PROMETHEAN ANTAGONIST

'Brief comments on what went down in Tampa this week

Some fine principled speeches and some mediocre ones. Chris Christie's was disappointing. I suppose that was because I was expecting a formal speech by him to have the same quality as his impromptu responses to questions when they're thrown at him. I'm still quite the fan of his blunt sarcasm but he seems to have thought too carefully when he wrote his speech so it came across as contrived and banal.

Rand Paul; Great! Maybe a little too much of the "You built that" thing though . 'Don't want to overplay a soundbite that was handed to us on a silver platter by his highness, sir Obama.

Dr. Rice....Excellent! The mix of passionate emotion used to convey pragmatism and logic (paradoxically) produced a profound tension that likely transfixed even diehard skeptics of just how serious the issues in this election are.

Mitt Romney, the nominee himself, was okay. 'Restrained but presidential. He conveys a look of reasoned calm but he always appears to me as a genuinely sincere guy who feels an unnecessary need to prove he's sincere. In the end, a contrived manner that impersonators are going to have a field day with. He's had to make so many speeches recently that this couldn't help but come across as just another one.

I was most impressed with Marco Rubio's speech and Paul Ryan's. Both of them are damn good speakers able to convey depth, passion, and insight, minus our eloquent president's "soaring oratory." ..."Soaring oratory" gets a bit stale after almost four years of non-stop failure. Ryan is an absolute rock star in my view. His amazing blend of "Mr. Common dude you knew from school" and "the guy you gotta go to when no one else knows what to do" only comes around every few decades, if that.

Of course there were other moderate to grand speeches (Arter Davis stands out - very cool guy). Clint Eastwood's skit was fun just because it was Clint Eastwood. The fuss being made afterward is a concocted controversy.

The media's take on the convention was appalling. It seems that the more that "liberal" media bias is acknowledged by the public, the more these superficial snobs go for it. They've become so blatantly transparent in their hatred for conservatism that they've become caricatures of themselves.

(Bias side-note: Has anyone seen that youtube clip from "The Newsroom" cable drama, "The Tea Party is the American Taliban." Talk about a cartoon of the laughably transparent. Is this really the way the left seeks to sway the hearts and minds of the nonaligned? I found myself wincing with embarrassment for them. Some subtlety and nuance would have surely been more effective in making the screen writers' point - stupid as their point was. Isn't that show supposed be be somewhat entertaining? The echo-chamber loves sending links to this stuff around, imagining that it purveys profound insight or something. This is the kind of stuff a sane person doesn't waste time "debating" - you can only roll your eyes up and be happy that this ideology has a suicidal branch).

Back to the Republican convention. One point I'm sick of hearing about is the constant comments about a "lack of diversity" within the Republican party. No matter how the issue is stated, the implication is that somehow Republicans are discriminating against minorities when in fact they surly welcome every new member who changes sides. The real issue behind this is that many individuals who are members of diverse minority groups have chosen to align themselves with Democrats. That can be merely attributed to an effective PR campaign that has permeated education, entertainment, and media. Some people really believe that the party that "cares" about you most is the one that promises to give your group money from the state trough. 'Hardly an impressive point of significance. It will be great when the day comes, as it surly will, when a wider spectrum of citizens realize that the Democrats' party is not working in the interest of anyone who favors a free, open, prosperous, and dynamic society. Amazingly, when minorities do join conservative ranks, they're written off as somehow lacking authenticity. After all, aren't real model minorities supposed to love the state? Is it any wonder more than a few black commentators have referred to the lefts' patronizing attitude toward minorities as an attribute of their "plantation."

The members of minorities and women who spoke and attended the Republican convention were clearly met with enthusiastic support but, unlike the Democrats, the support was because of their views and how they expressed them, not because they were P.C. Trophies.

Next week I'll be paying attention to what the Demo-comms put out and how media outlets handle that show. (I may or may not comment here depending on time constrains). Thus far it appears that the only speaker scheduled that could sway anyone's mind or heart is former president Clinton. Having people like Sandra Fluke whining about the phony "War on women" (the need for subsidized birth control) has got to be one of the dumbest moves a political party could ever make. My general feeling going into this thing is that it will be a close replay of the Democrats' 1972 convention - a festival for a deluded far left that thinks it has an actual following among the population. The only "bounce" they'll likely receive from it is the added bounce out of Washington that Obama and his "progressive " minions will get.

Fun, fun, fun...

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 6:01 PM