RNC Thoughts

A few thoughts about the festivities last night...

Cindy McCain-
I was very unimpressed by Cindy McCain's delivery. She was very robotic and clearly had no place on the stage. It also seemed like she made one of two mistakes. She either practiced too much, leading to a planned feel, or practiced too little and over-compensated. In either case, she had no extemporaneous, conversational feel. A speaker can survive, and even thrive without that feel; Obama is a great orator who always sounds like he's talking at you and not to you. Mrs. McCain needed that feel, though.
I don't think it was a mistake for the RNC to have her speak, however. I did not realize how amazing her story is. Strangely, she has a good portion of the qualifications Barack Obama does. They both have the same community organization experience. The content of her speech was worth the poor delivery of somebody not used to such a pressure-packed environment. Sure, liberal blogo-wackos and the erroneous Main Stream Media will pcik her apart. The independent voters saw her for her content, and they probably wouldn't appreciate another woman being ripped apart.

Protestors-
The protestors at the convention were both disrespectful and unintelligent. Did they really think they would make a valid point? Would an independent voter see that and suddenly understand? My guess is that a handful might, but most would be turned off to it. I would love to hear from some independent voters to hear what effect the protestors had. My gut says these protestors hurt their cause.
More importantly, it was disrespectful. There is a place for protestors. Protest peacefully outside the arena. That means no bags of urine, no pulling dumpsters into the street, no attacking buses of delegates or (worst)cub scouts preparing to show the colors, and no going inside. Funny how all these things reared their heads at the RNC, but none showed up at the DNC. Some may say the libs have more to protest, and that may be so in their minds. Nonetheless, most conservatives are too respectful to partake in such de-evolution. (Whip it!)

John McCain-
I was impressed by his speech, but one ironic thing got to me. A conversation Susie and I had about candidates for office gave us the idea to start this blog. That conversation? A candidate who wore a yellow tie to an appearance was wrong. I showed my clear frustration that anyone would avoid a red, white, or blue tie. Show some respect to your country.
I almost laughed when I saw McCain in a yellow tie. Come on! You fought for your country, and that's great. It's changed my mind to vote for you. You should not, however, let some stylist pick a yellow-bellied yellow tie for you.

Then again, McCain wears a flag pin and stands for the pledge of allegiance.