Code Pink demonstrators disrupted John McCain's acceptance speech at the Xcel Center tonight right next to the Pajamas TV booth. PJTV has exclusive video of them being hustled out at the link.
It's a tough call for those who feel strongly about both national security and a woman's right to choose. (Also, Claudia Rosett on What Sarah Palin Won't Say.)
DAVID BERNSTEIN ON RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE IN AMERICA: "Even though studies consistently show that conservative evangelical Christians are no more likely to be anti-Semitic than others (the ADL, for example, notes based on years of study that neither religion nor political ideology drive anti-Semitism), many American Jews, especially liberal, secular American Jews, have a disturbing tendency to suspect all evangelical Christians of being hostile to Jews." I wonder why that is?
JIM TREACHER SPOTS SOME ASTROTURFING. Plus this: "Hey, you know who else was a community organizer? Don Corleone." Ouch.
EXCLUSIVE PJTV VIDEO of last night's Code Pink protester at the RNC being escorted out. It's free, but you may have to register. Though I understand that some lefty blogs were claiming she was mishandled, the video -- which tracks her for quite a while -- demonstrates otherwise. Plus, some comments by James Lileks on the lameness of the antiwar protests in St. Paul.
AN EMAIL FROM MICHAEL YON IN AFGHANISTAN: "Lots of fighting here. In some areas (for instance where I have been), there is about 80% chance of getting into combat when you step off the FOB. Morale among British soldiers is very high. Even higher, I would say, than I saw in Iraq."
MCCAIN'S SPEECH: Not bad. But, like Obama, he was overshadowed -- Obama by Bill Clinton, McCain by Sarah Palin.
HERE'S THE FULL TEXT OF MCCAIN'S SPEECH. And I didn't have to go to The Corner to get it this time! Click "read more" to read it.
OKAY, THE MCCAIN BIO VIDEO was pretty weak. I can't believe they didn't do a better job given what they had to work with.