{"id":2348,"date":"2008-09-04T22:10:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T03:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2008-09-04T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T03:14:00","slug":"republicans-cant-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/04\/republicans-cant-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans can’t dance…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve watched on and off tonight. In the breaks between speakers, they’ve played old rock-and-roll. Republicans can’t dance. They really can’t. They shake signs and weave independent of the beat of the music. It looks like a sock-hop during the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." But the speakers are less interesting. McCain is speaking right now. His speech is remarkable. He’s running against<\/strong><\/u> the current Administration and espousing the same policies<\/strong><\/u> of the current Administration. It’s all there. Federalist Society, Religious Right, School Vouchers, Militarism, Isolationism, Limbaughism, O’Reillyism, Coulterism, Foxism. The difference, I suppose, is anti-corruptionism. And he’s big on drilling off-shore, knowing that it won’t make any difference. Then he’s off and running with alternative energy sources like anyone would be – even Bush.<\/p>\n

I want to like him. But he let us down so many times during the last eight years – sucking up to the Bush Administration after they raped him in the South Carolina Primary. He backed down on all the big ones – Torture, G.I. benefits, etc. He just fizzled out. As I’ve said elsewhere<\/font><\/strong><\/a>, I speculated that it’s a re-enactment of his P.O.W. experience – standing strong, then "breaking." I don’t doubt his motives or intent. But I do doubt his ability to persevere. And I really question his creepy allegiances – Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, even Sarah Palin – a person for his most important slot being someone he doesn’t even know. I think he’s a pretty isolated guy – a loner. They use the term Maverick to praise him as a free-thinker. But that’s not the first definition:<\/p>\n

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mav·er·ick<\/strong> (m\u00c4\u0081v’\u00c9\u2122r-\u00c4\u00adk, m\u00c4\u0081v’r\u00c4\u00adk<\/strong><\/em>)
noun- <\/p>\n

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  1. \n
    An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n
    And he seems to me a bit like a calf that’s been separated from its mother – defiant, but very vulnerable, even fragile. I guess I do like him, just not for President… <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve watched on and off tonight. In the breaks between speakers, they’ve played old rock-and-roll. Republicans can’t dance. They really can’t. They shake signs and weave independent of the beat of the music. It looks like a sock-hop during the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." But the speakers are less interesting. McCain is speaking right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}