I have to say, it took all of my patience to watch Bush speak last night. (And all of my roommates' patience as I almost broke the TV after throwing things at it intermittently.)

Outside of the obvious gross misuse of Sept. 11th as a campaigning tool and the out and out lies of a better economy, what really pissed me off was what Bush had to say about women (which was obviously minimal), abortion and gay marriage.

After disingenuously parading out moderate speakers at the convention while the GOP platform remained insanely conservative, Bush finally spoke out on his agenda of intolerance—though it was naturally masked in “compassionate” jargon.

Because a caring society will value its weakest members, we must make a place for the unborn child.

Yes, it’s very “caring” to push for a constitutional amendment ending the right to choose, effectively guaranteeing women will die getting illegal abortions. Very compassionate, indeed. There’s no “place” for choice here...

And in all we do to improve health care in America, we will make sure that health decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

Really, now? Cause that’s not what your platform calls for…And you might want to relay that sentiment to your boy Ashcroft, who tried to seize women’s private medical records.

Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges.

Hmm. I didn’t realize that supporting people’s right to love each other was activist.

For a great analysis of the whole speech, check out LiberalOasis.