Yeah, I watched it with the same sense of purpose G. Gordon Liddy used to cite for holding his hand over an open flame: To prove I could take it.
It says everything that needs saying about the Democratic party that we can’t even beat this stammering little Anti-Christ.
Okay, technically we did beat him in 2000 and maybe even in 2004 if the voting machines were as hackable as they say.
But honestly, how is it that we manage to find the one guy in the universe who sounds more awkward and full of (beans) than Bush and put him on national tv as The Democratic Response?
Governor Tim Kaine clearly had done missionary work as a young man because he sounded just like one of those dehydrated freaks who shows up on your doorstep on the hottest day of Summer asking if you’ve heard the good news of Jesus Christ, but really all he wants is for you to slam the door in his face so he can slink off to the 7-11 for a yoo-hoo already.
Christ, get Bill Clinton to do it! He’d knock it out of the park and people would actually stay tuned to watch.
Bill spoiled me. He was smart, hard-working, and had beliefs that were pretty well-tethered to the world most of us live in. I thought that would be the new norm.
Now we’re five years into the reign of a malevolent Chauncey Gardener and every time we think we’ve hit bottom the floor keeps giving way.
Oh, and now Howard Dean has just sent me an e-mail.
The Republic is saved….
The above is a picture of the brick wall I both talk to and slam my head into when discussing politics in America.
I call it “Walter.”