K Mead, Assignment 3 RNC

"Oprah says no to Palin, and gets an earful"
This article shares how much Oprah is against Palin on her show. People are particularly upset with Oprah because she wont let Palin speak on her show. Palin is telling Oprah's fans to say something about why she wont let her on her show. Some people are even deciding to not be an avid Oprah fan anymore. I think Oprah should just go with the flow and let her on her show, because this is just hurting Oprah's reputation. But on the other hand, if she held her ground on an issue that was truly important to her, she has the popularity to make a HUGE statement.

"McCain has slight edge on Obama"
About 41 million Americans watched John McCain’s speech, which is about the same number of viewers that Obama had, which was about 38.3 viewers. McCain, as suspected, had more viewers than his runner up, Sarah Palin, who only had 37.2 viewers. It’s interesting that this convention is the most-watched one since 1960. Overall McCain, though, has had more viewers which could mean he is as of now more popular but it’s hard to decide. On the flip side, one could argue that the number of viewers were higher because Democrats wanted to see the Republican reaction to the DNC speeches. Without knowing what percentage of these viewers were Democrats, or Republicans, or Independents, or any other partiality, these numbers really do not show too much about the candidates.

I watches the RNC whenever I could this past week. I truly gained a sharp dislike for the 9/11 Governor of NY. Gullianni, though incorporating witty humor into his speech, really said nothing more significant than a deer's dropping rolling slowly down a hill. Mudslinging really does not sit well with me. The Democrats' Keynote was inspirational, it rallied the troops, it pointed the voters in the right direction...but the same cannot be said for the Republicans. Even if Bidin had similar attacks, he had a point, not just aimless ranting and raving. The speech of Palin did not really do the same. She had an exact pattern to her speech as Bidin: talk about my family to get people to relate to me, then attack the opposing platform. the only difference was that she said, "John McCain is the right man for out country,"but she never said WHY!!!!
So, to all the hell-bent "right-wingers" or "left-wingers" out there, I advise you to use your God-given brains, even if out candidates seem not to. Although insults are amusing, they have a place in Shakespearean plays, but not out nations ruler's rhetoric. The gloves are off, and the real question is whether or not we are ever going to find out who the best candidate is...right now I am leaning towards the "undecided" column.
My best regards to the readers of this blog. Yes, some emotion was included, and I hope you did take offense...and I do mean "did". Maybe you defending your beliefs at school will enlighten me better than out lovely candidates did.