The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

For what it is worth. The Wolf Slayer did what she needed to last night. She went out there and proved that she can read a teleprompter of a speech that was prepared by Bush’s speech writer week’s ago for someone else. Yes, she made it her own by once again putting her family on display. But to be honest, she is a master at the art of the “pause” and she played to crowd well. I have to give her credit for that. That’s something that even a lot of very seasoned politicians can’t do - like McBush. He’s awful at reading the crowd.

She also undoubtedly solidified the fundie nut-job part of the republican base. Up until last night they weren’t energized by the idea of a McBush presidency. They loved her (again, will someone explain to me just when minors having pre-marital sex became acceptable to the religious nut-jobs?).

But beyond that her speech was just platitudes. She was smug, sarcastic, and nasty, without offering any reason to actually vote for the republican ticket. And she once again told bold faced lies to the American people (that’s a whole other posting).

Do you know what I hope people realize? That’s all they have! They are running on the exact same policies of the current administration and their only hope is that no one notices and no one questions them on it. The one thing that to GOP has perfected is the art of “branding”. They are master marketers. They sold George Bush, the colossal failure, twice! And now they’re trying to sell us the “maverick” and the “reformer”.

Will the American people buy it? Time will tell, but I hope not. I hope they are paying attention this time. I hope they have noticed that there has been not one mention of the economy or how they attend to fix it. I hope they will notice that there has been absolutely no mention of how they plan to change the direction of the country. They can’t win on the issues and they know it. All they can do is lie and attack Obama on what are really their own weaknesses. They are just empty suits and trying to sell to same old, same old and hoping to get away with it once again.