Grrrr.

[kv0925]

I did not watch Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention last night, but I just read the transcript, and it made me glad I didn't watch it. It would have pissed me off--not just the untruths and insinuations in the speech, but the audience's enthusiastic reaction to those untruths and insinuations.

Read this, a nice little debunking of some of the lies being spun by Palin and others at the RNC. It'll maybe get a little of the sleaze off you.

Rough day so far at work. Blech.

EDIT: I don't want to imply that I think everything the Republicans say is evil crap and everything the Democrats say is anointed with the aura of Divine Truth. To be fair, here is a similar article debunking some of what was said at the Democratic convention last week. Politicians all lie and spin, it's part of the job. I just happen to believe that--this election, at least--the spin of the Democrats is closer to the truth and closer to where I'd like to see the country go than that of the Republicans, who have done a bang-up job over the past 8 years. And I do mean bang-up. And before anyone talks about how useless Congress has been since the Democrats took over as the majority party last year, why don't you just take a look at this.

Comments

[cp.livejournal.com]

What's sad is that you're probably more educated on American politics than most Americans are! This year things are so energized and polarized, what with the Iraq war and gas prices skyrocketing and the economy generally going down the tubes, so I think the voter turnout in the November election will be record-setting. But a lot of those people will be voting based on their emotions, or whatever snippets of ridiculous media coverage they've seen, rather than any real understanding of the issues. Or, perhaps worse, they'll vote based on how they feel on one particular issue, whether it's gay marriage or abortion or the belief (misguided, I think) that drilling for more oil around the US will miraculously lower gas prices. Bah.

And I don't know.. there's still a part of me that thinks the original rumor about Palin's 5th child being the daughter's is true, and the current pregnancy is a fabrication that will end with a phony miscarriage in a few months. We'll see. :)

[cinnamonbite.livejournal.com]

I would believe the 5th kid thing but it's a mongoloid and the odds of a young mother having a mongoloid are pretty rare.

[cp.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's made-up too! ;)

[cinnamonbite.livejournal.com]

Nah, I've seen the picture. It's defective.

[cp.livejournal.com]

Heh, we've already had that for 8 years, and you see where it's gotten us! I really believe that Bush has been trying to bring about Armageddon as he understands it from the Bible. Fabulous.

Anyway, I think the three main issues we need to address right now are the war in Iraq, the growing energy crisis, and the economy in shambles. I think the way to address those issues is to end the war, work towards renewable energy immediately, and shift the tax burden from the middle class to the wealthy while giving a hand to the poor and to small struggling businesses. That puts me firmly in line with Obama and opposed to McCain. If only the rest of the country would agree with me.. hopefully enough do.

[cinnamonbite.livejournal.com]

Yeah, everyone talks big about how McCain sucks but he's going to win.
Even more people talked bigger for Kerry so I voted and look what happened?

Nope. There's no way the majority of this country is going to elected a black muslim for president of anything. They'll figure that McCain will keep the mouthy woman in her place and they'll go for the old white guy every time.

Stop to consider, those of us who can, that McCain is old. Old enough to drop dead in office and they'd be stuck with the woman as president. So much for their brave new world!

[cp.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I've said several times that McCain's chances of making it through even one full term at his age are slim. Especially since it seems senility has already started to take a hold of him. And Palin might be nice to look at, but she doesn't have the credentials or sense to be President.

With Bush's approval ratings, this election should have been the Democrats' race to lose. I fear they may be doing just that--was this really the right year to put up a choice between a woman and a black man? Still, I have no doubt that Obama is the better candidate, and he's got my vote. No matter what, the majority of people consider themselves to be either R or D and will vote accordingly; the deciding factor in most elections is simply whether one side can get more of their voters to turn out. And yes, the majority of stupid Americans (read: the majority of Americans) will vote for the stupid old white man. But in case you haven't noticed, the number of blacks and Hispanics has been on the rise in this country, and they will vote Democrat if they show up at the polls. This year, I suspect they just might outnumber the backwards Christian hicks the Republicans have counted on for the past few decades.

[cinnamonbite.livejournal.com]

Actually, Hispanics are predominantly catholic so they are Republican. All the relatives vote R no matter how badly they are slitting their own throats and even though they know Rs think of them as lesser beings because of their skin color.

And you thought WHITE Americans were stupid...

[cp.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's a regional thing, but according to this poll (http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=83), 57% of Hispanic voters say they're affiliated with the Democratic party, while only 23% say they're registered Republican. That leaves 34% that can go either way, but I've got to figure they'd look at Obama as the more immigration-friendly candidate.

And it's hilarious (and terribly sad) to me that the Republicans rely on the poor and religious to put them in office, and those are exactly the fools they fleece and abuse on a regular basis. It's like Colonel Sanders getting all the chickens to vote for him.

[tintaglia30.livejournal.com]

The really scary thing is, that is exactly what some people actually seem to be hoping for! :O

[cinnamonbite.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

[midnightmadness.livejournal.com]

If you haven't seen it already

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card