McCain to announce Pawlenty for veep “soon”?
Hot Air’s got the links to all the latest speculation on McCain’s veep selection process, and all signs right now are pointing to MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty. The Captain thinks the Gov. would be a good pick:
Rick Moran’s top 10 list of things that creep him out about Obama
A pretty comprehensive list. I’d add one thing to it that he only briefly touched on, and that is Obama’s tendency to treat political rallies like tent revivals. The language both he and his wife use on the campaign trail – like “heal this nation,” “lift this nation,” “rise up,” etc - is disturbing to me, because it happens more often than not. A lot of us joke about how he’s treated like a “messiah” by the mainstream press and many of his unquestioning supporters, but sometimes you get the feeling that Obama isn’t too far off from actually believing it himself.
Gerard Baker provides a storytelling for his piece on Barack Obama’s overseas visit
LOL. This is hilarious (via Jeff Jarvis):
Things overheard at a wedding reception
While mingling amongst the guests, I heard the following:
Controversy grows over Obama’s cancellation of troop hospital visit in Germany
Memeorandum is bursting with links this evening from lefties and righties discussing yesterday’s story about Obama’s cancellation of a scheduled visit to wounded US troops in Germany.  I briefly noted in a post this morning that it sound like the apparent reason the visit was cancelled was because Obama found out he couldn’t make a photo op out of it.
Israel paper publishes Obama’s wall prayer
This is so disgraceful it defies logic:Â