Election 2004 Day -62

09/01/2004

Election 2004-day –62: Protesters, Convention Gossip and the Presidential Twins

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Remember that name, Kaitlyn Mae, because on this date he is the Governor of California. By the time you read this, he might be your President.

We could do worse.

Though plenty would complain that Schwarzenegger, along with McCain, Guilliani and a few others, are social liberals not in line with the most cherished ideals of the Republican party.

I thought Guilliani’s speech was great, Kaitlyn, but Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a fantastic speech and he sure sounded like a hard line conservative to me.

What moved me about Arnold’s speech was his impeccable cadence, the smart raising and lowering of his voice and how he so obviously worked on his accented diction.

Arnold is an actor, Kaitlyn, but Ronald Reagan too was an actor. In fact, the old saw goes that politicians are really ugly actors. Well Arnold isn’t ugly, Kaitlyn, and as he told his story I was fascinated.

He grew up in Austria but yearned, per his speech, to move to America, the land of golden opportunity and dreams come true. Of course this all requires work and effort on the part of the dreamers and this is the part the liberals don’t get. It’s obvious that Schwarzenegger is a very ambitious man. He came to this country penniless but by constant effort he managed to become a very successful actor, married well into the Kennedy family, is now Governator of California, and I don’t doubt this man’s drive that will quite possibly overcome that pesky constitutional restriction on a President not born in America.

There are plenty of social issues with Schwarzenegger and someday, Kaitlyn, Grandmother will dwell on them in more detail. For as of this writing, the unelected judges wish to overturn the elected legislatures’ laws on the components of marriage. Which are restricted as of now to a man and a woman, except for Massachusetts-home of John Kerry. There’s also the pro-choice/pro-abortion conundrum.

On to the colorful protesters, Kaitlyn. Today a long line of idiots stood shoulder to shoulder, all holding bright pink slips as if recently fired and all warning us that we might be next. The current rate of unemployment, Kaitlyn, is 5.5% or so. This percentage reflects the normal national rotation between jobs and is, in fact, less than the unemployment rate during the Clinton tenure. Not that the Democrats have any problem with lying or anything. They were cute, though, all silent and ominous with their neon pink slips. Democrats are never a happy and optimistic bunch, Kaitlyn. They depress me every time they open their mouth.

A group of younger protesters interrupted a Young Republican meeting today, splashing blood all over the place and generally making a nuisance of themselves.

For the life of me I don’t remember a bunch of wing-tipped Republicans getting all ridiculous and stalking the Democratic convention like these idiots. Maybe that’s because there were none. And God knows they could have had a ball, all wearing big Purple Heart Band-Aids and throwing medals all over the place. If you get my drift.

Then there were the Bush twins, Kaitlyn, and they were okay. As I watched these two, dressed terribly inappropriately I thought, I was taken aback. They did some sort of comedy routine that went right over my head. There may be, some day Kaitlyn, a President Barbara Bush though I doubt we’ll ever see a President Jenna Bush.

After some reflection I calmed down. I suppose they were hip and cool with that bit about “shaking it like a Poloroid picture”. Though it went right over Grandmother’s head, I suspect the Republican Youth out there were impressed.

It wasn’t that their outfits were outrageous or ugly. But I would have thought they’d be attired more like their mother, who spoke after them and was the picture of graciousness. I also would have thought they’d have practiced their “routine” more because their comedic timing was atrocious. But they are, after all Kaitlyn, just youngsters. Youngsters who have led anything but a normal life.

Finally, and I swear I’m not making this up, follows is a roster of the guests invited to Senator John McCain’s 68th birthday party: NBC Tom Brokaw, Tim Russert, ABC Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Ted Koppel and George Stephanopoulos, CBS’s Mike Wallace, Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer, CBS News President Andrew Heyward, ABC News chief David Westin, Tim Warner CEO Richard Parsons, CNN’s Judy Woodruff and Jeff Greenfield, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, CNBC’s Gloria Borger, PBS’s Charlie Rose, U.S. News & World Report publisher Mort Zuckerman, Washington Post Chairman Don Graham, New York Times columnists William Saffire and David Brooks, author Michael Lewis and USA Today columnist Walter Shapiro.

For all alive in my era who have wondered why Senator John McCain of the very influential state of Arizona always seems to get “face” time, not to mention “fawn” time, from the media, well hey, maybe this is why.

There are still current events in the world, Kaitlyn, this week of the Republican National Convention. Terrorists have taken over a school in Russia and the heroes have positioned young children in all the windows to avoid snipers. John Kerry, remember him, gave a speech to the American Legion and he died again, Kaitlyn. Every time this man opens his mouth he dies.

Tune in tomorrow when Grandmother will wax on VP Dick Cheney’s speech and will, as expected, have an opinion on it all.