Grand OLD Party

There's just no way I'll have time to get to everything today so just a quick round up.

After various media sources actually "fact checked" the speech that someone else wrote and that Sarah Palin read, it turns out that almost every single thing she read in the speech was a lie. Hmmm. Republicans lying. Go figure.

This whole McShame "Country First" campaign slogan is just annoying. I mean, what the hell is he talking about? What used to be first? His lobbyist buddies? His special interest buddies? I'm so confused. I'm even more confused now that he has added an Alaskan secessionist as his running mate.

Does anyone else find the constant chanting of "USA, USA..." during republican speeches just a little bit creepy? There is a time and place for chanting "USA", it's called the Olympics. Chanting "USA" during republican propaganda speeches is just scary, and strange. It might even remind a man like Ben Stein of something "Hitler-esque".

If McCain can't even keep protesters from repeatedly interrupting his acceptance speech, how in the world is he going to keep us safe from "terrorists"? I bet all those crusty old white people in the crowd were mighty scared. They had probably never seen a real live protester before.

Dear John, it's pronounced Washington, not Warshington. You've had 72 years to work on this, try to get it right.

For a guy who doesn't like to talk about his experience as a POW, and certainly would never try to use his POW status for political gain, he sure does talk about his experience as a POW a lot. And he sure does use it to difuse critics every chance he gets. How odd. Not to mention, a lot of last night's POW story, as he told it, sounded like a bunch of embellished bullshit.

Using footage of the 9/11 attacks for political purposes is a new low, even by GOP standards. I would say, "for shame", but look who we're talking about.

Remember when Michelle Obama was taken out of context for saying something like "this is the first time I've been proud to be an American"? The right wing media had a field day with that line. I hope they pounce on McCain's line last night about how he "fell in love with my country" only after he had been captured. So he was 31 years old before he loved his country. Run with it mainstream media. I'll be holding my breath.

How about that $300,000 pant suit that Sugar Mama wore? Sweet. Which candidate is the elitist again? I keep getting them confused. It can't be the one whose wife pays more for an outfit than I paid for my house. It must be the uppity guy.

Ending the speech with "as long as I draw breath..." was probably not the visual you wanted to convey. Old dude with joke for a VP waiting to take his place, waxing poetic about drawing his last breath. Smart. Real smart.