Mario and Joe from the Republican Convention

Fired up and Ready to go to Sleep

From Mario Giardiello

As I turned the channel to FOX news last night, I thought I was on the wrong channel. It looked like an AARP meeting, not a political convention. I never saw so many wrinkles, bald spots, spectacles, and liver spots. The women were either sallow eyed, had too much make-up on, and/or had overly bloated lips. There were more cowboy hats than heads full of hair. This party is old and dying. May they rest in peace.

There is mostly old white guys represented, and their woman who followed them there. Once in awhile the cameras would pan over the crowd and it was scary. This is not a representation of our country, but of a Grand Poo Bah meeting. Where are the young people? Where are the people of color? Where are the handicapped? Do they hide these people like Denver hid their homeless by giving them movie tickets? Of course not. Anyone who has ever felt left out, discriminated against, or does not look like the rest of the Republican Party would not be at their convention. The representation of the Republican Party is superficial, and shallow. They do not represent our entire country and their days are numbered.

Cindy McCain symbolizes this superficiality. She’s the prettiest ugly person I ever saw. The closer the camera gets the more she looks like a Barbie bobble head. Is her head always so stiff and bobbing in agreement? The speakers aren’t always saying something agreeable, and she is busy nodding in agreement. Does she even care what she is hearing?

And what is their platform after all? Could they possibly exploit fear once again? After eight years of this tactic working why would they abandon it? And if we have to depend on wishy-washy independents to decide who should be the next president, then we liberals are in trouble. These are people who still don’t know whether they believe in the need for government to regulate big business or the need for big business to drive innovation and free markets, apparently not understanding there can be a sensible balance.

Yes, the days of the Republican Party as we know it is numbered. After all, just a few years ago, many of us liberal had much respect of McCain as a moderate (until we looked more closely at his voting record). I listened to Bush, Thompson, Lieberman, Huckabee, Romney, Giuliani, Laura Bush, and finally Palin and they were all on message. We had to sit through each of them gushing over McCain’s record as a war hero, talk about Obama’s inexperience, and tout the Republicans as the party that will keep us safe in such uncertain times. There is no dispute that McCain has more experience and he is enough of a “maverick” that Obama’s outsider appeal is diminished. If the Democrats don’t come out fighting on Monday we are done.

After the 3^rd night of the Republican convention, I can safely say, we liberals are in deep trouble. People will vote for McCain’s experience and security. I now understand we made a mistake not putting Hillary on our ticket. We have ourselves to blame.

She’s My Gal

From Joe Giardiello

Let me be the first to say it: Why couldn’t she be our presidential candidate. Oh well, we live and learn. I was certainly on the fence as to whether to support John McCain in November. It all depended on his running mate. And that was only because I believe that McCain will appoint conservatives to the Supreme Court.

Now I can say I have sipped the Kool-Aid and it is sweet. I almost can’t wait for the day the McCain Administration rides off into the sunset so we can get the President in office we want. So long Romney, good riddance Huckabee. You had your chance and you will not get another after tonight.

No doubt there are a few dozen (maybe even a few hundred) of Obama’s advisors sitting around with their chins on the table. Maybe by now they are picking them up and looking around at each other. “Uh oh,” they are all thinking, “What are we going to do now?” It is an excellent question.

So speaking as one who has run dozens of campaigns, let me try to answer that. Go home. Take a vacation. You have already made millions from the campaign so what are you worried about. Obama couldn’t break 50% with constant positive media attention and coming off a successful convention. There is no reason to think he can now.

Truly a star has been born tonight. Plucked right out of small town America and she will single handedly roll over the liberal, elitist establishment and show Washington how things are supposed to be run.

Here’s to one term for John McCain.

Palin-McCain 08