Obama and Byden Renominated

MITT ROMNEY WANTS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON TRICKLE DOWN

I'VE NEVER LIED TO YOU - I'VE ALWAYS BEEN COOL - YES I'VE GOT TO GET THE VOTE AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT SCHOOL

FORWARD AMERICAN PROGRESS IS NOT A SPRINT, IT'S NOT EVEN A MARATHON; IT'S A RELAY! - YES IT IS

MITT ROMNEY'S GOOD WILL TRIP TURNED TO TRIPPING UP AND PRAYING FOR THE CONTINUED GOOD WILL OF THOSE HE BLEW IT WITH

WHEN IT COMES TO ASSASESING VALUE OF GOLD COINS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE USUALLY THE MOST RELIABLE

A MAN WITH A SPINE OF STEEL BY HIS VERY NATURE HAS A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY

MITT ROMNEY'S POLICY ISN'T A CLEAR CHOICE, BUT MULTIPLE CHOICE

TOO MANY HOT SHOT GUN SLINGERS LOOK FOR COURAGE IN A BOTTLE.  NEITHER, I TELL YOU, CAN COURAGE BE FOUND IN A PLANK OF A PLATFORM

JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU VOTE - IN 2012 BIN LADEN IS STILL DEAD AND GENERAL MOTORS IS STILL ALIVE

TOO MANY A TYRANT BEGAN LIFE AS A SPOILED RICH BRAT KID

The networks blew it because Joe Byden began his speech early.  I was on CNN and they were doing the Byden video before six thirty and that's where the photo is from.  I switched to Joe Byden on KCOE just after Michelle Obama was interviewed about her girls getting sleepy during her speech and Shasha telling her mom that she did a good job.  We received reassuring character references from Joe Byden, which should be helpful in swaying the undecided voter, if there are any.  The theme of tonight was President Obama's difficult decisions and how he has never based the decisions he made on the latest polls.  Three decisions stand out and these are the Affordable Care Act, the bail out of Chrysler and General Motors, and the decision to go after Bin Laden.  Joe Byden pointed his finger and warned any political opponent never, ever to to dare say that "America's best days are behind her".  There was talk about energy of the future, and personally I would have left "clean coal" out of that list.  I don't have a real problem with fracking if a way can be found to do it safely.  Our oil exports are the lowest in twenty years.  Factory jobs have had their fastest expansion in over a decade.  The President began his speech at 7:25 and it concluded at 8:25 making for a shorter forty minute speech than Clinton's.  And for a weather flash - - they have been having rain in Charolette today.  So the decision to pull the outside gig was a wise one, even if it meant sacrificing the balloon drop, too.  Many of the things the President said were things we've heard from others already, but from the President's own valuable first hand words.  The end of the speech was fading out a little.  I didn't know if I was listening to a Presidential address or a Beatles concert.  One topic that was never raised by either side was the whole rise of hate crimes and violence lately, and getting some kind of a handle on the out of control firearms polliferation lately where all the nuts feel free to do their thing and hide behind the second amendment. But at least the President gave a tip of the hat to the global warming problem.  An issue I thought would receive far more notice than it got by either Convention.  An all new line for the President tonight was "I didn't bring about the change- - - You Did That".  We, the voters - - - in Our Hands rather than the President's will lie the destiny of America and whether Mitt Romney takes us down the wrong path.  But just remember on your transmission - - D stands for forward and R stands for - - Romney, or Ruin, or Reverse, or Republican.  The car is out of the ditch and Forward is now the only logical direction to go.  My only suggestion that at times the only thing you can do is to get on your knees, but that's only to fix the plumbing, and we all know what an Incontinence problem the members of the tea party have for drinking too much of a product not even grown in America.  Here is a news flash for those "2016" movie fans.  The workers on the plantation aren't going to take it any more- - and the drug of cheap labor will have its supply cut off and come January twentieth, the Tea Party is going to undergo some powerful withdrawal symptoms.

In the news new unemployment claims are down in the latest count.  This usually foreshadows a drop in the unemployment rate.  We’ll let you know tomorrow.  Also stocks are up over two hundred points again and now the Dow Jones Industrials are at 13.200 or something, or their highest level since December of 2007, which just happens to be the month that this whole recession officially began.  So we are officially “out of it” as far as stock prices.

Drew Peterson was convicted in an Illinois court today for the murders of both his third and fourth wives.  As you know the death of his third wife was first ruled an accident.  But when Peterson’s fourth wife met her demise in 2007 they exhumed the body of his third wife and retested her and put Peterson on trial for murder.  The family is emotional with joy now that the killer has been convicted.  They say they especially wrote the Illinois laws to allow for heresay testimony just to nab this bastard.  And I don’t think what was allowed was even heresay.

Xavier Beckera, who looks like Bill Richardson, spoke tonight at the convention on key economic issues and was illuminating.  Then the lady Michigan governor spoke on Detroit and auto unions.  She said “Maybe Romney has a love of cars, he even has special elevators for them to ride in.  In Romney’s world, the cars get the elevators – and the workers get the Shaft.  I kind of saw that one coming.  I guess I judge Romney more harshly than others who want to give him a pass on Bain capital because ‘He was only doing his job maximizing profits for his share holders”.  I’d be much more inclined to go along with that reasoning if Bain Capital were a publicly traded company – and I highly doubt that it is.  I don’t think just any Tom, Dick, and Harry could walk in off the street and plop money to buy a piece of Bain Capital profits.

Charlie Christ of Florida, like a dagger to the heart, is a Republican who came out and endorsed the reelection of President Obama “after he came to know him and saw his compassion when Florida needed it”.  You know what they say about “cast your bread upon the waters”.  Christ spoke of famous people who have switched Political Party affiliation - - notably Ronald Reagan.  He reminded us all that Ronald Reagan’s politics would be considered too moderate for this tea party set.  I think this need for moderation is a key one.  Clinton’s statements last night about Paul Ryan and medicare- - opened the logical question of how Paul Ryan would respond to the issue, the obvious lie of his, today.  Paul Ryan has refused interviews with all reporters on the matter.  Of course Romney has been famous for turning down interviews the entire past year.

John Kerry was assigned the duty of discussing foreign affairs.  Last night Mike Meloy was talking about how Obama is soft on war criminals who torture prisoners.  Today we learn that this torture was more wide spread than originally believed.  Now I learn that one of the countries we farmed out our Torture Duty to was Kaddafi in Libya.  I’ve always wondered why Bush and Kaddafi were so buddy-buddy all of a sudden.  John Kerry reminded us that we won the battle of Libya without a single casualty and brought democracy to Libya.  Mitt Romney claims that he offers us a clear choice in Foreign Policy.  Mitt Romney doesn’t offer a clear choice, but Multiple Choice.  It’s not that Mitt Romney has no position on Afghanistan; Mitt has Every position on Afghanistan depending on the time of the month.  (Maybe it’s Romney’s menstrual period)  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan together are the LEAST prepared Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the past sixty years.  72 senators voted for the new START missile treaty with Russia but Mitt Romney came out against it.  According to Romney, Russia is our greatest enemy now.  Of course Mitt Romney will have the living albatross around his neck of not having once mentioned our fighting Troops at the Republican convention.  It would be too much the reminder that it was President Obama “who moved heaven and earth” to kill Bin Laden, something Romney said he would not do as President.  Also Prime Minister Netenyahoo has endorsed and approves of President Obama’s policy tword Israel, which is something that the Republicans repeatedly lie about.  My only complaint about John Kerry’s speech was that it was just too brief.  It could have been longer, but I guess they have a busy agenda tonight.

Stewart Sutcliffe recently said "Putting GOD back in the Platform just might have been the wisest thing they did all week.  But Stewart Sutcliffe also said the following a few months ago.  IT IS NEVER A GOOD BET TO BET AGAINST SATAN.    (Selah)