Joe I Am

McCain taps into J the P energy.

JOE THE ACORN

While Joe the Plumber has put a face on Barack's big tax lie - he is about redistributing the wealth being acquired by the overpaid plumbers of America - ACORN has become the symbol of the radicalism that fills the pint size container of experience that purports to qualify Barack for the presidency.

"Sen. Obama won't tell you the full truth about his tax increases, and now he's kinda fuzzing up his connections to ACORN," said Palin, of the "Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now."

"Now, ACORN is under investigation for rampant voter fraud in thirteen states," Palin said, herself "fuzzing up" the difference between fraudulent voter registration forms and voter fraud, which is quite different.

The McCain campaign, while relishing the opportunity that Barack has presented with his J the P gaffe, is wise keep ACORN in the mix.

Palin then detailed the myriad connections between Obama and the group. "Now, Obama says that his only involvement with ACORN was when he represented the group as a lawyer," she said. "But what about the training that he provided ACORN in the past and ACORN staff, and his role in past ACORN voter registration efforts? And then, there's the $200,000 that he got for ACORN when he was on the board of the Woods Fund. And the fact that ACORN endorsed him this year and they're working pretty hard on his behalf."

She also noted that "a front group for ACORN received over $800,000 from the Obama campaign."

This is the kind of information the American people need to make an informed decision about Barack, and it may inflame concerns that keep Barack from establishing the sort of lead you'd expect him to have in this race.

"All of this would be a lot of baggage to drag into the Oval Office," Palin said. "And Americans are entitled to answers before Election Day ... John and I are calling on the Obama campaign to release communications it has had with this group and to do so immediately."

That's a good demand! They should make a formal request of discovery - all payments, bills, phone records, emails, etc. The public has a right to know!

She ended her remarks by saying she knew Ohioans wouldn't "let them turn the Buckeye State into the Acorn State."

It's Biden

The text message came in at 3:27 THIS MORNING! Is that when they finally decided on Joe Biden - perhaps over a game of poker, passing a bottle of scotch in a smoke filled room? Barack saying, "of all the gin joints in all the world, we had to decide in this one?"

Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally at 3pm ET on www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word.

What a clever way to build a positive relationship with your millions of potential voters - wake them up! To confirm what they were already pretty sure of if they cared enough to track the news! There, they would have seen the shots of Joe Biden's house with all the lights on and people coming and going.

My first thought was that I'd been spammed, but it seems not. Unless Barack was spammed as well, as Biden is now part of Barack's website. And there was an email that was sent out an hour or so later.

I have some important news that I want to make official. I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate. Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois — the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.

I’m excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can’t do this alone. We need your help to keep building this movement for a change. Please let Joe know that you’re glad he’s part of our team. Share your personal welcome note and we’ll make sure he gets it: http://my.barackobama.com/welcomejoe

The McCain camp must be excited, what with all the video out there with Biden talking about Barack's inexperience. McCain's folks didn't lose any time responding.

Their personal welcome note welcomed Biden to the team even before the Obama camp folks requested it. Now that’s thinking ahead. Their welcome-wagon email was received at 2:22am (Eastern Time):

There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama’s lack of experience than Joe Biden. Biden has denounced Barack Obama’s poor foreign policy judgmkent and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be President.”