The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia

I actually watched some of the Republican convention last night.

First observation, Republicans cannot and should not dance or try to. Especially when by 10:00 most of them were lit up like Christmas trees.

Second, Zell Miller is freakin' DY-NO-MITE! He laid into Kerry, hitting him up one side and down the other. That was the harshest criticism of Kerry yet by a public figure and it came from a fellow Democrat! Cheney's address was a lot more ponderous, Miller didn't even wait for applause he just stormed ahead (like the good Marine he is, Semper Fi! ). Cheney came across as very statesmen like, which I think will play well as a contrast to infantile John Edwards. In peace time when we can be more frivolous, Edwards might seem the more attractive and exciting candidate, but I think that in these serious times of war we need a Vice-President who looks Presidential.

I loved this quote from Zell Miller, among the many I liked last night...

"For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure," said Miller, the convention's keynote speaker, pointing out that the Kerry opposed weapons systems like the B-1 bomber, F-1A Tomcat and Patriot missile that are helping win the War on Terror.

"This is the man who wants to be the commander in chief of our U.S. armed forces? U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?" Miller asked. "Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric."

Serving in Nam does NOT give you immunity for 20 years of voting to defund our troops and weaken our national defenses!

Third, some crackpot woman started shouting something during Cheney's speech, but was smacked down immediately. What did she hope to accomplish? She got herself arrested, but no one could hear what she was saying and she barely interrupted Cheney at all. That is the sort of mindless activism that wastes everyone's time and money.

I eagerly look forward to tonight's speech by Bush. This is vitally important, he needs to lay out very clearly what the next four years would hold under his administration, not just in the war on terror but also domestically. How is he going to rein in spending? Defend the unborn? Protect marriage? Continue to seek tax relief for working families? Should be good stuff.