O P I N I O N
A two-headed beastie was unleashed at the Democratic Party ticket tonight. And it did a lot of biting below the belt.
So much for the high road.
I love how former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was introduced as “the honorable.” (Tell that to Donna Hanover!) And when he came out, he was carrying a big-ass fungo bat aimed right at Obama’s kneecaps. He must have spent the last week rewinding Sen. Hillary Clinton’s tapes from the debates and her campaign, because he borrowed much of her critiques to slam her former opponent. Ow!
All the while he’s getting down and snarky, behind him is a gleaming photo of the NYC skyline, sans the Twin Towers of course. Now I’m not going to take away from how Giuliani rose to the occasion that day and helped his city keep its cool, but as the friend of one of the victims in the towers, I find it extremely offensive to use his death for political leverage. It’s curious that the GOP would bring in this iconography, because if the so-called commander in chief had been paying attention when “the system was blinking red” instead of jess relaxin’ Crawford-style, then maybe my friend would be alive today. And maybe he’d be a father — something he really wanted.
I loved it when Giuliani said that Gov. Palin was more experienced than the entire Democratic ticket combined. Maybe in sled dog years.
Then the “hockey mom” took the podium. We’re a typical family with ups and downs, she pleads. (Pregnant unwed daughter, husband with DWI record, her own investigation for abuse of power in the firing of her no-good brother-in-law, and, oh yeah, they eat moose meat. Trés typical household.) But all her sweetness and proud-to-be-a-mom-of-a-kid-goin’-to-Iraq-on-(what a coincidence!)Sept.-11 nicety melted away when she lunged at the very core of Obama’s perceived ego. That’s some set of canine teeth she was displaying! And the GOP pack lapped it right up. Yum, fresh kill!
The Dems will have a heck of a fight against this ticket. It’s like a political Fight Club, the only rule is that there are no rules!
Tonight’s observations:
- Number of people of color seen in the audience over an hour: 8 (or 9, if you count that Palin’s hubby is, of course, part Eskimo.)
- The whole cowboy hat thing is supposed to signify a maverick, as in what they’ve branded McCain, I guess. Everytime I see them though, I think W.
- Wouldn’t you know that Palin’s sister owns a service station. This is like a script from a Robert Altman film!
- The night’s yuck factor: When Piper Palin, an adorable little girl, licked her palm and used her spit to slick down baby Trig’s hair.
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Scout // September 9, 2008 at 12:10 am |
This is a very scary election!
Though John McCain is a moderate who is pro-choice and supports embryonic stem cell research he picks a women for V.P. whose views put us back into the 1800’s.
Sarah Palin is a right wing extremist. She wants Creationism (the belief that all humanity, life, the Earth and the universe as a whole was created by a supreme being) taught in all U.S. schools.
Ms. Palin is says that she’s strongly “Pro-life” and wants to overturn “Roe Vs. Wade” outlawing abortions even in the case of rape or incest. Despite claiming to be a caring person who cares so much about other women’s unborn fetuses, she legalized the incredibly cruel practice of aerial hunting of wolves and moose which most Alaskans didn’t agree with because of the inhumane and cruel aspects of this form of hunting. Ms. Palin is also fighting to take the Beluga Whale and the Polar Bear off the endangered species list so that they can be hunted and won’t get in the way of any extra arctic oil drilling. She’s legalized the hunting of grizzly bears in Alaska and even supports the groups that club baby seals to death for fur. All this cruelty to arctic animals who have a hard enough time just surviving in the harsh frigid regions of Alaska.
Ms. Palin also opposes embryonic stem cell research (which uses 6-10 cell embryos that are about to be discarded after Invitro-fertilization cycles) which holds extreme promise for most aging and fatal diseases such as Alzheimes, cancer and Parkinson’s.
I won’t even go into all the controversies such as the Troopergate incident and the Bridge to Nowhere lies and cover-up.
John McCain is a 72 year old man who’s had four bouts of Melanoma in the very recent past. If McCain actually wins this election there’s a good chance that American citizens will very soon have Sarah Palin as their President! What a disastor that will be! We can say goodbye to the 21th century and our wildlife, environment, medical technology and so much more. We don’t need another greedy, callous idiot in the White House for four more years!!!
I’m a young woman and there is no way that I’m voting for Sarah Palin. I want to have a good future.