...I'm curious to hear what other people think, but I really feel like he would have served himself much better by just going to ground for the evening.
McCain is often very good when he speaks extemporaneously. Even better in 2000. But still good. He's also good in debates. But giving set piece speeches, let's face it, he's simply awful. He finds it impossible to pretend he's actually thinking what he's saying.
Stay tuned for more thoughts and recaps from Veracifier's partners, and for full video of Obama's and Hillary's speeches from tonight. McCain's prebuttal speech is embedded below.
Back in Reality TV Politics, the good people of China won't be watching Basic Instinct anytime soon. China has banned Sharon Stone from the silver screen after making the completely ridiculous comment that the earthquake was karma.
Sharon! How did you go from Left Wing We-Love-You Liberal to Crazy Hawk Talking Nonsense in one election cycle! What happened!
It was a night of chaos in Kuala Lampur last night. The Malay Mail reports:
On a night filled with tension and anger, police detained three men and a woman for allegedly trying to ram a car into a line of riot police. Five people also lodged police reports stating that they had been assaulted and one for damage to a car.
Residents at the scene alleged that as many as 20 people had been injured and several cars smashed by the unknown assailants.
Protests started when residents woke up to a concrete barricade rebuilt at the controversial access road earlier in the morning by Grand Saga. By evening, a crowd of at least 250 residents had gathered.
At 7.20pm, when residents pushed off a slab of concrete from the barricade a group of unidentified men rushed towards them wielding wooden sticks, bike helmets and, some residents claimed, metal rods and parang. The armed men shouted at the residents to stay away from the barricade.
Ean Yong Hian Wah, the State assemblyman for Seri Kembangan, arrived at 9pm and had to calm some riled-up residents, some of whom wanted to take quick revenge by destroying the Batu 11 toll booth.
... in the form of a book. Scott McClellan has published a tell-all (or tell-most) book where the great truth is revealed, for the very first time ever: GW kinda lied about that Iraq war thing. I'm shocked, shocked that gambling's going on here! Here are your winnings, sir...
After the Obama rally in Denver, nine days before the election, I asked some supporters what they think might happen if McCain wins the Presidency. By Corrine L. McDermid -- More at http://www.theuptake.org
