Duck and smother
Kerry's acceptance speech is over. All I can say is phew.

Before it was over--delivered, even--the avalanche of Republican Talking Points meant to be a "response" began falling. I saw RNC chair Ed Gillespie (the only man more vile and insipid than DNC chair Terry McAuliffe) nearly have a nervous breakdown on Hardball when Chris Mathews interrupted the pre-scripted rhythm of his "position".

I swear to God that's the only show where that ever happens. To Democrats and Republicans alike. The downside is that the reason that happens is that Chris is so busy talking that the guests never have time to complete a single sentence, but honestly I'd rather listen to that than the list of programmed responses.

We can all save a great deal of time in the next five weeks. It's the break where Republicans can still spend as much as they want pre-convention, so the ad-blitz roll-out is going to be mind-numbing. I suggest we all turn our televisions off and simply go read http://www.gop.com/KerryCorner/ . It's a comprehensive lists that lays out why exactly John Kerry is unfit to hold office, be commander-in-chief, draw breath, etc.

We can all come back and watch when the debates start in September. Until then I can be found:

Pops' Bucket
The Fetal Position
Riverside, CA

I guess the only reason to come out and look around would be to see the amusing flights of off-script fancy by folks like Trent Lott who called Kerry a "French speaking socialist" at some redneck-a-thon in Mississippi.

The only thing I'm unsure about there is if being a socialist causes one to be French speaking or if speaking French causes socialism.

I was surprised when I realized that I had understood every word of Kerry's speech last night. Turns out I speak perfect French. I guess I must have absorbed something while sleeping through Mrs. Shepardson's class in high school.

The only thing I'm really confused about is Zell Miller ("D"-Georgia). He's a Democrat, right? So why is he out there as a member of the Republican response team? Same talking points and everything, which one expects are devised and handed out by the GOP. Maybe one of my legion of Georgia reader can clear this up for me. I'd call him a crypto-Republican, but there's no longer anything "crypto" about it.

I guess I should leave it to Georgia Democrats to sort him out, but I'm not confident that such a creature exists.

It was a good speech by Kerry (short attention span remembers), but he's still kinda... bleh. Uninspiring in alot of ways. The one things he does have going for him is that it would take Abu Ghraib-style genital electrodes to get me to vote for GWB. Not just owning them either, I mean attaching them and probably turning them on.

And again, it's not that I hate the man, I simply don't think--even after four years in office--that he's cut out to be president. Alot has been made about John Edwards' "lack of experience" but I submit that it's possible to have been president for four years and still be unqualified to hold the job.

And just as soon as the DNC e-mails me my daily talking points, I'll be able to expand upon that more fully.


This post on the Narcissus Scale: 5.8


Pops

- posted by Pops @ 12:07 PM