I broadcasted my radio show from both the Democratic and Republican conventions. Here are some observations:
The Democrats in Denver were very excited from Day One, just as excited as I saw them at their last convention in Boston. They went on to lose the general election. But I can see why Democrats find it hard to understand it when their candidate loses. At least at the last two Democratic Conventions, it has been very easy for Democrats to believe that they have the right man and the right message.
There were some differences, however. In Denver, the Democrats wanted to present themselves as Middle American as possible. In Boston, the hero of the Democratic Convention was Michael Moore. But in Denver, Michael Moore was nowhere to be seen. Nor was Jimmy Carter heard from. And no Jesse Jackson, either. Also, delegates seemed more formally dressed, and there were more flags and more chants of “USA” than even at the Republican Convention. If one only looked at the convention, one could easily have assumed it was the Republicans’.
The Republicans had no Day One because of Hurricane Gustav and John McCain’s decision to limit the first night’s activities to obligatory business. This helped the Republicans insofar as it eliminated Bush-Cheney political liabilities (neither ended up attending), but it had a temporarily dampening effect on morale – which was not completely undone the second night. It was more than undone the third night with the speeches by, among others, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani and, of course, Sarah Palin. Gov. Palin is as striking in person as she is on television and in photographs. It is difficult, if not impossible, to overstate the impact of her being named the Republicans’ vice-presidential nominee.
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Jenny Hatch
“Very few people have either a vested interest or an ideological preference for a world in which there are many inequalities.
…For those who bother to study history, it was precisely the opposite policies in the 1980s — pouring tons of money into military equipment — which brought the Cold War and its threat of nuclear annihilation to an end.
The left fought bitterly against that “arms race” which in fact lifted the burden of the Soviet threat, instead of leading to war as the elites claimed.
Personally, I wish Ronald Reagan could have talked the Soviets into being nicer, instead of having to spend all that money. Only experience makes me skeptical about that “kinder and gentler” approach and the vision behind it.”
Peace Through Strength!!!
Jenny Hatch
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Debbie Lee, mother of Navy Seal Marc A. Lee, who was killed in combat in Iraq, addresses a rally of Gold Star and Blue Star families, sponsored by FamiliesUnitedMission.com, in St. Paul, Minn., on September 1, 2008, the opening day of the Republican National Convention.
Jenny Hatch
