RNC Day 2

Am I the only one who remembered papa's "Little Brown One" comment when George P. Bush came to speak? I guess not. ABC News Noted Now recalls it, too (at least for now).

Sam Brownback claimed the Republicans will fight for the child in the womb as well as the mother carrying her. Unless, of course, those two come into conflict. Then it is mother be damned.

Bill Frist claimed that Bush has bettered the life of every American, particularly on health care. I wonder if that includes the 5.2 million that have lost health care on his watch, including the 1.4 million this year, and the 1.3 million that joined the poverty ranks. I bet they are thrilled by Bush.

And he claims government funding for stem cells is at a record high. Well, we only have Bush's term to compare with. And remember, he has underfunded his promise by about 75 million. The "ban" we have a problem with is the lack of federal funding for those stem cell lines Bush overstated. Hope that helps, Bill.

Arnold (who we learned has something in common with Bush) certainly knows the movies he has been in. It's a bit annoying. And yep, those of you who have lost jobs these past four years, lost health care, and fallen into poverty, Arnold just called you girlie men. Hope that helps you find a job.

Arnold: The President doesn't waver. Except when he says we can't win the war on terror and then says we do. And we can't reason with terrorists except those Axis of Evil members Iran and North Korea.

So watching Arnold, aside from things that are completely wrong, he seems to speak about how great America is. That's something, I think, both parties agree with. Not a great speech, if you ask me.

The kids are awful. That "young and irresponsible" line went over like a lead weight. Probably don't want to be reminded of the drinking and reported drug use of the President. Please put an end to it. Kerry girls win hands down.

Laura recaps all the false statements made so far tonight. You should love Bush because we all love Bush is the message of the night.

Look, Laura, I get that Iraq is now free. That's a fine thing, no doubt. The real question is why we would choose Iraq instead of, say, their Al Qaeda tied nuclear neighbors Iran, of North Korea, or any other country that flounders under a dictatorship. Let's get Pakistan, or communist China. Remember when they were enemy number one, those communists?

To justify the war on Iraq as a war of freedom totally dismisses the real reasons we went. Saddam was a threat according to those Bush let speak to him. To say it was to free the people begs the question why them?

Now she talks of those desk drills that would have done nothing to protect us in relation to a safer America today. We don't hide under those desks anymore because they would not have stopped an inch of radiation and you still would have died. That's why we don't hide under our desks. To compare the Bush policy to desk hiding during the cold war is finally an apt analogy from the Republicans. Neither will offer us much protection.

All in all, unimpressed. Of course, I'm not the target audience. But unimpressed.

Wow. NBC Network leaves with the goofy Sex in the City comment. ABC leaves us with the Guilani claim that the Republicans were the Yankees of politics and the Yankees got beat tonight 22-0. Nice things to remember about tonight.

More on Arnold. He said even if you don't agree with Republicans, you can still support the cause. Which would say to me, Arnold wants you to sell out your views and what you believe in to vote for Bush.

Laura said George agonized over Iraq. I don't buy it.

And still no democrats on the aftershows. Good grief