RNC Open Thread Five, the Mitt Romney Power Hour

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It’s the night of Mitt, with the obligatory Ronald Reagan hagiography, and it’s now an open secret that the mystery wingnut speaker will be iconic lone vigilante Clint Eastwood. Oops, spoiler alert.

Here’s the schedule as Romney’s Power Hour draws nigh.

7:00 p.m.

  • Convention convenes
  • Call to order
  • Introduction of Colors US Central Command Joint Forces Color Guard Team
  • Pledge of Allegiance by Dylan Nonaka
  • National Anthem sung by SEVEN
  • Invocation by Ken and Priscilla Hutchins
  • Remarks by U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (FL)
  • Reagan Legacy Video
  • Remarks by Newt and Callista Gingrich
  • Remarks by Craig Romney

8:00 p.m.

  • Remarks by Governor former Jeb Bush (FL)
  • Remarks by Bob White, chairman of Romney for President campaign
  • Remarks by Grant Bennett
  • Remarks by Tom Stemberg

9:00 p.m.

  • Remarks by former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey
  • Remarks by Jane Edmonds, former Massachusetts Secretary of Workforce
  • Remarks by Olympians Michael Eruzione, Derek Parra and Kim Rhode

10:00 p.m.

  • Remarks by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (FL)
  • Remarks by presidential nominee Mitt Romney
  • Benediction by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
  • Speaker Boehner declares convention adjourned

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325 comments
1 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:47:26pm

7:00 p.m.

Convention convenes
Call to order

Ayn Rand Impersonator Recants Atheism from beyond the grave
Ceremonial Stoning of Fact Checker

2 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:47:56pm

Convention convenes

that's what conventions do. they convene

3 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:49:36pm

re: #2 engineer cat

Convention convenes

that's what conventions do. they convene

Conventionally, they do.

4 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:50:09pm

re: #2 engineer cat

Convention convenes

that's what conventions do. they convene

Conventionally.

(Edit: Damn. Missed by that much.)

5 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:50:31pm

The convening process is key for conventions.

6 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:52:38pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

re: #4 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne

They converged.

7 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:54:44pm

re: #6 wrenchwench

re: #4 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne

They converged.

I was on the verge of saying that.

8 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:55:03pm

Callista Gingrich to speak tonight? I hope she doesn't see any rodents today. She'll cough it up as a pellet on stage.

Owl woman

9 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:56:51pm

I was wondering about the Newt & Callista listing.

10 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:58:33pm

re: #9 wrenchwench

That sounds awesome. I can hardly wait.

11 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:00:27pm
12 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:00:50pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

That sounds awesome. I can hardly wait.

Frank says:

Not a speck of cereal.

13 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:02:09pm

Did Eastwood do his thing already?

14 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:03:02pm

Is you is, o' is you ain't my con-stitchency?!

15 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:04:08pm

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

One never know, do one?

16 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:04:56pm

Wow, this is what life with Newt does to a wife...

Image: callista_2007.jpg

Image: callista_2010.jpg

I am suddenly feeling a lot of compassion for Callista. Holy moly.

17 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:06:39pm

I don't see Clint Eastwood on the schedule. When is he due to grumble?

18 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:07:39pm

re: #16 allegro

Wow, this is what life with Newt does to a wife...

Image: callista_2007.jpg

Image: callista_2010.jpg

I am suddenly feeling a lot of compassion for Callista. Holy moly.

Serious tension on that skin. Like I said earlier, she looks like an owl.

19 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:07:41pm

re: #17 darthstar

I don't see Clint Eastwood on the schedule. When is he due to grumble?

Whenever he damn well pleases, punk.

20 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:08:05pm

re: #16 allegro

Wow, this is what life with Newt does to a wife...

Image: callista_2007.jpg

Image: callista_2010.jpg

I am suddenly feeling a lot of compassion for Callista. Holy moly.

Think of the panic she must feel when she gets sick.

21 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:08:08pm

re: #16 allegro

Wow, this is what life with Newt does to a wife...

Image: callista_2007.jpg

Image: callista_2010.jpg

I am suddenly feeling a lot of compassion for Callista. Holy moly.

looks like she had her botox done by a beginner.

22 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:08:27pm

re: #16 allegro

Wow, this is what life with Newt does to a wife...

I am suddenly feeling a lot of compassion for Callista. Holy moly.

She looks like a wax figure of herself. A bad wax figure.. one that you can tell is fake from 50 feet away.

23 aagcobb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:08:56pm

re: #16 allegro

Wow, this is what life with Newt does to a wife...

Image: callista_2007.jpg

Image: callista_2010.jpg
I am suddenly feeling a lot of compassion for Callista. Holy moly.

Was she replaced with a Stepford wife?

24 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:09:05pm

Conveniently convening with Connie, Callista and Craig.

25 erik_t  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:10:08pm

OH MY GOD

FOOTBALL IS HERE

(whose dumbass idea was it to have Romney's big speech be the first night of football in the Southeastern Conference!?)

26 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:10:58pm

Siting here, waiting for this cloudburst of BS, while my DIL has tickets for Jon Stewart at the Strauss Center.

27 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:11:40pm

FACTS MATTER: The Ultimate Guide To Mitt Romney’s Convention Speech

ThinkProgress has compiled a Viewer’s Guide comparing what Romney says with the facts:

28 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:12:46pm

So, is the ceremonial cross-burning before or after the benediction?

I never can get these things straight.

29 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:14:47pm
30 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:15:08pm

re: #28 RadicalModerate

So, is the ceremonial cross-burning before or after the benediction?

I never can get these things straight.

I am assured by my fellow Alabamans that there are no 'cross burnings'. They are 'creating crosses of fire'.

31 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:16:58pm

Wow...Honey Boo-Boo (which I've never heard of) outperformed the RNC in ratings...

32 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:17:37pm

re: #25 erik_t

OH MY GOD

FOOTBALL IS HERE

(whose dumbass idea was it to have Romney's big speech be the first night of football in the Southeastern Conference!?)

Masterful scheduling on the RNC's part.

33 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:18:11pm

re: #31 darthstar

Wow...Honey Boo-Boo (which I've never heard of) outperformed the RNC in ratings...

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Strange, that. They are competing for the same market.

34 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:18:36pm

Foster Friess in Tampa, stoking the otherness:

“It’s so sad to see how few people in the Obama administration have any private sector experience. President Obama’s over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I don’t know what experience he had at that same age when he was in Indonesia. So I think it’s hard for him to grasp that America entrepreneurial spirit.”

[Link: www.salon.com...]

35 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:19:30pm

Call to order

make mine with anchovies

36 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:19:48pm

re: #34 jaunte

Foster Friess in Tampa, stoking the otherness:

[Link: www.salon.com...]

He should grasp an aspirin between his lips and hold it there.

37 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:20:41pm

re: #34 jaunte

Foster Friess in Tampa, stoking the otherness:

[Link: www.salon.com...]

As if Obama had any choice where he lived growing up, stupid xenophobic ass.

38 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:20:50pm

Whoa, David Horowitz ads:

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

INFILTRATED!!

39 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:21:51pm

Is it possible they're only doing this because we're watching, and they would stop if we did a boob-pun thread?

40 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:21:57pm
41 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:22:27pm

re: #32 darthstar

Masterful scheduling on the RNC's part.

Well, you know that the GOP has two master debaters in Romney and Ryan, who are experts at cunning stunts.

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42 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:22:30pm

re: #33 Decatur Deb

Strange, that. They are competing for the same market.

White trash, high school equivalency graduates.

43 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:22:35pm

re: #37 HappyWarrior

In Friess' world, entrepreneur is an exclusively American word.

44 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:23:39pm

mitt tries to set the right tone

Romney to say: "I wish Pres. Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment & division"

he fails

45 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:23:40pm

re: #29 jaunte

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Video related.

Youtube Video
46 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:26:39pm

re: #43 jaunte

In Friess' world, entrepreneur is an exclusively American word.

That too and ge should talk to his candidate's running mate too. Not like Ryan has private sector exp.

47 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:30:19pm

The good news for the GOP is that most of the football games will be over before Romney takes the stage. The bad news is that most of their target audience will be drunk and looking for shows with lots of titties by 10pm EST.

48 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:30:59pm

Gen JC Christian

good to see the general still in operation! one of my favorites!

49 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:31:09pm

Charles. The new comments counter seems to have stopped working. Cleared FF and also cleared everything else with CC Cleaner.

50 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:31:47pm

Looks like Romney's playing it safe tonight...don't expect any details, promises, or policy.

51 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:32:13pm

re: #49 Gus

Charles. The new comments counter seems to have stopped working. Cleared FF and also cleared everything else with CC Cleaner.

Yo tambien.

52 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:32:36pm

re: #50 darthstar

Looks like Romney's playing it safe tonight...don't expect any details, promises, or policy.

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YIPEE, cardboard for everyone!

53 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:33:40pm

I think there may be more black people in the color guard than in the audience...

54 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:33:42pm

re: #50 darthstar

Looks like Romney's playing it safe tonight...don't expect any details, promises, or policy.

His base will love that.

56 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:37:00pm

re: #53 danarchy

I think there may be more black people in the color guard than in the audience...

RACIST!!!11ty

/

57 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:37:15pm

re: #49 Gus

Charles. The new comments counter seems to have stopped working. Cleared FF and also cleared everything else with CC Cleaner.

I thought it was just me. Installed a pop up blocker for Safari today and the counter quit working. Was about to uninstall it. Think I will wait.

58 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:37:31pm
59 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:38:05pm

re: #56 Gert Fröbe

RACIST!!!11ty

/

That's the people of color guard.

61 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:42:21pm

For now the MSM is really excited about checking facts but I think that will blow over. Not long ago they were reporting stuff from twitter as news. I think reporters are using the prepackaged fact checks as filler. It's not really a change in the attitude towards journalism, looks like it might just be another manifestation of lazy reporting.

62 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:43:55pm

re: #55 Killgore Trout

Paul Ryan Responds to Fact-Checkers Who Took Him to Task on RNC Speech (video)

amazing to hear him accuse obama of doing exactly what he himself does

they hypocrisy is mind boggling

63 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:44:57pm
64 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:45:23pm
65 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:45:29pm

re: #60 Gus

Romney Excerpts vs. the Truth: North American Energy Independence by 2020

Nice hat tips to Think Progress and MSNBC. Of course the Obama press release is probably correct that Mitt's energy plan sucks I don't trust the details.

66 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:46:27pm

re: #65 Killgore Trout

Nice hat tips to Think Progress and MSNBC. Of course the Obama press release is probably correct that Mitt's energy plan sucks I don't trust the details.

Yes. Think Progress and MSNBC are communist organizations.

67 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:47:27pm

re: #62 engineer cat

amazing to hear him accuse obama of doing exactly what he himself does

they hypocrisy is mind boggling

I kept getting distracted by the interviewer. He's the rude guy who interviewed Obama in the White House, kept interrupting the answers and tried to lecture the president. He's a real douche.

68 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:48:46pm

re: #61 Killgore Trout

For now the MSM is really excited about checking facts but I think that will blow over. Not long ago they were reporting stuff from twitter as news. I think reporters are using the prepackaged fact checks as filler. It's not really a change in the attitude towards journalism, looks like it might just be another manifestation of lazy reporting.

yeah, this fact and reality stuff is overrated

////

seriously, KT, does holding politicians to some minimum standard of truth bother you all that much?

69 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:50:00pm

re: #66 Gus

Yes. Think Progress and MSNBC are communist organizations.

Campaign press releases being treated as "fact checks" is a bridge to far for me. I like Obama too but not everything his campaign releases are gems of divine truth from heaven.

70 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:50:03pm

re: #61 Killgore Trout

For now the MSM is really excited about checking facts but I think that will blow over. Not long ago they were reporting stuff from twitter as news. I think reporters are using the prepackaged fact checks as filler. It's not really a change in the attitude towards journalism, looks like it might just be another manifestation of lazy reporting.

Lazy reporting would bother me less than letting ad revenue steer coverage. I am not sure which of the two is more responsible for the lackadaisical fact-checking.

71 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:51:20pm

re: #67 Killgore Trout

I kept getting distracted by the interviewer. He's the rude guy who interviewed Obama in the White House, kept interrupting the answers and tried to lecture the president. He's a real douche.

by my reading he made the barest, most soft core attempt to put it to ryan how much he lied, and then gave up and let ryan change the subject and slip-n-slide

but i give the fox news reporter credit for not avoiding the lying issue completely

i mean, how pitiful is it that even fox news can't avoid noticing the massive onslaught of falsehoods?

72 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:52:55pm
73 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:54:13pm

re: #68 engineer cat

yeah, this fact and reality stuff is overrated

////

seriously, KT, does holding politicians to some minimum standard of truth bother you all that much?

i'm sorry KT - am i misinterpreting you here? on second read you seem to be unsatisfied with reporters merely recycling the reports of fact checkers

my response was different - that reporters would report what fact checkers said as a way of showing that they were not intruding their own opinions, but objectively reporting what other people had found

74 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:54:22pm

re: #68 engineer cat

seriously, KT, does holding politicians to some minimum standard of truth bother you all that much?

I'm a big fan of the fact checkers. It seems like just last week I was derided and mocked as a mindless follower of fact checkers. Yes, I like the trend but I'm skeptical that the press is treating it as a fad.

75 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:54:26pm

Who has less self respect: Newt's 3rd wife or Limbaugh's 4th wife?

76 b_sharp  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:55:24pm

re: #69 Killgore Trout

Campaign press releases being treated as "fact checks" is a bridge to far for me. I like Obama too but not everything his campaign releases are gems of divine truth from heaven.

That may be true, but that isn't what we're concerned with. We're concerned that what comes out of a campaign isn't straight from somebody's ass.

77 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:55:41pm

Newt & Callista reinventing Reagan. Puke.

78 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:56:30pm

Ripping off Stevie again.

79 b_sharp  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:56:31pm

re: #75 bratwurst

Who has less self respect: Newt's 3rd wife or Limbaugh's 4th wife?

Which of them has the bigger rock on her finger?

80 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:58:57pm

It's the Hispandering video.

81 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:58:59pm

re: #73 engineer cat

i'm sorry KT - am i misinterpreting you here? on second read you seem to be unsatisfied with reporters merely recycling the reports of fact checkers

my response was different - that reporters would report what fact checkers said as a way of showing that they were not intruding their own opinions, but objectively reporting what other people had found

Ah, ok. No Problems. Another potential pit fall I can see is that now campaign press releases and dishonest partisan sites like Think Progress are running their own fact checking operations. At some point the whole thing might devolve if the press goes back to the "he said/she said" model of reporting competing fact check claims.
It's a very welcome trend in journalism and I'm very happy to see it. I just wonder how long it's going to last.

82 aagcobb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:59:28pm

Romney's speech should be closely watched, because if he can't expand his base beyond old white guys, Nate Silver says he is going to have a tough time winning this election:

[Link: fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com...]

83 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:00:09pm

ryan to me is exactly like newt except without the physical repulsiveness and echoes of having the crap beaten out of him in third grade

84 gwangung  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:00:23pm

re: #74 Killgore Trout

I'm a big fan of the fact checkers. It seems like just last week I was derided and mocked as a mindless follower of fact checkers.

Well, that's because you were. And was mocked for good reason. When somebody who's an expert in the field comes out and says the fact checkers were wrong, you really ought to pay attention and not stick to them mindlessly (more so since fact checkers, i.e., journalists) cannot be experts in all fields).

85 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:00:41pm

Did they just say "puta, puta, puta" at the end of that video?

86 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:01:17pm

Craig Romney smacks his lips on the mic between sentences.

87 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:02:09pm

I'm not sure I have enough Ketel One on hand to make it all the way to Mitt's big moment.

88 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:02:32pm

Hmm... Packers or RNC...

89 Obdicut  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:03:01pm

re: #74 Killgore Trout

I'm a big fan of the fact checkers. It seems like just last week I was derided and mocked as a mindless follower of fact checkers. Yes, I like the trend but I'm skeptical that the press is treating it as a fad.

Do you understand that, aside from FactCheck.org, the factcheckers are just part of the press, rebranded?

90 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:03:09pm

re: #69 Killgore Trout

Campaign press releases being treated as "fact checks" is a bridge to far for me. I like Obama too but not everything his campaign releases are gems of divine truth from heaven.

No surprise there. As for Ryan, its not his lying that bothers me the most. I expect that from a Bible thumping politician. Its the hypocrisy of criticizing Obama for having the same position that Ryan himself has had. He's not just a fibber, he thinks the base is stupid as well.

Matthew 7:5 speaks to Ryan..

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

91 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:04:16pm

re: #74 Killgore Trout

I'm a big fan of the fact checkers. It seems like just last week I was derided and mocked as a mindless follower of fact checkers. Yes, I like the trend but I'm skeptical that the press is treating it as a fad.

Fact checking never goes out of style KT..

92 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:04:19pm

re: #83 engineer cat

ryan to me is exactly like newt except without the physical repulsiveness and echoes of having the crap beaten out of him in third grade

btw did i mention that i really do think he is a sociopathic liar

he lies with such charm and effortless talent

with newt you can see the gears moving when he lies. it's so evident how clever he thinks he is.

93 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:05:52pm

Now, the candidate the GOP REALLY WANTED...Jeb Bush.

94 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:06:10pm

re: #90 Mich-again

No surprise there. As for Ryan, its not his lying that bothers me the most. I expect that from a Bible thumping politician. Its the hypocrisy of criticizing Obama for having the same position that Ryan himself has had. He's not just a fibber, he thinks the base is stupid as well.

Matthew 7:5 speaks to Ryan..

"verily, though i contradict myself from one second to the next, my flock will never notice a thing"

95 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:06:29pm

I just drank the first legal beer in my life. One thing I forgot was that I didn't like Pabst Blue Ribbon in 1984 either. (when I was 20).

96 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:06:38pm

OMFG Blitzer is fellating interviewing Ryan on CNN and Ryan is lying his fucking ass off with every other word with the same bile he spewed last night. Wolf actually asked him if Romney was going to share specifics of his plans like Ryan did last night.

Time to start drinkin'.

97 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:06:41pm

re: #74 Killgore Trout

I'm a big fan of the fact checkers.

But you really love cherry pickers.

98 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:07:13pm

re: #94 engineer cat

"verily, though i contradict myself from one second to the next, my flock will never notice a thing"

"...as long as I just keep talking."

99 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:07:14pm

re: #34 jaunte

Foster Friess in Tampa, stoking the otherness:

[Link: www.salon.com...]

Obama was in Indonesia from age 6-10.

100 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:07:26pm

re: #96 allegro

OMFG Blitzer is fellating interviewing Ryan on CNN and Ryan is lying his fucking ass off with every other word with the same bile he spewed last night. Wolf actually asked him if Romney was going to share specifics of his plans like Ryan did last night.

Time to start drinkin'.

Wolf Blitzer is a tool--a dull tool, but a tool.

101 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:08:27pm

"He kept us safe."*


*Not including the worst terrorist attack in American history.

102 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:08:27pm

Vouchers!

103 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:08:42pm

re: #100 darthstar

Wolf Blitzer is a tool--a dull tool, but a tool.

That's why he's the opening act for Piers.

104 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:09:31pm

I can not see Clint Eastwood going out there and flinging poo at Obama or leading the hip hip hooray's for Mitt either, and I doubt if he's going to let anyone from the GOP tell him what he can or can't say. I have respect for Clint, I am interested in why he thinks I should vote for Mitt. Not that there is a chance in hell I would vote GOP, no matter what he says..

105 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:09:50pm

re: #91 Mich-again

Fact checking never goes out of style KT..

It's been absent for a very long time. Lazy press and partisan cable news. Very few outlets (Christian Science Monitor, some PBS) have kept the tradition alive.

106 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:10:13pm

9/11. Yeah. Most of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. They were trained in Afghanistan and along with Al Qaeda were given material support by the Taliban which originated from Pakistan.

So we invaded Iraq.

107 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:11:18pm

re: #104 Mich-again

I can not see Clint Eastwood going out there and flinging poo at Obama or leading the hip hip hooray's for Mitt either, and I doubt if he's going to let anyone from the GOP tell him what he can or can't say. I have respect for Clint, I am interested in why he thinks I should vote for Mitt. Not that there is a chance in hell I would vote GOP, no matter what he says..

Yeah, I'm not remotely interested in Mitt's speech but I am curious to see what Clint does.

108 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:11:28pm

I can't understand Eastwood. I can respect that he's a Republican, (I still am) but how can you endorse the dreck that this convention is putting out?

109 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:11:39pm

Will Jeb Bush go for the big fake talking point, "WE DID BUILD THIS"?

110 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:12:24pm

re: #95 SteveMcG

I just drank the first legal beer in my life. One thing I forgot was that I didn't like Pabst Blue Ribbon in 1984 either. (when I was 20).

I like an occasional ice cold PBR in the big can on a hot summer day. 2 for $3 at the party store.. erp.

111 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:12:35pm

re: #109 Charles Johnson

Of course, he has no choice.

112 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:12:53pm
113 aagcobb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:13:16pm

re: #108 SteveMcG

I can't understand Eastwood. I can respect that he's a Republican, (I still am) but how can you endorse the dreck that this convention is putting out?

I think a recent scientific study shows that the part of the brain that is skeptical deteriorates in the elderly. That's why so many con-men run stings on the elderly; they really are more gullible.

114 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:13:26pm

re: #106 Gus

9/11. Yeah. Most of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. They were trained in Afghanistan and along with Al Qaeda were given material support by the Taliban which originated from Pakistan.

So we invaded Iraq.

Ah, that reminds me....
Justice Department decides not to bring charges in CIA interrogations of terrorist suspects

In regard to the just-completed probe of the two detainees’ deaths, Holder said that “based on the fully developed factual record concerning the two deaths, the department has declined prosecution because the admissible evidence would not be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt.”

115 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:14:14pm

Education? This from the party that wants to teach that the world is only 6000 years old?

116 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:14:27pm

re: #72 Gus

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Ouch...that's pretty cold.

117 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:14:33pm

re: #110 Mich-again

I could have sworn I liked PBR, maybe it was Budweiser I hated. Whatever the case, I was surprised the beer didn't taste good. Maybe it was too many years of Coca Cola wore out my taste buds.

118 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:14:36pm

re: #96 allegro

OMFG Blitzer is fellating interviewing Ryan on CNN and Ryan is lying his fucking ass off with every other word with the same bile he spewed last night. Wolf actually asked him if Romney was going to share specifics of his plans like Ryan did last night.

Time to start drinkin'.

The crowd was yelling at Wolf and that criminal phone hacker who works for CNN to STAND UP during the national anthem.

(how many of the screamers were wearing flag shirts, pants, blouses & carrying flag purses, I'm not sure)

119 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:14:42pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

Ah, that reminds me....
Justice Department decides not to bring charges in CIA interrogations of terrorist suspects

I saw that. King Glenn Greenwald is not happy. I'm fine with that decision. I also don't blame Bush for the 9/11 attacks like I'm seeing some people do in Twitter.

120 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:15:07pm

"Curriculum that keeps up with the world in which students live..."

Really? You do know you're surrounded by Creationists, right?

121 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:15:11pm

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I'm not remotely interested in Mitt's speech but I am curious to see what Clint does.

There is a slim chance he takes the opportunity to express some disappointment in the extremists who are giving the GOP the neanderthal image in the general public. If anyone on that list might speak their mind, it's Clint.

122 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:15:26pm

Choice. It's about milk. And schools. Not whether to give birth to a baby.

123 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:15:27pm

re: #113 aagcobb

I think a recent scientific study shows that the part of the brain that is skeptical deteriorates in the elderly. That's why so many con-men run stings on the elderly; they really are more gullible.

Maybe he's not mentally deficient, maybe he just has a different opinion.

124 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:15:29pm

re: #96 allegro

OMFG Blitzer is fellating interviewing Ryan on CNN and Ryan is lying his fucking ass off with every other word with the same bile he spewed last night. Wolf actually asked him if Romney was going to share specifics of his plans like Ryan did last night.

Time to start drinkin'.

I was a bit hung this morning. Tomorrow, at least its a 1/2 day. But the RNC is a damn bad influence on me.

125 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:15:35pm

School choice now. Schools are just like flavored milk.

126 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:16:11pm

re: #117 SteveMcG

I could have sworn I liked PBR, maybe it was Budweiser I hated. Whatever the case, I was surprised the beer didn't taste good. Maybe it was too many years of Coca Cola wore out my taste buds.

Need to stay away from the pilsners and go for a nice brown ale or a stout.

127 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:16:22pm

re: #120 Charleston Chew

"Curriculum that keeps up with the world in which students live..."

Really? You do know you're surrounded by Creationists, right?

we need to make sure that the curriculum has regressed to the proper century

128 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:17:07pm
129 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:17:38pm

At a press conference for his movie Mystic River (2003), Eastwood condemned the Iraq war as a "big mistake" and defended Sean Penn's visit to Baghdad, saying he might have done the same thing but for his age.

130 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:17:48pm

re: #119 Gus

I saw that. King Glenn Greenwald is not happy. I'm fine with that decision. I also don't blame Bush for the 9/11 attacks like I'm seeing some people do in Twitter.

I'm agnostic about it too. If there were actual prosecutions I get the vibe that it would have been some low level idiots like Abu Grahib where the commander of the prison skates free and a handful of 12th grade educated enlisted folks went to jail.

131 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:18:47pm

"School Choice" is code for vouchers. Fuck you, Jeb.

132 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:19:01pm

re: #124 Stanley Sea

I was a bit hung this morning. Tomorrow, at least its a 1/2 day. But the RNC is a damn bad influence on me.

Youtube Video
133 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:19:04pm

re: #119 Gus

I saw that. King Glenn Greenwald is not happy. I'm fine with that decision. I also don't blame Bush for the 9/11 attacks like I'm seeing some people do in Twitter.

I don't blame Bush for 9/11. I blame him and his party for pretending it didn't happen while he was President. You aren't allowed to say there weren't any terrorists attacks while Bush was President. HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN THE WORST ONE IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAPPENED. FACT. The attack was not his fault but the bullshit was.

134 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:20:16pm

re: #8 darthstar

Callista Gingrich to speak tonight? I hope she doesn't see any rodents today. She'll cough it up as a pellet on stage.

It would *really* be a hoot if the RNC's IT staff accidentally flashed Callista's speech-making firmware update onto ROMney, and/or vice-versa.

135 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:21:06pm

re: #126 danarchy

Need to stay away from the pilsners and go for a nice brown ale or a stout.

Maybe in another 28 years...

136 abolitionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:21:20pm

re: #51 wrenchwench

Yo tambien.

No problemo aqui, ahora.

137 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:21:29pm

re: #131 darthstar

"School Choice" is code for vouchers. Fuck you, Jeb.

138 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:21:32pm

OMG! Idaho, Google Prop 1,2 and 3. Luna is a idiot.

Hell, let me do it for you.

Proposition 1 takes away teachers’ freedom to speak up on behalf of Idaho’s students. It makes it illegal for our teachers to discuss classroom funding issues with their own school administrators and it bans them from talking about overcrowding in their classrooms or school safety issues during contract negotiations.

Proposition 2 forces teachers to teach to the test instead of allowing them to inspire more creative thinking in our children.

Prop 3 imposes a largely unfunded mandate that takes away local control and dictates how and what we teach our kids. Forcing local schools to buy expensive technology and to pay for replacement parts will be much more costly than the backers of the laws claim. Kids are kids. Hardware will break. Taxpayers will be left to foot the bill.

Did I say Luna was an Idiot?

139 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:21:42pm

re: #136 abolitionist

No problemo aqui, ahora.

It's been fixed.

140 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:22:09pm

re: #129 Gus

At a press conference for his movie Mystic River (2003), Eastwood condemned the Iraq war as a "big mistake" and defended Sean Penn's visit to Baghdad, saying he might have done the same thing but for his age.

I suspect Eastwood is a member of a Republican party that exists mostly in his mind and is built on fond memories of the noble ideals espoused by a party many decades ago. He decided maybe in the 60s or 70s that "Republican" was part of his personal identity and he's sticking to it, even if his ideals don't relate to the way the party has gone since.

141 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:22:20pm

I shall reload.

142 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:22:26pm

Holy crap...Chris Matthews air is all fucked up...he looks like he got a really good lap dance during Jeb's speech.

143 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:23:14pm

re: #141 wrenchwench

I shall reload.

Works!

144 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:23:30pm

re: #131 darthstar

"School Choice" is code for vouchers. Fuck you, Jeb.

I understand the argument against vouchers, taking money away from a failing public school isn't going to make it better. At the same time, if your kid is in one of those failing schools, you really don't have 5-10 years to wait for it to get turned around...

145 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:23:32pm
146 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:23:42pm

re: #126 danarchy

Need to stay away from the pilsners and go for a nice brown ale or a stout.

I like bocks and IPAs myself. It's cliche snobbery, but I honestly can't understand how people can voluntarily drink PBR / Bud / Coors / etc., especially when there's such a huge variety of much better things easily available.

147 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:24:26pm
148 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:24:37pm

re: #130 Killgore Trout

I'm agnostic about it too. If there were actual prosecutions I get the vibe that it would have been some low level idiots like Abu Grahib where the commander of the prison skates free and a handful of 12th grade educated enlisted folks went to jail.

I don't like the idea of CIA agents taking the fall for what was policy. And that's what would happen because the higher ups would likely be immune for a number of reasons. It would end up being a show trial. I'm sure this is not how the DOJ worded it.

149 blueraven  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:24:47pm

re: #55 Killgore Trout

Paul Ryan Responds to Fact-Checkers Who Took Him to Task on RNC Speech (video)

lame

150 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:25:20pm

re: #146 What Would Spalding Gray Do?

I like bocks and IPAs myself. It's cliche snobbery, but I honestly can't understand how people can voluntarily drink PBR / Bud / Coors / etc., especially when there's such a huge variety of much better things easily available.

My favorite.

151 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:25:25pm

re: #140 Charleston Chew

Maybe he's going for Pure Trolling Satisfaction, and intends to give a speech identifying how completely full of fucked-up, repugnant shit they are.

I know, I know. But a guy can dream.

152 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:25:31pm

Yep, if the new comment counter isn't updating, reload the page. Here's the reason:

153 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:25:53pm
154 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:26:46pm

How can you people sit through this stuff? I tried to listen to Senator McCain, but I couldn't make it through. I can understand that people are stupid. I can even understand pushing the envelope. I just can't understand the outright lying from somebody like that. I still think the 2000 campaign ruined him.

155 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:27:12pm

re: #146 What Would Spalding Gray Do?

I like bocks and IPAs myself. It's cliche snobbery, but I honestly can't understand how people can voluntarily drink PBR / Bud / Coors / etc., especially when there's such a huge variety of much better things easily available.

I mostly agree, but back when I did construction and came home sore and exhausted, nothing hit the spot like an extremely cold Bud.

157 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:28:07pm

re: #140 Charleston Chew

I suspect Eastwood is a member of a Republican party that exists mostly in his mind and is built on fond memories of the noble ideals espoused by a party many decades ago. He decided maybe in the 60s or 70s that "Republican" was part of his personal identity and he's sticking to it, even if his ideals don't relate to the way the party has gone since.

Clint went GOP to vote for Ike, if that tells you anything.

158 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:28:18pm

The one benefit to watching the official live stream of the convention is they don't cut out performances by a Spencer Davis Group cover band.

159 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:28:27pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

Now updating new message count. Thanks for the quick fix.

160 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:28:39pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

Yep, if the new comment counter isn't updating, reload the page. Here's the reason:

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Ah, so that's it. Thought my computer was derping hard on account of not being rebooted since yesterday.

161 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:29:11pm

Yep...comment counter is back...thanks, Charles. No more live upgrades until after the Romney fail, okay?

162 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:29:18pm

re: #150 wrenchwench

My favorite.

I did consulting work for the Harpoon Brewery for a while. They have a program where they allow each employee 10 free cases per month which they extended to me. Was an awesome perk.

163 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:29:31pm

re: #157 Gert Fröbe

Clint went GOP to vote for Ike, if that tells you anything.

That's basically what I imagined. He became a Republican when the party was slightly to the left of President Obama.

164 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:29:33pm
165 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:29:45pm

re: #157 Gert Fröbe

Clint went GOP to vote for Ike, if that tells you anything.

It tells me he's pretty fucking old.

166 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:30:21pm

re: #164 Gus

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"Love tweeting"? Dick, please, keep it in your pants!

167 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:30:38pm
168 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:31:03pm

re: #164 Gus

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Just call me Love Tweeting.

169 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:31:19pm
170 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:31:33pm

Now surviving in the Obama Economy? Strange, I thought the Republicans were responsible for this mess by refusing to work with Obama.

171 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:31:35pm

re: #168 Charleston Chew

Just call me Love Tweeting.

#LoveTweeting

172 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:32:23pm

Time for the Mormon sell.

173 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:32:33pm

re: #156 Gus

Oops.

Paul Ryan Sent Out 2008 Press Release On Decision To Close GM Plant

Hmm, what's that article in the sidebar about facial parasites? Let's take a loo-nnuUOHGOD!

[Link: www.buzzfeed.com...]

174 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:32:34pm

re: #164 Gus

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Ewww. Please tell me toes aren't involved *_*

175 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:33:21pm
176 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:34:00pm

re: #165 darthstar

It tells me he's pretty fucking old.

Well, duh!

;-P

177 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:34:11pm

Here comes the Religious angle. Mormons are just like Evangelicals. Vote for me!

178 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:35:02pm

re: #177 Bubblehead II

Here comes the Religious angle. Mormons are just like Evangelicals. Vote for me!

This guy's pretty fucking creepy. No wonder he's a friend of Mitt.

179 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:35:59pm

re: #178 darthstar

This guy's pretty fucking creepy. No wonder he's a friend of Mitt.

He could definitely play a role in a John Carpenter movie.

180 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:36:12pm
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

“He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

It takes guts to quote a Bible passage at the RNC that explicitly damns Republicans to hell for all eternity.

181 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:36:31pm

This guy is not firing up the crowd.

182 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:37:15pm

re: #128 Charles Johnson

Yeah the strict constructionists who claim to have great reverence for the original wording of the Constitution always look right past the 1st Amendment when they talk about spending taxpayer funded vouchers at their Religious schools. And then they act shocked and disgusted when they find out the voucher program can't be restricted to Christian schools.

183 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:37:59pm
184 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:38:14pm

Paul Ryan Statement on GM’s Announcement

October 13, 2008

WASHINGTON – Wisconsin’s 1st District Congressman Paul Ryan released the following statement regarding General Motors’ decision to discontinue production of their current product at the Janesville Assembly Plant on December 23, 2008:

“GM’s decision to end production of their SUVs at the end of this year gets at the heart of our economic crisis. Today’s announcement is disappointing, although not surprising given the drop-off of sales of SUVs. I will continue to do all that I can to support those in our community hit hardest by this loss, as we work to rebuild and revitalize Southern Wisconsin.

“Contrary to headlines I’ve read this morning, it is also critical to note that this accelerated timeline applies only to the current SUV product at the plant. I am encouraged by the tireless work of state, local, and union leaders who have offered a comprehensive incentives package to GM to bring another product to the plant. GM and local officials have continued their dialogue on keeping GM in Janesville, and I am hopeful that their talks will be successful.”

[Link: paulryan.house.gov...]

185 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:38:41pm

re: #183 darthstar

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1933? Really? 1933? Don't get me started.

186 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:38:45pm

Tonight, Mitt Romney's putting his 'off the table, don't talk about it' religion front and center.

187 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:39:04pm

re: #185 Gus

1933? Really? 1933? Don't get me started.

Could be a typo.

188 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:39:04pm

re: #156 Gus

Oops.

Paul Ryan Sent Out 2008 Press Release On Decision To Close GM Plant

LOL. What a douche. He couldn't even fact-check himself before going out and lying to everyone else?

189 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:39:26pm

re: #152 Charles Johnson

Yep, if the new comment counter isn't updating, reload the page. Here's the reason:

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i thot the html5 can't be relied on outside of the chrome

190 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:39:44pm

re: #186 darthstar

Tonight, Mitt Romney's putting his 'off the table, don't talk about it' religion front and center.

Because its all he has left to go on..

191 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:40:07pm

re: #186 darthstar

Tonight, Mitt Romney's putting his 'off the table, don't talk about it' religion front and center.

Paraphrasing David Gregory: They'll talk about his religiosity, not his theology.

192 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:40:22pm

re: #189 engineer cat

i thot the html5 can't be relied on outside of the chrome

Works fine in current Firefox.

193 Charleston Chew  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:40:25pm

Applauding a firefighter? But he's on the government dole! He's everything you hate, GOP! Can't you keep up with your own bs?

194 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:40:47pm

1933

Almost immediately upon assuming the Chancellorship of Germany, Hitler began promulgating legal actions against Germany's Jews. In 1933, he proclaimed a one-day boycott against Jewish shops, a law was passed against kosher butchering and Jewish children began experiencing restrictions in public schools. By 1935, the Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of German citizenship. By 1936, Jews were prohibited from participation in parliamentary elections and signs reading "Jews Not Welcome" appeared in many German cities. (Incidentally, these signs were taken down in the late summer in preparation for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin).

195 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:40:52pm

re: #187 darthstar

Could be a typo.

Can't be a typo. It says "#Germany 1933"

196 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:40:57pm

Serves Me Right to Suffer

Youtube Video
197 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:41:19pm

re: #187 darthstar

Could be a typo.

No. I know what he means. I hate that shit.

198 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:42:17pm

re: #178 darthstar

This guy's pretty fucking creepy. No wonder he's a friend of Mitt.

The only thing this creep doesn't say is that if you want help from the Mormon Church, you MUST first convert to their faith.. How do I know this? Because my Wife went to them for financial help (before we were married) to help pay rent and food.

*spit*

199 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:42:49pm

re: #184 Gus

I will continue to do all that I can to support those in our community hit hardest by this loss, as we work to rebuild and revitalize Southern Wisconsin.

Except vote to give them unemployment. Asshole.

200 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:43:23pm

This shit about wills for a 14 yr old is creepy.

201 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:43:51pm

re: #164 Gus

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Raawwrrr.

202 Major Tom  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:45:12pm

Yeah but what was his fee?


j/k j/k he's an admirable human etc etc

203 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:45:28pm

Heh. Camera caught "handmade" sign "Hispanics for Mitt" - being raised by a white, blond-haired male.

No astroturfing here at all, guys.

204 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:46:28pm
205 Cap'n Magic  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:46:50pm

re: #201 Charles Johnson

Wonder which escort will spill the beans on him this time.

206 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:47:20pm

I'm surrounded by farting dogs.

207 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:47:37pm

re: #206 darthstar

I'm surrounded by farting dogs.

Could be worse.

208 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:47:52pm

re: #206 darthstar

I'm surrounded by farting dogs.

Your're at the convention?!?

209 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:47:56pm

re: #195 SteveMcG

Can't be a typo. It says "#Germany 1933"

I thought it didn't need a sarc tag.

210 PhillyPretzel  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:48:13pm

re: #206 darthstar

It could be cats.

211 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:48:30pm

re: #208 Cleo O'Sod McEire

Your're at the convention?!?

Win.

212 smirking  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:48:50pm

Clint Eastwood... SMH at the man's poor judgement. Receiving the honor to speak at the RNC is like receiving the honor to fly a Kamikaze plane.

213 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:49:05pm
214 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:49:14pm

re: #209 darthstar

I thought it didn't need a sarc tag.

[Link: www.google.com...]

215 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:49:16pm

Where is Clint!

216 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:49:33pm

Chuck Todd gets a woody...Scott Brown sitingsighting.(pimf)

217 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:50:04pm

Yeah, because the GOP is all about compassion & serving others. Uh-huh.

218 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:50:04pm

re: #213 Lidane

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Yeah, that won't be troll fodder for the next 3 weeks or anything.

219 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:51:01pm

So Clint will walk out with his "Blondie" squint, look right at the wall and say....

220 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:51:01pm

re: #212 smirking

Clint Eastwood... SMH at the man's poor judgement. Being asked to speak at the RNC is like being asked to fly a Kamikaze plane.

Well a Man has got to know his limitations. May be Clint forgot that

221 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:51:14pm

Whoa. LGF is now validating with the W3C's HTML5 (Experimental) DOCTYPE. A thrill went up my leg.

222 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:51:27pm

re: #212 smirking

Clint Eastwood... SMH at the man's poor judgement. Being asked to speak at the RNC is like being asked to fly a Kamikaze plane.

If I were on the Obama strategy team, I'd have Eastwood on the phone first thing tomorrow morning to see if they could get him on stage for their convention.

223 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:52:08pm

re: #217 CuriousLurker

Yeah, because the GOP is all about compassion & serving others. Uh-huh.

Only before they are born. After that, Fuck Off you little leach.

224 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:52:19pm

"Bob White." Not a joke.

225 Cap'n Magic  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:53:50pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

FYI: "Bob White" was also the name of a software firm back in the late '70s/early 80s. Of course, this iteration was named after the bobwhite bird, not the vulture Bird.

226 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:53:57pm

Ouch:

227 Major Tom  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:54:19pm

"We would treat their money as if it would eventually become our own..."

228 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:55:14pm

Meet Mitt Romney’s most trusted adviser.

When pressure built on Romney to release his tax returns, White helped persuade the candidate to take his time, arguing, as another adviser puts it, that “you never release something that’s five hundred pages long or more till you understand it.” And he has helped formulate retorts to attacks on Romney’s wealth.
[Link: www.tnr.com...]

229 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:55:42pm

biaw

230 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:56:05pm

Just a drive-by,

I perused the GOP 2012 Platform and find it lacking. They seem to think there is a war on Religion because we don't outlaw Islam and declare Christianity the National Religion.

These people really think Obama is going to inact Sharia Law in the US if he get's a second term.

It shouldn't suprise me, but it does.

Have a wonderful evening all.

231 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:56:57pm
232 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:57:16pm

re: #225 Cap'n Magic

FYI: "Bob White" was also the name of a software firm back in the late '70s/early 80s.

i haven't gotten over foster frieze yet

it's the frozen orphan tears that they turn into ice cream yanno

233 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:58:06pm

re: #212 smirking

Welcome, hatchling.

Later, lizards.

234 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:58:35pm
235 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:58:36pm

re: #228 jaunte

Meet Mitt Romney’s most trusted adviser.

Given that criteria, if Romney gets elected, we won't see a single federal budget during his entire administration.

236 Big Joe  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:59:41pm

They're really winding down the excitement for Mitt's speech.

237 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:00:04pm

Now comes the old "You Didn't build that" crap.

238 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:00:09pm
239 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:01:00pm

re: #234 Lidane

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I've seen more excitement at a funeral home. They're gonna be rolling Willard out in a coffin.

240 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:01:14pm

re: #237 Bubblehead II

Now comes the old "You Didn't build that" crap.

241 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:01:47pm
242 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:02:03pm

Going after green energy now with the Staples guy now.

244 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:02:54pm

This guy has a theory!

245 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:03:36pm

Being an asshole -- that was easy:

246 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:03:40pm

re: #240 Interesting Times

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probably because they are overloaded.

247 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:03:49pm

re: #243 jaunte

Putting Mitt Romney's attacks on 'You didn't build that' to the Truth-O-Meter

Muddying up the waters with facts? Facts?

248 Major Tom  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:04:09pm

Bring out another CEO! Another millionaire testimonial!

249 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:04:40pm

re: #234 Lidane

These guys look like all the smooth talking corporate assholes you ever worked for who told you you were "part of the family" and how much they cared about you, then threw you under the bus without so much as two weeks notice the minute they needed to save a few bucks. God forbid any of the executives should take a pay cut.

250 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:04:48pm

me too

251 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:05:13pm

re: #239 Targetpractice

I've seen more excitement at a funeral home. They're gonna be rolling Willard out in a coffin.

Way too lively. I'm thinking they're going to have to revive the audience first.

252 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:05:41pm

I suspect they have the lighting perfect to hide the wires holding Mitt Romney up. Hard to walk with all those hands up your ass.

253 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:05:49pm
254 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:05:59pm

Most of Staples' nearly 33,000 employees make less than $10 per hour...
[Link: www.motherjones.com...]

255 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:06:25pm

re: #251 Lidane

Way too lively. I'm thinking they're going to have to revive the audience first.

CLEAR!

*ZAP!*

256 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:06:35pm
257 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:06:41pm

Just don't get it chants? WTF? From the Party Who just doesn't get it?

258 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:06:50pm

re: #254 jaunte

Most of Staples' nearly 33,000 employees make less than $10 per hour...
[Link: www.motherjones.com...]

I make that point regularly. Minimum wage jobs are less than what we need...They're something, but they aren't a living wage.

259 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:06:50pm

re: #254 jaunte

Most of Staples' nearly 33,000 employees make less than $10 per hour...
[Link: www.motherjones.com...]

You just don't get it...

260 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:07:33pm

re: #252 Cleo O'Sod McEire

I suspect they have the lighting perfect to hide the wires holding Mitt Romney up. Hard to walk with all those hands up your ass.

I thought he was animatronic, like the robots at Disneyland?

261 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:08:23pm

re: #258 darthstar

I make that point regularly. Minimum wage jobs are less than what we need...They're something, but they aren't a living wage.

Which is a very important point. We say "Creating jobs" without any details or specifics about WHAT kind of jobs are being created.

If let's say the U.S. economy adds 75 000 jobs next month but virtually are minimum wage jobs with no benefits to speak of, is that economic progress or not?

262 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:09:04pm

re: #260 Targetpractice

I thought he was animatronic, like the robots at Disneyland?

So that's why the wires are hard to see? I thought it was CGI or angles, lighting....Hmm....Cyborg RomneyBot 2012?

263 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:09:18pm
264 SteveMcG  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:09:19pm

re: #255 Targetpractice

CLEAR!

*ZAP!*

Are there enough defibrillators to go around? Or enough electricity?

265 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:10:47pm

MORE executives? WTF? *headdesk*

A bunch of CEOs & deceased children. I can't imagine why people aren't more excited.

266 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:10:59pm

re: #264 SteveMcG

Are there enough defibrillators to go around? Or enough electricity?

We may lose a few, but that's alright, means fewer Medicare vouchers to print out.

//

267 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:11:08pm
268 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:11:58pm

re: #264 SteveMcG

Are there enough defibrillators to go around? Or enough electricity?

Round up all the teabaggers in tricorn hats and powdered wigs and send them out to fly some kites. It might work.

///

269 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:12:00pm
270 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:12:41pm

Geez, it's like the longer this convention has gone on, the more dead things have gotten. Isn't it usually supposed to be a build-up to the excitement on the last day and having the nominee speak, rather than the excitement of next election's nominees speaking and then a funeral dirge for this year's nominee?

271 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:12:45pm
272 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:12:55pm

You know it's great to hear these people talk about how they turned around companies, but what gets left out is that in many circumstances they turned things around by cutting wages, laying off employees, eliminating benefits, outsourcing jobs, etc.

That's a recipe for greater profits, not an improved economy for the U.S.

273 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:13:22pm

re: #269 darthstar

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Most of call center wages are right there. The benefits package includes your body being dropped off.

274 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:13:47pm

NumbersUSA just had a hip-hop anti-immigration commercial. Who the fuck is numbersusa?

275 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:14:32pm

re: #272 dragonfire1981

You know it's great to hear these people talk about how they turned around companies, but what gets left out is that in many circumstances they turned things around by cutting wages, laying off employees, eliminating benefits, outsourcing jobs, etc.

That's a recipe for greater profits, not an improved economy for the U.S.

Now now, you should know better. Dragging down salaries, firing scores of people, and selling parts of the company for whatever you can get is good, because it means that you have potential for future growth! Didn't you hear that from the Bain apologists...er, supporters?

//

276 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:14:49pm

re: #274 darthstar

NumbersUSA just had a hip-hop anti-immigration commercial. Who the fuck is numbersusa?

[Link: www.numbersusa.com...]

Apparently a right wing anti-immigration group

277 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:15:28pm

re: #272 dragonfire1981

You know it's great to hear these people talk about how they turned around companies, but what gets left out is that in many circumstances they turned things around by cutting wages, laying off employees, eliminating benefits, outsourcing jobs, etc.

That's a recipe for greater profits, not an improved economy for the U.S.

do you want the united states to be a profitable business or do you want to eat meat for dinner? your choice, commie

278 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:15:39pm

re: #270 Targetpractice

Geez, it's like the longer this convention has gone on, the more dead things have gotten.

Yeah, in 1964, Rockefeller pretty much called the Goldwater supporters fascists. Now? It's like a bad infomercial.

279 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:15:42pm

re: #275 Targetpractice

Now now, you should know better. Dragging down salaries, firing scores of people, and selling parts of the company for whatever you can get is good, because it means that you have potential for future growth! Didn't you hear that from the Bain apologists...er, supporters?

//

Sarcasm aside your point is valid. The quest for endlessly increasing profits hurts us in the long term.

280 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:15:53pm

re: #276 dragonfire1981

[Link: www.numbersusa.com...]

Apparently a right wing anti-immigration group

Yeah...I kind of guessed that from the white dude in his 225 sq ft kitchen bitching about immigrants.

281 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:16:17pm
282 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:16:34pm

cutting wages, laying off employees, eliminating benefits

but if they buckle down and work hard, one day they will all be job creators too


no they won't

283 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:16:52pm

And Romneycare, don't forget Romneycare!

I wonder how much help MA got from the federal government?

284 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:17:08pm

re: #280 darthstar

Yeah...I kind of guessed that from the white dude in his 225 sq ft kitchen bitching about immigrants.

Sometimes I wish I had darker skin so I could experience a more realistic immigrant experience. I have a feeling my white skin shields me from a lot of bigots and xenophobes.

285 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:18:13pm

re: #282 engineer cat

cutting wages, laying off employees, eliminating benefits

but if they buckle down and work hard, one day they will all be job creators too

no they won't

Look, all those cuts are just temporary. When the economy improves, everything will go back to the way it was. By the way, we noticed that your performance has been a little lacking of late, so we're going to have to let you go. But don't worry, we'll be sure to put in a good word for you in the future. Now clear your desk, we want you out by end of shift.

286 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:18:48pm
287 Big Joe  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:19:01pm

And they say Obama takes too much credit for killing Osama.

288 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:20:12pm

Woohoo! Yay Mitt!

Okay, we're bored. Can you talk about those nasty immigrants, and the death penalty, and guns and stuff so we can get excited & cheer?

289 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:21:37pm

Honestly think all the excitement went out of the room last night, when the realization set in that Ryan's not the top of the ticket and there was another whole day of this shit to go before Romneybot took the stage.

290 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:21:57pm

What a freaking snooze fest. I don't know if I'm gonna make it till 10 o'clock.

291 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:21:57pm
292 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:22:42pm

Night Lizards. The shit has gotten to deep, and I no longer wish to wade through it.

293 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:22:52pm
294 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:22:53pm

re: #288 CuriousLurker

I think the RNC made a showmanship mistake in stifling the Paulians. They would have made this sleeper a real show.

295 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:24:12pm
296 Major Tom  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:24:14pm

She Like-a the Mitt.

297 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:24:42pm
298 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:25:11pm

re: #294 jaunte

I think the RNC made a showmanship mistake in stifling the Paulians. They would have made this sleeper a real show.

i'm afraid i'm never going to get to see a contested nomination vote...

299 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:26:04pm

I love how this woman is using finger quotes for everything she says Mitt Romney did.

300 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:26:09pm

That's the GOP attitude in a nutshell: "Help for me and those like me, but absolutely none for thee".

301 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:26:44pm
302 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:27:42pm

re: #299 darthstar

"unclear" on the "concept"

303 Major Tom  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:27:58pm

He is authentic. That seeming lack of ability to relate, that's real.

304 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:29:02pm

crap. They are showing uncoordinated old white people dancing. I may too my dinner.

305 nines09  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:29:12pm

I simply must go. Ciao Lizards.

306 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:29:19pm
307 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:29:22pm

LOLOLOLOL—oh FFS—even the performers look like CEOs.
*headdesk, headdesk, headdesk*

308 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:29:52pm

SAX ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR

309 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:29:56pm

I passed up playing TF2 for this?!

310 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:30:13pm
311 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:30:26pm

Image: 51sFgmLoosL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

312 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:30:33pm

re: #222 RadicalModerate

If I were on the Obama strategy team, I'd have Eastwood on the phone first thing tomorrow morning to see if they could get him on stage for their convention.

The DNC should get Eli Wallach.

313 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:30:50pm
314 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:31:12pm

new catch phrase

lyin' like ryan

i didn't make this up, but it reminds me of the spanish expression meaning somebody who is really smart - "mas listo que lepe"

315 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:31:24pm

re: #308 dragonath

SAX ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR

Please let that be a typo.

316 Killgore Trout  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:31:32pm

re: #309 Targetpractice

I passed up playing TF2 for this?!

How's Man v Machine? Any good?

317 bubba zanetti  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:31:55pm

Did this lovely little juxtaposition make the rounds here yet?

[Link: mlkshk.com...]

(grrrr obfuscated image link)

318 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:32:03pm

re: #312 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

The DNC should get Eli Wallach.

Nah. They should throw money at Robert Downey Jr. Having Tony Stark come out for a balloon drop would be a hilarious counterpoint to the snoozefest tonight.

319 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:32:23pm

re: #243 jaunte

Putting Mitt Romney's attacks on 'You didn't build that' to the Truth-O-Meter

I think the main test for Mitt's upcoming speech/spectacle should be "Will It Blend?"

:p

320 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:32:30pm

1996! Boy those were the days!

321 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:32:58pm

re: #316 Killgore Trout

How's Man v Machine? Any good?

The computer's a cheatin' bitch.

/geek moment

322 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:34:06pm

re: #317 bubba zanetti

Did this lovely little juxtaposition make the rounds here yet?

[Link: mlkshk.com...]

(grrrr obfuscated image link)

It was going around on G+ earlier today. It's apparently a photoshop.

323 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:34:40pm

re: #272 dragonfire1981

You know it's great to hear these people talk about how they turned around companies, but what gets left out is that in many circumstances they turned things around by cutting wages, laying off employees, eliminating benefits, outsourcing jobs, etc.

That's a recipe for greater profits, not an improved economy for the U.S.

These are Obama ads writing themselves.

324 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:34:57pm
325 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:34:57pm

re: #271 Lidane

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Like anyone could know that..

/Napoleon


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