Viewers might have asked themselves, “Why didn’t the Democrats do anything to help them in the last two years?”

I’m hoping the GOP asks this same question during their convention.

Hillary’s speech was the first time I saw emotion, cheering, clapping, standing ovation…. So nearly after the end of the 2nd day, there was finally something that resembled a convention. It’s been boring… except for Chrissy and Kiethy fighting. MSNBC has been totally entertainment, but aren’t they in the news business. It’s like watching the DNC PR spin room. When the FAA problems surfaced as “breaking news”, I had to slap myself as to why the DNC was breaking from it’s stride.

What I cannot understand is why there is not a general feeling that the Democrats should be thrown out of Congress! Could it be the fact that too many Republicans seem too unwilling to return to their conservative roots? Examples would be to seek to reduce the budget deficit through reduced spending (Can anyone say “No more earmarks?”) and elimination of wasteful and ineffective government programs and departments, not to mention a personal favorite mine, replacement of all income–personal and business–and payroll taxes in favor of an inclusive national retail consumption tax otherwise known as the “FairTax.”

Give more deadbeats more money at the expense of the producers because the deadbeats are too stupid to be procucers.

Or, promote stupidity and punish productivity.

Real Smart.

One might have expected a Democratic convention to focus on the achievements of the party in legislation over that period

I’m pondering this one, as I count out pennies to put gas into my car. I need to go down to Wendy’s to pick up my teenager who got laid off when the “minimum wage” went up.

What would they trumpet? I’ve got nothin’.

ORANGE CRUSH, highly appropriate for Denver.

Brat on August 27, 2008 at 8:30 AM

Nice connection!!

But, it’s not surprising to see the party of victims hand wringing their way through yet another infomercial convention.

As you well know, in order for us all to be victims, so that they-the selfless political intelligensia-can save us from ourselves, things have to always be going to hell in a handbasket!

That is until one of them gets elected, like Billy Jeff in 1992. Recall, it was amazing how almost overnight an economy that was tanking become the most vibrant and growth oriented in years!!

The rest of the country can be divided into two distinct populations:

1) Evil capitalists/Republicans

2) Suffering, starving, down on their luck, toddling, whimpering, pestilence infested, last straw losers, whose only hope is that a Democrat politician will save them.

If your only hope in life is that a Democrat will help you?

Unless you’re an attractive young girl or boy, abandon all hope, ye who enter the DNC convention. You’re screwed. Because any “help” a Democrat gives you will be priced at twice what it’s worth.

I gather you’re not a Drill Head, because speaking for myself, I’m impressed with the Republicans as of late

Buy Danish on August 27, 2008 at 9:11 AM

Hear, hear…

The House GOP has never been the problem it has always been the Senate GOP they acted shocked back in ’94 when handed power and simply did not know what to do with it. The Senate is too isolated and incestuous to really make deep changes on the body as it was ran then so they wound up led by people like Juan and Specter to buy into the notion they must “moderate those psychos in the House”. 2006 was the Senate GOP finally getting their way and letting the donks run the show.

Politicos with balls would never have agreed to Dashole’s “power sharing” spiel and put them in their place.

Never forget when it was a tie game the donks felt they should share power….when Jumpin’ Jim jumped that was nowhere in sight.

The better question is why hasn’t the GOP changed since they got tossed out?

ninjapirate on August 27, 2008 at 8:05 AM

I gather you’re not a Drill Head, because speaking for myself, I’m impressed with the Republicans as of late

When one’s party is invested in identity politics for 20 years it is hard to stop either the repeats or the need to demonize someone.

Yesterday, I watched most of the prime-time content at the Democratic convention in preparation for the speech by Hillary Clinton.

Running low on anti-nausea pills this morning?

I have sat and stared at the screen, seriously wondering how these people function. All that hate, and all those nice-in-theory, nonfunctional-in-reality ideas they have bubbling around in their brains… I honestly just don’t understand.

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship.”

Alexander Fraser Tyler, “The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic”

hippie_chucker on August 27, 2008 at 8:41 AM

and that is why I thank God every day we are in a Constitutional Republic…it gapped us a little extra time at a minimum.

Without imagination, humans are nothing “special” in the animal kingdom.

maverick muse on August 27, 2008 at 8:23 AM

Well, they would certainly be the “special of the day” in the food chain!

Mostly, though, few if any Democrats talking to the cameras had anything positive to offer American voters. They gave plenty of sob stories, plenty of vitriol, and plenty of arguments that the only way to make them happier would be to elect Barack Obama.

But Ed, that’s how you win an election!

http://thepajamapundit.com/

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship.”

Alexander Fraser Tyler, “The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic”

This time they picked an inexperienced african american to show how the Democrat party is totally not racist unlike the really racist repuglicans, and I think they’re simply stunned that nobody is falling for it. Not even their own icons like Geraldine Ferraro.

Here’s the bottom line. For the first time in 8 years they are forced to realize that the enemy was not George W. Bush at all. The enemy is their childish ignorance.

Republicans stick to records with no “smear” dependency.

The Democrat record, seen as a whole, self destructs as Marxism bent on repudiating our Constitution.

Whether the Democrats destroy their own party or our entire nation depends on how many votes they calibrate from the political machines and computer booths.

Maintaining the paper and pencil ballot as taught and exercised per examinations and tests at public schools is grounding. Therein find your gravitas, in the simplest of measures. Photo voter ID required in order to vote on paper ballots in ENGLISH only.

E pluribus unum

Regarding the choice of the Orange Pantsuit:
bloggless on August 27, 2008 at 8:07 AM

ORANGE CRUSH, highly appropriate for Denver.

Thank Psychology for that.
Feelings are always justified.
Thoughts, however, are to be totally managed.

Stupid feels as stupid thinks.

Anyway, spontaneous thought is definitely eschewed. So, to hell with PC.

Without imagination, humans are nothing “special” in the animal kingdom.