WOW.... Inspiring.

Full text of Obama's acceptance speech | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Definitely one for the history books. There will be a bump from this convention....

A.L.

On the Conservative watch... they recklessly cut government and people die....

Click here for a great editorial calling Tony Clement and the Harper-cons to the mat on their spin-doctoring of the Listeria outbreak.

Federal Health Minister Tony Clement says the recent tainted meat outbreak that killed six people and caused at least 14 more serious illnesses is a shining example of how well Canada's food inspection system works.

Pardon?

My thoughts exactly. The system worked? Um, sorry when the system works people don't die.

Warren Kinsella sums it up nicely and makes the connection with the Walkerton tragedy under the Ontario Conservatives and the inevitable tragic result of neo-con government slashing and burning at every government agency.

Politically, the consequences can also be quite similar.

Everyone knows that conservatives hate government - and, when right-wingers get their hands on government, everyone also know they will cut the Hell out of it. When that happened at Walkerton, lots of people died, and lots more had their lives destroyed.

It's a legitimate point for Dion to make: "On our watch, we used government as an instrument to keep people safe. Under your watch, people died."

If Dion hasn't made this point yet, he needs to. Canadians' lives are at stake.

A.L.

Lying lies by Republican lying liars.... What else is new?

TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | New McCain Ad Badly Distorts Obama's Words About Iran

The lying and cheating McCain camp has come up with a wholly distorted ad suggesting that Obama thinks Iran doesn't pose a serious threat. It's a gigantic pack of lies, designed to fool the uninformed voter, and it will work unless it is countered.



But here's what Obama really said:

"Strong countries and strong Presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela -- these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying we're going to wipe you off the planet."

Absolutely despicable politics. Gutter smears at their worst. I am sure the Harper-cons are taking notes and are ready to take many of Dion's remarks and slant them just the same.

A.L.