Day Two: “Conventional” Wisdom from the Blogbatosphere
Day two of the Democrat dreamcast as they continue their quest to put two Johns into the White House this time, whereas last time around they only put one in. Reminiscent of the Soccer crowds in
as the American athletes fielded for play, the Democrat delegates
seemed to whip themselves into a frothy frenzy as they burned
effigies of President Bush and the American and Israeli flags on the
floor of the convention hall before the Fire Marshal (who will be
sued later) put the kibosh on it all. The chanting continued for awhile
though, as participants seemed fully aware of what they would be
getting once John Kerry stepped into the now
four-years-sanitary-and-running Oval Office.
Among
the more important speeches tonight were ones by a particular
press-fondled Democrat Illinois Senate candidate. That highlight came
when candidate Barack Obama spoke before the adoring menge in
tonight. Judging by the extraordinary hard-ball politics played by the
Party against his opponents this year, it would appear Obama is to be
the anointed one for future glory. Pundits, of course agreed. Peter
Jennings did more than agree, but I won’t go into discussing what he
might have framed in his WC in this blog. Naturally, there were
comparisons to Bill Clinton from all quarters, but I still find it
difficult to wrap my teeth around “Slick-Barack”. Some say both he and
Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. (friend of the Memphis,
branch of the Blogbat fam.) is the other contender for future
knighthood. Still, Republicans will likely think that either one is
“Baracking” up the wrong tree.
The next special guest star of “The
Former President Jimmy Carter and Veep Walter Mondale were seen
convulsing in the back about this time. I found Ron’s time at the
lectern especially interesting because two things. First, there
was the obviously awkward chemistry in the auditorium. You know,
that feeling you get when you walk into the washroom to find it
occupied? One could hear the folks on the convention
floor thinking, “okay, he’s not Ronald Reagan, must not recoil and
hiss.” Amazingly, even while they inherently knew history had been
whitewashed and revised in every public school, college and library,
which allowed them to tell anyone they wanted that Jimmy Carter was a
foreign policy genius, they still remembered, and it was
not a good taste at all for these vermin. It was the best part of the
festivities tonight though to watch this gun-shy group of partisans
squirm in their seats at the sheer memory of it all.
Even
as Ron discussed a topic which Libs hope is their holy vindication for
prenatal-infanticide, stem-cell research, you could tell they all still
had one hand on their shotguns. Which brings me to my second reason for
finding the time during this speech especially interesting. Not
gun-control, but science and human rights. Ron, of course is sincere,
just misinformed and he allows his rhetoric to be both unnecessarily
divisive and hateful in his grief for his father’s passing. During his
speech, Ron told the Dems, “Theology of a few cannot interfere
with the health and well-being of the many.” The
problem with this however (and I will likewise chide the knee-jerkers
on the other side of the issue) is that it is a false-dilemma- there
shouldn’t be a problem here at all (The Democrats on the floor
applauded his statement haltingly however due to its foreign policy
implications, if applied in that manner). Of course, Ron wishes to
focus on embryos (fertilized eggs) as the way, the truth and the life.
But, the same stem-cells are available in umbilical cords (which seem
to not be running out any time soon) and can be derived also from
miscarried babies. The Libs however want their political salvation and
they know time is runnining short on the “logic” behind Row (thanks to
science), as it was with the “logic” behind slavery in the 19th century, and the flat-earth thing.
Somewhere in the course of the night’s events, Howard the Dean spoke, but his utterances are no longer any fun. Howard of course missed his calling, I am convinced. He should have been the next Steve Martin. Howie, you blew it.
Last
but not lacking in international salutations, was the catsup lady,
dressed as if she had personally just fallen out of the bottle. It
was the DNC’s hope that this red genie, Teresa Heinz Kerry would pour
herself out to her unfamiliar audience and thus guarantee her husband,
who has started to get lodged again in the polls, the chance
to catch-up.
Teresa Heind-end Kerry, who often seemed to have the look deep in her eyes of a Fidel Castro, was born in
where she studied a bit and protested a bunch ostensibly against
Apartheid. Sounds humanitarian so far, except for that part where the
crowd she ran with was the Nelson Mandela crowd. By the way, for those
of you who aren’t familiar with the South African politics of the time,
there were plenty of groups against Apartheid other than Mandela’s
(which was a known Leftist Front group). Unfortunately
for those who were not on the Mandela track, there was a tendency to
encounter what some might say was a ruthless form of death called
“necklacing”. This is where old tires are stacked around your body all
the way above your head, doused in petrol and set ablaze- one of Winnie
(Nelson’s wife) Mandela’s favorite tricks was this very thing. I guess
nostalgia is why Teresa likes the Ruckus so much.
During
Teresa’s speech, we were given two shots of Hillary in the audience at
applause points and neither shot showed her very happy at all. In fact,
she seemed to be seething. If looks could kill, JK would be a
widower.
Teresa’s
major political highlights came when she started in on the topic of
equality for women and then ended her speech. On the former,
she mentioned the fact that around the world today women’s voices
have been “both excluded and discouraged,” which in many countries
is rather true. Yet to my surprise there was no talk of the women
now liberated in
After Teresa spoke, an Indian chief from a reservation in
the flock via satellite. His reservation runs along the
US-Mexican border. The man uttered what I for the first time from
either party have heard on the topic of border-control and Homeland
Security, coherently mentioned in the same sentence. In fact it is the
first expression of any reservations whatsoever against the
current open-throttle-border policy. The Dem’s must be wagering they
will get a pass from Leftist groups and CNN for this shameless appeal
to what they consider the “bubba” vote.
Lastly, we heard a benediction by Islamic claric Imam Yahya Hendi (no, he doesn’t play the cello or have a sisterhood), from
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During Al’s speech to the Convention, he reportedly began to worry a few when he suddenly started telling convention-goers that he could actually fly.
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