The Republican Convention kicks off Tuesday 9-2-08

...long laundry list of godlike miracles Obama promises to perform.

You all are one sad bunch of losers.

Did you make that word up all by yourself?

Again, impressions from last night:

- Reminder of how much I like Joe Lieberman
- New appreciation for what John McCain endured in the service to his country.
- A pang of regret that Fred Thompson will probably never hold high office in government again, which, in my opinion, is a national loss.
- Noting that George H.W. and Barbara Bush are definitely showing their age now, but are still imposing figures.
- Thinking what a national treasure Laura Bush is and Cindy McCain will be.
- Amazed how alert and well John McCain's 90+ year old mother is and how much she looks like Jessica Tandy.
- Appreciating how little negativity and how much positive energy was expressed last night.
- Renewed anger over the imminently double-standard and sexist media and leftwing response to Sarah Palin and renewed sympathy for Hillary who also had to endure some of that.

Would be interested in personal impressions of the evening from others who watched.

One other thing I noticed, the terminology, "liberal media" and "angry left," are now making their way into the mainstream conservative sphere

okie wrote:

One other thing I noticed, the terminology, "liberal media" and "angry left," are now making their way into the mainstream conservative sphere

Of course they are. If you can't answer simple questions by the media or counter rather easy attacks by your opponents, it makes a lot of sense to accuse them of being "liberal media" and "angry left".

Good list, and to add my comment, Laura Bush is one class first lady.

...what we're doing at this convention is also important to our country, because we're going to nominate the next president and vice president of the United States of America. (Cheers, applause.)

We do so while taking a different view of our country than that of the other party. Listening to them, you'd think that we were in the middle of a Great Depression -- (laughter) -- that we're down, disrespected, incapable of prevailing against challenges that face us. Now, we know that we have challenges. Always have, always will. But we also know that we live in the freest, strongest, most generous and prosperous nation in the history of the world and we're thankful for that. (Cheers, applause.)

There has been a time in our nation's history, since we first pledged allegiance to the American flag, when the character, judgment and leadership of our president was more important. (Cheers, applause.) Terrorists, rogue nations developing nuclear weapons, an increasingly belligerent Russia, intensifying competition from China, spending at home that threatens to bankrupt future generations, for decades an expanding government, increasingly wasteful and too often incompetent.

-- we need a president who understands that you don't make citizens prosperous by making Washington richer -- (cheers, applause) -- and you don't -- and you don't lift an economic downturn by imposing one of the largest tax increases in American history.

Every day -- every day across our country, millions of our fellow citizens are facing very big and real problems. They're worried about their homes and their jobs, their businesses. They're worried about the outrageous cost of gasoline and health insurance. And they are worried about the threats from our enemies abroad. (Applause.)

But when they look to Washington, all too often they don't see their leaders coming together to tackle these problems. Instead, they see Democrats and Republicans fighting each other rather than fighting for the American people. (Applause.)