One of the overall themes I got from last night's Republican National Convention speeches, is that the Republicans don't think very highly of "community organizers". So once again, to all the community organizers, you have no place on the Republican platform. The three keynote speakers: elitist, billionaire, Mormon and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney, the gender "confused" former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani and Canadian, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, all attacked the "community organizer". I mean, who could have time to organize in the community, especially if it involves working with low income or poor people? I forgot, Republicans don't believe or acknowledge that the poor exist, which may be the reason there was no mention of that "bottom 20%".
It's obvious that John McCain picked this woman because she is a woman and he thought some of the women who were upset at the Hilary Clinton vice presidential "snub" would just jump on the bandwagon. Or maybe he thought independents and democrats who don't like "community organizers" would jump on the bandwagon. The other reason, and George W. would be proud, is for the oil in Alaska. Gov. Palin always seems like she can't wait to mention how she "took on the old boy network" and how she "shook things up in Alaska". She also loves to mention the oil and natural gas pipeline that was built in the state. I guess the Rockefeller monopoly of the oil business is getting to old and some new "blood" needs to fill his shoes.
Also, I've never been to Alaska and I don't know much about Alaska but couldn't Palin and her husband have named their kids with slightly more normal names. Track, Piper, Willow, Bristol and Trig are, to say the least, interesting names.
On another note, if Geraldo Rivera can be kicked out of Iraq for questionable leakage of coordinates, how can the governor of Alaska repeatedly say the exact date that her son is being "deployed" to Iraq (which happens to be 9/11/2008) and the branch of the Armed Services he is participating in? If it isn't "illegal", it might the dumbest thing for a governor to say. Why not tell the "insurgents" or "Islamic terrorists" the exact plane he is flying in on?
Lastly, what was up with that post-9/11, sans-Twin Towers background that Rudy Giuliani spoke in front of? We get it Rudy. You happened to be the Mayor of the city where a "terrorist attack" took place. You did a great job coordinating that day in the community.
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