Crikey

McCain returns his dodgy donations, Obama thwarts assassin, Bush takes hypocritical stand, Hilary won’t go away and everyone grabs for the Bible belt.

McCain Campaign to Return 50K in Donations. John McCain’s campaign says it is returning tens of thousands of dollars in contributions solicited by a foreign citizen. — ABC News

Who Is Bush to Lecture China? There he was in Thailand, pressing China to uphold human rights when he has done more than any other President to heap scorn on them. After 9/11, he said, “I don’t care what the international lawyers say. We’re going to kick some ass.” — Progressive

Evangelicals Up For Grabs? Candidates Court Voters. This year, there’s been a role reversal in the competition for those voters. Now, it’s the Democrat who is comfortable quoting Scripture and talking openly about his beliefs. — NPR

Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Obama. Raymond Hunter Geisel, a 22-year-old aspiring bail bondsmen, is in custody for allegedly saying of Barack Obama, “If he gets elected, I’ll assassinate him myself.” Geisel soon made matters worse for himself, reportedly joking to a Secret Service agent that “if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he simply would shoot him with a sniper rifle.” — Truth Dig

Obama: America sucks, unless you elect me President. Isn’t that just the message you want him telling your seven-year-old when she asks him why he wants to be President? In Elkhart, Indiana, that’s the question that was posed to Barack Obama.  — Whiz Bang 

Could Hillary Be Plotting Something? - Two weeks before the convention the matter of vice nominations has still not been resolved and more people are beginning to wonder if Hilary’s failure to close off the option is part of a deliberate strategy. — Pajamas