I haven’t been watching the Republican National Convention (RNC) as I see it as just a big pep rally and who attends a pep rally for a team they don’t support? Apparently lots of people do given the coverage from Facebook, the media etc.  In an election year where we all need to be fully engaged, I’m feeling more and more disengaged.

 I expect the Democrats to have the same sort of circus next week. I’m not sure I will watch that either. Just not a whole lot anywhere to get excited about. One of the things I really don’t understand is having family members and/or a spouse speak for the candidate. I get the humanizing aspect of this but what’s a wife going to say? “Yep, he’s a d*ckhead and slaps me around.” Of course it will be flowery and full of compliments.

I feel sorry for Melania. I have this picture in my mind of The Donald coming home on day and announcing he’s running for president. Melania, just home from lunch with friends and waiting for the chauffeur to bring Baron home from school, tells him that’s fantastic while thinking to herself “yeah, right.” Then next thing she knows, she’s being spoon fed sound bites and then ripped to shreds like never before. I’m not a PR expert but I could have spun that whole copying from Michelle Obama thing 20 times better than they did. And sorry folks, she did use Obama’s speech as an inspiration. But let’s remember that Joe Biden’s attempt for President was thwarted by a plagiarism scandal. So let’s all relax – life marches on. You can attribute that statement to me.

Speaking of speeches, Scott Baio explained how he came up with his speech – he wrote it in church last Sunday. I think the implication is that God was helping him and frankly, I hope that’s not the case. I was in church on Sunday praying for peace and sound judgement in these turbulent times. I don’t want to think God didn’t hear those prayers because he was ghosting writing Baio’s speech.

I do like Ivanka Trump and think she’s the smartest of the group. Of course this is based on People magazine articles and seeing her on The Apprentice, but still, I think it’s valid. I read that she did a great job except that no one recognized the person she spoke about. Go Ivanka! When I read she was going to introduce her dad I thought that was pretty generous of him- figured he would have picked one of the sons. But then again we all know he has a soft spot for Ivanka. Not every dad says that he would date his daughter, if only they weren’t related.

Once both conventions are over, it’s time for all of us to really look at the facts as best we can find them. It’s not easy getting to the truth under all the crap that’s lumped on it, but we owe it to ourselves to try. Read, read and read again everything we can find to not only support our position but understand the opposing one. Open your mind, make yourself uncomfortable and grow. Let’s all commit to making the best out of this crazy election. We owe it to ourselves, our fellow Americans and the world.