Republican National Convention

You are not allowed to smile

One really quick comment about the RNC: Stop parading around as if the last eight years were someone else’s fault. Try as you might, but George W. Bush was the last candidate nominated by your convention and he did an epic job of fucking things up. So maybe, in the middle of all of your self-congratulation, you can stop to contemplate how incredibly stupid you have been. Maybe, just maybe, then you’ll stop smiling. I feel better now.

Best…Ok, Only Article I Read Today

This article was actually brought to my attention by a coworker of mine.  It comes from the huffington post. 

What If Bristol Palin Were Black? by Cenk Uygur

Christian-right leaders and conservative stalwarts have praised the decision of Bristol Palin, the daughter of Governor Sarah Palin, to carry her child to term. She is 17 and conceived this child out of wedlock. Now imagine she wasn’t the daughter of a prominent Republican politician but an average person. Now imagine she was black.

What do you think conservatives would have to say about her? “Typical, urban youth with no sense of responsibility raised with loose morals who plans to depend on the state to take care of her child.” You know it. It’s not within dispute. That’s exactly what they would say.

Joe Klein Is Not Happy

The conrtibutor to Time Magazine has a few words for members of press being intimidating by the McCain campaign’s feigned outrage over its treatment at the hands of the “liberal media”:

There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is “a task from God.” The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.