GayPatriot thinks McCain hit a home run. I think he dropped the ball. But if you read the comments to his post, you get a sense at how shrill and empty the right has become. Some points in response to what I read there, before taking a shower:
Many comments about how Palin has "executive experience" and therefore has more experience than Obama, making her selection one based on the merits and not on gender. Okay, but does she have more experience than Mitt Romney?
The right continues to underestimate Obama. Look guys, he did something "experienced" men like George H.W. Bush, Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole, could not. He beat the Clintons.
Someone answered my question, "would Palin have been selected if she were a man" by saying "would Obama have been chosen by the Democrats if he were white?" Please. See point above.
Finally, the first commenter said the crowd at Palin's speech chanted "USA" while the (by implication unpatriotic) crowd at Invesco field chanted "Obama."
Sorry, Charlie, got your facts wrong. We chanted "USA" too. I was there.
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I wasn't at the DNC, but I watched the speeches. For the first time in eight years, I feel a bit more hopeful for the US. We can't afford to keep going the way we have been with President Bush. We need to get our nation back on track.
And now the Log Cabin Republicans (a group whose very existence I fail to understand) have endorsed McCain. Why? Because both times he voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, and so far he hasn't made gay marriage a wedge issue.
Really? That's good enough for you? I personally was hoping for the legalization of gay marriage, repeal of "Don't Ask", equal rights, etc. but to the Republicans, just voting against institutional federal discrimination is good enough.
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