The soccer mom came to the party…..packing heat! She assailed Obama and became the assigned “attack dog” for the campaign. The good Governor of Alaska came out looking for Grizzly bears, Polar Bears and Oil Rigs! OK, were we amazed? Well, actually the first 15 minutes sounded like she was running for Student Body President of the Senior Class at a very fine Junior College in Sitka! The last time we heard that type of squealing diatribe it was at a Girls Athletic Association meeting…talking about baby clothes!
It was actually quite a night of hard hitting spit and charging the grey battlements of the bastille. Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and even our hero Rudy Guiliani all came out swinging….to pump up the volume for the good Governor Palin. They unloaded taking no prisoners. They did their level best to demean Obama in every way possible. The good news is that the same old tired rhetoric was only taken seriously by the uncredentialed delegates! Sadly, our opinion of all of the Republican Candidates for President, in this cycle, due to this performance has greatly diminished and blemished our respect for all of them.
This indeed could be the death knell for the Republican Party….no matter who wins the election. The facts are that it is a very sad day…for the lion share of Reaganites. We have all been relegated to the greater New Majority without even taking a vote! Reagan ran on issues…..these people are now so desparate that they are running on negativity! It is a huge role reversal. The Republicans used to be the party of positive goals….the Democrats were always the “disgruntled employees”. McCain has reversed this…leaving the Republicans as the party of mean spirited negativity. This is no longer the party of Reagan….this is the party of McCain/Palin.
In a major effort at talking down, condescension and sarcastic behavior…… the Republican Party has kicked George and Laura to side of the road and we will all have to join the famous McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform, the Keating Five and of course his leadership helping Bill Clinton push NAFTA through…eagerly!
Sad days…..for everyone running on the Republican ticket in 2008! It is so bad……that even Dennis Miller, because he is on O’Reilly….has had to change his affliliation from Obama to McCain…so he can continue being paid for his slot on Fox News!
This was a night that turned everyone’s stomach……on both sides!
You have to wonder WHY are Republicans so angry? They are the one’s who have been in power for the last 8 years. They got their dirty little war in Iraq, they got their tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy, they got to people our judicial system with party hacks, they’ve been successful in destroying government agencies, disenfranchising voters and corrupting the media. What MORE do these people want?
Good lord, they all seemed so predictable, so devoid of positive vibes, so old school. Well, they have another day in the sun. After that, it’s back to “Palingate”.
Speaking of which, can the Reeps please stop whining about the media coverage of Palin. McCain is the one you should be criticizing. HE is the one who picked a relative unknown. HE knew that it would unleash waves of press inquiry. So HE doesn’t get to whine about it now. Actually, the press is doing their job…they’re SUPPOSED to learn about her and share what they learn with the American people.
As Molly Ivins said of Pat Buchanan’s 1992 convention speech, I liked it better in the original German.
“OK, were we amazed? Well, actually the first 15 minutes sounded like she was running for Student Body President of the Senior Class at a very fine Junior College in Sitka! The last time we heard that type of squealing diatribe it was at a Girls Athletic Association meeting…talking about baby clothes!”
Now that’s good material!
BTW, was I the only one who got the impression that Giuliani kept having to supress a fascist salute, a la Dr. Strangelove?
Good one about Guiliani, and Jon Stewart’s imitation of Lieberman as that cartoon dog was priceless. By the way, what the heck is Lieberman doing? Is he so happy about the way things are going that he wants them to continue?
I loved the Daily Show’s double clips where it shows Lieberman saying the exact opposite about Obama when he needed Obama to campaign for him in his last quest to get reelected. Is this a Jewish thing? I’m not that familiar but I had always thought of people of that ethnicity/religion as loyal and honest. Lieberman seems to be neither of those.
Is this a Jewish thing?
Dude. Not. If you regret saying that, if you simply typed too fast, just say so and I’ll take your comment down.