"A hotter, richer wife.."

How can you keep a staight face...

Seriously, you are going to stand before the Country and claim that you are the best choice to end partisanship in Washington? Were you paying attention, Wednesday night, when your party hosted the most divisive day at a Convention seen perhaps ever. Were you there when one after another, Romney, Rudy, and Gov. Ridiculous laid down a smattering of bile on about 50 percent of the electorate. Do you, also, think we are stupid? Why do I keep having to ask that question.

Let's go to the tape...

You may have heard, Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan and former John McCain adviser, and MSNBC guy Mike Murphy were caught on tape discussing the selection of Gov. Unknown as his Vice Presidential running mate. Take it from Jessie Jackson, peeps, you might want to check if your mic is hot... a partial transcript floating around the internets:

"CT: I also think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, too.
PN: Saw Kay this morning.
CT: Yeah, she's never looked comfortable about this --
MM: They're all bummed out.
CT: Yeah, I mean is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?
PN: The most qualified? No! I think they went for this -- excuse me-- political bullshit about narratives --
CT: Yeah they went to a narrative.
MM: I totally agree.
PN: Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at, they blow it.
MM: You know what's really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical.
CT: This is cynical, and as you called it, gimmicky.
MM: Yeah."

I don't know about you...

But I just can't wait until the Republicans finally get control over the executive branch ...then we'll see some real good stuff....oh....dammit.

Why am I always forced to ask: "Do you think we are stupid?" I guess the answer is a resounding yes, based on past results as indicator of future performance. How can speaker after speaker march up on stage and rally against the goverment when YOUR PARTY HAS RAN IT FOR EIGHT YEARS. I need a Tylenol.

I'm not from Washington...

I'm from Crawford, Texas...oops, I mean Alaska.

I just got done listening to the Repub. VP acceptance speech on the radio while driving home from a dinner. I should have stayed at the bar and drank heavily. The end result was the same, a taste of vomit in the back of my throat.

We've heard this outsider myth before. Tell me the American people aren't so stupid as to believe the party that has been in power for eight long years is the one to "change" the nature of Washington. You've done such a good job over the past eight years that you've had to keep your sitting President away from your own convention. Nice line, too, about Obama waiting on terrorists to "read them their rights." That's what we need, another four years of using the Constitution as a urinal.

It was interesting to hear the Gov. speak of McCain being beaten by the establishment in his 2000 run for the Presidency, in front of the very establishment that used Karl Rovian smear tactics to end his 2000 run.

And sure, I don't think a candidate's family is fair game...but then should they be paraded around like cheerful nodding muppets? Pick one, Palin. Rather than discussing well developed policy differences, this speech chose to insult and belittle. Typical, but disappointing.

Sen. McCain, I honestly thought you were better than this show, but I've been disappointed before and I will be again.

Stop Pissing Me Off...Extended Mix

Traitor Joe. "John McCain had the courage to stand against the tide of public opinion and support the surge.”



How about the more appropriate, "Waaaaaaaa, Democrats tried to vote me out of office, so I'm gonna be independent, and now I'm gonna come to the Republican Convention and piss on all of you who voted for my ticket in 2000."

Memo to my friend Al, do you think, in hindsight, maybe this wasn't the best choice for VP. "Hmmm, how about that Florida Senator, Bob Graham... wonder if he's available."
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George
"Orwell"
Bush.
"My fellow citizens, we live in a dangerous world. And we need a president who understands the lessons of September 11, 2001."

That is so true. You weren't it.


We also need a president who can read at a third grade level. You weren't it.
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Bad Senator, Bad Actor. "[Gov. Palin] has taken on the political establishment in the largest state in the union."

Um, yeah, Alaska is large. Population, 670,000 people as of July 2006 California, 36,458,000. DO YOU THINK WE ARE IDIOTS??????
Source, (U.S. Bureau of the Census) _________________________________________________

I still blame you for this.

I am not sexist. (Well, maybe a little, but not about this)

Already, there have been articles suggesting that criticism of Sen. Experience's pick of Gov. Unprepared as vice president are sexist. It was even suggested to me, the good doctor, that my criticism is based on the fact that Gov. Unprepared is a woman. (And, yes, I know that's Michael Palin, which is probably not helping.) Still, nothing could be further from the truth. It's not racist to say that President Elect Obama has only had a partial term in the U.S. Senate. That's a fact. It's a fact that Gov. Unprepared has been in her office for a short period, that prior to this she was mayor of a relatively small town, and that there are more people in my living room as I type this than she governs in the State of Alaska. (Okay, that last one may not be a fact, but it does seem crowded in there.)

There are numerous Republican women far more prepared to be a 72 year old heartbeat away from the Presidency. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas immediately pops to mind. Elizabeth Dole. Sen. Olympia Snow. Secretary of State Condi Rice (God Help Me, but it's true), hell why not Sandra Day O'Conner....the list goes on.

It does not burn me that Sen. Experience picked a female running mate. I just think it would have been nice if he picked one that was ready for the gig in the event he had a grabber. It burns me that a man who campaigns in front of a sign that says "Country First" made such a blatantly political pick. Is this the person in all of the Republican Party most qualified to step in if Sen. Experience goes down? Let's see, in addition to the qualified women mentioned above, he also passed up:

Former Gov. and Secretary Tom Ridge

Mitt Romney (Don't like him, but still more qualified)

Gov. Tim Pawlenty

Former Sen. Bill Frist

Former Secretary Colin Powell (talk about a chance at evening the field)

Sen. Lamar Alexander

Sen. Jim Bunning

Former Secretary William Bennett

Sen. Norm Coleman

Sen. Lindsay Graham

Sen. Chuck Hagel

Sen. James Inhofe

Sen. Richard Lugar

Sen. John Sununu

Gov. Charlie Crist...etc., etc., etc.

I would disagree with much of these potential running mates positions, but could not argue their experience compared to a second year of her first term Gov. of one of the smallest states in the Union (population wise)

I have a distinct memory of an episode of the West Wing (that I am paraphrasing here) where President Bartlett is arguing with his Vice President, which whom he famously did not get along, and finally the VP tries to resign. Bartlett refuses to accept the resignation with a four word note reading "Because I could die." That's it peeps. That's the major function of a Vice President. Anyone who says it's sexist to critique this choice should take another look at who was passed over and tell me how this is a better choice for America. I'm waiting to hear a reasonable explanation.