Day 2 of the Dem Convention: Live-Blogging the Stupidity

Dang it, starting late again. Oh well. Lots of good stuff in store. By the way, I'm watching PBS with Jim Lehrer.

6:33: Someone who looks like Barbara Boxer speaks. Parrots that McCain wants more of the same. At least McCain is honest when he says economics isn't his forte. Goes over all of Obambi's pipe dreams. She's almost high on the messiah. Invokes Phil Gramm. Says we're not whiners. Obama will bring change to fit the failed ways of Washington. That's so specific. More Dem talking points that I've heard about 100 times.

6:37: Gwen interviews. Having women lead beside men will change everything. Yeah, just look in any household. Says Hilldog wanted the Democratic power for herself for a long time. We're making our way [to the Presidency]. Maybe you will if the delegates actually vote their feelings.

6:40: Round-table. Younger generation has different mentality. Condescends to us. Thanks. Talking about 18-year-old Obama delegate. Not insult if Obama were to pick another woman besides Hill for VP? Yeah, in your dreams. Praising women college students. Men never get to be proud, I guess.

6:44: Bill Ritter! Tax hike-looming Bill. Wants a new-energy economy. Wants wind turbines in CO. Schmuck Schumer says Reagan was wrong, we all need government. We can't pay tuition bills. Says McCain will just cut taxes. Is blatant misrepresentation also a theme at the DNC? America will accept tax increases. Class-baits and says Americans think the redistribution of wealth is a great thing. Ritter says Schumer hit nail on the head. Right. People at the lower margins are hit harder, even though they pay about 3% of all taxes? Says people don't know Barack, that's why he's so close in the polls with McCain. That's fine, when they get to know him beyond the superficiality they won't like what they see. Ritter talks about Independents. That's how he won his election. Energy is good for the economy, who knew? Schumer says "we understand the middle class". That's the Democratic myth. John McCain doesn't have good plans. They're hurting, want chaaaaaange.

6:52: There's a Republican! Mayor of Fairbanks. Another traitor. He's not here to speak against McCain. He's here to endorse Obama. What? Everyone has a vote. He's drunk the Obama kool-aid. Keen intellect? Foreign policy based on logic? Economy based on families? We won't get that from Obama, fool. No, we won't. Says we need to use our own resources, doesn't mention oil.

6:56: Laid-off textile worker. Well, it must be Bush's fault. In 2003, plant shut down. Must have been Bush. CEO got a huge bonus. I wonder if it was his fault? Doesn't offer any reasons why the plant shut down that could be attributed to Bush. She's living at poverty level. Bush doesn't say "just go to college", you liar. Now we struggle to get by...WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE!! OMG!! I thought you might have meant something truly needed, like food. We can't take four more years. Yeah, it's your fault that you're an unskilled worker. Know what? Stop relying on the government to give everything to you on a silver platter and take some initiative.

6:59: Nancy Floyd of Oregon. Worked on renewable energy. She got her hands dirty building a wind farm. Says we're at the same point as 30 years ago, back at another energy crisis. There are people with new solutions. Fine, bring them on. John McCain is for all renewables, as long as we use everything. That's why we need Obama. Huh? Stumbles over her words. Green technology is great, blah blah. Other countries have "stable" energy policies. Just because we don't integrate alternative energy companies with the federal government doesn't mean they can't succeed!! She keeps talking about new jobs. Somehow he'll regulate the entire energy industry. She acknowledges that it sounds pie-in-the-sky. Go Barack!

Oy vey, off to a great start. I'm feelin' the hate towards Republicans.

7:05: Another round-table. Green argument will be made in terms of jobs. So can the oil argument.

7:06: Kathleen Sebelius. A ghastly woman. Just ghastly. Supposed to be Obama's VP. Barack was raised by Kansans? OK, just not in Kansas. Today we face huge challenges, dreary everything, doom, gloom, the American dream has become a nightmare for the 5% of homeowners who face foreclosures. Says McCain can't remember how many homes he has. Makes a terrible hypocritical joke: McCain doesn't know home, from home, from home. Yeah, it's such a huge crime to own multiple houses. I bet Kerry would agree, along with Ted Kennedy. McCain wants "country-club" economics. John McCain promises more of the same, he wants to compromise your retirement. Doesn't she realize that by not privatizing Social Security, she is posing an even bigger risk? Says McCain opposes remewables, a complete lie. Ghastly. Fix our divisive politics--look at you! Are you that much of a moron!? Sheesh.

7:12: Pena speaks. Former secretary of energy. Says we used to have a bad problem with air pollution in Denver. We made a decision to change. Everyone helped--and guess what? He says it got cleaner, but have you been to Denver lately? The last time I went, I saw so much smog that I tried to take short breaths on the way down. That worked. Our addiction to oil is the cause of all the problems we have. Bush's fault, of course, for giving to the oil companies. The theme tonight: McCain, more of the same. We can't afford more of the same. And here it is: CHAAAAAAAAAAAANGE. He's going to invest 150 Billion dollars over 10 years for renewables. Idk, that might conflict with Al Gore's plans. Speaking of which, isn't he later tonight? Great. Invokes the Apollo mission to the moon, which is actually an inaccurate comparison. Colorado has a green economy? Heh heh heh. Because we're the host state, we have to be an example of Democratic paradise.

7:20: Starting to get bored again. This convention is just a redux of everything you read on the candidate's website or liberal editorials. What is the point? Also, I want to bring something up just in case they address it. Obama called McCain "the biggest celebrity in Washington", for what reason, is a mystery. All politicians are famous. They have to be, to get elected. But there's a difference between being famous and being a celebrity, like Obama. I want to go check the RNC speakers list. Great, some RINOs, some not. But all better for the country than anyone at the DNC.

7:25: Robert Casey, Jr. Who's this? Gov. Casey's son. Yippee. For the last 8 years we've been hit hard by the Bush-Cheney economy. Huh? More like this past 7 months. The other times have been, well, fairly sweet, economically speaking. Says Obama bridges connections in the Senate, finding common ground. Like when? Everywhere Barack went, people saw his statistics listed on his campaign site. He's a father, etc. Yay. Joe Biden reference. Lobbyists call the shots, now? Proof? Hillary Clinton intro! OK, where is she? Stop talking. Now since you intro'd her, nobody cares. Opposes Barack on abortion. Barack is postpartisan though, so it doesn't matter. McCain votes with Bush 90% of the time. Well, Barack votes with Reid 100% of the time. That's not a sidekick, that's a soulmate. Cheering for Obama. It's like a strange cult. 4 More Months! I'm going to have a hearty laugh when McCain wins.

7:33: I-didn't-catch-her-name-speaks. On women's equality. I'm pretty sure Republicans are for that, too. Bad timing, I guess. The fight for equality isn't over. She sounds like Forrest Gump. She got smaller raises than her male co-workers. Such a pity. The Supreme Court sided with her business. I'm sure they had their reasons. Just so she knows, there's 4 conservatives, 4 liberals, and one independent in the SC. So it's not Republicans' fault, like she claims. This apparently happened 30 years ago. Business has changed since then, you know.

7:40: Mark Warner speaks. Here we go, he's the keynote speaker. He's introduced. Oh, boy. The keynote speech will probably reference McCain. Hello Virginia! The race for the future has begun. No American need be left behind. President is stuck in the past. I didn't know there was a subspace rip in the White House. His first company failed, along with his second. Maybe he wasn't meant for business. Praises America profusely, well, that I haven't heard in a while. Everyone should get a fair shot. Well, are you anti-affirmative action, then? There it is, the McCain reference. Dissing Bush's energy policies. His biggest criticism of Bush is that he doesn't tap into the character and resolve of the American people. Actually, he did ask us to step up, but you Dems just can't stop making fun of his absence of articulacy. McCain is more of the same. A plan to explode the deficit (unlike Obama, who will completely expand it with 800 Billion of new spending). China's goin' for the gold, so we'd better not fall behind. Praise for China, just like the messiah. The plug-in hybrid vehicles within 10 years myth. We'll have an administration that actually believes in science. I suppose that's a reference to Bush's opposition to stem-cell research. He kept denying to allow it until we were able to generate them from underneath skin layers, an ethical way. What a sin. We need to expand the military. Only, you Dems don't have to do it, don't worry, just leave it to those pro-war Republicans to join. This election is not about left vs right. Uh, yeah, it kind of is. We have an obligation for the children, blah blah blah. We're all in this together, that's what Dems believe. Oh, except for Republicans. We hate them. Warner talks about Virginia. We need government-controlled internet now? A company brought jobs to a small-town, and that town grew thanks to it. What does that have to do with Dem philosophy at all? It sounds more pro-business than anything else. Says Obama is like Jefferson. I'm pretty sure Jefferson had more experience.

There is a ton of people just saying the same thing: we need the future, not the past. What the heck? No matter who the next President is, we move into the future. The only difference is whether we move in on liberal or conservative policies.

I swear, all this sugar-coated, honey-sweetened, sickly-sweet, vague dialogue of nothingness is making me sick.

8:06: Hillary is coming up soon. Thank God, I'm so bored. At least all this live-blogging gets me ready for college, where you have to come up with witty responses for everything, when you're discussing it. Michelle Mybelle Obama is up. She says she wasn't re-introducing Barack, just introducing him again on a bigger stage. Right. He needs the re-introduction like Michael Jackson needs psychological counseling. She says Barack is less-concerned about tearing down his opponent than talking about the issues. Very important point here, especially with ALL of Barack's recent ads aimed at tearing down McCain and his shrill attacks on the Senator from Arizona at his rallies (houses, anyone?). What a bunch of bunk. Bring on Hilldog!

8:18: No!! Now we have to re-play the speech by Deval Patrick. Great. I grew up in poverty, I grew up middle-class. This is a badge of honor for Dems, they don't dare mention growing up in privilege. The American story is at risk today. The poor are a mess today, even though our "poverty" level is no match for those in East and West Europe and Asia and South America and Africa. The middle-class are one paycheck away from being poor, whatever that means. We can't force kids into math and science, that's communism! John McCain sayssss this, but he's against more spending for schools. He's against the Board of Education, one of the worst bureaucracies ever created (but he IS for vouchers, which makes all that irrelevant!). McCain is more of the same. Republicans deserve to lose, woo, divisive! Uses the South Side of Chicago as a positive example of community. I laugh out loud. Government is the name we give to the things we choose to do together. Wow, what BS. They're gonna ask Republicans to cooperate. That is gonna be fail.

8:26: History lesson. Great.

8:34: Hillary time, video first. Then Chelsea. Crowd is booing at something. Governor of Montana is introducing the video. John McCain says "No We Can't" to Obama's energy plan. That's because his energy plan is impossible and unrealistic. There's Bill Clinton. Stand up, everyone! We want 'em to hear you! Can we afford more of the same? Noooo! Time for change? Yeaaaaa! Who's gonna lead us? Jesu-er, Barack Obamaaaaa!!

8:38: Hilldog video. Hillary was a creepy kid. Talking about women's rights. Bill is referred to as "Hillary's husband". Hilldog's supporters drool to their candidate's soundbites to a mainstrem rock soundtrack. Calls the creepy cackle a "loud guffaw". Makes it sound like she's still in the running. She'll be known as the woman who reached to fight for everyone to be what they could be, by running for president. Aren't they forgetting something--she lost!

8:43: Hillary enters. This is crucial. D-man thinks she'll keep it low-key as possible so she has another shot at running in the future. He's probably right. Everyone has a Hillary sign, isn't that sweet? She's proud of everything. Supports Obama. It's a fight for the future. Disses Republicans, says they squander her accomplishments. No way, no how, no McCain. I have a feeling that slogan'll stick with them for a while. They made her laugh and cry. Awwww. Uses mother with cancer as propaganda for socialized medicine. Class-baits a bit, sends her love to Puerto Rico. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. We didn't really make history, but that's ok. Believes America should all be Democratic. She ran for the middle class, because of the big deficits, and Russia, and all the doom and gloom that she wants to exist. Completely demonizes Republicans. We'll join with out allies to combat global warming and terrorism (those are related, apparently). Says the current administration treats everyone else as invisible. Appeals to her supporters to not just vote for her, but vote for liberalism. Progress is never easy. It will be impossible without Obama. America pads the pockets of oil speculators? That's ridiculous! Obama will fight for the middle class. Obama will fight for the middle class. He'll fight for the poor, too. Praise for President Clinton. Just think of what America will be with President Obama. Not a pretty picture, no thanks. Says she will make Obama have a Hillarycare plan. Praise for Joe Biden. He's pragmatic, tough, and wise, everything Obama isn't. Hillary lies about her "friend", McCain. A lot. McBush reference, lame joke. Obaumatons eat it up. She's a senator because of the Seneca Falls convention? Hmm, I'd think it was more because of her lust for power. Harriet Tubman quote to mobilize Dems, keep going. "We're Americans, we're not big on quitting." Oh really? What about Harry Reid's surrender to Iraq? Vague, vague, vague. Dream big, keep going, etc. Aaaahh! We love you, Hilldog! She leaves, on that note.

Wouldn't it be funny, instead of just preaching hope and vague promises, the RNC just concentrated on policy and talked specifics? Realistic specifics, for realistic solutions.

And with that, I've just wasted another 3 hours. Good night, and good luck.