Nobody Likes a Funeral

I've got a new piece up at The Guardian's Comment is free America, "The Republican death knell," about the "enthusiasm gap" Republicans are experiencing regarding their own convention:

There's a lot of expositional excuse-making about St Paul's lack of proximity to the Beltway and its comparatively sedate reputation. The last GOP convention was held in New York City, which not only provided loads of wholesome entertainment for the "Family Values" crowd, but also had the added benefit of providing the perfect backdrop for the ritualistic exploitation of the 2001 attack on NYC's World Trade Centre, led by 9/11 überghoul Rudy Giuliani. St Paul's got none of that sparkle, so goes the argument.

But it is the unidentified press secretary for an unnamed Republican senator who is, from behind her or his cloak of anonymity, willing to be the most honest about the "enthusiasm gap" plaguing the GOP convention: "Nobody likes a funeral."

Well, nobody who cared about the deceased, anyway.

But I sincerely doubt I'm the only person wishing that Bush Brand Conservatism were given a proper burial with an actual grave, just so I could piss on it.

Read the whole thing here.