How Exciting is This?

Politics aside, EVERYONE should be able to admit one thing: that the Republican show just ain't goin' to be as good as the one the Democrats put on. I mean the Democrats mixed soap opera with historic speeches, tears with passionate zeal. Between the Clintons, the celebrity of Al Gore (although his speech didn't really go over all that well), and the man, the myth, the legend, Barack Obama (and his 70,000+ screaming supporters), the DNC was really, at its core, great television. So, what, you may ask yourself, will the Republicans do to respond? Tonight their program will include speeches by President Bush (via satellite), Fred Thompson, and Joe Lieberman. Honestly? That's the best they could do? Not ONE of these men is interesting (although, as an aside, I do give credit to the Bush adminstration in the recent days for their support of evacuees). Most likely, Bush will fumble over himself and not really get anyone excited about McCain. McCain lucked out when they had to cancel Monday's plan to have GW speak, so why ask again when it could potentially harm an appeal to independent voters? Thompson will probably....uh...what?...sorry, I fell asleep just thinking about him speaking. And Lieberman will be the same magoo he always is, except this time he will be wearing his Republican pants instead of his Democratic (or Independent) ones.

My point, simply, is that the Republicans NEED to put on a better show than this. Is this really going to captivate people? People watched the DNC because it was exciting, not only because they may have been interested in the policies. What are the chances that people are going to watch the RNC simply because of the policies? That is really all they have left after a program scheduled like this.