DNC . . . OMG!

"Train" and "Wreck."  Those words kept running though my head as I watched the DNC come to an end.  In my view, this was the worst DNC since 1968, and in some ways even worse. In 1968, the DNC in Chicago ran afoul of many events outside its immediate control--e.g., the violent crazies in the street--and a skeptical press fed up with the Vietnam war. This time, they had no such excuses. They had a fawning press, a tightly scripted event, and, of course, the Greatest President and Most Wonderful and Amazing Human Being and Demigod in the History of Everything, Ever! All to no avail. The DNC train still went off the rails.

I had expected Obama's speech to be another exercise in what I call "Chinese Food Speechmaking," sounds good while you listen, but twenty minutes later you can't remember what was said. This thing, however, didn't even sound good. It was rancid. It was downright embarrassing, and you (almost) had to feel sorry for the Prez as he recited his nonsense: a vapid collection of non sequiturs, fake personal reminisces, and empty promises piled upon years of previous empty promises. The only encouraging thing I heard was that he had a "vision" of America with new industrial plants dotting the countryside--I took that to mean that the EPA would be disbanded and that he would no longer kow-tow to the Greenies . . . nah, more fantasy. He had no plan as to how he was going to do all the fabulous things that he said he would do, and why he would be more successful in the next four years than in the past four years. I have a vision, too: I see an America where everybody gets a free puppy from the government, and gets a free ride to work on a unicorn. I have no plan on how to do that, but, hey, I can dream the dreams of my father, right?

The other speakers save one, were also disastrous. Former Michigan Governor Granholm (Canada's worst export to the USA since Howie Mandel) was, no other way to put it, insane. What was she doing?  She reminded me of the "Luck of the Irish" meltdown scene by the late John Belushi on SNL's "Weekend Update." Her performance was beyond parody. The others were a succession of folks promising or asking for "free stuff"and reciting the nonsense about the Democrats concern for the "middle class," i.e., public sector workers. There was no humor, no optimism, nothing ennobling or inspiring. I thought Michelle Obama's speech, well-delivered and obviously much-practiced, was maudlin, vapid, and much of it untruthful, e.g., her description of how and where the President grew up. The only decent speech, although much of it was untruthful, was from President Clinton, who still showed that he knows how to hypnotize a crowd and make himself the center of attention.  One would have thought he was running for President.

Then, of course, the Dems got themselves into a public spat over God and Jerusalem . . . another event beyond parody, and one that revealed, as I have discussed before, the true nature of today's Democratic party.

In 1968, the crazies were in the streets; in 2012, they were on stage.

Romney for President.