Hi all,
I was blogging and watching the RNC a few minutes ago when I saw something weird happen. In fact, this was so weird that Keith came back and made a real powerful comment. More below the fold.
The RNC paid a so-called tribute to the 9/11 families in the form of a video. This video started out with the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Afterwards, it went on a chronology of all the attacks the U.S. has witnessed. The first WTC, the U.S.S. Cole, Kobhar, and of course 9/11. As soon as my brother, who is not that political, saw that he said, "Are they trying to make people feel more depressed in this convention?" I responded to his thoughtful comment with, "Well, the rethugs have a failed record for 8 years and nothing positive. What else do they have but the fear card."
What struck me the most was what happened. At some point, after the tribute, Keith came back on and said something as follows, "I will have to detract from my collegaues here at MSNBC. If any of you weren't expecting that video, then I apologize. To many and myself, 9/11 has very painful memories. I lost a few friends on that day and this just hurts." I am paraphrasing since it was so quick, I apologize. However, Keith was so sadened that he almost broke down. His voice cracked a few times as he spoke.
Is this the final night of the RNC? They have no record to run and no positive agenda. So what do they do? They run on the greatest failure of the last eight years of the Bush administration. I saw this as a crass way of scaring people to vote for them since they cannot run on the issues. They chose to politicize this event again because it worked in the past. Do they have no shame of themselves? Can they not respect the dead? I am sick and tired of this shit? These fuckheads want to hold on to power at all costs. We need to win this and show them how to avoid attacks on our country. We need real leaders to govern our country not expert campaigners. Let's not let these fucking pricks get away with this. I apologize for my language, but I am angry at this blatant exploitation of the dead. Kudos to Keith for having the cojones to point out the obvious bullshit.
I have added the video to this diary. I want to thank Snackdoodle who posted this in the comment section below. Snackdoodle I hope you don't mind? Please find the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/...
P.S. My brother is a Democrat and has voted Democratic every time. He just does not follow politics as avidly as I do. However, he does not like rethugs.