News of the day

I’m a bit slow going today, since I was up very, very early, to drive fairly far to a day of soccer in the hot sun.  As a Bay Area wuss who likes the weather cool, I feel somewhat depleted.  I’m working on reigniting my energy level, especially since I have some posting to do at Bloggers for McCain, and some cross-posting to do at Right Wing News (Saturday is my day at both).  While I try to energize my brain, which is a torporous as the rest of me right now, a couple of news articles that caught my eye:

On a couple of occasions, I’ve blogged about the Left’s obsession with fecal matter (here and here).  That poop theme strikes again in this news story about the arrest of members of an anarchist group (which, admittedly, is to the left of left) who had collected, among other things (including weapons), buckets of urine to serve as an “RNC Welcome Committee.”

It’s funny how the Democrats once again find themselves in the position of trying to show that a potential first lady is an old-fashioned, 50s style Mom.  It’s like 1992 all over again.  That was the year, for those of you too young to remember, that Hillary Clinton, after having insulted myriad stay-at-home mothers, suddenly transformed herself into a fragile feminine, at least for as long as it took her to get her husband into the White House.  I don’t think these women would have to do this if average Americans didn’t look at their agenda and find it so threatening to home and hearth.  Palin may be running for VP, but everyone knows that she supports traditional female roles, although she has chosen to go beyond them.

Michael Barone has a good analysis of the serious problems dogging Obama (the equivalent for him of the Dukakis Willie Horton problem and the Kerry Swift Boat problem), and explains (a) why those old problems and Obama’s new ones are fair political game and (b) how Obama should address them.

Here’s the origin of the “naughty librarian” description Craig Ferguson gave Sarah Palin.  It’s quite funny and not at all mean.