From Here to Anonymity (RNC 2012, Thursday)
Jeff Rosenzweig: From Here to Anonymity (RNC 2012, Thursday)
When the Republican National Convention began three months sorry, make that three days ago, I was sure it would be a gag-inducing slop pail of trite slogans, inane speeches, mendacious mischaracterizations, tedious pseudo-piety, outright falsehoods, racist dog whistles, awful video presentations, cornball stagecraft and unselfconscious boorishness. I was wrong; it hasnt been anywhere near that dignified.
8:05 PM:
Jeb Bush, the only member of the GOPs great political dynasty whom the GOP would allow into the convention hall, draws warm applause when he says, My brother, well, I love my brother. Its not clear whether he means Neil or Marvin. He kept us safe, claims Jeb. Ah! Marvin, then.
Bush gives a piece of his mind he can ill-afford to do without to Barack Obama: It is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. This admonition comes mere minutes after Callista and Newt Gingrich cap a tribute to Ronald Reagan by taking an extended swipe at Barack Obama, gratuitously including Reagans predecessor, Jimmy Carter.
Bush continues with a long and disorganized lament about the state of education in America, something he believes, total lack of evidence notwithstanding, that Mitt Romney can rectify...
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