Kerry for Prez? Hah? Fuhgeddabowdit!

Tonight kicks off the Republican National Convention. Unfortunately, I missed most of what McCain said, but he was passionate and obviously sincere in his support of Bush. I've already heard pundit Jon Stewart joke he would have to take deep breaths as he "forced" out strained lines of support. I've even heard that pillar of balance and moderation, Janeane Garafalo say that she honestly wondered if McCain would just lose it and say over the microphone that he just "can't support a lie and a failed Presidency". This is the modicum and down to earth viewpoints that are drawing the swing voters over to Air America's side in numbers well over the single digits. How much has already been packed in tonight, before I tuned in, could not be given justice without writing many paragraphs. But I do want to point out a couple things that I think will not only resonate with many of the so-called undecided voters, but will incur the lightning fast wrath of the Left pundits before tomorrow's sun even rises.
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September 11th, 2001

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"Thank God George Bush is our President". Those are the exact words Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that he spoke on the morning of 9/11 and that he still says today. I think there was a general (mis)understandning that 9/11 wasn't going to really be brought up at either convention, because it would "politicize" it. I believe this will prove to be a serious miscalculation of the DNC, as it in no way is a day that belongs to either "party", but belongs to the entire country. The fact that the RNC would respectfully approach the topic was unmistakable with the very date emblazoned on the rear wall of the stage in 6-foot letters. Many undecideds look at the protests and outright disparagement of the war on terror and see millions of people who have somehow committed the inconceivable and unforgivable act of having forgotten September 11th. -

Giuliani did not beat around the bush at all. (The text to Giuliani's speech) He called Kerry by name as an opportunist who does not have what it will take to protect our nation. He said with 60 plus days till the election, "Kerry could change his position 4 or 5 more times!"

Rudy brought up the very important point, that I agree with, that Bush has already proven he will take the offense in the war on terror, not the defense; that he will take the war over there, so we will no have to fight it in NYC, Chicago, or Boston. This puts a huge kibosh on the argument that we "should only fight a war when there is an imminent threat". I think that's a ridiculous, dangerous, feel-good ideology. If 9/11 cannot show how flawed that logic is, then nothing can do it.

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One of the most, "OH NO HE DIN'T" moments was when ex-Mayor Rudy said that the now archaic mentality of appeasing terrorists is the only way someone like Yasser Arafat could possibly win the Nobel Prize! Now, plenty of people already know how true this may be, but I don't know if it's been trumpeted in a larger forum than this before. I can't help but envision the picture of Clinton grinning ear to ear as he shakes hands with Arafat, ashamedly the most invited world leader to the White House during Clinton's Administration. I don't know if Carter is watching the RNC tonight. If he is, I'm sure Carter came down a few notches on his pedestal from his most recent Nobel Prize, awarded specifically as nothing but an immature foreign jab at Bush.

I knew the Republicans were going to have a very well orchestrated convention, but I could hardly envision a more convincing and effective speech than that of Giuliani. His sincere passion and love for those lost on 9/11, NYC, and the soldiers fighting the war on terror is matched by his articulate defense of Bush's international decisions and policies.

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One thing I have to interject that is overly offensive is the canard repeatedly thrown around that there would be no women or minorities represented at the RNC, only at DNC. That line may have been convincing some years back, but the more it's paraded out, the more it's going to make the speaker look foolish, arrogant, and bigoted. There's an enormous minority presence that's very comparable to what I witnessed in the televised coverage of the Democrat's convention. The next time they try to pretend they are somehow less of a sea of white faces, tell them that racist line doesn't fly.