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[raybear]

Confession: I kinda like Mike Huckabee. I mean, not in a way that I want him president, but I would love to go to karaoke with him, he would crack me up all night and would sing really gay duets with me all in a very good-natured way. Then at the end of the night, instead of a kiss he'd tell me he'd pray for me.

Anyway, so I'm listening to the RNC on the radio at work, and I'm coming and going doing some tasks in the copy room and I thought Mike was about to talk and I came in and listened and was really bothered by how bullshitty Republican he sounded. Like, it was extra ridiculous. Saying that the Supreme Court was liberal because they gave Guantanamo Bay prisoner's consitutional rights, etc. I was so crushed. And then he ended and the announcer said "that was Mitt Romney." Oops. That it explains it.

Ok, now my goofball christian boyfriend is talking.

ETA: Omg, right after I hit post, he made a bad joke involving madonna and costume changes. So gay.

ETA2: When we're hanging out, I would try to get him to say "Europeans" all the time and everytime buy him another whiskey.

Also, will someone please stop the Republicans from saying they are the party of Lincoln? Um, no you're not. It all got switched around in the 20th century, you aren't the same party.

ETA3: That story he told about desks being earned? I totally read that in a chain e-mail forward a few years ago.

Comments

[sebastian6.livejournal.com]

Man I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Can they go one speech without mentioning the POW thing?

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was going to stay late to hear Palin, but after NPR reported that her speech was written by McCain's camp well in advance, I felt less interested. Giuliani is making me super cranky.

[sharkysmachine.livejournal.com]

Huckabee scared the shit out of me. These Republicans are a trashy, redneck bunch, even more so than before. Their followers seem to have the combined I.Q. of Madonna's bra size. Ooh, I made a Madge joke. I'm so confused. How is this cheesy soccer mom supposed to appeal to young people. she's like the mean mom of some bitch you go to high school with who browbeats you for not being friends with her obnoxious kid.

I can't take anymore dissing of community activists'/organizers. It's breaking my heart. How do they think the Civil Rights came to be? Lyndon Johnson just thought them up on the can?

[thirdreel.livejournal.com]

Though that means the speech is kind of telling, not about who Palin is but about who the McCain people want her to be, kind of hanging a lampshade on "Here's the strategic reason for this VP choice."

And that's what I find hypocritical about the presentation of her, in light of Bristol's pregnancy. They want us to know that she's a hockey mom--hockey mom, hockey mom, hockey mom. Why is it crucial for America to discuss the sport her kids play, and off-limits for America to discuss the life decisions they made?

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Good points. I did ultimately grit my teeth through Rudy and heard Palin's speech. It wasn't bad, I must say. I mean, content-wise, it had problems, but as far as rhetorical strategies and delivery, she did well.

For some reason the most upsetting part of Giuliani's speech was him saying "they question how she'll be a good mom and be a good VP....they wouldn't ask that of a man!" as if he just discovered this feminist principle and the crowd roared as if he had invented it, and all I could think of is "who the hell is this mysterious they?"

[sharkysmachine.livejournal.com]

She could barely pronounce he words and the speech felt like it didn't fit in her mouth. I mean she went to college for journalism. Granted it was a tenth tier school, but it seems at some point someone must have lectured about reading copy. I don't know. Again, this wasn't Columbia, so maybe they do things differently at the U of Idaho.