I’ve been watching the convention with the sound off, mostly because I’ve been working on other things and don’t need the distraction. But, never fear, I will update this post with live blogging of Sarah Palin’s speech.

Meanwhile, feel free to snark about anything you’ve seen at the convention.

Update: Is it me, or is there something sinister about all those “Country First” signs?

I believe they’ve got the boyfriend sitting next to the pregnant daughter.

Palin: “There’s a time for politics, and a time for leadership.” McCain is stuck in politics mode, dear. He chose you.

She’s pushing the Commander in Chief button. I think of all the things she needs to do tonight, that’s about the last one.

Now she’s pushing the mother button and “special needs children” button.

Introducing her husband. She’s spending a lot of time on her family.

The “opportunity for women” button. Does she have anything to say about, oh, the economy?

They’re praising Harry Truman. Harry Truman was a flaming liberal by their standards.

She’s going on about how ordinary she is. PTA! Hockey mom! Small town!

I might vote for her … for PTA president. Depends on who she was running against, though.

This speech is all about her, with some snark about Obama. She’s not talking about America.

Wow, she eliminated a luxury jet. A bold decision.

Bridge to Nowhere! But she kept the money! What a hypocrite!

She has X-ray vision and can see the oil reserves under the North Slope. Wow.

What’s with the yellow scarves the delegates are swinging?

She said Obama hasn’t authored a single bill as a Senator. I can think of a few he authored off the top of my head.

Is this a speech that will appeal to anyone but wingnuts? I honestly don’t know. She’s dishonest and glib, so it’s not working for me. It will appeal to the stupid, of course.

Is anyone bored yet? I am.

Palin isn’t the reformer she claims to be.

Did you know McCain was a POW? Wow.

Good; she’s done.

This may sound sexist, but there’s something about Palin that reminds me of the woman that used to come to our high school home ec class and do product demonstrations.

They’ve got the bleeping boyfriend on the bleeping stage.

Olbermann is saying she sounded condescending.

The crew at Think Progress is fact checking, but as of now they’re still on Giuliani’s speech. I’m going to bed.

For so many years, we on the left have been playing Jeremiah in the wilderness, anguishing all alone over the latest of many attacks on our beloved country by the far right. It’s refreshing to finally kick back for awhile and let the mainstream media, at long last, step in to anguish themselves over the weighty issues of the day. To think that an esteemed publication such as US magazine would step forward and so gloriously take up our cause…

OK, I confess to a serious/hilarious case of schadenfreude these last few days. Enjoy.