Friday, August 31, 2012

rNC

I watched a lot of the republican National Convention.
I have a few observations.

There were two highlights for me.

One were the gutsy words of a political journalist, Karen Hunter, on an MSNBC talk show the day after Ann Romney's speech. The host of the show and another journalist were deifying Mrs. Romney as was everybody else. Karen  began her comments by sarcastically including "if she told us one more time how Mitt makes her laugh or how they met at a dance.........." and let it go at that. The others were talking about Ann relating to the crowd. Karen said the scene took her back to the fifties, that Ann was relating to a crowd that doesn't exist today. When Ann said "I Love You Women" Karen said she felt pandered to, called it a Sally Fields moment. She said  Mrs. Romney was trying too hard to relate to working people, trying too hard to connect with people she really can't connect with.
Susan Del Percio, the other journalist, said Ann was doing the hard sell when trying to connect with women. Said it as if it was a positive. Karen asked "wouldn't you rather get an authentic sell, a genuine sell, instead of a hard sell?"
As they closed the discussion they looked ahead to the upcoming proceedings that night. Karen said about Mitt "I hope he takes some Maalox, he didn't look too comfortable last night."
The woman is gutsy and she told the truth.

The second highlight was Condaleeza Rice. Professional, well spoken, commanding, intelligent. ALL political speeches should be built that way. She was not offensively partisan but she made her points. I cannot understand how a woman of that intelligence and knowledge can support Romney except to assume she is in some way staying loyal to George W. Bush. Rice could be a leader in an intelligent political climate. If she ever hooked up with President Barack Obama there would be more hope in this world.

More impressions:

Ann Romney. Plastic Ann. Horrible. Trying to come across as if she is one of us. A sister in arms with the women of the world. She has never been within six feet of a dirty diaper or a stove. A pathetic attempt to make us forget that she is supremely rich.
Women in the audience were crying as she spoke. This is one of the many things that is wrong with our political system. People will vote for Mitt Romney because Plastic Ann gave an insincere speech designed to manipulate emotion.
Spouses of political candidates should never be allowed to speak. Their words are meaningless. If I ran for office even Carol would say good things about me. And I am an insufferable rogue.

Rick Santorum. He stood up there with that look on his face that says Jesus touched my shoulder. I have been anointed. He lied and he hammered away at the family thing trying to demonstrate just how human republicans are.
He failed.

Chris Christie. He is a buffoon. A scaramouche. It's all about him. He doesn't care about Romney, he doesn't care about his party. He tries to come across as a tough guy, a straight talker. Instead he comes across as a mindless brute.

Clint Eastwood. What a shame. I was disappointed when Clint came out for Mitt. Sounds like a cartoon, doesn't it? I thought he was an intelligent, principled man. Apparently not. He threw us a curve with that halftime in America commercial.
Anyway last night he blew it. Tried for theatre but ended up insulting the President of The United States with rude innuendo. He is eighty two and came across that way.
He was so bad the republican party immediately came out with a statement separating themselves from his comments.

Mike Huckabee. Scum. His comments had a decidedly religious bent. Which should have nothing to do with politics but is unavoidable in 2012 because republicans make it so.
He also insulted Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz with a lame attempt at a joke.
He was pompous and pious.

Paul Ryan. So phony he almost wasn't there. He lied. Boldly and repeatedly. It was obvious he had practiced those ridiculous facial expressions and dramatic pauses at home in front of one of the probably 250 mirrors he must have hanging on every flat surface in his house.
The man disgusts me. He lies about President Barack Obama and hides the facts about himself that would alienate republican constituents.

Marco Rubio. Pretty boy full of himself. He is a rising star and he knows it. He said "Almighty God is the source of all we have." UNACCEPTABLE. This is not about God. It is not about religion.
It is about an entire class of people being lied to, manipulated and destroyed by the wealthy.
He was disgusting.

Mitt. Tried so hard to come across as sweet and lovable. As human, as accessible, as understanding.
He failed. He failed because he is none of those things.
He is an opportunist. An opportunist funded by the mega rich to protect their interests at the expense of the middle class, the poor, college students and the elderly.

When Ryan bounded on stage and raised hands with Mitt at the end I almost vomited. It was a snapshot of what could become reality in November.

Every one of these phonies had stories about immigrant relations, poor, hard working parents, tough beginnings and beating back poverty.
These fools are so far removed from that it is laughable. It may be their family legacy but they learned nothing from it. They are trying to CREATE poverty in America.

As the cameras continually panned the audience during the week I noticed a lot of people who looked uneducated and unrich. They sat there lapping up the empty promises and blatant lies of these politicians. Trusting that these people will protect them.
What a shame. Their lives will be destroyed if republicans win.
And the republicans will laugh about it over designer steaks and $250 bottles of cognac.

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