In the modern world, the RNC and DNC conventions rarely bring up many surprises.
The respective Presidential and VP candidates have already been chosen (barring death, major scandal or kidnapped by space aliens).
The respective party platforms, which candidates are technically free to ignore, are little more then a wish list by those people who can afford to take a break off from work/school/family and drive or fly off to a long, festival party.
The Democratic Party platform and presidential candidates have generally supported gay rights since the 1980s, while the Republican platform and presidential candidates have generally opposed them -- although perhaps not formally (platform wise) until 1992.
Yes, there are sometimes highlights if you are not their. If you can attend its (I am told) a great time with festive parties, social and professional networking and so forth.
So, for everyone else, it comes down to a few speeches, that make the local news affiliate, or get seen on You Tube. Obama's certainly stood out and was impressive.
Joe Liberman and Fred Thompsons were probably the worst. Both men do have their high points, but their speeches were certainly low points in their political careers.
The Daily Show made a great comment -- about these two men -- and how they kept rallying against government and the status quo -- with John Stewart saying {to sum up their speeches), "When are you people going to kick us out of office?!"
Personally I would have preferred Hillary for Obama's VP and someone else for McCain's VP. But their choices were not too shocking.
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In the modern world, the RNC and DNC conventions rarely bring up many surprises.
The respective Presidential and VP candidates have already been chosen (barring death, major scandal or kidnapped by space aliens).
The respective party platforms, which candidates are technically free to ignore, are little more then a wish list by those people who can afford to take a break off from work/school/family and drive or fly off to a long, festival party.
The Democratic Party platform and presidential candidates have generally supported gay rights since the 1980s, while the Republican platform and presidential candidates have generally opposed them -- although perhaps not formally (platform wise) until 1992.
Yes, there are sometimes highlights if you are not their. If you can attend its (I am told) a great time with festive parties, social and professional networking and so forth.
So, for everyone else, it comes down to a few speeches, that make the local news affiliate, or get seen on You Tube. Obama's certainly stood out and was impressive.
Joe Liberman and Fred Thompsons were probably the worst. Both men do have their high points, but their speeches were certainly low points in their political careers.
The Daily Show made a great comment -- about these two men -- and how they kept rallying against government and the status quo -- with John Stewart saying {to sum up their speeches), "When are you people going to kick us out of office?!"
Personally I would have preferred Hillary for Obama's VP and someone else for McCain's VP. But their choices were not too shocking.
Posted by: ETJB | September 19, 2008 at 06:30 PM