The Desperate Convention

The theme of the Obama campaign is the word “Forward”, but we see a video of the late Ted Kennedy debating Romney for Governor of MA, a video of Jimmy Carter tomorrow, and a key address from former President Bill Clinton. Sounds like the democrats are going backward. As the convention opens they are having a hard time answering the question, “Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?”

I am currently listening to Kathleen Sebelius talking about the “affordable health care act or Obamacare”. Her spin on this seems to please the attendees, but 60% of the people in the country don’t buy her spin. The key word is “affordable” and the mere fact that non-partisan accounting groups say this will cost us $2 trillion more than the current system, doesn’t sound affordable to me.

Now Rahm Emanuel is talking about his time working for Obama, he doesn’t read the teleprompter very well. Talks about how Obama reads 10 letters every night from citizens and says, “Rahm these are the people we are fighting for”. Only 10? Looks like he’s losing the fight. Pretty corny speech. Most people appear to be falling asleep. Rahm why don’t you go home and do something about the 20 murders that occur every weekend in South Chicago?

Now Deval Patrick, Governor of MA, is giving a rather rousing speech, criticizing the Republican governors who talked at the Republican Convention. I guess he’s jealous when you look at the financial condition of his state and other democratically led states like California, Illinois, Connecticut, and New York. Good talk for the base, “when we want the American dream alive we want Obama in charge”. Hard sell.

Listening now to Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, and the keynote speaker. Democrats claim he is the next Obama. I was not impressed, not many applause lines, no comparison to Obama in his hey days. This guy is no Rubio; he has simple concepts and predictable rhetoric. Quote:” We are all connected by government and Barack Obama our connection.” Wow! Government is the central theme at this convention.

Here comes Michelle, first with a video talking about her rather humble start in South Chicago. Her Mom, brother, Valerie Jarret (her mentor), Biden’s wife. Not bad for someone who was never proud of her country until her husband was elected President. Shots from the Letterman and Ellen shows. The video runs a little too long.

Then she picks up on the class warfare bit trying to show the contrast between her and her husband’s humble start and Romney’s. Praises Barack’s values and his great upbringing, I guess she didn’t read his book. Mother dumped him with her parents for years, his smoking weed, snorting coke, and skipping classes. She also forgot when she threatened to divorce him in Chicago because he couldn’t earn a respectable living. Barack does all these great things for America, not because he is an ideologue, but because he is a saint. I was in tears; we’ve got so much left to do. What an actress! I was embarrassed for the first lady; she was actually begging us to bring him back. She used every platitude you can think of about his “greatness”. What a bunch of corn, I was calling for the hook.