Wingnut night at the convention!

Last night's installment of the Republican National Convention was insomniacs' night. Their major talking point last night was their delusional insistence that "the surge worked LOLOLOL!" This lie is already old and not too exciting.

But tonight has been batshit night. Mitt Romney's speech made Pat Buchanan's infamous 1992 tirade look like the Care Bears in comparison. By that time though, it was obvious that this was not a convention aimed at Jo or Joe Sixpack out there.

This was clear when former eBay CEO Meg Whitman delivered a speech charging that Democratic economic policies will "destroy your prosperity." What prosperity? The only real prosperity out there is held by an elite (mostly Republican) few. Whitman's statement was designed to energize the GOP's privileged base, not to appeal to you or me - who have gotten poorer and poorer under the Republicans. This was one of several appeals tonight designed for the financially secure few who make decisions for the rest of us (who work for them).

Much of the rest of tonight's convention installment sounded like a pro-nuclear rally. Monty Burns would love this gathering!

By the time we got to Rudy Giuliani's rant about what he called "the left-wing media", we were rolling on the floor laughing!

All in all, a hilariously miserable night in Republicanland! Sarah Palin's speech was so awful I had to shut it off in the middle of it.

(Also, did anyone else think the woman who gave the "I know John McCain" speech looked like singer Frida?)