Written by: Beck

The Bush daughters are up to the plate. I think they just propositioned Schwartzenegger. Lame speech so far, but then, what do you expect? Ixnay on the Sex in the City jokes. Yeesh.

Self referential jokes--"We spent the last 4 years trying to stay out of the spotlight. [Chagrined look]."

"When your dad's a Republican and you go to Yale, you learn how to stand up for yourself." More jokes. Not especially funny. The DNC handled this better--parading the daughters of Kerry and Edwards in front of the camera, but keeping their time on stage to a minimum (not short enough though, what with the hamster CPR story). Plus, the daughters are playing up the "Ditzy Coed Girl" routine. Actually, it probably plays pretty well to the base.

"We had a hamster too. Let's just say ours didn't make it." Now THAT'S funny.

Moving on to the "substance" part of the speech now, they're talking about what wonderful people their parents are and all the values and whatnot they learned from them. I think it might be time for another sandwich.