I think the sad part is that irritating ad probably took atleast a few hours to produce. Be careful, as your IQ will literally drop as the video progresses:

Next week, I’m told the teacher will teach us the difference between a platypus and a senile, far-left extremist who who had his home foreclosed on because he couldn’t afford his bills on his 6 figure judicial salary.

From the Club for Growth’s press shop:

Washington – The Club for Growth commends the Republican National Committee for naming former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell Vice Chairman of the Platform Committee.

“Ken Blackwell is a committed conservative with a strong record of fighting for pro-growth, limited-government policies,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “His work in Ohio and as a leader in the Republican Party is exactly what the conservative movement needs. The Club for Growth is proud to have Ken Blackwell on its board and we know he will be a vital asset in his position as Vice Chairman of the Republican Platform Committee.”

This is good news for conservatives, as you can be certain that Ken Blackwell won’t support the watering down of the conservative principles of the Republican platform. But in the end, I don’t see how anyone could stop McCain from reshaping the Republican Party in his own squishy, moderate, speech-rationing, carbon-taxing image, as he is now the head of the party.

In Ken Blackwell’s latest column on Townhall.com, he discusses Barry’s running mate:

Barack Obama made an interesting choice by tapping Joseph Biden as his running mate. Mr. Biden certainly helps to address one of Mr. Obama’s greatest weaknesses. But Senator Obama has three challenges he must face to win the White House, and while Mr. Biden aids one, it leaves the other two as even more problematic. It also cuts against the central theme of Mr. Obama’s campaign.

Read the rest of Ken’s column here.

And remember, Joe has a higher IQ (and probably more hairplugs) than you:

But atleast he will help with religious voters in Ohio…. and if you don’t believe that, as he told the Cincinnati Enquirer, he will shove his rosary down your throat!

Check out Catholics Against Biden. One of the contributors is James Anderson of Norwalk, Ohio who is also the talented writer being the Pro Ecclesia blog.

If the Drudge Report is correct, Joe Biden is Barack Obama’s running mate.

Here is a TV ad he ran in 1988. It is interesting not only because he is talking about the need for experience (something Obama lacks) but it reminds us that liberals have been using the same old bash-America playbook for decades:

From Time:

Last week Ohio governor Ted Strickland called for Obama to “speak more clearly and specifically about the kitchen-table, bread-and-butter issues.” While Obama has to be careful not to delve too far into Strickland’s brand of Stone Age union economics, reconnecting with basic Democratic economic issues is good advice.

What is the best way to define “Stone Age union economics?” I’m not quite sure, but it has something to do with being comfortable with Ohio’s 7.9 percent unemployment rate and it’s unhealthy business climate as long as you scream about outsourcing, pretend to oppose a job-killing union-backed sick leave ballot initiative, and blame everything on President Bush.

Update at 5pm: A stone age “chill” from Gov. Strickland:

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is exploring a policy change that would expand the list of projects to which prevailing wage rules apply, a shift that one local economic development expert says will have “a chilling effect” on luring new companies to Cincinnati.

The proposed changes are highlighted in a two-page memo circulated by the Ohio Department of Commerce, which regulates prevailing-wage statutes.

Labor unions support the use of prevailing wage rules as a way of keeping construction contracts out of the hands of lower-paying nonunion shops. Critics claim prevailing wage statutes inflate the cost of construction, making development projects more difficult to finance.

Word is getting getting out that Congresswoman Tubbs Jones from Cleveland has died. RIP

Update at 8:40pm:

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Tubbs Jones, 58, died at Wednesday evening died of a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left her with limited brain function, said Eileen Sheil, a spokeswoman for the Cleveland Clinic, which owns the Huron Hospital in East Cleveland where Tubbs Jones died.

“Throughout the course of the day and into this evening, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones’ medical condition declined,” Sheil said in a statement from the clinic and Tubbs Jones’ family.

The liberal Democrat, first elected in 1998, suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in Cleveland Heights Tuesday night, said Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital.

A brain aneurysm is a bulge in an artery in the brain. It can leak or rupture, causing bleeding in the brain.

From Ken Blackwell’s column, “Russia, China and Gitmo: A Contrast in Human Rights”:

Last week saw three human rights episodes play out in Russia, China and the United States. These events show us how America stacks up against the rest of the world.

This past week the world saw the resurgent danger of the old Soviet Union in the modern Russian Federation. Russian military forces invaded the sovereign neighboring nation of Georgia. Although Russia claims to be aiding people in the disputed Georgian province of South Ossetia, the reality is that covert Russian agents have been fomenting upheaval, and Russia had been moving forces into place for this invasion.

Read the rest of Ken’s column here.