"They Told Us That All Was Lost..."

The title is was Governor Palin said when referring to how some people felt when they heard McCain was going to the republican candidate. Well, whomever she talked to was right. This particular blog dedicated to the atrocity called the Republican National Convention.

So I guess by now you've figured that I'm a democrat supporter, but not necessarily a democrat. Occasionally I can see why people would choose to become Republican: you make a lot of money and you want to keep the money you earned. People who typically support a democratic government like the government to serve the people who made the government ("of the people, for the people"). And since I was so late at writing on how I felt about the DNC, I thought it would only be fair to write about how I felt about the RNC.

First, this election, from a democratic view has become nothing but mudslinging. Its shameful to see that a nation that prides itself on unity, the same nation that also prides itself on its democracy, also prides itself in ruthless competition. Hey, I guess we all can't play fair.

Next, the Republicans enjoy that America is the leading nation in dependency on foreign oil and had the nerve to chant "DRILL BABY, DRILL". Republicans also enjoy tax cuts. Do they realize taxes pay for EVERYTHING? Do they realize not everyone is as privileged as them to own business at all? Do they realize that the unemployment rate only continues to rise, and in case you were wondering, that makes 17,64,977 (the city of Los Angeles twice over). Tax cuts mean more money in the hands of the wealthy, less money to fund public job opportunities to decrease the unemployment rate and so on.

Do the republicans realize that John McCain did come back alive among the 58,159 dead, 2,000 missing and 303,635 wounded. John McCain came back from the one war America lost, he came back spared from guerrilla warfare, chemical warfare, free of illnesses, drug dependency and depression, despite his injuries. But still he attacks Obama, just as Palin and Guiliani do, because he lacks experience with leadership. I must say and always have said that no one knows how to be president, until you become president. Leading a divided nation is different from any political position, trust and believe. Never did a governor requisition war, never did a senator allocate tax cuts for a nation composed of oil tycoons and people on welfare, and never did a mayor come face to face rebuilding a nation after the decomposition of foreign policy.

Not to mention the lack of color at the at the convention. That alone is OBVIOUSLY not an accurate representation of America. It seems as if they showed every black person in sight, all three of them, literally. It's pitiful that Palin & Guiliani resorted to criticizing Obama more that providing their audience with the infrastructure of their campaign. How can they criticize Obama for representing the society he came from, the working class, the community organizers and those who choose to represent their community rather than expediently working their way up the political ladder?

OMG! And not to mention that a female running mate was only a political strategy. I know McCain pulled this one out of his 70+ year old ass because he only met her once. Had he known Palin's scandalous background better, he probably would have been better off choosing Clinton. Also the stoic nationalism images one the backdrop for the entire convention, as to say we are proud of America. Sometimes, I don't think republicans realize that Americans aren't proud to be Americans. How can someone be proud to be American when they supposedly live in the richest country in world, but can't afford to feed their children? How can people be proud to be an American when the nation they serve can't even bring their brother and son's home from war? Sometimes, they can't.

It is scary to think that these are the same people that think they are capable of leading, rebuilding and uplifting a nation that has been economically destroyed by war, still rebuilding after hurricane Katrina (mind you was three years ago), and continues to pride itself in the nuclear power rather than the educational system or even the freedom of speech. Actually, I take that back, freedom of speech was rampant at the RNC. No where else would republicans be able to criticize their opponent more than they did than at the RNC. I bet the Obama name drop exceeded 300.

I think politicians should either be concerned about one of two things, either their beloved nation, or their affair with the media. And with that being said, if Palin can't even run her own kids, how the hell is she going to run a nation? If McCain can't even remain loyal to his country during times of pressure (he gave a confession while he was a POW slandering America), then how the hell is he going to remain loyal to America during two wars and damaged alliances with foreign nations? We are all left to wonder.

Well that is all, I just had to let off some steam after watching that trashy convention. Again, some Republican views I agree with, most democratic views I agree with and even if I was a foreigner looking in from the outside, I would think of America as a divided nation, and the republicans as a mudslinging political party. And it the GOP managed to screw itself over (without lube) despite the fact that public enemy number one, G.W. Bush Jr., was absent from the convention.

Quote of the night:
"I would kill George Bush"
- Kirsten Dunst, if she was Spiderman for a day