]

Long Lost McCain Video Exhumed [TNR]

Tempe homeowners own piece of McCain history [East Valley Tribune, Phoenix]

It’s Day Three of the Veep Tease Siege, and we know nothing more than we did when the Inner Circle hinted that the announcement would come any time between Wednesday morning and Saturday afternoon. The secret is being closely held by Barry, his iPhone, and Allah.

But the Unthinkable is now on the table, as everyone is considering the JFK-LBJ shotgun wedding of the new millennium. Sure, they hate each other, their supporters hate each other, and Harry Shearer’s drooling over the prospect of running clintonsomething for another four years, but let’s face it: two or three Justices are ready to kick, and the PUMA faith that a Demrat Senate would push back an unsatisfactory Geezer nomination ignores everything we’ve learned the past seven years.

Would it float? Who knows? If nothing else, it would put a new spin on the inevitable recriminations eleven weeks from now.

Obama says he’s chosen his VP — won’t reveal who it is yet [USA Today]

Look, we’re not going to be caught sleeping when the media climaxes over Barry’s veep choice. Well, actually we are, so once again we’re running this morning’s post in antici… PATION! that the Golden Text Message will warm the hearts of millions before we wake up around ten-ish in Sandy Eggo.

Today in the Not Her Spotlite is Evan Bayh, who other than being Birch’s son (twig?), we know absolutely nothing about. Which still probably puts us ahead of most non-Indianans.

Actually, we do know that he scares the shit out of the neighbors when he drags his son’s black lacrosse bag outside his car. But then we now also know his sons play lacrosse. What snooty elite Eastern academy offers that?

Bayh’s Drive-By Gym Bag Drop-Off Incident [ABC]

Or maybe not. Maybe it’s Son of Birch, maybe it’s She Who Is Not Her. But we’re now within the Veep Horizon, and some of us tend to sleep past noon Eastern, so if Barry texts his BFFs with his BVP this morning, we wanted to be on top of the story. We can always change the text later and applaud our mad prognostication skillz.

While we’re waiting on the Barry Tease, why not vote on some Barry Tees? (Plouffle, call us: “I Rock Barack.” The non-voting kids will love it!) We really like the design that makes us look like a hopeless tool. No, wait, that’s all of them.

Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday [AP]

“The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous.”
– McCain spokeswoman Nicolle Wallace, responding to allegations that he heard Saturday night’s questions while driving to the event

• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated on his accident-crippled wife to marry a younger rich heiress is outrageous.”
• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, would vote to undermine the Geneva Conventions is outrageous.”
• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, would bully regulators on behalf of major contributor Charles Keating is outrageous.”
• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, is accepting campaign donations from the Bonanno crime family and once sent Joe Bananas birthday greetings is outrageous.”
• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, would suddenly call himself a Baptist without being baptised is outrageous.”
• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, once called Leonardo DiCaprio ‘an androgynous wimp‘ is — wait, who disagrees?”
• “The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, would pander about his POW experience in a presidential campaign is outrageous.”

Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t in a ‘Cone of Silence’ [NYT]