Awesome. Can I have Wednesday night on a loop? Mitt, Rudy and Sarah over and over and over.

Very cool, those Republicans aren't supposed to be net savvy y'know

You know I do have to work sometime...

I'm already sleep deprived from the convention.

And imagine what will happen when the public gets ahold of the candidates words themselves unfiltered by MSM hacks. We could have real change on our hands!

This is all just last night's stuff. We want Sarahcuda!

/No offense, John, but Sarah rocked.

Surely the "media savvy" Obama Campaign has something similar?

Or are they simply relying on youtube and the MSM to peddle their messgae?

re: #1 Sharmuta

Awesome. Can I have Wednesday night on a loop? Mitt, Rudy and Sarah over and over and over.

I've already got Sarah's speech grabbed off of YouTube for future perusal. I only caught part of it the first time around.

JoooleeeANNie's speech was great.

/Spoken in a noo yawk patois

Breaking News > Man With Weapons, Suspected Explosives Arrested Near U.S. Capitol: Fox News

re: #8 jill e

Breaking News > Man With Weapons, Suspected Explosives Arrested Near U.S. Capitol: Fox News

Have we already been assured that there is no link to terrorism?

re: #8 jill e

Breaking News > Man With Weapons, Suspected Explosives Arrested Near U.S. Capitol: Fox News

He asked the police for directions?

With insincere apologies the Wilson sisters, I have had their classic song "Barracuda" running through my head all day and it has been making me smile. I must confess to discovering some deep seated cynicism that was only noticeable after it departed following McCain's speech. I feel good about our chances and that there are others that feel a similar optimism for the conservative cause. (That is sometimes tough in downtown Boston) "Standing Up", as John McCain requested us to do can be a career move when one works at a not-for-profit health plan where must cubes are festooned with "Bush's Last Day" stickers but I will try to make my voice heard. Are other Lizards experiencing anything similar? Love to hear about it.

re: #2 Thanos

Very cool, those Republicans aren't supposed to be net savvy y'know

True Republicans have Teletype™ machines instead of keyboards and monitors.

Gotta go outside now and make a phone call.
(DAMN, where'd I put the blanket and matches?!)

Guy with a rifle in his Jeep?.

Man Arrested Near Capitol After IED, Rifle, Ammunition Allegedly Found in Jeep
Friday, September 05, 2008

A man is under arrest in Washington after an improvised explosive device, a rifle and some ammunition were allegedly found in his jeep, Capitol Police said Friday.

The man stopped to ask police for directions near the Capitol building at about 11 a.m. EDT Friday, at the intersection of 2nd and Independence Avenue Southeast, according to Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.

The officer responding noticed a rifle case on the car seat and inspected the jeep, discovering the IED, rifle and ammunition. A canine unit was enlisted to help.

"They've all been rendered safe right now because they're in the custody of Capitol Police," Schneider told reporters at a briefing Friday.

MissLL has a fantastic troll hammer-type response to asshat-france.

(If you haven't down-dinged it yet, here's asshat's original turd of a comment.)

re: #14 Thanos

"Schneider said that it wasn't clear what the man intended to do with the cache of weapons."

Ummm... duh.

P.S. The Capitol is big and easy to find.

Oh, no. This in Winona, MN:

Two bats have tested positive for rabies in Winona in the past month, prompting health and animal officials to issue warnings about the creatures.

I blame the moonbats who infiltrated Minnesota during the RNC.

re: #6 JamesTKirk

I've already got Sarah's speech grabbed off of YouTube for future perusal. I only caught part of it the first time around.

I've watched it twice and will probably watch it again.

I always put on some +35 LunarScreen when I'm in danger of exposure to Moonbats.

re: #8 jill e

I'm sure Olberdouche and Chrissy 'Leg tingle' Matthews will say that this was all made possible by the Supreme Court striking down D.C's ban on owning a gun.

re: #18 Sharmuta

I've watched it twice and will probably watch it again.

Hers was the only speech I caught live, even in part. I pretty much knew what to expect from everyone else.

re: #7 experiencedtraveller

JoooleeeANNie's speech was great.

/Spoken in a noo yawk patois

The way Dennis Miller pronounces it.

re: #20 Fenway_Nation

I'm sure Olberdouche and Chrissy 'Leg tingle' Matthews will say that this was all made possible by the Supreme Court striking down D.C's ban on owning a gun.

Hell, it probably is Matthews.

If you missed it, Palin's entire speech is here:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

/ maybe that "dissapeared" blogger just resurfaced? no wait, the guy who supposedly committed suicide popped back up in July.... [Link: ronbosoldier.blogspot.com...]

The suicide post but not the comments went down the memory hole.

When I was a little kid, I hated the election years because the convention was the only thing on TV and it was boring, boring, boring.

I wonder if that kid I was would believe there would come a time when I would not only watch the convention on purpose but also watch the speeches over and over again on "tape."

re: #15 Fat Jolly Penguin

MissLL has a fantastic troll hammer-type response to asshat-france.

(If you haven't down-dinged it yet, here's asshat's original turd of a comment.)

Upding MissLL's post, everyone. I did.

Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic “Barracuda” as a theme song “The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission.”

classic “Barracuda”?

I think that frigging song sucks.

/might have listened to it one time in my life.

re: #26 Silhouette

That's how I was during the Watergate hearings. They pre-empted my afternoon cartoons, and I was too little to understand why.

When the Clinton impeachment happened, I was too busy earning a living to be able to follow it live.

McPain did all right, but in retrospect I think Rudy & Palin's tag-team kick to Emperor Zero's soft narcissist underbelly was the political highlight of the last week.

Obama's speech at Invescos was good, and he had a couple of good anti-Republican zingers, but the Dems rely on the MSM to take down their enemies for them. Republicans have to deflate enemy balloons all by their lonesomes, and they're good at it.

I hope Rudy has extra security at his house. Doubtless there are some Obamatons sharpening knives as they wipe away the drool thinking of how they'd like to carve him up for insulting their Messiah.

re: #28 ibmkeyboard

classic “Barracuda”?

Performed by the Boston Pops.

Hey, if they can do The Beatles and Sinatra, why not this?

Here's a link of streaming radio talk shows nationwide.

I still really think last night sucked but it seems I'm the only one. There's no MSM or pundit talk about how lousy last night was.

Thanks for link, Charles.

Gotta bookmark these two days.

re: #23 Ward Cleaver

Judging from his facial expression after Palin's speech, I wouldn't be too surprised if it was him.

/finally went off the deep end

re: #13 jill e

Other than the IED, he was within the law, unless DC has some weird laws about having a long gun in your car. Long guns are OK to transport, usually unloaded, but not necessarily so. Sometimes news writers go in to full hoplophobe mode when writing these stories.

re: #32 MeCurious

Here's a link of streaming radio talk shows nationwide.

Bookmarked - Thanks!

re: #1 Sharmuta

Awesome. Can I have Wednesday night on a loop? Mitt, Rudy and Sarah over and over and over.

Can't view at work. Is the definition/clarity of the ustream images better than Youtube?

Charles,
I keep getting logged out often when in threads that use the USTREAM.

More importantly, is there a slideshow that has the Rudy and Romney speeches?
Thanks.

On Instapundit:

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”

“One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

“The other kills her own food.”

re: #15 Fat Jolly Penguin
Well to tell you the truth, that was A GREAT POST, but I kinda liked mine at #433 and LadyCatnip's at #542!

re: #33 Killgore Trout

Look on the bright side-

McCain TV Ratings Beat Obama in Preliminary Numbers

-412

/annefrance's steady progress toward glory

re: #42 Sharmuta

I find that really surprising, I found the the whole night almost unwatchable. I'm surprised people stayed tuned.

re: #33 Killgore Trout

I still really think last night sucked but it seems I'm the only one. There's no MSM or pundit talk about how lousy last night was.

Yes, it did kind of suck, but calling it a "debacle" was completely unnecessary hyperbole.

Just got this E-Mail from my leftist sister.

All of you out there who are really undecided had better think about the fact that this Republican ticket will strongly be in favor of turning around Roe V Wade and what religious right wings they will try to appoint to the Supreme Court as justices. If any of our daughters or daughter in laws get pregnant and their lives are in danger they won't have a choice whether to choose to have the baby or not. The mother will have to die and the baby will be born without a mother and some of these babies will not even have fathers.

I saw a link in an earlier thread where an Obama operative said this would be the plan to bring disaffected women back to the ticket. Can someone please find me that link. I do so love blowing my relatives out of the water.

Melanie Philips on Sarah Palin The Left's Big Mistake

re: #15 Fat Jolly Penguin

MissLL has a fantastic troll hammer-type response to asshat-france.

(If you haven't down-dinged it yet, here's asshat's original turd of a comment.)

Now -412. I had to climb the backs of many lizards but I did manage to pile on.

re: #33 Killgore Trout

I still really think last night sucked but it seems I'm the only one. There's no MSM or pundit talk about how lousy last night was.

I bailed out during the boring early speeches. Not intending to gild it, all last night needed to be was "competent". The rocket had already left the launch pad.

re: #43 pre-Boomer Marine brat

-412

/annefrance's steady progress toward glory

-415
below the big O

re: #46 rancher

These are what's known as "single - issue voters". They have the brains of a gnat.

re: #46 rancher

Just got this E-Mail from my leftist sister.

I saw a link in an earlier thread where an Obama operative said this would be the plan to bring disaffected women back to the ticket. Can someone please find me that link. I do so love blowing my relatives out of the water.

Over the top alarmist bull shit

re: #33 Killgore Trout

I thought it was good for what McCain is typically known for, but pales in comparison to Palin. She was the red meat, while McCain was targeting a different audience - the moderates, undecideds, and even the PUMAs. This pairing lets Maverick get all Mavericky.

re: #26 Silhouette

When I was a little kid, I hated the election years because the convention was the only thing on TV and it was boring, boring, boring.

I wonder if that kid I was would believe there would come a time when I would not only watch the convention on purpose but also watch the speeches over and over again on "tape."

you just described me too.

re: #33 Killgore Trout

I still really think last night sucked but it seems I'm the only one. There's no MSM or pundit talk about how lousy last night was.

Last night was aimed at moderates and democrats. MacCain said early on that he was talking to 'undecideds'. If you're conservative, then you might be disappointed.

re: #44 Killgore Trout

Between Wednesday and last night, McCain and Palin played good cop, bad cop. She attacked her detractors, and he reeled in the undecideds. Wdnesday was for us, last night was done to draw in the people we need to help us keep 0bama out of the White House. I can accept that- though, I do think he ended great- thankfully.

re: #33 Killgore Trout

I still really think last night sucked but it seems I'm the only one. There's no MSM or pundit talk about how lousy last night was.

Yep - Wed was better. More energy, better speakers, and a lot more fun. Last night kinda dragged. No one ever said McCain was an inspiring speaker.

re: #45 Sparkizzy

I don't think McCain handled the hecklers well. I hated the fact that he chose to imitate Obama's empty buzzword "change". I still see it as a debacle. It also appears that some idiot showed Walter Reed middle school behind him instead of Walter Reed hospital. That's a pretty big goof.

re: #15 Fat Jolly Penguin

MissLL has a fantastic troll hammer-type response to asshat-france.

(If you haven't down-dinged it yet, here's asshat's original turd of a comment.)

The response by MissLL deserves an up-ding from everyone.

re: #49 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I bailed out during the boring early speeches. Not intending to gild it, all last night needed to be was "competent". The rocket had already left the launch pad.

The beautiful, oil-rich gusher had already come in.

Anyone else find some humor in the Walter Reed Middle School photo?
[Link: blog.indecision2008.com...]

re: #41 realwest

Well to tell you the truth, that was A GREAT POST, but I kinda liked mine at #433 and LadyCatnip's at #542!

A lot of you were great! I came in the next day and went down the thread after down-dinging annefrance. Laughed myself silly!

re: #55 DeafDog

I'm not a conservative. I'm liberal.
/seriously

This just in from the "Self-reliance - I'm not going take that shit lying down and wait on someone else to rescue me, not when my kids are in danger" department:

Couple shoots intruders with their own gun.

When two gunmen smashed throught the glass front door of her suburban Fort Worth home, Kellie Hoehn didn't think twice.

The 34-year-old mother of two grabbed a shotgun that was pointed at her face, starting a struggle that ended with one intruder killed with his own weapon and the other in the hospital.

"I wasn't going to let them get to my babies," she said, recalling the moment when she pushed up the muzzle of the shotgun, pointing it away from her children's rooms.

A pack, not a herd.

re: #59 Son of the Black Dog

The response by MissLL deserves an up-ding from everyone.

Hear hear!

Rush talking about MSM giving tickets to Code Pink..

re: #46 rancher

Just got this E-Mail from my leftist sister.

I saw a link in an earlier thread where an Obama operative said this would be the plan to bring disaffected women back to the ticket. Can someone please find me that link. I do so love blowing my relatives out of the water.

Isn't it better to be an orphan (with the high probability of being adopted) than to be a dead baby with a still living mother? Gawd the reasoningjustification for murder is maddening!

re: #59 Son of the Black Dog

The response by MissLL deserves an up-ding from everyone.

Anyone else all dinged out?

re: #50 Age Of Freedom

-415
below the big O

And, so far, I've resisted the temptation to unlimber my SockPuppy upon her.

/self-righteous overweening pontification

re: #63 Killgore Trout

I'm not a conservative. I'm liberal.
/seriously

My condolences.

Did you like Wednesday?

Found it.
Roe vs Wade - Obama’s “ace in the hole”

re: #43 pre-Boomer Marine brat

-412

/annefrance's steady progress toward glory

I hope Charles specified a large enough field size for the comment down-ding counter.

re: #46 rancher

If any of our daughters or daughter in laws get pregnant and their lives are in danger they won't have a choice

Except Palin supports abortion when the life of the mother is threatened. McCain goes further and includes cases of rape and incest.

They would still both correctly be called "pro-life," but if we're addressing the specific issues in the e-mail, well, to put it nicely, that dog don't hunt.

re: #63 Killgore Trout

I'm not a conservative. I'm liberal.
/seriously

We love you anyway.
/seriously

KT, I think his speech was very good in that it contrasted good change, vs bad change. It focuses people on the issues instead of the slogan, and makes them think. I don't mind him using political ju-jitsu to reverse the meme.

re: #68 sparrowlake

Anyone else all dinged out?

Is Harry Reid in the room?!?!
HARRRRRY, where are you when we NEEEEED you!

re: #73 Silhouette

Except Palin supports abortion when the life of the mother is threatened.

Who doesn't?

re: #72 Son of the Black Dog

I hope Charles specified a large enough field size for the comment down-ding counter.

Wouldn't it be nice to eventually see it on the "LGF Hits" menu?

/at first I thought of "Never Forget", then slapped myself - that's hallowed ground.

re: #71 rancher

Found it.
Roe vs Wade - Obama’s “ace in the hole”

Obama has been running ads on the radio non-stop here in NOVA claiming that a vote for McCain will result in the overturning of Roe v Wade. Also has a sound bite of McCain claiming support for a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion. No idea when that sound bite comes from.

re: #70 DeafDog

Yeah, Wednesday was ok.

re: #24 Charles

Thanks for that link Charles. I'm linky challenged. This site will help me to be more computer savvy.pb10

re: #46 rancher

Just got this E-Mail from my leftist sister.

If any of our daughters or daughter in laws get pregnant and their lives are in danger they won't have a choice whether to choose to have the baby or not.

In that case it's not a "choice" is it?

re: #47 JHW

Great Melanie Philips!

If Roe vs Wade were overturned it would mean each state could make its own laws. Anyone who lived in a state that didn't allow a certain type of abortion, like Obama's After Birth Abortions, would find free Planned Parenthood abortion tours to the closest abortion state.

re: #79 Semper Gumbi

Obama has been running ads on the radio non-stop here in NOVA claiming that a vote for McCain will result in the overturning of Roe v Wade. Also has a sound bite of McCain claiming support for a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion. No idea when that sound bite comes from.

Roe, Roe, Roe th' boat, sinking in the stream.
Panicky, panicky, panicky, lying is a ... uh ...

/damn, I need buzzsaw to save my *ss on this one!

re: #72 Son of the Black Dog

Good point. I wonder just how big it is...

re: #47 JHW

Melanie Philips on Sarah Palin The Left's Big Mistake

"...foaming vituperation of the left..."

Hee hee - rotating title nominee!

The begining of the e-mail went like this:

I'm not undecided so I don't want this or anything else pertaining to the Republican ticket nor the repulsive jokes circulating around about Barack Obama. If you don't like him that is one thing but to circulate lies and disgusting offensive jokes is not acceptable.

Then it goes on to spread offensive lies about Republicans. Who wrote this? (I know it wasn't my sister)

re: #72 Son of the Black Dog

I hope Charles specified a large enough field size for the comment down-ding counter.

I don't see it rolling over 1000 before dinging is deactivated on that thread. IIRC, comments close after about a week, and I assume the dings will close then as well.

re: #49 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I bailed out during the boring early speeches. Not intending to gild it, all last night needed to be was "competent". The rocket had already left the launch pad.

You're correct. This was a GOP convention speech, not an election speech. The conventions purpose is to showcase the candidates and introduce them to everyone; show their faces so to speak. Their speeches, while still needing a certain eloquence didn't need to address specifically every issue.

The meat and potatoes orations with McCain/Palin going head to head with Obama/Biden will commence today.

re: #63 Killgore Trout

I'm not a conservative. I'm liberal.
/seriously

I heard an old JFKennedy speech recently and I realized why my mom was a Democrat. She agreed with the things he said, which were actually to the right of the current Republican talking points at this point. So the labels aren't holding up over time. I'm basically a liberal when it comes to issues with kids (food, clothes, education, medical requirements, etc.) and I'm drifting toward libertarian when it comes to almost all adults (especially those draining help while persisting with alcohol, drugs, and other defeating behaviors). I'm a hawk on defense, but a supporter of Peace Corps, etc. if they go build systems for clean water, commerce, etc. and train the locals as they were trained to maintain and expand the facilities. Nothing is clearly delineated. And no party is exactly perfect.

re: #76 pre-Boomer Marine brat

It's the first annual LGF Dingathon.

re: #85 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Roe, Roe, Roe th' boat, sinking in the stream.
Panicky, panicky, panicky, panicky, lying for the dream.

LOL, I'm going to borrow that.

re: #89 CyanSnowHawk

I don't see it rolling over 1000 before dinging is deactivated on that thread. IIRC, comments close after about a week, and I assume the dings will close then as well.

Sorry, didn't think a sarc tag was necessary. I know that Charles knows how to program and expect the field size will hold much larger numbers than we will ever encounter here.

re: #94 Son of the Black Dog

Sorry, didn't think a sarc tag was necessary. I know that Charles knows how to program and expect the field size will hold much larger numbers than we will ever encounter here.

If needs be, it can go into hexadecimal.

/base 16 instead of base 10

re: #80 Killgore Trout

Yeah, Wednesday was ok.

The foam columns of infamy.

re: #95 pre-Boomer Marine brat

If needs be, it can go into hexadecimal.

/base 16 instead of base 10

Hey, once upon a time I could read and calculate in hexadecimal.

re: #56 Sharmuta

Between Wednesday and last night, McCain and Palin played good cop, bad cop. She attacked her detractors, and he reeled in the undecideds. Wdnesday was for us, last night was done to draw in the people we need to help us keep 0bama out of the White House. I can accept that- though, I do think he ended great- thankfully.

I am pleased and surprised how unpolitically correct either of them are. They're not intimidated. I see no fear.

re: #15 Fat Jolly Penguin

PIMF!@ I up her rather than dinging her. Can I have a do-over?

re: #82 Alouette

When my wife had our second daughter the doctor recommended an abortion because my wife's life was in danger.

My wife chose to have the baby anyway.
The doctor tried a few more times to convince her to get an abortion because it was too risky.

After the third time my wife got pissed and told the doctor to STFU, she was having the baby!

I'm sure most pro-choicers would call that a stupid decision, but I was never more proud of my wife.
Of course, I didn't want her to die, but that was a heroic decision, and it was hers to make, so I supported her.

No greater love than this! I would like to think I wouldn't hesitate to give my life for our children, should I ever have to make that choice.

In the opening frame it looks like McCain is making a shadow bunny.