Bush

I tried to watch President Bush give his acceptance speech. I tried to listen with an open mind, to put myself in the shoes (or ears) of an undecided voter. I tried. Too bad I only made it through about a third of the speech. The Red Sox were winning their ninth in a row at the same time (only two and a half back?! Not yet, Senator, not yet), and then the Daily Show came on.

I wanted to listen without questioning, but the urge to argue was too powerful. Not five minutes after talking about reducing spending, Bush went on to propose all sorts of new programs with which the government will help people. As far as I could tell, he'd somehow pay for it by reducing frivilous lawsuits. What!?

I almost wrote something up last night, but my laziness paid off as Steve absolutely nailed it for me. Right down to the fact that the famous W. smirk was nowhere to be seen (someone on MSNBC suggested BoTox...)

I heard that the President picked it up in the second half, talking about 9/11 and terrorism, but I missed that part. The next 60 days will be awfully interesting, especially if Kerry continues swinging like he did last night.