Political Conventions: The role of the party, the role of the candidate, and the role of Blogger

Once every year or so, even more often here in California, all of the Republican Party Faithful come together from all over the state and try to think of creative things to argue about. Solidarity is the key to a successful convention, but nothing worth having is easy so several stalwarts in every Republican Party State Meeting fan the flames of dissent to keep convention goers awake. Party Conventions are a great opportunity for grown ups to argue like children over just about anything that moves. Then half of them spend the night drinking, get raging hangovers, and wonder why everyone argues so much.

The arguments are, at first glance, wildly entertaining. The best way to win an argument is to pull the Ronald Reagan card. When things get dicey, point out that your hero was Ronald Reagan, and that even though he probably could care less who was regional assistant to the vice chair of the committee for promoting California Oranges as the snack of choice at Republican Candidate Headquarters, that his moral influence on all Republican lives dictates a vote for you.

Of course, your opponent will then bring up that he was a part of the 1984 Modoc County Get Out The Vote Campaign for Ronald Reagan - a campaign that contributed to the greatest landslide in modern politics. By the end, accusations fly that the people who disagree with them are closet liberals (they probably voted for Ford in the 1976 primary), someone calls for a vote, people make their choice, and then everyone talks about what a smooth meeting it was with no fist fights and such.

To paraphrase Will Rogers: "I'm not a member of any organized party. I'm a Republican."

Blogger does his best to sit back and be the voice of reason. Just like he does on this site.