I watched the network coverage of the Rape publican convention last night. And it
reminded me of watching the TVLand Network when I was sick for several days
last year.
A greater picture of what the rethugs could not be made then to compare the
key characters of last night's fiasco then to compare the actors to one of my
favorite tv shows, "Leave it to Beaver".
Whoever planned this convention should have been fired. Looking out over the
delegates there were no blacks, no hispanics, no asians, no native american
indians, no latinos, no people other than the blue haired men and women who
made up the delegations on the floor. This made it oh so obvious why the republican
party is essentially dying. No new blood. No new faces. Just the old medicare
recipients who have run the party for the last 40 years. Only in 2012...they
look ever older, boring and worn out. What about the other 40% of the american
public...they weren't even seen. I suspect if a black or hispanic man would have
tried to get on the floor he would have tazered or arrested immediately.
The rethug party is seeing what 2012 really is. Their final last gasp chance to
take power before the tsunami of minority voters keeps them from every winning
the presidency again. They've been warned by Jeb Bush. But they haven't
listened and we are seeing a political party that's essentially on life support
til 2016 when they disappear as Pat Buchanon said "like the whig party".
Wow. Ann Romney. A deer in the headlights looked better than rich old
Ann. She reminded me of Mrs. Cleaver. Very nice. Well dressed all the
time. Perfect hair from the time she woke up to the time she went to
bed. However I couldn't see any passion in Ann. Her talking about
"tough economic times" made me turn away from this awful spectacle.
This woman has never probably bought a gallon of milk...never worried about
a missed mortgage payment...never seen the price of gas. I'm sure she
had nannies and maids to help do her housework. She looked so out of place
trying to connect with the people we here in the midwest call "ma and pa kettle".
Terrible speech. Her attempt to connect with the millions of americans
fell short...way short. She just can't do it. Her attempt to feel the pain of
all the americans who were torn by guys like her husband and his bain
money grubbers was way off. Mrs. Cleaver would have sent her to her room.
Then's theres Lumpy. The overweight kid everyone loved on Leave it to Beaver.
The kid who just was always eating on the show. The kid who had an obnoxious
dad who tried to make his son out to be something he wasn't. Was Lumpy's
dad like Mitt's dad. We can only imagine. But Lumpy just didn't fit in and niether
did Christie during his keynote speech. Looking like the poster child for an
anti obesity campaign he came out clapping his hands in a funny way. He just
looked odd up there. Overweight. Sweating. His shirt too tight. The epitome
of a guy waiting for the big heart attack. Then the cameras showed his kids.
Just like dad. They too were obese for their age. Does Gov. Christie not know
the hazards of childhood obesity or is he too busy fighting his kids over the
last Pop Tarts at the kitchen table? Please Mr. Gov...dial up Michele Obama and
have her counsel your kids on healthy eating!
He too looked out of place. Like a used car dealer selling cars on TV.
He looked like the mean overweight bully on the schoolyard playground who would
stop you from leaving til you gave him your lunch money. Overweight...mean...
angry...i seriously doubt mitt wanted that portrayed. That's not the nicer..kinder
more gentle mitt they were trying to sell. But like lumpy on the show, he
finished without mentioning the guy he was there to say until his speech was
almost 2/3 over. What a loser. Strange strange speech that was so full of
lofty patriotic lines that i wanted to say...'WHERE'S THE BEEF?".
Tonight we get Eddy Haskell. The snake oil salesman who nobody trusted because
you knew he was up to something no good. Then Thursday we get Willard.
I love TV Land. These clowns have ruined my favorite shows forever.
The romney campaign must be run by Barney Fife. The head of this fiasco
is like Otis the town drunk. What a mess.
And whoever developed the background screen behind mrs. cleaver and lumpy
last night must have wanted a hypnotic effect on the audience. That blue and
white moving video made me nausceous. But you know...so did the whole
night.