Let's Put This All In Perspective

A friend of mine sent this article to me this morning and I decided to share it with you.

It is from John Ridley's entry on the Huffington Post. He hit the nail on the head on his assessment on the total hyprocrisy of this election. Please read below:

"Up in the Twin Cities area folks are speaking a new language. Or, should I say Palinguage. It sounds sorta familiar because it's Latin based. But different from the plain English we're used to speaking, in Palinguage recognizable words take on new meanings. Won't you take a moment to learn some Plainguage so you can talk like a hypocritical conservative?

REPEAT THE FOLLOWING:
If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "token hire." If you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "game changer."

If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you're a "baby daddy." If you're the same in Alaska you're a "teen father." (Actually, according to your own MySpace page you're an F'n redneck that don't want any kids, but that's too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to take out of context and flog morning noon and night).

Black teen pregnancies? A "crisis" in black America. White teen pregnancies? A "blessed event."

If you grow up in Hawaii you're "exotic." Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential "American story." Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you're "unpatriotic." Name your kid Track, you're "colorful."

If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're "reckless." A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a "maverick."
If you say that for the "first time in my adult lifetime I'm really proud of my country" it makes you "unfit" to be First Lady.

If you are a registered member of a fringe political group that advocates secession that makes you "First Dude." A DUI from twenty years ago is "old news." A speech given without proper citation from twenty years ago is "relevant information."

And, finally, if you're a man and you decide to run for office despite your wife's recurrence of cancer you're a "questionable spouse." If you're a woman and you decide to run for office despite having five kids including a newborn... Well, we don't know what that is 'cause THAT'S NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.

They also forgot one we discussed yesterday:
If you're a White Republican and went from rags to riches and got into all Ivy League schools, you're a "brilliant," "driven," "over-achiever" and "living the American Dream." If you're a Black Democrat who did the same thing, you're an "uppity" "elitist" and clearly an "affirmative action recipient." "

The Republican Convention Has Become Petty and Silly

So far the GOP convention has become petty with no substance. Palin has just spoken and I am trying to figure her out. What are her policy positions that are important to Americans? The whole time she is reacting to what the media is supposively said about her. She is reacting to what the political pundits questioned about her.

Please tell me Governor Palin, what is your answer to the economy? How will you work with Senator McCain regarding healthcare and HIV and AIDS? Womens issues? Education? What is your position on energy sufficiency and the environment?

The Republicans have attacked Obama like playing the dozens. It is reactionary and not proactive. They came out swinging defensively. JABS, JABS, JABS. Again, no subtsance.

When I watched the Democratic convention, this did not happen. Dems talked about how they disagreed with McCain's policies and what to expect from a Obama administration.

I know that this is day three of the convention...but this is so bad. I do not know what else to say.