Wednesday Night GOP Convention awards:
September 3rd, 2008Double Take Award: Mitt Romney talking and then the camera cutting to someone holding a “straight Talk” sign. Oh, sweet irony.
We Hardly Knew Ye Award: What happened to Mike Huckabee? His delivery was horrible and he kept going on about small government – exactly the stuff he was lousy at which made him unacceptable to McCain’s handlers as a veep.
The Charles Schultz Speech Writing award: The Hawaii governor who seemed to be the voice of the teacher in all the Charlie Brown cartoons. Wau wau wa wa wau wauu. Her description of Sarah Palin’s credentials made it sound like the introduction of a very last-minute replacement for a commencement speaker to graduates at a community college’s summer program.
The I Know Thomething About Fundamentalithm and Theptember 11th Thcare Tacticth and Thtraw-Men Argumentth Award: Rudy Giuliani weaves a horribly-lisped tapestry of lies and distortions that can only make the convention goers wonder why they didn’t pick him. Rudy let rip the full bullshit cannon in a way even the shambling shell that was John Mccain can’t yet bring himself to do. The best lines: “McCain with thtay on the offenth againtht the terrorithtth” and “John McCain will keep your children thafe.” Somewhere there are a couple hundred liberal fact checkers in biohazzard suits combing his speech for the most toxic falsehoods and gross misrepresentations. I’ll link to them when I find ‘em. If you see some, please link ‘em in the comments.
The Sarah Palin Award: It was her first public appearance in days and Governor Palin clearly benefited from the rehearsal time. She reinforced the idea that she’s a likable, charismatic new face for the GOP but in the end did nothing to diminish her support nor deter her detractors.
Some fact checking on the speeches can be found here. Thanks to Brian C for the link!
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