Re: McCain picks Alaska Gov. Palin as VP (a female)
Palin delivered a very powerful and partisan speech at the RNC yesterday in front of an adoring crowd. By all measures, the speech was delivered and received very well. She is definitely firing up the republican base. Good for McCain, cz now he can focus on attracting the independents and democrats with this "maverick" label.
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Now, for a dispassionate observer, yesterday's whole RNC charade was very interesting. In terms of high profile speakers, they first had the three losers (meaning the guys who lost their presidential bids to McCain), namely Romney, Huckabee and a fiery Guiliani. They were followed by Sarah Palin.
Whats most striking about all these speeches was that not once did any of them mention the current leader of Republican party, the two-term President, George W. Bush. It was not even clear (at least I missed it) if the elder Bush (H.W) was in attendance either. There was absolute dead silence as to who is running the country right now. It appeared as if Republicans consider Bush as some kind of parasite, or worse a closet Democrat from whom they need to distance themselves.
And then the tone of the speeches, while understandably berating their Democratic opposition, seemed to suggest that McCain-Palin will solve all of America's problems and broken systems. Hmmm.... alright. Now the small question is, that Republicans have controlled the White House for the past 8 years. For 6 of last 8 years they have also controlled the Congress. What have they done during all this time, that they now demand another 4 years to solve the problems? There was not a single mention of any accomplishment in the last 8 years. Its as if, the current administration are some kind of aliens who have no relation to the Republican party, or that the McCain-Palin are some kind of alien ticket, who are completely divorced from those who are in Washington right now.
These elections will be very interesting. They will be very bitter, very partisan, ugly and full of lies and distortions. Personally, as I said before, I don't really care who wins or loses, as both parties brings some goods and some bads to the table, but the complete lack of ownership by the Republican party for all they have done in the last 8 years of their rule is mind-boggling.