Mitt in Tampa

Was that not a great speech? I thought Mitt hit all the right buttons for the dumbfucks who filled that arena tonight.

And where the hell did they get those people? Why so few faces of color? There are more black folks in that arena for hockey games for fuck's sakes!

And the speech... that must have taken a huge panel of professional turd-polishers to hone to such a high gloss. My favorite part was when Mitt was going on about how great it is that when an American loses his $22.50 an hour job he will fight back by getting two $9.00 an hour jobs!

The problem, you see, is that Obama has fucked the economy so bad that when today's hedge-fund sharpies eliminate the $22.50 jobs, there are no longer enough $9.00 an hour jobs left for every hedge-fund victim to get two of them.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg here in Tampa. What was that crap about "North" America being energy self-sufficient by 2020? Canada and Mexico are already net energy exporters. What's he saying? The US intends to expropriate Canadian and Mexican energy resources?

Quite a long pitch on American Exceptionalism too. An unshakable faith in American Exceptionalism is the least of what's required from the American people before they'll go along with the next disastrous but very profitable war.

Which he seemed to hint might break out in Iran for some reason.

And how did you like his warm-up acts? Rubio was pretty much what you'd expect; Obama is soft on communism because he is one, and like all commies he is against success.

The best thing you can say about Clint is that he looks damned good for a man of his age. This blog broke the story of his struggle with dementia weeks ago, and it's sad seeing the man make a public spectacle of himself.

Keep in mind that THE GREATEST REALITY SHOW ON EARTH, aka election 2012, is all about convincing the viewer that there is in fact a contest between competing ideas in progress here.

There isn't.