Republican [Shhhh] Convention

By Ruth Calvo

I have been trying to watch the convention, and I did watch all the speeches Thursday night and I am still groggy. But the most interesting piece of information I have seen to date is that in the entire text of last night's acknowledgment of receiving the Republican nomination is that McCain shied away from that word, R-e-p-u-b-l-i-c-a-n.

It's hardly surprising that anyone wanting to get elected would avoid association with the biggest disaster that has ever been committed in public office, but that is the party that'[s putting on the show and putting up the money. This is a bit like calling your mom Mrs. (fill in the blank) While he did condemn his party for coming to D.C. to change things and instead being changed by D.C., it was the basic concept of the party that he was espousing when he chose to be a member, and the basic concept of that party that he condemned it for losing.

The basic concept is that one that his president, that fella who occupied the White House and knocks down anything to do with the public interest, that business is the interest this government should serve. As long as business is the object of the government though, the public is disserved. As long as the Republican party sees no reason to come out and tell the truth, that voting them in is voting yourself out of power, then this country will be in trouble.

I have never seen anything to recommend voting myself out of power. While the right wing deplores anything that serves those who have not made a fortune, they do have to give in to reality occasionally as they did in doling out a 'supplement' of $600 or so dollars that gave a badly needed boost to the economy.

It's not really funny that someone who is asking you to vote him into power realizes that his platform is a total failure. If he would show that plain speaking tendency he likes to claim, he would tell us that we would be fools to continue on the disastrous course that his party has followed, and will continue to follow.

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