Thoughts About the RNC

I am very pleased with the opportunity to vote for such a demonstrably excellent ticket as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan this November.

They are taking a good attitude toward the opposition, described by my dad as essentially a "more in sorrow than in anger" attitude, summed up by Romney in his speech with the statement "I wish Obama had succeeded. I want America to succeed."

They are practical in their approach to the (obscene, monstrous) national debt, as described by Ryan - "We need to stop spending money we don't have." It was perhaps the first time I've heard my father amening during a political speech.

While I am neither Mormon nor Roman Catholic, I am very pleased with the idea of having men of faith, people who trust in God, in the White House and heading the executive branch of the American government. And it's hard to find a more upright person in terms of personal life in politics than Mitt Romney. 

They are both good speakers, and their speechwriters or whoever (I've got no illusions about how this sort of thing is done) know what to focus on. Jobs and the lives of Americans need to be the priority, and there were no statements anywhere near as absurd as "This is the moment when the oceans stop rising and the planet begins to heal." 

Like I said earlier, I certainly have hope for the future of America. I do have more now than I had before listening to the things said at the Republican National Convention. I'm sure the PC Police will find some way to make a bunch of them horribly racist - that's what you get when an incumbent can't run on his record.

If I had to choose between the playlist on Romney's iPod and Ryan's, I would probably go with Ryan's. Just saying. And holy mackerel, is that a lot of balloons.