Hello folks. Steve here, it's only been...a while since I posted. No harm though, as this blog is essentially the same as talking to myself.
Anyway, election season is in full swing! Candidates are selected, as are their VP choices. The Democratic National Convention was last week in Colorado. Ted Kennedy arose and gave a great endorsement speech for Obama. I was going to post my leak of what Hillary Clinton was going to say in her speech but she beat me to the punch with something completely different...she wholeheartedly backed Barack Obama and gave him a ringing endorsement! And then Bill Clinton did it! Whaaaaa?
Obama chose Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. It was a solid move with a spoonful of controversy as Biden has a bit of a big mouth. Nonetheless, Obama chose wisely and was not turned into Christopher Lloyd by the Holy Grail.
Obama also accepted the nomination in front of over 80,000 people on a football field, which is, to quote a wise scholar, "bitchin!" A very solid DNC for the Democrats in which they remained on point, stayed relatively respectful to their opponents, and even let the Christmas Elf Dennis Kucinich speak!
Now the RNC is this week. Who has McCain chosen for his running mate? Duracell man Mitt Romney?
Nah...
How about Mike Huckabee? Or Tom Ridge? Or even your good buddy Joe Lieberman?
No, none of them? Who else is there McCain!?
Sarah Palin? The governor of Alaska? Kay...
Fair enough I suppose...
She has been governor for less than two years now and has some family stuff that Republicans LOVE to hear about but I could care less about.
But hey, apparently she's got a wicked tongue!
Her first speech as McCain's running mate was a doozy (they still say doozy right? is that too 1950s? Wait, I'm talking about the Republicans, NOTHING can be TOO 1950s...). She called out Barack Obama on a number of things, namely his inexperience (him being a Senator for two years but actually running for president for half of that, versus her who has been governor of a state that's got more in common with Canada than the U.S. for two years, was in some beauty paegants, and shot a moose!). See, Barack Obama's never shot a moose!
But I digress. And with that, some random thoughts to close out the entry:
- How must it feel to be McCain and having your mortality questioned at every turn? Every time people mention McCain, they state his age as a major factor, as if the looming spectre of death is haunting him with every step. Palin's nomination especially plays into this as said looming spectre could cause her to be President of the United States ::shudder::
- I swear I heard Cindy McCain say today that Palin is ready to be commander-in-chief because she governs the state closest to Russia, so she feels that pressure. Is this Israel with Russians starting skirmishes on the border? Are we being invaded and if so, why did no one tell me!? I swear this was said...and if it's not just a hallucination, this becomes the most numbing statement of the election thus far.
- Can the Republicans please stop making fun of Barack Obama's former job as a community organizer? I know they don't care about people in cities, but community organizers actually play an important and active role in cities. Blows my mind what issues get brought up by the GOP. Are they going to criticize the pieces of patriotic flair that Obama wears again? Ugh...
- I love how the Republicans are now calling themselves the agents of change. How can this be? Will you morph into another party upon election? Perhaps form a facist regime (enough with this voting nonsense!)? 2008 Republicans, Secret Agents of Change!
- I am fairly certain that James Carville spends his nights in a cave. The man looks like Gollum!
- With the looming spectre of death over McCain's head apparently, this election could quickly fall to VP candidate vs. Presidential candidate. Would it look anything like this?
