Republic National Convention - painful!
Jeez, I hated watching the Republican National Convention today. I'll probably hate it more tomorrow, but let me vent about today first.
Where to start?
A-h-n-a-l-d! as in Schwarzenneger - or however he spells his name. Like Bush, people don't like his policies, but they like him. What is UP with that? Seems like we are trapped in a world devoted to The Cult Of Personality. People must be scared, or tired, or stupid - they just want to escape from political reality and cheer for someone who PRETENDS to offer solutions. There is an article on Slate today about why liberals need to stop loving Laura Bush - she is NOT someone who moderates her right-wing husband - she SUPPORTS him. Well, liberals like to think that Ahnald's not so bad - he is moderate on abortions, moderate on gay marriage, moderate on ... I don't know what else. Well, FORGET IT. HE WANTS BUSH TO WIN. Worse, HE WANTS TO BE PREZ. AND ONCE THERE, HE WILL BE LED AROUND BY THOSE WHO CONTROL THE INFORMATION HE RECEIVES. As governor, he is probably fairly accessible - yeah, to lobbyists, non-special interests, etc. Well, as prez, he would be like Bush - at the mercy of, for example, people like Dick Cheney and Carl Rove. I don't know about Ahnald, but we know Bush does not read newspapers - He probably does not read much period. He gets briefings from a few close advisors - and he makes decisions based on limited information. We should not even BLAME him for making bad decisions. He knows not what he does.
OK - that's one rant about today's convention events. I did not see much else that happened there today - except for Laura Bush's speech. I'll have to think about what she said that pissed me off.
Oh - one other thing. Watching Maria Shriver cheer while Ahnald slammed Democrats was pretty sickening.
Where to start?
A-h-n-a-l-d! as in Schwarzenneger - or however he spells his name. Like Bush, people don't like his policies, but they like him. What is UP with that? Seems like we are trapped in a world devoted to The Cult Of Personality. People must be scared, or tired, or stupid - they just want to escape from political reality and cheer for someone who PRETENDS to offer solutions. There is an article on Slate today about why liberals need to stop loving Laura Bush - she is NOT someone who moderates her right-wing husband - she SUPPORTS him. Well, liberals like to think that Ahnald's not so bad - he is moderate on abortions, moderate on gay marriage, moderate on ... I don't know what else. Well, FORGET IT. HE WANTS BUSH TO WIN. Worse, HE WANTS TO BE PREZ. AND ONCE THERE, HE WILL BE LED AROUND BY THOSE WHO CONTROL THE INFORMATION HE RECEIVES. As governor, he is probably fairly accessible - yeah, to lobbyists, non-special interests, etc. Well, as prez, he would be like Bush - at the mercy of, for example, people like Dick Cheney and Carl Rove. I don't know about Ahnald, but we know Bush does not read newspapers - He probably does not read much period. He gets briefings from a few close advisors - and he makes decisions based on limited information. We should not even BLAME him for making bad decisions. He knows not what he does.
OK - that's one rant about today's convention events. I did not see much else that happened there today - except for Laura Bush's speech. I'll have to think about what she said that pissed me off.
Oh - one other thing. Watching Maria Shriver cheer while Ahnald slammed Democrats was pretty sickening.
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