Republican National Convention Schedule Goes Topsy-Turvy

The Republican National Convention continues on schedule after it appeared as though Hurricane Gustav would have rained out the RNC schedule of events. Whereas previously President George W. Bush was to make a personal appearance at the GOP Convention, there are now some changes made.

Monday GOP Convention Schedule Confusion

Originally the GOP Convention website posted a schedule that featured the crowned heads of the party, namely President and Mrs. Bush, Vice President Cheney, California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Joe Lieberman.Instead of following the planned setup, Hurricane Gustav reordered the speaking schedule and those in attendance heard Robert Duncan, Laura Bush, Charlie Crist, Haley Barbour, Rick Perry, Bob Riley, and Cindy McCain.

Tuesday Republican National Convention Schedule

President George W. Bush will address the delegates at the Republican National Convention via satellite, whereas First Lady Laura Bush will again speak in person. Senator Joe Lieberman will eat his words - he once mentioned that in order to go forward you put a car in "D" for drive, whereas backwards it called for "R" as in reverse or republican - and also speak to the assembled delegates.

Other speakers are Fred Thompson, John Boehner, Norm Coleman, Michele Bachmann, Robert Duncan, and Jo Ann Davidson.

Wednesday and Thursday RNC Convention Schedule To Be Determined

In a previous article I stated that on the menu for Wednesday's RNC schedule were Cindy McCain, the vice presidential nominee whom we now know as Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, and Meg Whitman. Yet since today's schedule shows that neither Rudy Giuliani nor Arnold "Governator" Schwarzenegger, or Mike Huckabee are featured, speculations run high whether they might address the delegates on Wednesday or Thursday.

The prior setup for Thursday promised John McCain and also Sam Brownback and also Charlie Crist, yet the latter already got the Monday slot. As the Republican Convention schedule seems hopelessly out of whack, there are rumors that the speakers are shuffled around to make up for scheduling problems and also afford new spots to speakers not previously on the schedule.

Of course, California's Arnold "I can't get a budget going" Schwarzenegger has already pledged that he would not make an appearance at the GOP convention if the California budget was not put to bed. As of today, and as reported by the Washington Times, it most certainly is not.

In sharp contrast to this as of yet up in the air Republican National Convention schedule stands the New York Times' scathing bit of sarcasm that pokes fun at the revamped RNC schedule. According to the satirist, the delegates are little more than a bunch of old, dysfunctional, hard drinking, money grubbing, gun toting, racist, and war mongering politicians, not ready to but tie the thong of the sandals The One wears. Glad to hear some things don't change, even if the RNC schedule is not one of them.

Sources:
http://www.gopconvention2008.com
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/982342/democratic_convention_schedule_and.html?page=2&cat=9
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/31/bush-cheney-schwarzenegger-wont-attend-gop-1/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/01/opinion/20080901_opart.html?ei=5070&emc=eta3