I have to share this with you all. Yes, I know it is short, but c’est la vie.
I am in total awe. I am watching the raw coverage of the RNC and I've gotta tell you, it is truly mind-boggling. Never, never in my life have I seen anything quite like it. The delegates appear to be largely white baby boomers who came dressed as themselves on the 4th of July. The 4th of July in 1977 that is...
And not only are they wearing costumes that were better left to the bottom shelf at the vintage clothing store, but they are dancing to the most god awful musical performance I can remember hearing.
G.E. Smith and his band are up on a riser to one side of the stage, lit in blue (in a lighted convention hall), playing cover tunes from 30-40 years ago. The musicianship, is competent yes, but is so prominently reminiscent of a lounge act of that era that the likeness is beyond surreal. They are just good enough to remind you they are professionals, but so mind-numbingly horrible in their lackadaisical characterizations of such standard cover band fodder as AC-DC, Rod Stewart, and Grand Funk it makes you sad. Very sad. They clearly are here for the check that the Donald will likely stiff them on.
The best part? They play every time there is a break in the action. Unannounced, unloved but for the ladies in seriously out of date fashions trying to dance in the aisles.
If the mere thought of this doesn't motivate you to want to beat the living Hell out of these bastards this year, I don't know what will.