The Republication National Convention really got started today, I just finished listening watching Laura Bush praise her husband and our President; watching our President, George Bush, speak by satellite; watched a moving tribute to Ronald Reagan; listened as Thompson gave a great speech highlighting events in John McCain’s life, including his POW experience with details I had not heard before…also did a few comparisons between the two candidates, and finally, there was a speech by Joe Leiberman who stated he was speaking as a Democrat for a Republican.  I get a little confused, as I thought he was an Independent, must be one of those political twists I just don’t understand, but the speech was well done, very well done.

Like the first nights of the Democratic convention, I enjoyed it, but was not swept off my feet by anything.  I wasn’t any more convinced than I already am to vote for my party.

Tomorrow night we have our Vice Presidential Candidate who has been tossed around in the media all day today speaking, it should be an interesting night!

More tomorrow!

…that is the question.  I have read absurd things eluding to Hurricane Gustov being an act of God against the Republicans…ugh. Frankly, the first couple days of the Democratic National Convention were nothing to get excited about, and if we as a Nation can be focusing on our friends in the south, offering our help where needed, and prayer, it is a far greater thing than politics….there’s plenty of time for politics in the days to come.

As my husband says, if anything negative happens in New Orleans, the naysayers will find a way for it to be “the current administrations” fault, and if not, somehow there will be something to blame on the Republican administration, if possible.  Actually I’m hoping for better than that.

I am looking forward to seeing the ultimate affect of Hurricane Gustov on the Republican National Convention, sometimes the unscripted things in life can bring about it’s greatest moments…this is what I’m counting on….already hearing of McCain and convention organizers setting up telethons to help our friends in the South.

Laura Bush will speak about the hurricane relief later today, plans are still in the making for how the Convention will work.  Cindy McCain will be teaming up with her.  Most of the speeches by President Bush and VP Cheney have been canceled…more later.

Watching, waiting, praying.

I didn’t have the television on very long today, but while it was on, Laura Bush spoke her mind in a way I have never seen her do so before. The media kept saying she would be coming to speak about providing aid to the country Myanmar, formerly Burma, the latest country to be devastated by a natural disaster, a typhoon during the weekend leaving thousands upon thousands dead.

I expected her to come out and sweetly share how our kind country was going to send aid to help, and instead was delightfully surprised to hear her take a strong stand against how the country could have been warned about the coming typhoon and been prepared, but were not; pleading with the leaders to accept aid for their people as they are inclined not to do so; and on she went shedding light on the plight of the people of this nation…not from the storm only, but from how they are treated by their military junta government dictatorship. You can read more about this here.

Of course the news was full of the never-ending Democratic primary that will take place tomorrow. I’ll be out most of the day, but will check in tomorrow night.