Some Republicans I used to work with just forwarded a "joke" – and I use the term loosely – Democratic National Convention Schedule, filled with rib-tickling fake agenda items such as

7:00 pm - Opening flag burning
7:20 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
7:25 pm - Nonreligious prayer and worship with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
7:55 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
8:00 pm - How I Invented the Internet - Al Gore
8:15 pm - Gay Wedding Planning - Barney Frank presiding
8:35 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast & explains the new amnesty program
8:40 pm - Our Troops are War Criminals - John Kerry
9.00 pm - Memorial service for Saddam and his sons - Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon . . . .

Well, you get the idea.

The real coincidence here is that I just received a leaked copy of the agenda for the upcoming Republican National Convention.

Kos was clearly wrong to label Robert Salladay a racist on the basis of this Kevin Drum insinuation.

Now for all I know, Salladay may be a racist.  I don't know him and had never read him before today.

But what I do know is that there is no evidence of racism in the blog post in question.

I would sooner spit on Sen. Felix Macaca (R-VA) than shake his hand, and I have no patience, tolerance, or forgiveness in me for coded racism.  But that's clearly not what Salladay was engaged in.

Apologies if this has been diaried or posted already, but I didn't find it in a search.

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire has a preview of Ryan Lizza's upcoming New Republic profile on Virginia Senator George Allen.

Apparently young George had quite an affinity for the Confederate Flag -- which would be regrettable but perhaps not terribly shocking if Allen had grown up in the South instead of in California.

Creigh Deeds, that is.

It's now close to 100% of precincts reporting, but Deeds is still closing the gap in the Virginia AG race.  McDonnell's lead is down to 1,976 votes.

Six-PAC and Campaign for a National Majority are two of the groups that jumped into this extremely close race hoping to make a difference.  [Full disclosure -- I am a member of Six-PAC and friends with the CNM crew.]  In '06, '08, and beyond, grass roots organizations like ours will keep working to amplify the efforts of the kos community, DFA, MoveOn, and all of you out there -- because we all know that the crooked authors of the "Republican Revolution" myth have written their last chapter.