to be honest, i’ve never felt as frustrated and upset at americans as i have tonight. watching the republican national convention i saw a group of arrogant white americans getting their thrill by sarcastic jabs and unrealistic comparisons between barack obama and john mccain. the republican party is not what it used to be.
i had a hard time stomaching it when i heard the crowd chanting, “drill, baby, drill!” i couldn’t believe that these were my fellow americans, holding up signs that said, “drill alaska now!” drilling doesn’t solve our energy crisis and i honestly don’t believe them when they say they’ll pursue new energy options.
governor palin was stern and to the point, defending the recent swings taken at her and her family by the news press. she stood her ground well. however, i wonder, do these republican leaders expect to win my vote by degrading, laughing at, and putting their nose up to their democratic counterparts? i don’t believe that we should award senator mccain with the presidency because we was a prisoner of war. i’m grateful for all who fight for my freedoms, however awarding someone the presidency for it is not how i believe our election process works.
in the end, i didn’t hear anything different than what has happened the last eight years of u.s. government. that alone is enough to steer me away.
a little test of the new digs
spoon&fork
happy 29th deeann!
a recent weekend
not wanting to give in.
summer so far
deeann is here to stay
I agree with you completely. The Republicans are meaner than the Democrats. I hope that’s not a winning quality in this country but I fear it might be.
I had to turn it off. It made me want to throw something at the television. It is so depressing. Check out this article though – it may raise your spirits. There’s a lot of White people who really care about this country, not just politics and money. Some of the comments are insightful too. GO IOWA GO!
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/04/95-white-iowa-keeps-backing-obama/
I think you need to be patient and wait for the upcoming presidential debates. There is way too much “me” in politics and society today. Basically anyway you look at it they are all thugs and thieves and would promise you the world if you believed in them. Government is out of control period.
Amen! I couldn’t believe that they were encourageing the drilling – ur right that won’t solve anything – and I agree with you I don’t believe that they will find alternate energy.
i don’t know what i would wait for though. i realize that a lot can happen between now and the debates, but right now as far as what the republicans have been talking about (drilling alaska, fighting a war when we don’t even know what we’re fighting for anymore, etc. nothing different from what we’ve had the last 8 grueling years) i just can’t get on board with that. not to mention the “community organizer” bashing they did at the RNC. can someone please explain to be what is wrong with a community organizer?
True that. The community organizer bashing was way out of line. We need more community organizing than ever, especially since our government (on all levels from Presidents to Mayors – see news about several different corruption cases against mayors in the country including our Palin friend) is all about abusing power and not about giving real people a chance at the “American Dream”. I also think it is interesting that the Republicans never mention that Obama was doing “faith-based” community organizing, working with local churches to help the poor and working class to get employment and homes. Who was it that was promoting more “faith-based” community organizing a couple years ago? Oh yes, it was the republicans – I guess that is all a joke now. Maybe it always was joke – pandering to the faith-community as usual… just for votes.