The delegates were having fun. I’ve got to pencil in one of these things. I saw a man with an elephant hat on his head, flaps for ears, a snout out the forehead.
They spoke to the President’s one-millionth volunteer, Becky Brown, who got to meet President Bush. Says he has a human side (see this post from Erick Erickson about the President on Limbaugh this afternoon).
And Liddy Dole behind the podium, promising that she’s going to stay there. (1996 seems a lot like yesterday.
“This party is still guided by a moral compass.”
She invoked President Reagan, that “liberty is the birthright of every soul.”
“This is our due-north: we believe in life.” That’s the compass.
“Marriage between a man and a woman isn’t something the Republicans invented, but it is something the Republicans would defend.”
“Protecting life isn’t something the Republicans invented, but it is something the Republicans would defend.”
She invoked Christ: “I have the right to call that man Lord, and I do.”
“The Constitution guarantees freed of religion, not freedom from religion. The right to worship God isn’t something the Republicans invented, but it is something the Republicans will defend.”
She mentioned helping people when Hurricane Frances strikes… on its way.
All in all, it was less a speech than a collection of sayings.
It’s compassion night.
