September 01, 2004

Snoozer of a Night

Some, but not much valuable television time went to the convention tonight. I flipped on Sen. Frist, then flipped to The World Series of Poker.

Then I stumbled upon Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Breast cancer research is important, but backing Bush because he's for such research pales to the importance of winning the Islamist War. That got tiring so it was off to catch some Brewers baseball.

Then it was back to catch some of Ahhnold! (I think you're required to say his name in a unique way. Just like whenever you mention the death metal band Slayer, you must say "SLAAAYER!") His "then you are a Republican" passage was great and inclusive. All his movie quotes were hokey, but people eat that stuff up. Then it was back to the Brewers game (they finally won!).

Then back to the RNC to catch the Bush twins. They were hot, but told lame jokes with bad timing, and voices perfect for print. Did the organizers actually let the ladies write their own jokes? Or the minor league speech writing team was at work. I'll give them some credit. The hamster quip was ok.

Then it was back to more poker and baseball. I did without Laura Bush tonight. Like a Vice President, the First Lady, no matter how nice and sweet she appears, doesn't matter in my political calculus. They never win an election, but can hurt it--just ask Teresa Heinz Kerry. In the post-game coverage, Chris "Keeping it clean" Matthews once again had nothing bad to say about the Republicans. The GOP is doing their job.

Like last night, here's some blogospheric views:

• Wisconsin weblogger Ann Althouse wondered about the plain, wooden podium being used. I wonder how the thing moves up and down. Who is controlling it, man or machine?
  

• Live from NYC, Captain Ed sees the unpolished speaking of the twins as demonstrating the Bushes' "genuine nature."
  

• Kevin found some beautiful people at the convention. From watching Monday night and snippets of last night, I'm not seeing as many beautiful people in the GOP audience. Ever since I embraced by political junkiness and really started watching conventions (1996 being the first) I've noticed that the GOP usually had the better-looking babes on the floor. From my view through C-SPAN's eyes I've seen mostly people that could pass for my parents.

• Kevin and the RNC webloggers also got a scoop on Gen. Franks' endorsement of President Bush. SCORE! Did the DNC webloggers get anything like this?
  

• Mike Rappaport offers the comparison many in the media and the blogosphere will make.
  

• Hindrocket wants to fire the twins' speech writers--assuming there were any.
  

P.S. So what if the twins' public speaking didn't impress me. I'd go out with either of them.