“Sometimes it was a lonely journey. WHAT AM I DOING HERE? He often wondered, with the cold Chicago wind in his face slowing him down, pushing him back. But he didn’t give up. For somehow his journey had led him to Trinity Church, surrounded by the people from his neighborhood including many he had helped. And there, swept up in the waves of their singing with tears on his cheeks he knew why he was there. He knew who he was, and where he belonged.”

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h/t to reader Ian for sending this along.
Honourable Mentions to:

“I will only Green Shaft you this much.” – Hans Rupprecht
“Try as he might Liberal Leader Stephane Dion can’t make the letter “L” to place firmly on forehead.” – BlueSweaterBrigade

And the winner, by popular vote –

“Teeth this long. She could be on the nickel.” – anort

And without a pork chop tied around her neck.
Note: (in keeping with the decades old reputation of fairness and balance here at SDA) there were also Palin protesters.
Update – “But: thunder, hoots, an ovation.”

Canadian opposition leader Jack Layton has promised support for a new visa office in Mumbai and official status for the Punjabi language in Canada if he becomes prime minister after the Oct 14…

They’re on the other side.

He renders the sweater-guy meme obsolete.
h/t Dan Cook.

A half hour or so later….
“Say it isn’t so, Joe…

Peggy Noonan takes her cue from SDA. What can I say?
Update – The ratings are in…

I wish I had picked this reaction to the first Obama vs McCain debate up on the weekend – better late than never;

I noticed this in Obama’s books as well, especially the second. He’ll often discuss an issue, apparently showing a great range of empathy for both sides and state a real objection, and then he’ll ignore that and go on to state his position.
That may work for issues such as his position on abortion, but economics is a matter of hard parameters. Obama doesn’t seem able or willing to comprehend that, or do the hard work to assemble any reasonable policy position. I don’t think he’s able to do this.
The next president – any conceivable president – will have a very hard time of it. Pretty much all the wiggle room is gone. After last night, I literally believe that Obama isn’t capable of understanding it. Maybe he’s not very bright. Maybe he just dislikes quantitative thinking. But for whatever reason, his current stated policies are an exercise in fantasy.
Next year’s priorities need to run along the lines of making sure that poor people in the US have enough to eat. To be babbling about expanding early childhood education?
McCain did not impress me, but he appeared to understand that we have our butts in a tight crack and are going to be facing some very rough circumstances.
Anyone who watched last night’s debate and can still consider voting for Obama loses my respect. There’s a limit to how far one can defy reality and live. That man is currently outside the parameters of the land of the living. It’s probably due to inexperience.

But read the whole thing.

Open thread for Biden-Palin debate discussion…

But my impression so far is that LIzzy May is bat shit crazy.
Comments open for your reactions…

From: Rosemary Frei (rosefrei@sympatico.ca)
To: Daryl Vernon (ck872@sympatico.ca)
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: Q about one line in one of your responses
Quick Q, Daryl – in your answer to the Q aobut what Canada’s policy should be wrt Iran, you say:
Some interpret Iran’s representations regarding Israel more ambiguously than is reported
What do you mean?
Rosemary

h/t and caption suggestion by Glen M.
Enter your own in the comments!
The Honourable Mentions:
“Two dummies discussing Health Care.” – Western Canadian
“Cover photo for Stephane Dion’s new book ‘Liberal Leadership for Dummies'”. – Anne in swON
“Dion discusses possible economic solutions with Bay Street trader.” – Joseph
“Dion takes the pulse of the Liberal Nation.” – Guess What
“One’s plastic, doesn’t think and acts in a pre-programmed manner; the other one helps people learn CPR.” – Tom72
“I told you Canadians don’t mind waiting lists.” – Sysk
And the Winner!
“You know,my wife,she has one of dese at home”. – Wallyj

XD-235 is fed up.

Is there nothing that Obama can’t do?

Via readers, an invitation to compare and contrast… This too!
And!

h/t Bryceman
Update – a video response: Obama/Marx ’08

Voted “no”.

Related – a spreadsheet from Kevin Aylward;

If the Treasury simply took the $700 Billion and started paying off taxpayer mortgages, they could pay off every mortgage in the country worth less than $75,000… Or put another way, $700 Billion could pay off well over half of all outstanding first mortgages in the entire country.
Do you really think they need this much money?

Explained.
(Makes one long for a return to a more innocent “knife in the back” time…)

A metaphor for the 2008 campaign.

Photo credit Peter L.T. in Courtney, BC. “It’s not hard to find the signs, they’re all over. They must’ve had 20 people stenciling the night away!”
In the comments: “I wonder if they got a really tiny stencil for the ‘approved by the Official Agent for Geoff’ line at the bottom??”

(Thanks to reader Mike W. for the suggestion.)