1. A Democratic Convention that didn't seat two states.

2. Someone getting the nomination who didn't actually run for president (this year).

Provincial elections are at long last being held in October. But the US seems to be arresting or killing all the voters, that is voters that belong to al-Sadr's block.

BAGHDAD -- Fierce gunbattles erupted between U.S.- backed Iraqi security forces and supporters of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Basra, Baghdad and other cities Tuesday, undermining a long-term truce that has helped reduce the level of violence in the five-year-old Iraq war.

In the southern oil-hub city of Basra, Iraq's major port, at least 31 people were killed as the government began a citywide crackdown on armed groups in areas controlled by al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army.

link via Juan Cole

read the althouse post, read the "very moving story" by the "35 year-old black man", wasn't moved. ok, i was when my butt got uncomfortable in my chair. aside from that, no.

some of those posters there are true nutjobs.

btw, for those who forgot, obama's family wasn't brought here in chains as slaves, they came here to get a college degree.  

as regards rush's "dittohead" fans, bear in mind, they think he's actually a journalist of some sort, a seasoned, trained, experienced analyst. he's just another college dropout, who found a niche audience of dingbats. dingbats who wouldn't vote for jesus christ if he showed up as the democratic nominee.

He seems to think we forced McCain on them.

well.............yeah, we did. we refuse to let dead people run for president (although, if you think about it, it would make the secret service's job a lot easier!), and insist on adhering to the 22nd amendment, so reagan couldn't run this time.

Oh yeah, and comb your hair, for God's sake.

...Wow...made my day.  Andrea Mitchel, whack, Maureen Dowd whack...

The video [Greta on Fox (yes I know)] has to be a thread--BDT!  This was the fight in her you wanted to see.  

While many may be hesitant to vote for the "other candidate"... the real goal is to have a person in the WH that will do the best for our country.

The real issue for every one of us is theeconomy

Let me give you three numbers that will put this economic asteroid into perspective: $200 billion, $14.1 trillion, and $53 trillion.

$200 billion is the approximate total amount of write-downs announced so far as a result of the current credit crisis.

$14.1 trillion is the size of the entire U.S. economy.

And $53 trillion is (drum roll please) the approximate size of this country's bill for the Social Security and Medicare promises we've made.

I've seen John McCain's Economic Plan.... I'm scared!

But it is NOT just the Ecomonic Plans that will effect out nation... Health Care, Energy,... will also impact out life. American needs a package that can get us out of this mess.

There are some really sick people out there in radioland.

Link

(The arrangement belongs to Chris Cornell of Audioslave, but I really believe David performs it better.)

Judicial Watch:
Obama `intended to leave no paper trail'
By Klaus Marre | Posted: 03/26/08 01:01 PM [ET]

Just from that standpoint, she should have known that her memory was flawed, no? And how does sleep deprivation lead to you telling the same story 3 or 4 times? Also, when Sinbad contrasted the claim he was written off by Clinton as a comedian, and others as an Obama supporter.

BAGHDAD -- Thousands of supporters of the powerful Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia took to the streets of Baghdad on Thursday to protest the Iraqi Army's assault on the southern port city of Basra, as intense fighting continued there for a third day.

[snip]

But if the army's assault in Basra leads the Mahdi Army to break completely with its current cease-fire, which has helped to tamp down attacks in Iraq during the past year, there is a risk of escalating violence and of replaying 2004, when the militia fought intense battles with American forces that destabilized the entire country.

NYT

At least someone is protesting about the US occupation in Iraq these days. Digby has a related post up:

Authors Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine) and Jeremy Scahill (Blackwater) have written an important article about ending the war. The central thrust of the piece is that we should be using this prolonged primary to leverage the two candidates against each other on the issue instead of joining in the fun and games of primary politics.