Listening to the GOPster confab this evening on the radio, I'm struck by the odd enthusiasms of the crowd. In the midst of a drowsy perambulation around some point or other, Cindy McCain, high on some demonic mixture of Tussin and Phenobarbital, gave a shout-out to some survivor of the Rwandan civil war. She said something to the extent of indescribable horrors and violence, and the crowd burst into rapturous cheering and applause. This prior to the post-applause "and survived," or endured, or triumphed, or whatever. Then Big John himself, near the opening of his speech, said that Americans are having a hard time putting gas in their cars and food on their tables, and the crowd went nuts, chanting "USA! USA!" We suck! Yeah!
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The USA chants were attempts to drown out a couple of protestors who - surprisingly? intentionally? - somehow or other made it into the arena. When they raised their voices or held up signs, the crowd responded with USA chants. A fittingly simpleminded strategy.
It worked well enough for "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
I commend anyone who could stay up late and listen/watch the doings at Xcel last evening.
I can't stand to even look at Cindy. She reminds me too much of someone I knew - also from wealth and terribly unhappy in an abusive marriage - who starved herself to death.
What must have been going through her mind last week when her John introduced his Sarah, while playing with his wedding ring and giving her the up/down navel gaze....
Anyone know where our mr. fun is?
Mike
dude all I know is, if someone tells me I suck, I just say "you're right, but at least I suck in all the right places."
ask my wife, montag.
The whole convention has been like that. They're running as fast as they can from Bush and his record, so they've been pretending the last 8 years never happened, railing against Washington, and highlighting every disagreement McCain has ever had with Bush or the Republican Party. The overall effect has been "We suck! Vote Republican!"
I think that Moldbug is sometimes amusing, but always tedious. Length and clarity aren't synonyms.
There's a simple reason. Hunter Thompson describes them early in Fear and Loathing -- the reptile people in the lobby of the hotel. They are deranged, and will seek to devour each other if they can't destroy someone else.
On the other hand, the Dems will reason each other and us to death. I refused to watch any of this nonsense. I watched almost none of the Democratic convention and less of this one. I find screaming at the TV unnecessarily aggravating. I'll let IOZ, Wonkette and Swampland do it for me.
I spent last night figuring out how to play Low Spark of High Heeled Boys in Em while Burn Notice played in the background. I noticed that Michael's mother bears a striking resemblance to John McCain.
Americans are big on gas, especially after putting food on their faces.
"Dril- Drill-Drill-DRILLL!!!!!"
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