The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Having watched both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions over the past couple weeks and knowing most people aren't quite as big political nerds as myself, I thought I'd share the ten speeches which most caught my attention (excluding Clint Eastwood's conversation with an empty chair, of course): 10. John Kasich (Governor of Ohio - Republican): It starts off rather cheesy, but Kasich's energy level was rather contagious and no other speaker at the RNC matched him on that front -  http://video.foxnews.com/v/1811454901001/john-kasich-speaks-at-rnc/ 9. Ann Romney (Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's wife): She did a nice job of attempting to showcase both she and her husband as decent, everyday kind of people. While overall I feel as if she fell a bit short on that goal, the speech sounded much more genuine and heartfelt than most others at the RNC and for that, I have to commend her -   http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/ann-romneys-rnc-sp...

Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, started things off last night in grand style. It appeared as if he was auditioning to become the new mascot for the Maryland Terrapins. Placing the looking-like-turtle jokes aside, McConnell's actual speech came across in such a slow manner, that it's been rumored that a tortoise close by appeared to be moving like that of a cheetah. Time would have stood still if McConnell's speech had been placed on slow-motion instant replay. John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee for president, spoke last night as well. It sounded like McCain was in favor of going to war with Iran, Syria and anything or anyone that/who keeps him up past 8:30 pm on a weekday (9 pm on weekends). I seriously wonder if, in his free time, all McCain does is play the board-game Risk and thinks since the world can be taken over in that all-too-realistic setting, it can happen in real life also! The Chick-fil-A loving (and it is starting to show) Mike Huckabee also...