Speaking of putting down the pipe.....

"In the first poll since John Kerry locked up the Democratic nomination, Kerry and President Bush are tied while independent Ralph Nader has captured enough support to affect the outcome, validating Democrats' fears.

The Republican incumbent had the backing of 46 percent, Kerry 45 percent and Nader, the 2000 Green Party candidate who entered the race last month, was at 6 percent in the survey conducted for The Associated Press by Ipsos-Public Affairs."

You know, I saw old Ralph on Bill Mahler's show on HBO. He came off as that kind of senile old Uncle whose clearly not nearly as sharp as he used to be and has long descended into some weird paranoid delusional state. The kind of uncle who keeps on spinning all these weird conspiracy stories that kind makes sense for the first couple of bits and then quickly spins completely out of control. He's another couple of years away from being Grandpa Simpson.