Cognitive dissonance, Republican-style
September 4, 2008 at 10:43 am by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsRepublicans are cheering their veep candidate Sarah Palin for delivering a folksy speech last night that denounced Washington “elites” and the “old boy” network, while extolling rural values and hockey-motherhood.
The speech was written by 49-year-old boy Matthew Scully, a man who so deeply detests Washington elites that he wrote or co-wrote every major speech for President George W. Bush during his first term, as well as speeches for noted D.C. outsiders Vice President Dick Cheney, Vice President Dan Quayle and former Senate majority leader and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole.
Scully is the author of Dominion, a book that passionately defends animal rights and while righteously denouncing the cruel actions of hunters and farmers. Scully is a vegetarian.
According to his online bio, Scully lives with his wife Emmanuelle in a small town out west called Los Angeles.
The Republicans “just plain faux-lks” routine is getting surreal.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:16 am
Well said. If Michelle Obama’s teenage daughter was pregnant and unmarried and was cheered walking into the democratic convention, can you imagine the outrage by the right?
I can.