Polls schmolls. He's got nothin', and the whole Bush campaign knows it.

[Plaid Adder]

I couldn't stand the whole Republican convention, but I did watch Dubya's coronation address last night.

If that's the best they could do, I think these people are in trouble.

First of all, all the pundits have been saying that voters want to hear more from Bush about his economic agenda, and there was obviously an attempt to address that in the speech. However, it was the worst part of the speech and it was also the part that Bush was clearly phoning in. He didn't really get excited until he got to talk about killing people and stuff. Which, you know, I'm sure there are plenty of people out there eating that with a spoon, but from the first half, it's clear that essentially his domestic agenda boils down to this: cut taxes, deregulate, and privatize everything. And then after that it'll be paradise.

Well, you know what, we've been playing it that way for a while now, and look where we are. Deregulation brough us Enron; privatization is going to be a risky fucking business as long as deregulation is allowing that kind of corporate fraud and stock market chicanery, and how the fuck do you plan to cut taxes without bankrupting all of us and still fight your several-hundred-billion-dollar war? I couldn't believe some of the shit they put in there. Pension plans and health care belong to the world of yesteryear? OK, George. You keep sayin' that. And as for spending 10 minutes bragging about his success with No Child Left Behind...well, don't listen to me about that. You talk to anyone you know working in the American public school system and ask how THEY feel about NCLB. All I know is, our local high school just 'failed to make significant progress,' partly because oru local steel plant went into bankruptcy and stopped paying property taxes, and that's going to depress real estate values in our area, which I guess Bush will be psyched about because it will enable more Americans to buy their own homes, which is apparently the only hopeful economic news he had to share last night.

There was also a fair amount of plain ol' outright lying done, but I'm sure other people will get on him for that. He was interrupted twice by lone protestors who were quickly overwhelmed by security. And he made some jokes in the last 10 minutes that finally got the crowd slightly animated. But at the end, despite the torrent of balloons and confetti, it didn't look like anyone in that hall was having a whole lot of fun. The Bushes and Cheneys seemed to be mainly relieved that it was over. They didn't linger on the stage, and among the delegates...there just wasn't the same sense of energy. After Kerry's speech, you could tell that everyone in the room was 200% stoked, and that none of them ever wanted to go home. After this one, it just seemed like everyone felt sort of tired.

Or, maybe it's me. I sure am tired of seeing Bush get up there and open up the same bag of horseshit and tell everyone it smells like roses.

Ah well,

The Plaid Adder

[Kazak]

1. Yep.

:evilgrin:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. I agree. I think we've reached Bush's absolute peak in this convention.

Barring an Osama surprise, I don't think he's going to be able to rally support or troops any more, and I think we'll see his numbers fade very quickly, especially after September 30, the first debate. Further, polls are irrelevant because Democrats are going to come out in HUGE numbers to vote this year. We're energized and determined. They are not.

[cthrumatrix]

11. they are brainwashed...the number for two months will shock them

uninsured, job loss, US deficits, the number of lies by shrub

[catmandu57]

3. I didn't watch it

Not a bit, except for last night when I turned the channel looking for our local news and saw the moran*. I just turned it off and went to bed.
From what I'm reading this morning it was the same old shit warmed over, I didn't miss a damn thing.

[MarianJack]

4. I Agree, But Then Again,...

...I akmost always do agree with you , Adder. I think that the public, at least enough to get our side to 270+ electoral votes, is more and more aware of the *, cheney, kkkarl smoke & mirrors bullshit!

I was delighted to see Kerry hit back immediately and I believe that somewhere in that campaign, somebody is smart enough to use the rethuglicans TOTAL inability to run an even remotely positive campaign against them.

It's going to be an interesting and (I hope) fun 2 months. My wife and I will be doing all we can to keep Maine blue!

As always, we will also be looking forward to your articles, Adder. :yourock:

[Plaid Adder]

5. Say hi to my aunt if you run into her up there

She works with the Kennebunkport for Kerry people.

Rock on,

The Plaid Adder

[chiburb]

6. He's toast and they know it...

I read somewhere that Rove only has 2 pages in his playbook, and that we (Americans) are now hip to his tricks... Not sure where I saw that, but it was really well-written.
;-)

Or as Letterman said about Republicans taking over NYC:

Don't worry, they'll leave as soon as we're capable of self-rule.

[cthrumatrix]

7. it's lipstick on a pig...two months of facts and issues

as shrub has to "tap dance"

shrub is RESPONSIBLE for ZELL's hate speech ..pass the word

[chiburb]

8. Kick, cuz positive threads seem to sink...

Faster than the negative ones.

[cthrumatrix]

9. this is a war for truth -- the shrub office is a f-ing disgrace !

the party of "values" promotes a "hate speech" as the keynote

[MrBenchley]

10. "Privatizing Social Security" again...jeeze louise....

Remember, in 2000 when he dragged that out in public, he was telling the country that they'd get better returns if they put their retirement money in Enron (oh yes he did)....

Even with his "bounce" the War pResident is only at 46%....that means the only chance he's got is to goad Kerry into going negative and rolling around in the mud too.