He's mad as hell and he's not gonna take it any more!

Watching John Kerry's speech at the DNC, I've got to ask, Where the hell was this guy in 2004?

His bit about Senator McCain versus Candidate McCain was spot-on. I've got to add to that, if Candidate Kerry had had even 1/10th the fire that Senator Kerry is currently showing, he would have crushed the hell out of George Bush four years ago. What is it with Democratic ex-Presidential candidates? Al Gore suddenly transformed into a fiery, passionate, excellent candidate as well...after the election was over. Bill Clinton had a really solid speech, too. (One thing about the giant clusterfuck of the past 8 years is how much it drives home the point that Bill Clinton was a pretty fucking good President. Watching him speak, I've got to wonder, if it wasn't for the 22nd amendment, would this guy still be in office today?)

Anyway, the point is: don't blow it this year, Mr. Obama.

On a somewhat related note, although she seems like a wildly inappropriate Vice Presidential pick, I kind of like Sarah Palin. From the tiny bit I know about her, I understand she's of the way-out-west live-and-let-live school of Republicanism, which sounds appealing. She's supposed to be sort of a rebel. (Although who knows what that means, given that her party seems to be literally run by a group of corrupt, psychotic, belligerent, secretive, warmongering plutocrats.) She voted against the infamous Bridge To Nowhere, and much respect to her for that. I'm going to look into her a bit...what she believes is crucial, since McCain's older than dirt and let's face it, being tortured for years has to make him effectively even older than that. I wonder how well McCain even knows what she believes. Evidently he met her once (!) prior to picking her for his VP.