Gustav and the GOP convention

Michelle Malkin’s got the latest developments on both.  Gustav’s on track to hit New Orleans and surrounding areas on the Gulf Coast in the next two days.  New Orleans is a ghost town.  Looks like several of the activities scheduled for tomorrow have been canceled, per McCain.  Cheney and Bush won’t be there, either.
Mega-prayers are going [...]

Alan Colmes: Sarah Palin’s first child supposedly conceived out of wedlock – PLUS: Other vicious far left attacks on Palin

ST reader Mwalimu Daudi  has done an great job in finding out about what certain popular far leftie blogs are having to say about Sarah Palin.  In one post, MD pointed to the following links:
—- TNR: Sarah Palin named two of her children after witches.   Andrew Sullivan, surprisingly (not), echoed a similar theme here.  The real facts [...]

Quote of the weekend

One of my all-time favorite pundits weighs in on Sarah Palin:
First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, “all-American”, but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I’m not saying I came to the United States [...]

VIDEO: Sarah Palin on drilling in ANWR, energy policy – PLUS: Andrew Sullivan’s sexism

You go girl (Via MM):
(adding the actual video link here so it will show up when this post is emailed)

After you get done watching that, make sure to check out this side by side comparison of the experience of Democrat presidential nominee Sen. Obama versus the experience of Republican VP nominee Gov. Palin. It’s missing [...]

And speaking of conventions …

It’s been a long time since I linked to Senator Zell Miller (D-GA)’s barnburner of a speech at the 2004 RNC.  Here it is again.
Enjoy

In light of Gustav’s storm path, GOP reconsiders convention type

Via CNN (h/t: ST reader MD):
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Officials with the McCain campaign and the Republican National convention are considering changing the event’s agenda as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast.
Sen. John McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, plans to meet with officials in charge of the party’s convention planning in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sunday [...]

Weekend open thread

Hope everyone’s enjoying their holiday weekend.  I’ll be back later this evening.

More on Sarah Palin

I know we’re all excited as heck about the announcement of Gov. Sarah Palin as Mc’s veep choice, but in the interest of fairness – and to help prepare everyone for the inevitable criticisms that will follow – I wanted to present some “pros and con” arguments about her from conservatives we can trust, and [...]

The State of the Conservative Union: Good, “my friends,” very good

Seven months ago just a few days before Super Tuesday, I wrote about the State of the Conservative Union.  And as we all remember, at that time, it wasn’t good.  The main frustration conservatives felt at the time was over the fact that they felt like they didn’t have any good choices in the primary.  [...]

Friday open thread

Hate to have to dash out on this fantastic day for blogging but I’ve got some errands to run.  Will be back later today to blog.
TGIF! Oh, and:
McCain-Palin ‘08!!