Political Conventions are just big, expensive parties where rich and powerful people pat themselves on the back while they tell us how awesome they are.
I've tried to watch some of the speeches, but it's an utter and absolute waste of time. No one says anything at all. Praising one guy, attacking another, and making promises without details. I don't care how charismatic these people are, or how good their speech writers are, or why THIS time their party will save us all. The worst part, the most chilling part, is how many people in the audience are smiling like they've in the presence of demigods. I see something like worship in the eyes of a few of them.
As far as Romney goes, I'll consider him when he says something of substance. As far as I know, most of his promises are of the "details to be added later" variety, and that's not going to cut it. Telling us what you intend to do, that's fine, as long as you also tell us HOW you're going to accomplish it. How are you going to drastically reduce gas prices? How are you going to reduce the deficit? How are you going to cut taxes, fix Medicare, and still generate enough revenue to come in under budget? Details, Mittens.
I'm mostly open-minded about who I'll vote for, but they've got to tell me why I should. Political Conventions, it seems, are not the place for that.
