I said I wasn’t going to do it but I couldn’t myself–I have been watching parts of the Republican Convention. I did not watch the Democratic convention becauseI detest lying. I wasn’t going to watch the Republican’s because I figured I would not hear anything new.

The other night, after the speeches had died down, C-SPAN took phone comments from viewers. The second call was from a self-reported Democrat who accused the Republicans of being hypocrites. Why? Because they had a banner that read “People of Compassion”. Well that is certainly hypocritical to me. After all that was the first time Republicans had claimed to be compassionate. No, wait, I forgot, George W. Bush actually ran as a compassionate Republican.

This particular caller, like so many Democrats these days, was blinded by her hatred of the President that she read far too much into the banner. She actually said that the banner implied Democrats were not compassionate. Excuse me? Where did that come from? I certainly didn’t see that, but then again I do not live in the black and white world she does. (Of course, with flip-flop Kerry, the world can be both black and white at the same time!) I actually believe that both parties can be compassionate.