Dirty old man for President!

Geez, I take a long weekend and all hell breaks loose on the political front. Yesterday Hubby and I got a rare chance to enjoy one of Denver’s annual street fairs, the Taste of Colorado. It’s a huge, four-day event held every Labor Day weekend, a food festival like none I’ve ever seen before. The way it works is there are dozens of restaurants that set up booths and offer limited menus of some of their best dishes. You can get either a full portion or a taste. The proportions are like this – if the food in question is chicken nuggets, six would be a full serving, one would be a taste. Food is purchased using tickets that you buy at booths scattered around the park, so there’s no worry about correct change at the vendor stands. Entry to the event is free. You can graze your way around Civic Center Park for four whole days if you want. You can drink your way around the park too – lots of beer and wine stands. There are also vendors of every type you can imagine, a carnival ride area for kids, and culinary demonstrations by area chefs. Oh yeah, a good time was definitely had by all.

Even in the middle of tens of thousands of people, political controversy was drawn to me like a moth to a flame. Yes, I was wearing an Obama t-shirt, as was Hubby. That was part of the fun – wear partisan political attire to a very crowded event and judge the reaction. The result of our extremely unofficial poll: Obama should win by a landslide.

Anyway, in the middle of this a guy I’d never seen before rushed up to me to tell me about Sarah Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy. There’s so much I could say about it, there’s so much I want to say about it. But since Barack Obama has stated the families should be off-limits, I’ll confine my comments to Sarah and not her daughter Bristol, except to express my deepest sorrow that this girl has either been brainwashed into thinking this pregnancy is a good thing, or has been forced by her ultra-conservative mother to “pay for her sins” or some such crap. Bristol looks so sad. I feel sorry for her. Her life is over before it even begins, the only questions is does she realize it yet?

Instead of lambasting Bristol’s character and behavior, which, let’s face it, aren’t all that unusual in our society today, I’ll keep the remainder of my criticisms focused squarely on Sarah Palin. What kind of mother could actually believe that once her pregnant 17 year old daughter is married, everything will be fine? According to Sarah Palin, she says she expects her daughter and the father of the baby to have a good life together. How? That’s certainly not the norm for pregnant teens, assuming the father is of similar age.

The ultra-conservative right-to-lifers are beside themselves with excitement over Bristol’s pregnancy. They’re scary. Let’s face it, so’s Sarah. Doesn’t she remind you of a Stepford wife?
Here’s something Sarah Palin can’t hide behind a black dress and a baby- Troopergate. I guess it’s officially a scandal now that it has its own title. She tried to get her ex-brother-in-law fired for divorcing her sister, a sadly petty abuse of her power as governor. Is this the type of person we want one step away from the Oval Office? Especially with McCain being 72 years old now? I’d hate to take the chance that he falls and breaks a hip and dies, and leaves know-nothing Palin in charge. That’s really scary.

I guess Sarah Palin had to break the news about her daughter because it was becoming painfully obvious. That black dress didn’t hide much, and using the baby as camouflage only made Bristol look even more pregnant by drawing the viewer’s attention to her midsection.

Another politically-charged encounter confirmed something Hubby and I noticed the day McCain presented Palin as his VP. Right there on the podium, in front of thousands of supporters and who knows how many news cameras, just as McCain ushered Palin to the microphone, he CHECKED OUT HER BUTT! I kid you not, he leered and stared at her rear for about 10 seconds. Here’s the link to the news footage, see for yourself. http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=98668&catid=139 Yeah, let’s elect the adulterous, dirty old man for president, he’s such a wonderful representative of the “family values party”.

We also had a great conversation with a former Hillary supporter who’s backing Obama. This gentleman was 70-ish, Caucasian, a veteran – in short, he could have been the poster boy for McCain’s prime demographic. He also said in no uncertain terms that the future of our country depends on McCain being defeated. He’s still pretty angry that Hillary wasn’t the nominee, and said with great conviction that Obama should have picked Hillary as his running mate. However, in his mind what’s done is done, and now it’s time to back the party. I could have hugged him.

So much to say, so little time...

The Republican National Convention is now in full swing after being paused due to Hurricane Gustav. Interesting now that things are settled, Bush isn't going to appear in person. The news says he'll speak via satellite, but this is the first time in decades that a sitting president hasn't attended his party's own convention. Wonder who finally figured out that Bu--sh-- is toxic to the campaign? I heard speculation that McCain is trying to distance himself from Bush to minimize the appearance that his administration will be Bush III. That's like one Siamese (okay, conjoined) twin saying to the other "I never want to see you again!"

Must go now, textbooks and the RNC are calling me. Studying is essential, and so is being familiar with the ways of one's enemy, so that's my agenda for this evening.

Peace,
AuntieM