After last night's spectacle that reminded me a lot of the final scene of Attack of the Clones, I decided to stick with my plans with Valerie and not make my blood boil by watching the convention. However, I did listen to one speech as I drove to Val's, that of Senator Elizabeth Dole.

This felt like something out of The Manchurian Candidate. Who was that speaking?

For almost 20 years I've respected, admired, and supported Elizabeth Dole. I think she should have been HW's VP pick in 88 instead of Danny Boy.

But the venom coming from her mouth was more akin to Pat Buchanan's speech at the 92 Convention. Elizabeth Dole Culture Warrior?

I guess the GOP has become a group of lemmings following their leader off the cliffedge of reason if someone like Liddy Dole has transformed into what she said tonight.

And why couldn't the Republicans I really liked have at least stayed normal?