Democrats & The GOP Convention

I think that it is interesting to note that when the Democrats had their convention, the GOP pulled all of its ads off the air and went silent for the duration of the Democratic convention. Only after Kerry had made his speech did the Republicans go back on the offensive.

You would think that the Democrats would show the same courtesy while the GOP convention is going on.

Nope. In an election year, the Democrats go right back to breaking unwritten rules of conduct in the hope of saving their sinking candidate. Kerry should have picked up a twelve point lead in the polls, but Bush got the bounce instead and the GOP got fired up, not the Democrats.

Here’s another prediction from me: At the upcoming debates, Kerry will agree to the debate rules but will proceed to break every one of them in short order, speaking out of turn and too long, while Bush will stay within the confines of the rules. It will be a mirror image of Gore sighing while Bush was talking at the 2000 debates.