Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,--In an era of movie sequels and a hunger for squeezing the use of a good idea one more time, the Bush saga continues. First there was Prescott Bush, United States Senator from Maine, then George Herbert Walker Bush, Oil Man, CIA director, Ambassador and US President and now we see George W. Bush, oil man, baseball team owner, Governor, and Presidential Candidate. In his acceptance speech Bush acknowledge how proud he was to be his father’s son. As the camera focused on the "kindlier and gentler" elder Bush, you could not but see the passing of the torch. This was even more evident by the Vice Presidential choice of Dick Cheney, a direct link to his father’s administration.

The republicans worked hard to spin a message of unity and support by parading blacks, Hispanics, gays, and all other individuals who reflected the colors of the rainbow attempting to sell the message, "we care about you."

After the big speech by George W. Bush, the convention attendees reaction was more of well he did not stumble rather than reacting to someone who had inspired a vision for a party seeking to find its soul. How ironic that the party loyalists still ponder on the magical days of Ronald Reagan’s vision of the shining city on the hill rather than what they will do for the future of America. With all the changes and diversity of the political landscape since the Reagan revolution, the republicans have decided to choose a candidate who brings back ideals of the day when the party faithful wrestled with that "vision thing".

The television ratings for the convention on all networks were dwarf from the reality television show, "Survivor", whose premise is one of voyeurism and exclusion rather than content. With such little time left toward the November election, the American people need to wake up and test these candidates who will influence not only their lives, but also the lives of all future Americans.