Theres a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds

And with the Invocation from The Man Who Fell to Earth, we open our final demrat convention thread. As long as the projectionist doesn’t change reels to Independence Day midway through, it just might be all worthwhile.

The Geezer has a Dayton playdate with his new Vice Geezer on Friday, although there’s some buzz that he might try to steal some headlines by announcing today. If so, it could be Droopy, the Baby Killer, the Mormon, Governor Placenta, or even Kay Bailey Hutchison (nickname pending), but since we haven’t been paying any attention, we’ll wait for the “surprise”.

Why the quotes? Well, the Post reports that McCain “dropped from public view after a fundraiser Tuesday night in San Diego.” We won’t tell you the identity of the confused elderly gentleman we found wandering on Washington Street that night, but as he watched the convention on our couch, we heard him mutter “Fuck. Now I’ll have to go with that exorcist.”

McCain Is Said to Be Set to Unveil Running Mate Tomorrow [WaPo]

We’re starting the open convention thread early today, since the demrats have a packed schedule: The Roll Call from Hell, followed by Bubba, followed by Plugz. Our keynote graphic is a rerun of something we ginned up awhile back — the last time we thought we would never have to deal with this soap opera again.

Cannot bear to watch. What is happening? (andy85719, 10:43 pm)

What does this color pantsuit mean? (roxy4hill2, 10:43 pm)

Notice how she is shaking her head “no” as she speaks…. (pumetta, 10:48 pm)

IT’S SOO GOOD TO SEE HER AND HEAR HER SPEAK, BUT I REALLY WANT TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES (Rancho, 10:48 pm)

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