Be afraid, be very afraid...
... American politics really isn't like British politics.
At the Republican Convention last night, Ruddy Giuliani had the crowd, several thousand strong chanting "Drill, Baby, Drill! Drill, Baby, Drill!" in support of McCain's plan to increase off-shore drilling and Sarah Palin's support for drilling for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Reserve. It's like the Tory party standing up at their conference and chanting "Cut Benefits Now! Cut Benefits Now!". Absolutely repulsive, and really quite terrifying. No wonder American politics is so polarised.
In Sarah Palin the Republican Party has found a woman who will speak to and energise their conservative heartland in a way that McCain just can't. Many of these people may well have stayed at home, feeling that there was no one on the ticket that represented their values. That's no longer the case. They now have someone to rally around, someone who speaks to them and someone who they will through their full support behind to keep Obama and Bidden from winning in November.
It's going to be tough, it's going to be very tough.
Other thoughts from the RNC:
George Bush speaks like he is chewing gum, and expecting applause at the end of every sentence, not necessarily for what he has said but for managing to read the tele-prompter correctly.
Apparently, 'Community Organizer' is a term of abuse to the right in America, leading to raucous laughter in the RNC hall - no I don't understand why.
Giuliani only said 9/11 once last night, leading to much disappointment among those playing the Giuliani 9/11 drinking game
At the Republican Convention last night, Ruddy Giuliani had the crowd, several thousand strong chanting "Drill, Baby, Drill! Drill, Baby, Drill!" in support of McCain's plan to increase off-shore drilling and Sarah Palin's support for drilling for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Reserve. It's like the Tory party standing up at their conference and chanting "Cut Benefits Now! Cut Benefits Now!". Absolutely repulsive, and really quite terrifying. No wonder American politics is so polarised.
In Sarah Palin the Republican Party has found a woman who will speak to and energise their conservative heartland in a way that McCain just can't. Many of these people may well have stayed at home, feeling that there was no one on the ticket that represented their values. That's no longer the case. They now have someone to rally around, someone who speaks to them and someone who they will through their full support behind to keep Obama and Bidden from winning in November.
It's going to be tough, it's going to be very tough.
Other thoughts from the RNC:
George Bush speaks like he is chewing gum, and expecting applause at the end of every sentence, not necessarily for what he has said but for managing to read the tele-prompter correctly.
Apparently, 'Community Organizer' is a term of abuse to the right in America, leading to raucous laughter in the RNC hall - no I don't understand why.
Giuliani only said 9/11 once last night, leading to much disappointment among those playing the Giuliani 9/11 drinking game
