I just watched the Democratic campaign video. Most of it, I wanted to like, and I did. Some, I wondered about -- it was more than a little treacly, as if it would end with the Pope saying 'wow, I wish I could vote for that guy...What a saint!' . Once thing's for sure -- when I die, if they do a eulogy, I definitely want Morgan Freeman doing it.
I was surprised that it didn't mention that he had been divorced. There wasn't even a 'well, bad things happen' comment. His first wife was a non-person. That bothered me. And I wasn't too thrilled to find out he has a brother. Bad history with presidents and sibs. Though I did like the hamster story.
In a couple of months, Bush will be up there, same kind of stage, nodding, smiling, and garbling the language, but through it all extolling what a wonderful job he's done. And he has done some good things. He's done some stupid things, too, but he's hardly unique in that. The Democrats will likely start their own attack ads about the time he's coming to the podium, trying to make him sound completely clueless and totally inept. Which he isn't, usually. I used to wonder why politicians wouldn't at least offer the occasional nice comment about an opponent. Growing up cured me of that thought.
If it weren't so serious, it'd almost be funny.
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