Watching
the opening session of the GOP convention in Tampa was painful, but
not in the sense that you would think. It was painful because it was
obvious that except for his wife and kids, nobody really likes Mitt
Romney.
Yes,
they gave him the nomination. Yes, he will be their flag bearer and
public face in this next election. But obviously, the GOP is not
happy about it. Seems as if they really, really, really want someone
else to sacrifice against the President.
For
the most part, the applause was perfunctory. Oh, there were plenty of
applause lines written into the various badly delivered speeches (
Ann Romney, accomplished public speaker...please), but most of the
people simply sat on their hands and looked, well frankly,
constipated.
Keynote
speaker Chris Christie, who was supposed to fire up the crowd, waded
through nearly two thirds of his 20 minute speech before evening
mentioning the name of the nominee. Then he went back to the true
subject of his speech-himself. What was he doing, preparing for
2016?
The
whole room looked like it had been fed Ex Lax and whoever did it also
locked the bathroom doors. Pitiful. Absolutely pitiful. The cut
aways to the crowd were telling. Grim faces...obvious attempts to
look like they gave a damn, when they don't. Sad. Truly sad.
I
attended every single GOP and Democratic Convention from 1976 until
1996 and it was always a party, regardless of the political reality
of the time. This one is bad. The delegates look as if they have
given up, already, and they are not even trying to fake enthusiasm
for good ole Mittens.
Maybe
we should just give Tampa to Isaac, cancel the Democratic convention
and move straight to the vote. Looks like we've already won, if last
night's GOP fling was any indication.
Vote
responsibly in November.
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