How can anyone vote for the ticket with this woman on it?

A woman who, while seemingly genial enough, you betcha, has not grasped the fundamental aspects of the job she is running for — a relatively straightforward position at that?  A woman who has a 1 in 4 chance of succeeding to the most powerful leadership position in the world?

Would a manager at McDonald’s hire a teenager would couldn’t wrap their head around the intricacies of the Fry Making Machine?

My friends, it is all a big joke.  A joke.  The GOP has made a mockery of the presidential campaign process.  And Republican voters (like me, only voting for 1 Democrat this year: Mr. Barack Hussein Obama) should be angered and insulted that this is their “best ticket”.

Somewhere, Mitt Romney is smiling and shaking his head…

A personal note: watching the “tribute” videos at the RNC, Cindy & John McCain bragged about how they told each other they were older and younger than they were, respectively, when they met.  Tee hee!  Oh… wait… this is the party of FAMILY VALUES.  And they’re telling the entire world on the teevee that their relationship began with lies from each side.  The affair that began while John McCain was still married to his first wife.

The sheer hypocrisy, double-speak, fear-mongering, misdirection and outright lies of the Republican party and John McCain during this campaign are purely reprehensible.  And the white-hot focus on, and airtime devoted to, this superficial bullshit like “flag pins” and “lipstick” (and boy, what an ignorant, pandering oaf this Jane Swift is, eh?) only serve to insult and enrage every half-intelligent person in the country.

Do you agree?

As for the video, Take 8 and observe, this is a must-watch.

Tim Russert passed away today at work of a heart attack (per early reports) at age 58.

As such, the two became one.  And I ain’t talkin’ about the boyfriend.