Watching Governor Palin's speech made me sick last night.
It was a well-written (See: Written for her), well-rehearsed attack on Barack Obama. Was it as effective as the Republican's would have hoped? I don't think so. Sarah Palin is a Puppet. She's a sham. She's very easy to see through. She's simply a distraction for the Republican party. In three days of speeches I have not heard one thing about the economy, the middle class, creating new jobs, the environment, or plans for energy (except for drilling). Just more of the same, warhawking and fear-mongering.
Sarah Palin is a puppet and distraction. Let's make the media and public focus on a young pregnant daughter as opposed to the plans the Republicans have for America's future, which are: NONE. Let's try to trick women who are unfortunately apathetic to politics (sigh... my mother) into voting Republican by slapping a woman (who was barely vetted) on their ticket.
I actually cannot wait for the debates. Especially the VP debate. What is she gonna do when she cannot just attack but she has to speak about something of substance: THE ISSUES. The issues that are pressing to this country the most. That I can't wait for.
This morning I have recieved emails from my newsgroups and SoFla for Obama with people complaining and feeling defeated. NO MORE! NO MORE WEAK DEMOCRATS! Stand up and ignore her diatribe and the right party rhetoric. They attack because they have no solutions for our country's problems. Sit back and look, they are the weak ones.
Obama/Biden 2008
Byron
Is anyone else rather upset with just the plain, blanket ignorance some people have?
I'm at one of my local Wings Plus locations here in Coral Springs, FL. Now I suppose I should have almost expected this. The owners of Wings Plus are really, really, really Republican. Really Republican. Enough to have donated a substantial amount to the Bush 2004 campaign I believe since he came to the original Wings Plus back then. They have pictures of him all over that restaurant.
Digressing... I pony up to the bar with my friends, and across the bar from us is four older gentlemen, just shooting the shit. Among the sports channels on the Televisions in the bar there is one on the news... of course FoxNews. They began to report on the Hillary-Ferrarro debacle. So these men started to comment on Hillary, which I found mildly amusing and at the same time offensive, then they turned their attention to Senator Obama. This is where I was really offended to the point of kind of just shocked at their ignorance. This is just portions of some of their statements.
"F*cking Osama."
"You mean Obama."
"Osama... Obama. What's the difference? Do you want a radical Muslim and that N***** Farrakahn running this country? You want that shit in the White House?"
"No."
"I'll tell you what. If he gets elected there will be a terrorist attack within a month. You watch."
"You know how they say all that bullsh*t about "W" and the government had a hand in 9/11? It would probably be true if that a*shole got into office."
"Hell in a handbasket if that guy gets elected."
I just kind sat there extra crispy hot garlic wings in front of me with my mouth agape. I asked my friends if they were hearing what I was hearing and two of them said yes and were kinda laughing at them. My boy O'Neil who is Jamaican, a Honorably Discharged Marine, and just recieved his citizenship recently and is now a registered Democrat (WooHoo!), didn't hear. I mentioned some of the comments and he just shook his head, nothing really phases him. Then we just kind of started bashing Bush a little and continued eating. They heard us too. It was kind of a stalemate of political ideals, we didn't want to comment to one another, just amongst ourselves.
I tell you what... I hope that ignorant Ed McMahon look alike passes or croaks or something before the General Election... Shoot. I take that back. It's kind of mean. Besides I think it would be more fun to run into him after the election is over and Obama has hopefully stomped McCain with over 50% of the vote. I'd love to have another wingies session after that.
Yes we can. Yes we will.
