I Swear I Really Really Tried

I really did have every intention of watching some of the Republican Convention this week.  I remember last week after Michelle Obama's speech thinking, "I just can't image Cindy McCain being this articulate.  I'll have to watch next week to see."  I remember wondering who McCain was gonna pick for the VP spot to go against Joe Biden since he kicked ass at the DNC.  I remember watching the news on Monday morning hearing about Palin's daughter and waiting for the national news to start talking about it (and it probably would have been the headlining story if it weren't for a hurricane). 

So I kept watching the news on Monday and waited for things to get interesting.  But instead of getting interesting, my interest went flying out the window.  I think I got as far as hearing Laura Bush and Cindy McCain asking for hurricane relief donations when one of them said something that just rubbed me the wrong way.  I'm not sure which one it was but she said something along the lines of "we need to take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats."  I could be crazy but doesn't this statement imply that a Republican hat is different than an American one? 

Yes, I know it's nitpicky to call out this one silly little thing and even though I know it was meant with in the spirit of "let's all pull together to support our fellow americans", it was the proverbial straw that sent me over the edge.  I had to change the tv channel.  Even now as I sit here, McCain is speaking and my tv is showing a re-run of CSI. 

As much as I'd like to think that I'm open to hearing the Republican side of things (and I think it's important to do so), apparently that isn't so much the case.  So tomorrow I'm going to watch the speech online, listen to the speech while I'm working, do my best to read McCain's speech.  

OOH, they just had a news teaser saying that protesters briefly interrupted his speech.  Perhaps I will watch...     

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