by Glynn Wilson

Senator John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president Thursday night in a speech that was riddled with double-speak.

Surprisingly, he introduced a new theme of “fighting” for an “enduring peace,” while we know what he offers really is “perpetual war.”

McCain tries to woo he American people to vote Republican Nov. 4

His speech contained the message that he would resurrect the Cold War with Russia, for starters, and he called upon the typical Republican lies about reducing the size of ‘big government’ and reducing taxes (on business of course) that propelled George W. Bush into the White House in 2000 (with a little help from the Supreme Court).

Of course everyone who is keeping up knows what happened. The biggest new government program in history, the new bureaucracy of the Homeland Security Department, was created, where your tax dollars have been funneled to private contractors at an alarming rate. And that spending under Bush has created the largest budget deficit in American history, by far.

As the camera panned to McCain’s pick for Vice President at one point, when McCain promised to solve our energy crisis with more offshore oil drilling, the gun-toting redneck woman and small town hockey mom, Sarah Palin, gave the thumbs up to the oil company lobbyists in the hall, wearing hard hats sporting the slogan, “drill, drill, drill…”

A quick check of our redneck women focus group confirms, however, that at least for now, Palin has energized some redneck women to vote for McCain instead of Obama, although the polls show not many supporters of Hillary Clinton are identifying with her and switching their votes.

We suspect as the scandal stories keep coming out about Palin’s family problems, she may not even survive on the ticket for more than a couple of weeks.

If that sort of an implosion occurs, the GOP can hang up the election of 2008.

All indications point to a fairly sizable increase in the majority in both houses of Congress by Democrats anyway. The Bush Republicans have worn out their welcome in Washington. And after the debates, if things go as suspected, this race is going to be a route.

But let the pundits have their objective moment for now. Let the white Christian Republican base believe they have a chance. That’s the role of the “liberal media” on TV, after all…

You might be wondering why congressional candidate Jay Love, who takes the stage today at the GOP Convention in Minnesota, has waited for days and is one of only four House candidates speaking tonight. Look no further than Love’s Big Oil ties, according to a press release from the Alabama Democratic Party.

“Jay Love has shown from his record in the State House that he will put the needs of Big Oil over the needs of Alabama families, and even Governor Riley thinks so,” party executive director Jim Spearman says. “He’s done it again this week by staying in Minnesota since Monday waiting for his turn to talk to his party’s elite. It’s no wonder that the GOP – the Grand OIL Party – is more than willing to highlight their newest Big Oil recruit on the national stage.”

Love faces Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright in the general election Nov. 4.

“The Grand Oil Party has searched far and wide for candidates who will advance Big Oil’s agenda in Congress instead of fighting for middle class families, and Jay Love clearly fits the bill,” Spearman said. “Even Governor Riley thinks that Jay Love has been a stronger advocate for Big Oil’s agenda than for Alabama families. So who better for the Grand Oil Party to showcase on the national stage than Big Oil’s favorite House candidate Jay Love?”

Governor Bob Riley even said that Jay Love “put the interest of Big Oil over the people of Alabama.”

In the State Legislature, Jay Love opposed making oil companies like Exxon Mobile pay their fair share of taxes for oil extracted off of Alabama’s coast, according to the conservative Birmingham News.

Love has also already received $1,750 from oil and gas companies for his election bid, according to OpenSecrets.org

We should not even be talking about Sarah Palin because it’s sexist, says John Stewart of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” after taking apart Karl Rove on his comments about GOP veep pick Sarah Palin vs. the Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, who made Obama’s short list…

Is it any wonder many people turn to the cable comedy shows for news? The networks and their talking heads are not liberal. They are just a not-so-funny joke…