Mavericks or magicians?

I've been re-educated at the Republican National Convention. Here are the main points of those lessons.

1. McCain/Palin are the uniters.
   
2. The Republican party has become the party of "true" change. Being Republican has become synonymous with being American.
   
3. Republicans are the folks who are looking out for our civil liberties and freedoms.
   
4. Republicans are the party that has brought us feminism and great education reforms.
   
5. Republicans have been outsiders in Washington for nearly a decade.
   
6. The war in Iraq, with it's recent surge, has been brought to a near finish: "Victory is within our sights!"
   

The McCain/Palin party has worked some real magic in St. Paul.

Back on the Earth that inhabits a parallel dimension (subsequently, where I happen to dwell with nearly 30 million other people who seem to mistakenly identify themselves as Americans), the Republican party controls the executive office of The United States. They've been in this position for 8 years. Over this eight years I seem to remember events, decisions and policies that painted a really different picture of the Republican party. I guess I was looking at it through a different lens. Thank you, John McCain and Sarah Palin, for re-educating me. Simple truth. Straight talk. Country first. God is hockey. War is peace. I comply.

The Party in Power, Running as if It Weren’t