Polemic®

By and large that was a boiler plate speech that any Conservatron would have made against any Democrat in the last 40 years. Without the context it could just as well have been a Fourth of July stump speech by the wannabe Representative of Michigan’s 4th. The recollection of the war hero piece was strong, but Bush Patsy McCain ruined it by being snarky and turning it into a cudgel. At the end of that bit I felt like I had just earned extra credit in my seventh grade social studies class.

The speech was so weak because it was apologetic. After serving penance for being a Conservatron, Bush Patsy McCain said that Republicans “believe in rewarding hard work” and “a strong defense”! Well, ya’ don’t say! So do I! I believe in the deliciousness of ice cream too! I know that Bush Patsy McCain was using fnords based on ancient racially-tinged characterizations of the Great Society and left-wing anti-Vietnam war movement; but the implication that you favor hard work and your opponent doesn’t sounds childish.

Sad fact is, Bush Patsy McCain was only relevant when he was debasing the Republican Party and the “establishment” that he has been a part of for 26 years.

This was a candle compared to Obama’s magnetic New Jacksonianism. The replacement of the crowd of real people that watched Obama’s speech with Conservatron robots was stark and, as is always the case with Republicans, a little creepy.

Oh, and I loved the “McCain Mavrick” sign. Maybe that guy went to a charter school.

Update: Bleeeh! What is it about Conservatron Convention Crowds that just screams “worst sex ever!”