I've been sitting on this picture from the Democratic National Convention for awhile now... during ABC's convention coverage, they aired this test/run-through of which color pantsuit would be best for Hillary Clinton's convention speech... so I was glad there was a picture that I could "borrow" and post here.
While I understood why they did it, it still cracked me up... even more here, with the expression on the guy's face on the left. I wonder how many other colors there are in Hillary's closet? Anyhow, I think the right choice was made to go with the orange - the blue and aqua seemed to fade into the background, while the red would have been probably too strong.
Anyhow, this is pretty much old news since the RNC is well underway. Despite left/liberal leanings, I think it is still important to see what both side are saying, even if the result is the taste of vomit in one's mouth. Now, I know conventions are just alleged adult versions of the high school pep rallies and preaching to the proverbial choir ... that's one reason I'm watching only the 1 hour of coverage on ABC (my personal preference, even with Diane Sawyer's cooing)... I can only stand so much... from either party!
I snarked that the second (but really first) night of the RNC seemed like 'Grumpy Old Men 2' with speeches from Fred Thompson and, still a bit staggeringly disturbing, Joe Lieberman... plus the video appearance from the current president.
But that was merely a pretty unsatisfying appetizer to last night's appearance of Rudy Guiliani and VP nominee Sarah Palin. Holy crap, the claws came out... and I fear (yet again!), that the Dems don't have the cahones to go after their opponents like these folk... and that's not meant to be an insult.
Not that there weren't plenty of things I found disturbing - from the still eerily empty NYC skyline serving as the backdrop from Guiliani's speech - and that he had the gall to say the Dems had not uttered the fear-inducing date of "9/11" while nearly 7 years later nothing has yet to rise from the ashes of the WTC site...
... and while Palin's speech has been reported as "using wit, sarcasm, charm and ridicule"... admittedly through my politically filtered glasses (well, contact lenses) I found there to be more sarcasm and ridicule than wit and charm. Personally, I found the tone of the night to be mocking and mean-spirited and particularly tired of Cindy McCain's smug smiling and head bobbing... and apparently life in a small town is admirable, but "community organizing" is fodder for condescension.
But again, even from the other side of the political spectrum, I can certainly see why the GOP is pretty thrilled this morning. Again, it's the paradox where folks seem to dislike "going negative," but more times than not it has proven to be an effective strategy.
We're certainly in for an interesting 2 months until Election Day.
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