Saunter To The White House 115 ; Sarah Who? McCain Picks Former Mayor Of Town Of 9,000 For VP.

We're not sure if John McCain will remember this time tomorrow what he's done, (plus the Obama and Democrats response) so we're recording it here in case he doesn't.

He's announced who his VP candidate is going to be, Sarah Palin, no relation to former Monty Python and travel lover, Michael Palin, yes we don't know who she is either.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Bet Mitt Romney's kicking himself after all the sucking up he's been doing recently!

Saunter To The Convention 8 - Daily Show Makes Obama The Lion King!

Great! Great! Great!



Tell The Truthiness Says ; "He was grand mammal and sea creature."

Holding Them To Account 21 ; Olbermann Calls Out Rubbish AP Obama Speech Analysis

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone, especially any journalist, who didn't think Obama's speech was the best since JFK. But anyone who did (especially when they write a piece that will be heavily syndicated) deserves to be held up and shouted about.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; Did this guy even see the speech?

Saunter To The Convention 7 - Pre-Speech Obama Tribute

Here is the 'lead-in' to the Barack Obama nomination acceptance speech, a tribute, narrated by Good Night & Good Luck actor David Strathairn.

Saunter To The White House 114 ; Obama Speech Analysis

"WE ARE A BETTER COUNTRY THAN THIS/ NOW IS THE TIME."

Saunter To The Convention 6 - Watch Obama's Speech Here

Here's the live MSNBC feed of the convention and in about 20 minutes, Barack Obama's Speech ;

Saunter To The Convention 5 - 95,000 Could Be Watching Obama Tonight

John King on CNN has just said, with the details coming from a police source, that the Obama team are working with them and fire marshals to see if they can fit another 15,000 people with tickets inside the Invesco Field site in time to see the speech.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; When 95,000 people turn out to watch a politician speak, it's not a bandwagon, it's not a passing fad, it's a fundamental change in the social and political structure of our World.

"Something is changing in America."

Saunter To The Convention 4 - Bill 'The Obamanite' Clinton

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Clinton case closed, that's it, lets get on with the election.

Saunter To The Convention 3 - Hillary : "I Am Here As A Proud Supporter Of Barack Obama/No Way, No How, No McCain!"

First there was the tribute to Hillary Clinton ;



Then the speech ;



Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation before and after her speech which oozed with talk of unity, togetherness and support for Barack Obama.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; "No way, no how, no McCain."

Holding Them To Account 20 ; Daily Show Welcomes GOP In Style

The Daily Show has taken out a fantastic billboard advert in Minneapolis for the GOP convention.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Expect Dick Cheney to be taking shots at it with his hunting rifle before the convention has even started.

Holding Them To Account 19 ; Jon Stewart Lays Into Fox 'News'

Jon Stewart is no stranger to showing up Fox 'News' for what they really are.

Considering all the convention coverage, this return to normality is to be welcomed.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; We love the Fox News response, "Jon's clearly out of touch". Have you seen his ratings?

Saunter To The Convention 2 - Michelle Sets The Convention On Fire

Here is Michelle Obama's lightning convention speech. She talked about her childhood, brother, career, husband, children, parents and the inequality in the country.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; She didn't talk like a first lady looking down from on high. She talked like a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother and a breadwinner. That's what made the speech bulletproof.

Saunter To The Convention 1 - See It All, Here!

Saunter To The Convention -- New reporting strand, why not, it feels like time for a new one.

Here is the live feed for MSNBC's democratic convention coverage, tune in and fact up !



It doesn't appear that this feed has the analysis or discussion on the MSNBC channel, it just seems to be the raw footage of whatever is happening on the podium.

If this changes to the 'proper' MSNBC coverage, we'll update the site with the feed.

Saunter To The White House 113 ; Kennedy Kicks It Off

Before Ted Kennedy made his surprise speech, there was a surprise tribute to the man ;



Then Senator Ted Kennedy took to the stage and the result was nothing less than electric ;



Tell The Truthiness Says ; This is a new "I feel a change in the air" moment.

Saunter To The White House 112 ; McCain Doesn't Know How Many Houses He Has Or What Car He Drives

That's right, apart from the discussion that John McCain doesn't know how many homes he owns, he doesn't know what type of car he drives.

The answer to the first one is about eleven.

The answer to the second one is a Cadillac CTS.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Tomorrow Wolf Blitzer is going to be asking McCain what's in his fridge in a new CNN feature.

Saunter To The White House 111 ; Beep Veep! Beep Veep!

In a story that everyone knew before it was officially announced, indeed, CNN went slightly nuts on their coverage, when it did eventually come, there wasn't much to do but talk a whole lot more and show a picture of the text message.

We aim not to disappoint. This post has both!



Tell The Truthiness Says ; How many less people would have signed up to receive the message if it had been done during the Bush Cheney run in 2000?

Special Comment On McCain's Skewed Campaign

Saunter To The White House 110 ; What's McCain Done For Black People? Even He's Not Sure

John McCain was quiet for quite a while when asked about Obama playing the race card and what he had done for civil rights.

Plus when he did answer, he muddled his own record.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; And everyone in the media is going to pick up on this? Right? Helllooo?

Saunter To The White House 109 ; WSJ - Obama Too Thin To Be President

The Wall Street Journal has suggested that Barack Obama is too fit to be President. It's official, journalism really is on holiday this August, because this is the proof.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; John McCain - Too McCain-like to be President?

Saunter To The White House 108 ; Lets Compare McCain To The Golden Girls

The madness of the campaign ad from the McCain team, comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, was heightened after John McCain said he was proud of the advertisement.

In that case Senator McCain, perhaps you'd mind telling us what the point of it was and exactly what it meant?

Tell The Truthiness Says ; John McCain, what will he do next? However unlikely it is, it's probably already been considered and rejected by his team for not being mad enough.

Saunter To The White House 107 ; McCain's 'No New Taxes' Taxes

John McCain has taken another step towards where exactly his campaign is going with a direct lie, in public, on camera.

Couldn't get any worse? Oh yes it could.

He answered that he wouldn't raise taxes to a little blonde girl during a question and answer session. Here is another tax related story.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Kitten kicking has been scheduled for next week by McCain's campaign team.