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Thank you for writing about an issue that was on my mind when I woke up today. I would say that I'm astonished by right wingers' sudden interest in and emphasis on stellar public speaking skills but, considering how conveniently they flipflop on just about ANY issue when it serves their interests, the fact is I'm absolutely not surprised at all.

We listened to George Bush destroy the English language (as we watched him and Republicans do the their damnedest to destroy our Constitution, our government, our economy, our military, our standing worldwide, and our planet as a whole), and did we hear cons dissecting and critiquing Bush's every public speaking engagement? Did we hear Bush supporters discussing in great detail how powerful and moving and articulate and energizing and wonderful he was wrt to his public speaking skills? NO. We did not hear ANY of that.

What we heard were lies about how cool it was that the fake cowboy was speaking like someone with the IQ of a farm animal. We heard more con flipflopping. We heard rationalizing and we heard EXCUSE after EXCUSE about why this didn't matter. Even NOW cons can't make up their minds. When Obama speaks and electrifies hundreds of thousands, cons regurgitate Rush and Hannity: "Duuuhh...His speech is purty but a purty speech don't mean nuthin...Duhhh...I'm votin' for the COMMON man. That Barack is an uhh-leeetisssst"! But we don't hear anything like that when McCain and Palin speak "without a telepromter" (allegedly). "Whoooooo--SAY-RAH is our Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-RO. We know McCain is a lying weasel who doesn't represent our values but SAY-RAH will saaaaaaave our paaaaaaarty!" LMAO Lying cons are out of freaking control.

Suddenly we're not supposed to care that the cons are worshipping a woman with NO EXPERIENCE and whose teenage daughter is knocked up and on track to get married before she's graduated from HIGH SCHOOL! Cons?! Seriously? I don't want to HEAR a con talking about public speaking again because you people didn't care SQUAT about public speaking, (OR fiscal responsibility, OR personal responsibility,OR being hired by the Justice Dept based on talent, hard work, and educational achievement, OR uniting and and not dividing, OR what the rest of the world thought of your President, OR...etc, etc, etc) the last 8 years and so what you think about these things NOW is absolutely, positively IRRELEVANT. Your opinions on these matters DO NOT MATTER, cons!

I don't believe you people have any thoughtful, rational, sane approach to decision making and you've demonstrated this time and time again over the years. You will switch gears to nominate someone you despise, and you'll then switch gears to support a RUSHed, opportunistic VP selection and you cannot be trusted when you lie with such enthusiasm on a routine basis. Your lies will NOT take you to the White House this time, cons. Dream on, 'cause it ain't gonna happen. ;-(

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