RNC vs US Open

RNC vs US Open.... hmmmm! Somehow I don't feel guilty or unpatriotic having watched some really bad blowouts at the US Open. There used to be stuff that happened on the convention floor at both the RNC and the DNC -- not anymore. Everything is so orchestrated to be PR successes that the conventions are beyond boring -- they are sickening. There is no respect for variances of political philosophies and thinking even within the respective parties. Have we become such a nation of lemmings?