The focus of the GOP Convention this week? Flag-waving and racism. I wonder if it'll work. (It always has in the past.)
Sarah Palin as V-P candidate: the premise? Good ol' girl trumps policy experience. Also might work, even with pregnant teen daughter. And it will be hard for Joe Biden to debate her on issues and policy without seeming condescending or ungallant. Trust me, Palin could be a stealth weapon in the GOP campaign.
To Democrats: Underestimate her at your peril.
The surrealism factor: McCain is running as anti-establishment candidate, when his own party was the establishment for the past eight years. Only in America.
It seems as if, in all the sturm und drang in the aftermath of the Democratic primary fight, the die-hard Hillary Clinton supporters have lost sight of a significant fact: a McCain-Palin victory in November means essentially the repeal of Roe v. Wade. I hope the PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) folks are ready for that.
And, lastly, and God knows I'm not the first one to ask the question: Is this any way to elect the leader of the most powerful nation on earth?
I suspect that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, rivals that they were, would be joined in rolling over in their respective graves.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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Nobody asked me either, but I agree with you. I shiver to think what will happen if McCain and ultra-conservative Palin get in there and start mucking around with Roe v. Wade-- among other things. I'm just hoping it doesn't happen. Anyway, great post Dennis! Thanks.
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