Steven Weber: Some Final Thoughts on the RNC

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



Steven Weber
Some Final Thoughts on the RNC
Posted September 5, 2008 | 02:08 AM (EST)



To witness the Republican National Convention in St. Paul is to witness the bludgeoning of the brain, the twisting of the knife, the boot in the face.

It's watching -- incredulously -- the hailing of the mediocre and the deriding of the meek. It's seeing the darkest part of the human animal take hold, the madness that's spilled onto the hands and feet of people for centuries, fumbling and clutching for meaning and who, desperate, will accept anything.

It's the apotheosis of The Big Lie dressed as a carpenter, a soldier, a mother.

And the people only want what's best for themselves. They want safety, pleasure. They relish their minimal participation in society; they trust in those who would shrilly proclaim themselves leaders and heroes. They want to be nestled in a warm bosom, thrilled by a clenched fist.

They want to be protected by Mommy and Daddy. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-weber/some-final-thoughts-on-th_b_124141.html

[Tikki]

1. They don't like us... actually we really haven't done anything to

deserve their contempt, but they have convinced many Americans that we have.

But I haven't lost my self-esteem and I won't give up.. because I know
their is a real future for my grandchildren. I have helped raise them up correctly
and they are going to part of something very sane and very important.

Tikki