Well, I just got done watching today’s session of the GOP convention. There was a lot of Obama bashing, as expected, and Giuliani delivered quite a few blows in his speech. One of them implying that Obama hates towns like the one that Palin came from because it isn’t “cosmopolitan” enough for him: “I’m sorry, Barack, that it’s not flashy enough. Maybe they cling to religion there”, he said, playing off Obama’s clumsy comments about problems with closed-mindedness in rural areas.

Giuliani continued a common thread that most of the GOP have been following since Clinton withdrew and Palin came onto the scene: insist that the Dems are sexist and hate working mothers. He wagged his finger angrily and condemned the Democratic party for attacking Palin’s ability to lead because she has children.

He said, “How dare they question whether Sarah Palin has enough time to spend with her children and be vice president. When do they ever ask a man that question?”

Okay… who in the Democratic party has raised this issue? Give me a name or give me it a rest. The only voices even mentioning anything about this issue are the ones carrying the GOP talking points in their pockets. There, I’ve said it.

Giuliani also said, “You have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked as a community organizer … What?”

Well, whatever Rudy, people in the crowd seemed really roused by that one along with thousand of other zingers about how Obama’s work to help impoverished families and churches in the south side of Chicago to have a voice in America is something to laugh at. Just keep on insisting that Obama is an elitist who is out of touch with the poor if that makes you so happy.

The main show that day was of course Palin, who indeed gave an incredible speech, but I of course didn’t agree with or like much of what she had to say, being a liberal supporting Obama.

She definitely seems to have won over those in the GOP, or at least those in the stadium that night. Her role as the attack dog (or barracuda, as she is known in Alaska) is in place and she gave a ripping series of attacks on Obama. We’ll see how well Obama defends himself against these attacks in the coming days.

Some of her quotes, the first of which is the standard “the media is run by liberals and they are in cahoots with the elitist villains in the government” line:

“I’ve learned quickly these last few days that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.”

“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”

“Victory in Iraq is finally in sight … he wants to forfeit.”

and of course, the baffling:

“Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America … he’s worried that someone won’t read them their rights.”

Huh? What? What on Earth is this statement based off of?

Still, I think we may indeed have a rousing series of debates ahead of us, and with Palin and Biden as the Veeps, I hope that we have more than one Vice Presidential debate this season.

I think that both conventions show that this country is far from deciding who our next president will be and that we have a very, very exciting two months ahead of us as this presidential election year comes to a close.

GAME ON!!!

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