I posted a diary earlier this week saying Palin was Bush in Lipstick.  I like the latest memo of saying Palin will get along great in Washington - cause she's acted just like any other politician.

It wasn't enough for McCain to adopt all of Bush's Policies he had to have someone on the ticket that was "George Bush in Lipstick".

Creationist, governor with "executive" experience, abuse of power, barely traveled outside the U.S.   etc...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/07 /sarah-palin-george-bush-i_n_124654.html

A core Democratic talking point against Sarah Palin is beginning to take shape: she is, critics say, the female counterpart of the current President of the United States, not only in terms of policy and social conservatism, but even personality.

"She's not a pitbull in lipstick," said one female Democratic operative, referencing a line from Palin's convention speech. "She's George Bush in lipstick."

From her hard-right stances on abortion and contraception and the deep affection she engenders from conservative evangelical leaders, to her involvement in a possible "abuse of power" scandal in Alaska and even her charming demeanor, some see in Palin the second coming of the 43rd president.

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Obama himself made the Palin-Bush comparison during his Sunday appearance on ABC's This Week, calling her "somebody who may be even more aligned with George Bush - or Dick Cheney, or the politics we've seen over the last eight years - than John McCain himself is."

Scott Kleeb debated his opponent Mike Johanns tonight in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

I liveblogged the debate in the body of the diary below. What follows is that minute by minute account of the debate that appeared on Dailykos.com...

So who is going to play whom for the purposes of debate prep?  Here is what I have come up with:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz as Palin
John Murtha as McCain
James Imhofe as Biden
John Thune as Obama

I was shocked at how the MSM was able to keep this under wraps!

Video evidence of the stunning development is below.

Among the countless issues NOT mentioned by Senator McCain in his acceptance speech (or by his oh-so-well-informed running mate, shockingly) was healthcare. Considering that his plan will not expand coverage and, amazingly, may actually INCREASE healthcare costs for most Americans over time, I'm not surprised.

An excellent piece comparing the McCain and Obama healthcare plans was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (widely regarded as the country's leading medical journal):

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full /359/8/781

Let's pretend for a second that after all the polls and the debates and the inevitable stupidity about how Barack Obama is an American-hating muslim who is simultaneously and America-hating Christian who goes to an American-hating church this election will come down to who shows up to vote on the appointed day.

Let's also pretend that regardless of this meaningless daily tracking poll or that pointless "OH GOD ITS HAPPENING AGAIN" diary, my continued ability to breathe and walk means that the sky has not fallen and that the Earth is still correctly spinning on its axis.

And lets further pretend that we on the liberal left (with the help of Barack Obama's vaunted voter-registration drive) CAN do in this election what the political-right has done in the last two Presidential contests, which is win the election through sheer dint of will and boots on the ground.

But how?

How do we out-vote the mega-churches?

How do we out turn-out the the Republican machine?

How do we FINALLY end the war and Republican rule?

Well... let's pretend we have a battle-plan, shall we?

Folks, it seems as if everyone's favorite Georgian President is spoiling for a Round 2 with Moscow.  

So the convention is over, and John McCain received his bounce, moving ahead of Barack Obama in the Gallup Tracking poll. Bounces are referred to as such for a particular reason: they tend to be fleeting. Will this even be discussed in a week's time? And so far, it appears that neither McCain's (nor Obama's) bounce is atypical.

Regardless, with Obama generally perceived to have been the slim frontrunner since June, John McCain leading in any poll is difficult to swallow, especially with a history of imploding democratic campaigns.