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Open thread on the Republican National Convention -- tonight being Sarah Palin's night (and I have to say that any move by McCain that sucks all the oxygen out of the room except for "Sarah Palin!?!" has to be smart, right?*)
Gimme a glazed!
Also, I have yet to see any of the staunch defenders of McCain step forward. Yet surely this is the perfect context?
And last night, I mistakenly placed the convention in Minneapolis, not St. Paul. I guess all the commenters were Minnesota nice, because not one called me on it. Oopsie.
NOTE * It's like the old saying about how a project becomes late: One day at a time. Well, 4 days of the 67, is it, have gone to Sarah Palin. Well done, all.
UPDATE 9:15PM EDT Seamus's owner!
But early. This, sadly or not, is the first time I've seen the long-playing version of the Mittster. "America cannot lead the family of nations if we fail the families here at home." As clear a statement of the relation between patriarchy and the empire would be hard to find. And his hair is terrible. He reminds me of a bad motivational speaker. Oh, wait. He's hitting all the buttons, too. Utterly shameles. "We will never allow America to retreat in the face of evil extremism." "Never been a day when I wasn't proud to be an American." The Mittster throwing red meat is such a bizarre spectacle. He's really no good at it, they're just bullet points like any other to him, but the crowd is fired up!
Governor of Hawaii is making a pretty good speech, but the crowd isn't doing its job with the cheering at all: It's thin.
It's very generous of CSPAN to just glance at the empty seats, as opposed to focusing on them.
10:15PM EDT Rudy! I think I'll have a glass of wine to get ready. "I'm sorry Barack Obama doesn't feel her home town is [pause] cosmopolitan enough." Ouch.
11:00 PM EDT Sarah Palin!! Crowd goes nuts. (And the camera keeps focusing on the same cute family. Who the heck are they? The Palins? ) Wow. Barracuda is right. "Bristol, Willow, Piper." Class markers, I'm tellin ya. And now the baby boy. Jeebus. "Our family has the same challenges and the same joys." "You will have an advocate in the White House" -- to families with special needs children. "5 years later, he's still my guy."
She's killing 'em. Watch out, Joe Biden.
Now the Republicans are waving signs to Sly and the Family Stone's Everyday People. Just shoot me. Not that the distinction between C and R matters any more in a post-partisan era.
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tonight is a night to watch--
for the insane commentary alone--let alone her speech.
I wonder if she'll attack at all?
Hey Amberglow
Did I used to see you on talkleft?
It has turned into yet another sight I feel icky visiting.
Where else do you visit? Do you have a blog?
Hillary Clinton, The Man of My Dreams
nope--i only read TL
never a member there--no active blog at all--i'm too lazy to regularly post anywhere anymore...
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Palin has at least one good line tonight--
"... In an unmistakable jab at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, she said, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a `community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities." ..." -- http://www.newser.com/article/d92vhqi02/...
She Also Attacks the Media
"Here's little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion _ I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country."
That's smart. I think Americans hate the media as much if not more than they hate Congress, the President and Washington.
Speaking of media, what is with these AP reports that are written as if she's already spoken when she hasn't? They did the same thing last week.
Campaigns release advance copy/excerpts of a speech
so AP can write it up and get it distributed to their subscriber papers before deadline. The past tense is used so it will make temporal sense when read in tomorrow morning's edition.
That I Get
but it's weird when they post it on the internet where it's available before she speaks and is written in the past tense.
she just said it--it's a hit.
she'll be using that on the trail.
Fiorina really wanted to be VP, i think--
or head of the Fed maybe?
(she was a lousy HP head tho)
Mittens is up now
he's such a car salesman--and his hair is greasy.
"It's liberals!"
[cheers]
"Sarah Palin is a slut!"
[cheers, hurling Cheetohs]
[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
all red meat to wake them up--
and this stuff was old when Reagan was spouting it.
"Drill Baby Drill"
Damn, the Maryland delegation went complete bat-shit crazy with chants when Michael Steele hit the stage. The convention crowd was the most excited I've seen it when he got done. He had them chanting "Drill, Baby. Drill." It was bizarre.
Mitt is all over the place.
Oh, My God. They Are Chanting "USA!", Again.
They are asking me to vote for Barack Obama. How could anyone even make a case that these nuts derserve any elected office?
Really, they don't deserve McCain, to be honest.
Now, Huckabee's up next, and he will almost surely out-crazy Romney.
The Dems wrap themselves in patriotism too
There are plenty of reasons to get angry at the RNC convention, I'm sure (not watching myself), but patriotism is an equal opportunity offender. Been to many Dem events where Patriosterone (testosteronated patriotism)is a bit over the top. I don't mind people having pride in their country, but Parties--both of 'em--substitute the word "patriotism" for strong policies.
hahahaha Mitt the mortgage crisis was
LIBERALS!!!! Give Mitt an academy award for keeping a straight face on that one.
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Huckabee
he's always good.
media tackier than costume change
at a Madonna concert
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that lava soap thing was good too
he needs a talkshow or something.
Equate
The fact of the matter is that the chanting of "USA" is about as base as you can get. That the Dems do it, too, is not an excuse for how much more of it they do in the Republican Party. I'm a proud American, but unlike many Republicans, my patriotism doesn't spring forth from an underlying current of nativism.
Chanting "USA"
has driven me NUTS since it started showing up at the Olympics.
Can anybody explain to me WHY the people of this country are so fucking defensive?
Huck
Huck hit an interesting line:
"I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich. I'm a Republican because I didn't want to be for the rest of my life waiting for the government to rescue me."
EDIT: "Sarah Palin got more votes running for the mayor of Wasila, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for President of the United States."
BURN
oo--good dig at Biden
very good!
this is why he'd have been a good vp choice--
he tells a good folksy anecdote like no one else.
I like Huck
...I can't help it. ;) I think he should've been a democrat. I also think the GOP treats him like an ugly stepchild because he's the real deal and couldn't shake his lower class roots if he tried -- just like Bubba in that regard.
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me too--but
way too much religion in his views and actions.
Oh definitely but I'm kinda
...inoculated to that. I think Huck's much less likely to implement things than most ppl think. Baptists are weird and Huck seems to come from the older school (they declared a firm separation of church and state years ago). For many Baptists, instituting anything that remotely seems like a religious law would be offensive in the extreme. So while I think Huck panders to the RRs I don't think it's what it seems. JMO. He's still a republican though.
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all the ones i see on tv and in Congress
aren't into separation at all.
noun-verb-9/11 is next
my ex-mayor----ugh!
lol
Any bets on the number of times he'll say it?
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including variations?
i say 5-10 times.
I'll go
3-5 but only cuz you called the good ones. As long as no one makes it a drinking game we should be fine.
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i'm including things like
"that fateful day in September" and stuff like that.
Rudy relishes being an asshole
--it's his natural state.
he's not gonna say it at all
boo!
Gotcha!
Psyche!
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oops--said it once
is that it?
Does Al Q count?
...it's a stretch but he's not done.
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nope--has to include
either the date or mention the attacks directly.
:( We're both gonna lose
Rudy's pwned us. lol.
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yup--no biggie--
he makes millions giving speeches and "Security advice" every day so he says it more than enough anyway.
CNN just flashed on our skyline--asses!
that's just nasty.
D'Amato and his puppet Pataki
are there too--ugh--all our GOP asses.
Goddamn, aren't they dead or in prison yet?
Why, Lord, WHY?
Hawaii Governor Lingle
Has the crowd chanting "Zero" as to the amount of executive experience Joe Biden and Barack Obama, has. The GOP sure loves to chant.
Lingle keeps tearing at Joe Biden like crazy. It almost seems personal. lol
Biden is a tool
--i don't think anyone likes him anywhere--only media bookers for Meet the Press.
oh-- Bristol and Levi--
america's new sweethearts?
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On Spoting the Michigan Delegation in the Audience
Look for the red, white, and blue hockey jerseys in support of Palin as a hockey mom. It's a very creative (if even cheezy) choice to get spotted.
Also, when Palin comes on they'll be chanting, "Let's Go, Palin." A play on "Let's Go, Red Wings."
Hey, it's not as tacky as the Texas delegations cowboy hates. ;)
i think TX is dressing the same every day too--
i hate it--
i had an aunt and uncle who wore matching outfits--it was disgusting.
Baptist Scare Me To No End
And, if I'm going to be honest, I don't trust them. Hope I'm not offending. The fundamentalists are definitely seperatists, but they are the same ones you can most expect to try and change government to fit Biblical rules, too, when they are elected to public office. It's something you don't have to worry about with say, Catholics. Maybe it's a cultural thing. Being from up north, the Baptist plurality pretty much stops when it hits the Ohio River, and I'd like to keep it that way.
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