A Natural Republican Apologizes
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Make no mistake. I’m a natural Republican. I’m white, wealthy and Radical. I think government should play the smallest possible part in out lives and that when it does it should be effective.
There is now absolutely no possibility of voting for them. There hasn’t been for some time. Last night I asked several registered Republicans how they are voting this year. Three of the five told me they will be voting for Obama.
Why? Perhaps this explains it.
I have just witnessed the most bizarre convention moment. Fred Thompson speaks. He whips the audience up into a frenzy of coziness.
Up on the stage hops a young christian singer. She performs like a gifted karaoke singer. On time, in tune and totally unintelligible. The crowd goes weird.
I have never seen so many middle class, middle aged, middle of the road, white people rise out of their seats and shake their shoulders. Thick lips mumble amens. Arms and eyes are raised to the sky. Acres of dewlaps wobble. Double chins bounce like baskets-balls. It must be jelly ‘cos jam don’t shake like that. Shudders go down my spine in the same way that they did when I was sixteen and my parents tried to be hip. Their eyes slide sideways and they look at the cameras- hoping they’ll be on TV - and sure enough they are.
I am repulsed by that sea of straight, white christian folk bent on removing the rights and freedoms of the majority of Americans. I’m disgusted by the choice of vice-presidential candidate, horrified by the extremity of their politics.
I’ll apologize for this mess the only way I know how. I just donated to the Democrats.
