TODAY AT THE CHICAGO RED LINE STATION

I noticed that some graffiti-izer wrote on a metal standard:

OBAMA 08. HE'S STILL A N****R.

If I'd had a pen, I'd have written under it:

I'M KARL ROVE, AND JOHN MCCAIN AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.

WHAT WILL THEY DO?

I still have no idea; not that I really want to know. But for God's sake, will it really work? A platform of negativity? I mean, is that the best we can do?

Dear God, if it works and the GOP gets in again, then we face a future of:

*a shrinking middle class
*the privatization of every gov't service (meaning good service for the rich; crap service for the poor/middle)
*macho posturing where we once had a foreign policy

And that's at best. Jeez, if people fall for it again, then this country gets what it deserves.

BUT WHAT WILL THEY DO?

OK, I can see that Sarah Palin is good at taking shots at her opponent. She can be the typical nasty Republican. Good for her. But other than that - and defending her family - what did she do last night? I didn't get a sense of who she is beyond a hatchet woman and a caring wife/mother. I didn't get a sense of what she wants for the country.

Still my favorite bit of the convention:

This bit of fun

ALSO....

...what's this "shows they're a real American family" crap? What exactly does that mean?

GOD IT'S SO HARD NOT TO GLOAT.

All day today I said, "You've got to be kidding." "You've got to be kidding."

But here are a few questions about the Palin Preggers Papoose

1.) Did Bristol take an abstinence pledge?
2.) Did Bristol say she wanted to marry this guy, "Levi"? Or is she being forced to do it? OK...I think we know the answer to this one.
3.) Does Bristol know that having a child at 17 decreases her odds of doing anything other than having a kid at 17?

The GOP and the religious nuts who support them can say that this is an example of a good decision by the Veep to be. But really, would you want your daughter to marry Levi and have the kid?

Like nearly everything they touch, the GOP miss the point. The point isn't whether Bristol has the baby and gets married at the end of a shotgun; it's whether Governor Palin and her husband were upfront with her about her choices before she began to have sex. Did they talk to her? What kind of parents were they?

Also, what does Bristol want? If she's being asked to marry this guy, it's a legitimate question.