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Part One: Yours, Mine...

One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to the America that she came from, and that was the setting of her story. One of the biggest shames in the campaign - aside from the fact that political realities required this intelligent, accomplished woman to effectively bite her tongue for the last couple of months - is the lack of any honest discussion about the reality that we don't all live in the same America. It's one reality that both progressives and conservatives must grapple with between now and November, and beyond

Delivered on a night that carried the theme "One America," her speech should serve as a reminder that if we are to be America, we have to first acknowledge that what we have are three America's: yours, mine, and ours.

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As I mentioned last week, while we were in Denver at the DNC it seems as though I was the subject of interviews by media outlets almost as many times as I conducted ones for the Blend. Must be that novelty factor...

The latest one up is by broadcast-turned-online journalist Tamika Thompson of Tavis Smiley's Young Voices on PBS. She approached me while I was at The Big Tent and shot this for the series "African American Bloggers: Beyond What you See on TV." I am glad that I had a chance to bring LGBT perspective to a program with a large POC following.

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Discuss anything and everything. Here is an album from the Blend's convention coverage. It's a slideshow, but you can watch the videos in total or skip through at your leisure.

And here is the link to all of the 2008 DNC posts.

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If the first decision a presidential candidate makes about who will succeed him/her in an emergency is an indication of overall judgment, John McCain is unelectable.

"But as for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell ya, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me, what is it exactly that the VP does every day?"
- former Miss Alaska runnerup Sarah Palin, 8/1/08, on CNBC, "Kudlow and Company"

Mayor of a tiny town, two years as governor, and she is a promising addition to the ticket if you want a...

-- Womb control advocate
-- an anti-LGBT activist
-- religious right fembot
-- creationist.

I am sorry, this is such a slam to women everywhere if McCain thinks the mere fact one has a vagina (and is a hottie in his book) is a qualification to run the country and "attract the women and youth vote". I don't want to hear one whit about the GOP slamming Hillary Clinton all during this campaign season.

I want to see how they spin this utterly absurd pick.

Highlights/lowlights of her record are below the fold.

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UPDATE: 8:35 AM MT: CNN confirms that it's one-term Alaska Governor Palin. This will be fun. What a desperate Hail Mary.

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