speech bit

[Chaerophon]

I'm not 100% sure that I agree with you, but in this context, it doesn't really matter because I hadn't intended to make such a general comment. Goes to show what a few beers and a lack of care can get you! I had meant only to refer to the conventions, in which I think some of the rhetoric over the last two nights on the part of the Republicans and that one crazy Democrat went well over the top on several occasions. To my mind, none of the Democrats, not even Al Sharpton, sunk 'quite so far' in avoiding the issues and attacking the character. That being said, I didn't see absolutely everyone that spoke (although I did see quite a few), and yes, I definitely do have my own biases.

Low budget, low rent.

A good characterization of this whole 'convention' process if you ask me. I know it's the nature of the beast, but it's no kind of dialogue. Two large groups of televised sycophants, cheering like morons for speakers who are all saying essentially the same meaningless things that they always have, has left me with a rather hopeless feeling of disgust. I don't think that I'll bother any further with watching these phonies pander to the lowest common denominator. Why concern myself? The World Cup's on!