RNC (Republican National Cockfight)

Watched the RNC last night.  Fascinating stuff.  A few general observations:

1.) The sea of white sparkly people: I have to ask myself, why aren’t there any people of color at the convention?  Little baby Trig Palin was the most diverse member of the audience.  (And good for you guys for going after the retard vote.  No child left behind!)  Although I did see one black person….oh wait, that was one of the reporters from the public television station.  And what is the correlation between republicans and extremely overweight people with cowboy hats?  Are they so fat because of all the pork in the bills?  Or maybe they are the manifestation of ketchup as a veggie and scaled back school physical education programs.

2.)  Mitt Romney.  Yikes!  That guy is scary.  How could he stand up there and denigrate so many facets of our nation after 8 years of Bush/Cheney leadership? How do you think it got this way, bub?  Why are these people taking no responsibility for the state of our country right now?  And as for family values…are you kidding me?  Please don’t parade the Palins and their knocked-up teenage daughter as an example of good family values. I’m not buying it. Clearly having a Mom and a Dad around isn’t the fail safe recipe for keeping a child on the straight and narrow. 

3.)  Sarah “The Pit Bull” Palin.  You go girl!  Look, any woman with five kids who has survived living in Alaska and a stint in the PTA is clearly one helluva contender.  You had me at lipstick.  But come on, all the low blows about Obama just reinforce for me that you don’t have better things to say.  Couldn’t you have risen above and showcased your own strengths and ideas instead of undercutting the competition?  Luckily for my team, you don’t have any foreign policy experience and/or basic understanding of the role of the Vice President, because you are one confident, articulate lady. But it is clear that you are just a pawn.  I mean really, how does the Republican ticket compete with the star-powered history making Obama nomination and Joe Biden’s 36 year track record?  Fight fire with fire.  Bring on a woman.  But not just any woman. A young, feisty, attractive, gun toting, pro-life woman!  Wow. You guys are good.  All she needs is an “Obama Bin Laden” t-shirt, and you guys will hit all the bases.

So, let’s see what big John McCain has to say tonight.  I’d like to see less cockfighting and more concrete ideas for how we can get our nation out of this big fucking Republican mess.  And by the way, did you notice how Barack Obama declared the Palin’s family situation “off limits”?  THAT is how you take the high road, Sarah.  Iris out, yo.