Leonard Pitts sums up the RNC Convention

I ran across this a couple days ago, so, in the 'better late than never' category, check this out. Leonard Pitts nails the Republican use of lies and newspeak to turn our English language and democratic discourse into nonsense.

"We need change, all right. Change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington. We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington -- throw out the big-government liberals.'' -- Mitt Romney, Sept. 3, 2008

And then the gorilla run knee socks paint porno on the Cadillac. But school laughed and didn't we sing hats?

Ahem.

Maybe you wonder what the preceding gobbledygook means. I would ask which gobbledygook you mean: mine or Mitt Romney's? If he's allowed to spew nonsense and people act as if he's spoken intelligently, why can't I? If he gets to behave as if words no longer have objective meaning, why can't I?

I mean, baffle grab on the freak flake. Really.

There's more and if you appreciate the English language or our democratic discourse, you'll really appreciate his defense. Go read. [via]