Republicans Just Can’t Fake It
After watching the first night of the Democratic National Convention I was impressed by how “on message” the Dems were. I also couldn’t help but draw comparisons between what I saw last night and what I saw last week – And here’s where I’ve arrived: Republicans just can’t fake it for Mitt Romney.
Mistermix at Balloon Juice says it better:
One of the most interesting aspects was that the speakers I saw weren’t afraid of saying Barack Obama’s name, and they also didn’t let their ambition get in the way of doing their convention job.
Of course, that’s how the Republican convention should have been, too, but clearly something is badly wrong with the Romney campaign. The Eastwood debacle is just the tip of the iceberg. Deval Patrick is every bit as interested in 2016 as Chris Christie, yet he was able to say Obama’s name long before two-thirds of his speech was over, and he didn’t take credit for everything that’s going well in his state. Listening to Patrick, you’d think Obama came to Massachusetts in person to help Patrick fix the mess that Mitt Romney left. [emphasis mine]
The theme of the 2012 Republican National Convention? Every man for himself! Which makes sense when you realize that not one of them is for Mitt.
Tags: 2012 Democratic Convention, 2012 Republican National Convention, National Dems, National Republicans
Republicans refer to Obama contemptuously as “this President,” as though they were holding a tiny Obama by the back of his collar with two fingers at arm’s length. I guess that’s OK, since they will still be calling him President for four more years.
When I heard Julian Castro speak I heard a man speaking for my people and he actually called them the “Dreamers”. He understood that picking and choosing who had civil rights was not an option.
When I heard Rubio speak at the Republican convention all I could think of was that he was lucky that his dad had worked so hard to make sure that he could be in front and standing at that podium . . because if he had not . . . Rubio would be at the back where they would be throwing peanuts at him because that’s how they feed the animals (my people) in their Republican world!
Transcript of Julian Castro’s speech here. I liked this:
Yes, the Dems were mostly on message and focused last night. And I thought the whole thing came off as vibrant and hopeful too. Sneaking a smackdown of Rmoney into the Kennedy tribute was inspired and apparently made Republicans take to twitter to vent their rage.
“We all understand that freedom isn’t free. What Romney and Ryan don’t understand is that neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it.”
So great!!!
I speak better Spanish than Castro. Just another phony Lib-tard…
What’s the matter, Rockland? Can’t find anything he said to disagree with?