NPR: National anti-Palin Radio

With my satellite on the fritz, I have been forced to follow media coverage of the Republican National Convention on NPR. It was like listening to an Indigo Girls concert from the back seat of a Westboro Baptist Church mini-van. Oozing with contempt for all things right of European style socialism, NPR's political commentary on last evening's events was, to say the least, delivered in less than approving terms.

As with many conservatives that are at most lukewarm to John McCain at the top of the ticket, I have been begging the candidate to throw me a bone, pleading with him to give me a reason to vote for him. I have considered myself an undecided voter, not because I might select either candidate in the upcoming race, but because I might select neither candidate.

EJ Dionne took the mic after Sarah Palin's fiery speech last night and offered his most objective review. It was ineffective, said Dionne, because it offered little in terms of policy. It was the same old speech we've heard so many times before. It would not be enough to woo undecided voters into the McCain camp.

Dionne is exactly the type of media expert that Palin was talking to when she said that she wouldn't go to Washington seeking the media's approval. Perhaps this rubbed Dionne the wrong way. Who can say, judging that the guy hasn't had an actual good day in probably eight years? In any case, Dionne is not an undecided voter. Dionne has an opinion on everything and has never been able to hide it, even during his most bold attempts at objectivity. Dionne interprets speeches and events looking for justifications for the opinions that he already holds dear, rather than basing an event on its own merits, objectively.

That bone that I have been begging for clunked me right upside the head last night. I will be supporting the Republican ticket come this November. I am no longer an undecided voter.

The question is, who threw the bone? Was it John McCain, or was it a blatantly progressive NPR radio transparently trying to push me toward Obama?