Tuesday, August 31, 2004
In the Church of the Poison Mind...
Welcome to the Republican National Convention
I've turned into a major Amy Sullivan fan. Not only is she a very good writer, she has a formidable ability to level the glee the Republicans take in being completely disingenuous.
Sullivan points out some of the silliness in Giuliani's speech (a target rich enviornment):
In the midst of his half-hour ad lib of kicking back and telling stories, Giuliani talked about the fireman who used profane language when describing to Bush what should be done to al-Qaeda. "I can't repeat what he said," Giuliani told the audience. "This is a Republican Convention, after all." Oh, the laughs and chuckles that received. Please tell me that some television producer thought to cut to Dick "Go F*** Yourself" Cheney at that moment.
Did you know that until George W. Bush came along, terrorists did "not face any consequences"? Giuliani might want to stop in for a chat with Ramzi Yousef and friends, who I believe were captured, tried, and convicted for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
And went out of her way to show how John McCain proved Michael Moore to be spot on:
McCain may have singled out Michael Moore for ridicule last night, but there was more than enough evidence on display to support Moore's theory that, when in doubt, Republicans will try to win by scaring the hell out of all of us. I tried to keep track of all of the times I heard "dangerous world", "terrorists", "evil", "attack", "bombing", etc. and I lost count. But I sure am frightened now.
What's truely shameful and distasteful beyond what McCain and Giuliani did however, was the absolute whoring of September 11 by the Republican Party. The use of a national tragedy to turn tricks for their candidate is beyond the pale. And make no mistake...that's exactly what they're doing...prostituting the terrorist attacks in an effort make their guy look strong.
"Thank God" George W Bush was President when 9/11 happened, opined Rudi. Yeah...Al Gore could never have managed to sit in a classroom after hearing our nation was attacked...apparently paralyzed, not knowing what to do. And then hide out all day like a scared child....only to promise us Bin Laden would be caught dead or alive...and completely fail to capture him and put an end to Al Qaida.
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I've turned into a major Amy Sullivan fan. Not only is she a very good writer, she has a formidable ability to level the glee the Republicans take in being completely disingenuous.
Sullivan points out some of the silliness in Giuliani's speech (a target rich enviornment):
In the midst of his half-hour ad lib of kicking back and telling stories, Giuliani talked about the fireman who used profane language when describing to Bush what should be done to al-Qaeda. "I can't repeat what he said," Giuliani told the audience. "This is a Republican Convention, after all." Oh, the laughs and chuckles that received. Please tell me that some television producer thought to cut to Dick "Go F*** Yourself" Cheney at that moment.
Did you know that until George W. Bush came along, terrorists did "not face any consequences"? Giuliani might want to stop in for a chat with Ramzi Yousef and friends, who I believe were captured, tried, and convicted for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
And went out of her way to show how John McCain proved Michael Moore to be spot on:
McCain may have singled out Michael Moore for ridicule last night, but there was more than enough evidence on display to support Moore's theory that, when in doubt, Republicans will try to win by scaring the hell out of all of us. I tried to keep track of all of the times I heard "dangerous world", "terrorists", "evil", "attack", "bombing", etc. and I lost count. But I sure am frightened now.
What's truely shameful and distasteful beyond what McCain and Giuliani did however, was the absolute whoring of September 11 by the Republican Party. The use of a national tragedy to turn tricks for their candidate is beyond the pale. And make no mistake...that's exactly what they're doing...prostituting the terrorist attacks in an effort make their guy look strong.
"Thank God" George W Bush was President when 9/11 happened, opined Rudi. Yeah...Al Gore could never have managed to sit in a classroom after hearing our nation was attacked...apparently paralyzed, not knowing what to do. And then hide out all day like a scared child....only to promise us Bin Laden would be caught dead or alive...and completely fail to capture him and put an end to Al Qaida.
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