The Wandering Minstrel

These are the true symbols behind Obama’s Campaign for President. Every far-left mantra is supporting their candidate. As much as he tries to distance himself from them, their loud, angry, hateful attacks on his opponents give him away.

And then there’s The good reverend Jeremiah Wright:

This ordinary boy [Obama] just might be the first president in the history of the United States to have a black woman sleeping at 1600 Pennsylvania legally.

Wright certainly resents all the 10-foot pole marks that the Obama campaign put all over him, but you can’t get away from the fact that he performed the Obamas’ marriage and baptized their two children during their 20-year relationship with Wright’s church.

Did I mention that the Brady Campaign will endorse Obama? They give him an ‘A’ for his anti-gun positions.

Lots of red meat at the Republican Convention tonight.

I loved it . . .

Update: Fred Meat from James Taranto of Opinion Journal . . .

As we watch Fred Thompson’s speech, a gripping account of John McCain’s ordeal as a prisoner of war in communist North Vietnam, a colleague emails that he has summoned “more passion and authority on McCain’s behalf than anything he ever did for himself.” We write back that that’s because he has a more compelling subject now. His delivery is masterful; he almost could have been an actor.

His telling of McCain’s story also serves as a rebuke to the Democrats who whined last week about the “torture” of terrorists. John McCain knows what real torture is.

Thompson sings the praises of McCain’s running mate:

“What a breath of fresh air Gov. Sarah Palin is. She is from a small town, with small town values, but that’s not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Some Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy over the selection of a woman who has actually governed rather than just talked a good game on the Sunday talk shows and hit the Washington cocktail circuit. Well, give me a tough Alaskan governor who has taken on the political establishment in the largest state in the union–and won–over the Beltway business-as-usual crowd any day of the week.”

Won’t anyone speak out on behalf of the Beltway business-as-usual crowd? Thompson describes Palin as “the only nominee in the history of either party who knows how to properly field dress a moose, with the possible exception of Teddy Roosevelt.” It’s not clear if he means TR might have been able to field dress a moose or Palin might not be able to field dress TR.

Like all references to Palin, Thompson’s are greeted with wild applause. There’s no question McCain’s choice is successful as a base-arouser.

A blast from the past. A nicely kept (or restored) late 1960’s Pontiac being enjoyed by its driver and me at the same time.