Futher details on Putin accusing the U.S. of orchestrating Georgian war. (For McCain)

Facts you should know:

*Rice was in Tblisi July 9-10, and met with Saakashvili on the 9th.

*Saakashvili was in Yalta July 10-12 for a two-day European integration conference.
Rove was in Yalta for the same conference also from July 10 to July 12.

*NOTE - July 10
Remember when Karl Rove fleed the country? (Friday July 10 was the congressional committee meeting that he was supposed to attend.):

From a Journalist

I am an American journalist based in Kyiv. On July 10 to 12, Karl Rove was in Yalta, Ukraine for the annual Yalta European Strategy Conference hosted by Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk. On the morning of July 12, Rove participated in a discussion on how the U.S. presidential elections would affect U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine. When I approached Rove to ask him some questions that afternoon, he declined to speak with me, referring me to the event staff.

Posted by: Zenon Zawada | July 15, 2008 at 04:34 AM

More....

*McCain had a conference call with him in April (during which his foreign policy advisor's lobbying firm signed a new contract for consulting with Georgia).

Not pre-war but note worthy:

When Rick Warren was on Sean Hannity's radio show
he avoided all questions pertaining to who he was picking for President, but was more than happy to find ways to criticize Obama.

*Before he ended his little appearance, he announced, that he had received a personal phone call from Georgian President Saakashvili.

On August 8 during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Georgia attacked South Ossetia. And then Russia stepped in.........  

There are other reports such as Americans fighting, also being held by Russians, Training Georgian's to fight and NATO having mercenaries and war ships moving into the Black Sea.

Now, some would think that this would be an easy diary to write...and to be honest..it is.

And some would think that this kind of diary would be pure "Red Meat," and an easy candidate for the rec list...and they would be right.

And as much as I like the limelight, this is a wholly negative diary...so, as a sideways tribute to Abby Hoffman:  

Please don't rec this diary!

This diary is a plaything, that should gracefully wilt to the bottom of the pile, carrying our negative thoughts about McTrolls with it.

So...on with the fun!

Here is how the evening is projected to go:

1.  The media coverage opens with camera shots of the clouds above the city, and then moves through the clouds to float above the assembling masses below, with the intention of portraying beauty and majesty of the scene.

2.  Upon arriving at the field, Obama emerges from a full-scale replica of Air Force One, to thunderous applause and a cheering crowd, and is escorted backstage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew s/article-1050017/Obama-God-Democrats-bu ild-temple-Barack.html

3.  Upon taking his place among greek columns meant to evoke the Lincoln Memorial & the White House (and built by the same stage designers who do Britney Spears' shows), the speeches begin.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08282008/new s/nationalnews/temple_of_dem_on_mt__o_ly mpus_126450.htm

More points, and sources, below the fold ...

On June 12, John McCain called for an investigation into oil speculation, apparently due more to his total lack of understanding of commodity markets than to any actual indignation.  This is what he said:

I believe there needs to be a thorough and complete investigation of
speculators to find out whether speculation has been going on and, if
so, how much it has affected the price of a barrel of oil.

Investigate speculators to find out if there's speculation going on?  Next, we can go to the gas station and see if they're selling gas.

Now, usually when a politician calls for an investigation, that means they don't actually want to do anything about a problem, and hope by putting it off they can avoid dealing with it all together.

But don't worry Mr. McCain, the results are in- no need for that investigation!

Crossposted at Sandstorm.

It goes on and on.  As soon as the media finally quit playing up the Clinton/Obama rift, they started talking about the set at the stadium.  And they talk about Obama as "all talk" despite that the convention has been full of policy statements and contrasts with the lack of change that McCain offers in 2008.  Today on Rush Limbaugh, things went one step further, and it was actually reassuring.

Today, August 28, 2008, is the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention and I am high above Invesco Field in the press box as Stevie Wonder practices his performance for later tonight.

To be honest with you, the convention stage reminds me some of the stage George W. Bush used to accept his Party's nomination at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Remember this:

That's what the stage at field level resembles...columns and all.

As McCain's VP selection nears, Joe Lieberman has been consistently floated as a one of the top potential picks along with Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Robert Novak even came out of retirement to write a column urging McCain not to pick Lieberman. Last night we were treated to a Politico story about some supposed backstage intrigue regarding McCain's pick.

This diary will have to be brief, but it looks like thezzyzx's hopes are coming to fruition. Obama has received, so far, a very healthy bounce, thereby burrying the main stream media meme of a party divided