My wife came home with a present for me this afternoon: A Barack Obama bobble-head and a Barack “…action figure we can believe in.” The best part? The bobble says, “Yes, we can” when his head jiggles.

Awesome.

America, we’re screwed.

At last night’s GOP convention, newcomer Sarah Palin demonstrated that it’s business as usual for the Republicans.

Here was her first opportunity to address the bothersome stories of the Labor Day weekend and introduce herself to America. For most Americans inside the continental United States, the convention was their first look at Sarah Palin.

What did she do with her first time on the national stage? She ripped Senator Obama apart. After describing herself as “… a pit bull,” she launched into attack mode:

“This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word ‘victory’ except when he’s talking about his own campaign,” she said.

She slammed Obama for “…saying one thing in Scranton and another in San Francisco,” argued that he had written two memoirs but never authored a major piece of legislation and asked what he would do “…when those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot,” a reference to the stage where Obama gave his acceptance speech last week.

It’s very disappointng. She’s a veritable unknown, the first woman on a GOP Presidential ticket and only 44 years old. But in every other way, she’s no different the rest.

Oliver Willis agrees.

“Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father … It’s up to us to tell our daughters, ‘Don’t let the images on television tell you what you’re worth.’ I want my daughters to dream without limits and reach for those goals. It’s up to us to tell our sons, ‘Those songs on the radio that glorify violence and glorify materialism…that’s not going to cut it in my house.’”

Please let this guy win.