Watching Edwards' speech, yesterday, may have explained a cartoon drawn by political cartoonist Chuck Asay. Edwards' hair was perfect and his visage had a very round aspect to it. Nice guy, that Johnny E. But his speech was an awful lot like Tee H. Kerry's, the night before: Unremarkable, uninspiring.
Still waiting for that "spark," I braved Kerry's speech. What am I supposed to think about someone who shows up and says, "My name is John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty"? This is the same guy who apparently showed up for duty in the Navy (?) and insisted on being sent to the front lines. Sounds like someone with a hero complex. And what's up with this battle cry, "HELP IS ON THE WAY"? Judging by how Kerry wants to reinstate a lot of government-funded social programs, I think I'd rather hear "The money's in the bank." How are we going to fund all of these things? Haven't we historically run into huge deficit problems because of government over-spending?
Kerry had a lot of impressive-sounding things to say, but I'm still not ready to wave the banner and plant a Kerry/Edwards 2004 sign in my front yard. Still waiting for the inspiration to hit.
Showing that within the Kerry campaign there is a heartbeat, there was this bit from USA Today, July 28, 2004: A Kerry spokesman, Chad Clanton, remarking on the GOP's latest practice of attempting to make the Dems look bad in light of filmmaker Michael Moore's presence at the DNC, said in an e-mail statement that "We're bogged down in Iraq, health care costs have gone sky high and people's paychecks are shrinking. And the Bush campaign wants to talk about movies? No wonder Bush and Cheney have lost credibility with the American people."
On the one hand, I'd like nothing better than to see the Bush/Cheney side show fold up its tents and go home. On the other hand, who would we be replacing them with?
Help is on the way.......
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Teresa H. Kerry
Well, that was a rather long speech -- and not terribly exciting. My Beloved Spouse said I was falling asleep. Wuuuhl, yeah. I was.
Tee's speech aimed at hitting the pitches that Pres. Clinton swung at and hit ("Strength and wisdom are not opposing values...."), but she missed. ("My only hope is that, one day soon, women - who have all earned the right to their opinions - instead of being labeled opinionated, will be called smart or well-informed, just as men are. ") Oh, come on. Smart or well-informed? Who writes this powdered stuff? I know more than a few opinionated women and I think calling them merely "smart" or "well-informed" would be almost an insult. How about "Intelligent?" That's what I'd call my opinonated missus.
My daughter thinks watching all of this stuff on T.V. is a waste of time. "You can read all about it in the newspaper, for crying out loud." Or not. I think she was just trying to make points with Daddy.
It's kinda fun filling in the pauses with my own ideas of what they really mean to say. Maybe humor is the only way I'm going to get through this.
Speaking of humor, I thought Mike Luckovich's July 22nd cartoon was pretty funny. And Steve Benson's, on the same day, had a nice Cheney slap! Not to be outdone, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS News Media) points out that Tee once referred to Democrats as "putrid." Oh boy! Wonder how John's gonna handle that one!
Only 98 days to go.
Maybe I'll get to run and bike today (look at the time......). Nighty-night, 'net!
Tee's speech aimed at hitting the pitches that Pres. Clinton swung at and hit ("Strength and wisdom are not opposing values...."), but she missed. ("My only hope is that, one day soon, women - who have all earned the right to their opinions - instead of being labeled opinionated, will be called smart or well-informed, just as men are. ") Oh, come on. Smart or well-informed? Who writes this powdered stuff? I know more than a few opinionated women and I think calling them merely "smart" or "well-informed" would be almost an insult. How about "Intelligent?" That's what I'd call my opinonated missus.
My daughter thinks watching all of this stuff on T.V. is a waste of time. "You can read all about it in the newspaper, for crying out loud." Or not. I think she was just trying to make points with Daddy.
It's kinda fun filling in the pauses with my own ideas of what they really mean to say. Maybe humor is the only way I'm going to get through this.
Speaking of humor, I thought Mike Luckovich's July 22nd cartoon was pretty funny. And Steve Benson's, on the same day, had a nice Cheney slap! Not to be outdone, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS News Media) points out that Tee once referred to Democrats as "putrid." Oh boy! Wonder how John's gonna handle that one!
Only 98 days to go.
Maybe I'll get to run and bike today (look at the time......). Nighty-night, 'net!
SummerFast
What I did last summer....hard to believe that there are only a few weeks left before school starts up again and I still have so much work to get done at home.
The Big Deals, this summer, have been Geocaching, Running (look for me....I'm there!), and Biking (100 miles, baby!).
The big election machine is finally starting to crank up. Nothing looks particularly good, as usual. It would be great to be able to be excited about one candidate or another, but I guess I'm becoming more cynical with age. I'd sure like to see George, Jr. sent packing but I have this sickening feeling that he's going to manage to pull off another steal....er....election.
Speaking of packing, time to head home.
The Big Deals, this summer, have been Geocaching, Running (look for me....I'm there!), and Biking (100 miles, baby!).
The big election machine is finally starting to crank up. Nothing looks particularly good, as usual. It would be great to be able to be excited about one candidate or another, but I guess I'm becoming more cynical with age. I'd sure like to see George, Jr. sent packing but I have this sickening feeling that he's going to manage to pull off another steal....er....election.
Speaking of packing, time to head home.
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