Scattered thoughts on tonight, none really large enough to merit their own post:

• One of the Ohio delegates told a Convention Jockey that she was voting for Bush because "he'll keep Ohio safe." It's undoubtedly true that Ohio will be safe, but I think we can all agree that the reason is not strong presidential leadership... Seriously, Al Qaeda in Columbus? What the hell would they blow up?
  
• Pataki's list of thanks was pretty ridiculous, for two reasons:
  • A) It was three years ago! You couldn't have thanked them before now?
  • B) "Thanks, Iowa, for sending us 1,500 quilts"? Give me a break. Could he be any more blatant in his swing-state-pandering? He mentioned Oregon, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. I honestly expected him to come up with something to thank every single swing state for. "Thank you, Florida, for the 300 crates of orange juice that you donated to the relief effort. And thank you, Wisconsin, for the 80-pound block of cheese that fed 30 firemen for a week. And thank you, Ohio, for... well, for your unswerving moral support. We appreciated that."
• The headliner:
  • Was that the stupidest presidential entry you've ever seen? What is he, David Freaking Copperfield?
    
  • He sure had a lot of family to thank.
    
  • Oughtn't they to have given him a line to use during the uproar that was practically certain to occur if a protester had to be removed?
    
  • Someone should mention to Bush that there's a T at the end of the word "kept."
    
  • I give him full credit for the swagger joke. That made me chuckle.
• Why is it that 90% of country musicians are Republicans, and 90% of all other musicians are Democrats? And is that discrepancy related to the fact that 90% of all country music sucks?
• The convention, by unanimous rollcall, was adjourned "siney di." That's pretty funny all by itself.