This week in WTF #2

It being the week of the convention for the Republicans, I think we're going to have a few of these This Week in WTFs.



This one comes from Amy Goodman, and the folks and the public radio program "Democracy Now." A frightening account of how Democracy is now not really working as well as it could:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jreRSEQ_yg



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjcqwQgF7Q&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvAVHTo0NMc&feature=related



Updates from the Democracy Now website:



http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/1/update_democracy_now_s_amy_goodman_sharif_abdel_kouddous_and_nicole_salazar_released_after_illegal_arrest_at_rnc

This Week in WTF

This week in WTF covers all manner of Republican-y things.

#1: experience you can believe in

This is where Palin was gaining her executive experience just 20 months ago.

Photo courtesy of http://mudflats.wordpress.com/, a blog about Alaskan politics. There's a lot on the site re: Miss Pretty Lady.

#2 She also said this about the war:

“Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God.” She went on, "That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan."

#3 - Here's a collection of Men 4 Men ads posted on Craigslist St Paul. Thank you so so so so soooo much Wonkette people, for thinking to do this and for posting it. I was just overjoyed while reading through these. Hilarious.

Okie dokie, here's to the crazies, hypocrites and freaks in the Republican party who make it worth blogging.

Dont Stop Thinking about Tomorrow...

Did anyone else think of that scene from Primary Colors when the opponent gets cranky & quiets down the crowd so he can speak when Clinton got fussy and quieted down the crowd at the convention?

After that, the rest of the speech was very good and Clinton Classic, with the dynamism and great lines and all that.

Favorite was when he drew comparisons to how the critics said he, Clinton, was too young & inexperienced to be Commander in Chief but he won the election because he was on the right side of history and so's Obama. Good times.

But did anyone notice the long-haired Monica look alike that was on the side of the stage to shake his hand after the speech? Yikes.

It's like...

It's like little cheerleaders watching Miss America pageants.
It's like football fanatics watching the draft.
It's like parents who check stores daily for webkinz for their kids.

That is what the conventions are like for me.

For I am a political junkie.

Okay, back to Caroline Kennedy...