I guess SOMEONE won't be invited back to host Saturday Night Live.

It's astonishing to me how old fashioned the rhetoric all sounds. America vs. the elites. America vs. the liberal media. America vs. the Beltway. America vs. Hollywood. This is a party that simply hasn't matured in two decades.

I'm I the only one who caught Rudy saying (paraphrased) "who do offend when you say Islamic terrorist? The terrorists!" Which got rousing applause, but is that right? Is it me, or does that sound ludicrously Islamophobic? Was that the intent? Or did I miss something?

what an ugly speech by Rudy. And so telling that he delivered it with such self-satisfied relish. This is an ugly man. How sad that this ugly, negative disgusting speech is the one that got the most enthusiasm.

And I loved how Romney went on and on about how the Republicans are going to take back Washington from the liberals who have destroyed it. How could ANYONE take that bull seriously?

And what about Fred Thompson??????

His speech sounded like he was doing a narration on a John McCain documentary.

also, I am really convinced that Rudy is suffering from PTSD regarding 9/11.

awrob01: The guy who wrote his speech is Jewish. And both he and Rudy are unapologetically Islamophobic.

Yet more evidence that all patriotic Americans should thank their higher power that Rudy Giuliani will never be president -- he really is an American Putin or Chavez.

(Perhaps worse is the enthusiasm with which Republican audiences always respond to any expressions of thuggish authoritarianism. It's things like the crowd's reaction to Rudy's diatribe that make me doubt that Republican Party membership is compatible with loyalty to America. And I'm not alone -- John McCain's rhetoric the last few months carries the implicit but necessary implication that he also believes loyalty to his party to be fundamentally incompatible with loyalty to his country. He's probably right.)

From the party whose central hero was Ronald Reagan.  Incredible.

Rudy's speech was one of the few that actually made me angry, which I suppose means it must have been effective.  He took double standards to dizzying new heights.  What? Obama and Biden have no executive experience?  Any *other* nominees with no executive experience?  Obama changes his position for political reasons?  Yeah, quite McCain, who stayed firm in his positions on immigr...I mean tax...err, well the point is that he would never think of changing positions to win an election.

Apparently, it's no longer ok to talk about just plain old terrorism.  Unless you attach "Islamic" to the front, you're just being a politically correct sissy.  I mean, it's a total euphemism to just call these guys terrorists that we need to defeat..

As I said, it made me angry.  I'll just use this www.youtube.com/watch to help put things in perspective.