I mean, the Republican National Convention.
- Fred Thompson, at the triumphant conclusion of his speech: "God bless John McCain, and John bless America!" Was he trying to equate McCain with God? Or was it simply way past his bedtime?
- U-S-A! U-S-A! Drill, baby, drill! U-S-A!
- Finally, a 9/11 reference from Rudy Giuliani about 15 minutes into his speech. I knew he wouldn't let me down.
- Sarah Pawlenty, er, Palin: did a nice job of channeling her inner Rove. Talked a lot about her family for a person whose family is supposed to be publicly off-limits.
- Actual signs being waved in audience: "Raisin McCain," "The Mavrick." Because proper spelling is so un-American.
- Cindy McCain: campaigning to succeed Laura Bush as First Robot.
- What did we learn about John McCain? That he is a POW. And a maverick. Policy? What policy?
Ugh. I feel like I need a shower.
5 comments:
At least there was no sign of Lee Greenwood or Toby Keith.
I don't know who those jokers think they are, but there is only one Levi in my book.
I used to think that I didn't like either party, but this time around only one of them is actually making me sick. Insomnia since monday, bitterness since tuesday... I blame Palin.
bless you, lauren. i was starting to think i was the only mormon girl who isn't totally gay for palin.
xo
gretta
Gay, Mormon, Palin...I just got confused with so many incompatible words in one sentence.
If you want to see a breakdown of the frequency of certain words/topics used at the convention go here
Gay/gays were never mentioned, either were mormons. Torture was, but only when referring to McCain getting tortured.
^ very interesting, though not too surprising...the Think Progress link is broken, but here's the NYT to the rescue.
^^ nice to see you around, Gretta! Gay for Palin, not so much...but how about that Rachel Maddow? That lady's a breath of fresh air.
^^^ yeah, the whole thing was a little too shallow and unsubstantially vicious for my taste. I thought Dahlia Lithwick from Slate hit the nail on the head when she wrote that Palin represents the GOP's mainstreaming of Ann Coulter.
^^^^ lee: ha, good point—it could've been much, much worse/hilarious...
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