*****OFFICIAL RNC CONVENTION THREAD******

[RepublicanElephant]

i might some help watching this, since i'll be back and forth from computer!
;)



...oh yeah, tom delay on spinning like the town drunk for sarah.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I rec'd all three...

I liked the middle one the best.

I miss it.

:rofl:

[CatBO]

24. Why is there a Blue Screen of Death?

Do they not realize they have a BSoD behind them???

[NYC_SKP]

40. Oh, snap! I guess they don't watch much Colbert.

They thought it was just a tribute to the clear blue skies of conservative America...(eeeew)

Too bad that George is gonna phone it in tonight...

This should be good......

[RepublicanElephant]

2. thanks.

my computer's goin' whack!

[RepublicanElephant]

3. notice how very RESPECTFUL the msm interviews will be for

their political buddies at the rnc.

and NOOOOO talk of part disunity, despite all the ron paul folks in town.

fair and balanced.

[laststeamtrain]

4. Where is it?

I've been flipping back & forth between Rachel Maddow's show & the C-Span coverage.

In a half -hour or so I'll check into NPR.

Are they really having a convention?

It's like downtown LA. I can't find it.

[shadowknows69]

5. Why am I a massochist?

What was that country song "I got it honest"? Oh yeah that has GOP written all over it.

[Tatiana]

6. Are we playing the "terra" drinking game? n/t

[Hawkeye-X]

39. Man, if we did that, we'd be in the hospital in 5 minutes on alcohol OD.

Trust me..

Hawkeye-X

[RepublicanElephant]

7. gee, wonder what the reaction wudda been if the son of an

nbc executive sang in denver?

fair and balanced.

[timber84]

8. Is that man a "castrato"

really bad voice

[RepublicanElephant]

9. geez scarfboro....

....they didn't want the place to look half-empty.

so they rented the red room at the ramada.

[grantcart]

10. they got a bigger flag on their big ass screen

that's all I can take please report anything significant.


Seeing Joe Lieberman and a fake TV Prosecutor take shots on Obama is beyond my capacity to do without stressing my BP.


Good Luck

[goclark]

47. I'm catching some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

This is so boring and everyone looks the same.

Where are the young people? Where is the music? Where are the people of different hues?

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:boring:

[maynard]

95. Bigger flag means more patriotic

I did notice that they said the place where the convention is being held is very small. Can't blame than on Gustav. They had to put their deposit down a long time ago.

[Arugula Latte]

108. I saw a few minutes of coverage earlier and it looked like lots of empty seats.

Empty seats in a small venue?

Wow. Republican Fever. Catch It.

[RepublicanElephant]

11. keith just mentioned the car wash scandal

mentioned elsewhere on the board.

[oviedodem]

12. I like how KO keeps slipping in more of the things that keep coming up

[Kittycat]

13. Is it true the AK Delegates have been moved to the back?

Who is up front, and who was in the running that represents those states?

[maynard]

96. They don't want the locals doing too much talking

Alaskans know her better than the nation does. They know where the bodies are buried.

[Cleita]

14. The only way I can watch this is with a mind numbing buzz.

:eyes: Mine is a highball. :beer:

What's everyone else having?

[Oak2004]

48. I'm beginning to realize I shouldn't have eaten today

I won't (can't, in fact) touch alcohol, but I am a recreational kava drinker. Unfortunately, drinking kava requires not eating beforehand. And given that I drink the good Vanuantuan or PNG stuff, I'm not sure it would translate well to a standard drinking game... at least not unless I'm prepared to watch most of the conhilariousvention from the floor.

Hey, if I miss "participating" in the Republican Convention tonight, no big deal -- so apparently are most of the Republicans. Never before have I seen a national party try to hold a stealth convention.

[laststeamtrain]

15. Gerald Ford: Psycho who hired Rummy & Cheney...

This is hysterical.

[RepublicanElephant]

16. msnbc crowd outside looks like half obama supporters!

i didn't see one bush - uh - mccain/palin sign.

;)

[laststeamtrain]

17. "stand up, stand perfectly still, don't make the firing squad work too hard." n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

18. msnbc: lie-berman speech identifies himself as

a democrat.

this gonna be a long night.

[high density]

19. Macaca up on MSNBC now

[madura]

20. Bennet said something ealier that included the 'gambling' word.

it's him that had some 'problems' with that, no?
lol.
what a bunch sick shits. Gergen is making me gurgle my bile and of course, Wolfie always wants me to hunt him from a private low flying airplane.

[hellbound-liberal]

25. They're playing Journey right now which includes "playing anything to roll the dice one more time"

This would be really sad if it wasn't so funny!

[madura]

28. if any journeys are still alive they'll probably make an announcement tomorrow...

... hands off our music, you fuckwads!....

lol

I like Journey, some bittersweet memories connected to them

[hellbound-liberal]

21. McCain: He Mean What He Says! One of the posters I just saw.

:rofl:

[helderheid]

22. Are they streaming online in HD?

[Cleita]

23. Liarman is up next.

What happened to Zell Miller, their former token Democrat?

[RepublicanElephant]

26. they're showing video with the constitution and bill of rights!

who says repubs don't have a good sense of humor!?

[rucky]

35. It's a snuff film. n/t

[hellbound-liberal]

27. I am wondering how many of these people will still be alive after Obama's 2nd term!

[oviedodem]

29. The Moron on stage said Sarah Pawlenty; Priceless.

[hellbound-liberal]

30. And she doesn't even realize it!

[KingFlorez]

31. That's what I thought she said

Doofus

[skooooo]

33. Yeah, Jo Ann Davidson...lol

They don't know Palin's name yet.

[TahitiNut]

37. Clueless doofuses. Truly braindead.

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

32. "Sarah Pawlenty"?? That's how the RNC co-chair referred to their VP nominee.

Unfuckingreal. (Watching on PBS.) The co-chair, Ann Davidson, is apparently the speaker of the Ohio house ... a gray-haired woman.

[KingFlorez]

34. Was that some guy dressed like Abe Lincoln in the crowd?

[Hawkeye-X]

36. Just tuned in to see the fake teeth of Norm's.

I quickly returned to CSI until 6:30, then it's baseball.

Hawkeye-X

[RepublicanElephant]

38. norm "the grin" coleman speaking.

al franken's gonna make a great senator.

[skooooo]

41. Preacherman out now

This thing is looking like a church service.

[Colobo]

42. They'll start speaking in tongues at 9pm EST.

[RepublicanElephant]

43. chuck todd says lie-berman is a democrat because he caucuses

with them.... even though he registered independent.

so does that make bernie sanders - an independent - a democrat, because he caucuses with them?

geez!

[MiniMe]

44. Specter being interviewed now

Apparently the Repuke meme is to say that she is new and that it is John McCain's show and he trust's John McCain. Spin, spin, spin

[skooooo]

46. That argument ain't gonna fly..

...with a Bush-weary America.

[Cleita]

45. If McCain becomes President, the three kings will be him, Phil Graham

and Joe Lieberman? Los tres amigos? Oh my...oh my! How does that fit into the Saudi plan for ME dominance with little Joe in there taking care of Israel? Oh Mrs. Palin doesn't count at this point because she did her job getting him elected. Now it's time for the good ole boy club to take over. Get outta here missy into the kitchen and look after those young 'uns.

[RepublicanElephant]

49. this convention reminds me of a WAKE!

more like a memorial than a party.

[Cleita]

52. I have been to wakes that were a lot more fun than this. n/t

[JackBeck]

50. There doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm for the Party.

And their video interstitials totally suck.

[oviedodem]

51. Michele Bachman Lieutenant of the Stepford Wives, katherine harris clone

[JackBeck]

53. And Patricia Heaton wannabe.

[oviedodem]

54. MSNBC (Matthews) taking the repukes to task for taking out of context

Obama's life begin comment during the church thing.

[CatholicEdHead]

55. Read the Minnesota form for lots more on Bachmann

[KingFlorez]

59. If Bush was in the building, she'd have ran off the stage and tried to kiss him

[CatholicEdHead]

61. She might rusht he statge later

She is now on her Saint Reagan II talking points.

"Government is not Church" was a line that stood out to me.

[Oak2004]

56. You know, the convention is better with the sound off

That way I get to appreciate the empty seats and the feigned enthusiasm and the look of shellshock in their eyes.

[kittykitty]

57. John and Cindi McCain adoped a child, but wouldn't included her on the cover of People magazine!

[Colobo]

58. It's a boring-ass convention.

[Colobo]

60. Gotta say it: Rep. Bacchman and Gov. Palin are hot.

[spanone]

62. thompson and lieberman are going to call ms palin 'courageous'....she'll clean up washington

bwahahahahahahahaaaa

[oviedodem]

63. trotting out more color on the stage, pathetic pandering.

[Colobo]

65. Very ridiculous indeed.

[Enrique]

71. here's my daughter, who'd be dead but for Cindy McCain

[JackBeck]

64. Bachman's comedic delivery reminds of this Molly Shannon character:

Jeannie Darcy

[Enrique]

69. exactly! rofl

"don't get me started!" :rofl:

[JackBeck]

74. "Am I right, ladies?"

"Don't even get me started."

Ugh.

[JackBeck]

66. Is that Paul Giamatti speaking?

[spanone]

tom brokaw doesn't seem concerned about palin's lack of experience

'we'll have to see how she handles herself and if she appears capable of doing the job' WHAT THE FUCK TOM?

[RepublicanElephant]

70. hey, tom's among friends. let the good times roll.

no tough questions this week.

[FrenchieCat]

72. or next week......

[RepublicanElephant]

67. teddy roosevelt? with this rnc platform?

yeah, right.

[blogslut]

68. Dammit!

That's Brian Dennehy's voice on that Teddy Roosevelt video. Crap! I didn't know he was a pub. I r sad.

[Cleita]

73. If these people weren't so dangerous, I could be laughing my ass off.

It's entertaining and not in the way they intended it. I mean it's sort of like "The Gong Show" and many other entertainments where the participants don't know everyone is laughing at them.

[City of Mills]

75. Did they really just play

Thunderstruck from AC/DC, a.k.a. "Ant-Christ/Devils-Child"??? LOL some people looked uncomfortable.

[CatholicEdHead]

78. Yes they did, they surprised everyone in the house

Now they have to blow the MN Wild train whistle to wake everyone up.

[RepublicanElephant]

76. wonder how many corporations paid employees to fill seats...

you know, like how corporations buy tickets and give them to employees to fill seats at ball games with sorry teams.

[oviedodem]

77. I wonder if Barbara Bush still feels the same way about the hurricane victims like she did the last

[RepublicanElephant]

79. yeah, but this time, SHE'S stuck in a sports arena.

;)

[beac]

81. From the big fat shit-eating grin on her face as the speaker was discussing

the killed and maimed from the bridge collapse, I'd say Babs just straight up enjoys DEATH!

[WinkyDink]

127. It's working out well for her.

[hellbound-liberal]

80. The Speaker was describing bridges collapsing and the camera panned to the Bushes who were laughing

It was about something else.. I think.:shrug:

[babsbunny]

82. that's funny!!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[Willo]

That background is not camera friendly

a close-up of the speaker and you don't see a flag, just wavy red, blue or a swirl of both.
Distracting, nauseating and badly contrasts with most of the women's outfits.

[beac]

87. Agreed., It makes everyone look like the cool CGI special effects haven't been added in yet.

Never mind the fact that their speakers are being irradiated. Oh well, if it's good enough for produce, it's good enough for Goops!

[DS1]

83. The GOP was created to stop slavery?

This is some revisionist shit, right here

[blogslut]

84. Ackkk!

They threw in a Reagan reference in this vid about Lincoln.

I know that actor's voice - the narrator. Who is that? So far, I've heard Robert Duval and Brian Dennehy.

[beac]

85. Ruh-roh... 'The Battle of the Republic' is NOT going to please

their core 'South Will Rise Again' constituency!

I'm guessing this little film was made before Sarah's secessionist leanings were revealed. LMAO! :rofl:

[DS1]

86. International House of POWcakes

[Guava Jelly]

88. Faith in god his country and his family

What kind of fuckwit puts his family last?

[DS1]

89. Oh God. He went from flying bombers to motorboating the labia of Hell

Is that good judgement?

[beac]

93. .

:spray:

[NashVegas]

90. Has Anyone Mentioned Sarah Palin In the Last Half Hour?

Or am I spacing on it?

[beac]

91. Why do I feel like I'm watching the History Channel??

:shrug:

[spanone]

92. take a deep breath and thank george herbert walker bu$h* ....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA

[RepublicanElephant]

94. anybody ever this story about poppy bush bailing-out of the plane in wwii...

"Former President George Bush, who bailed out of a crippled Navy Avenger bomber 53 years ago, jumped again in March of this year. His World War II jump is historic. It made Bush the only president to ever bail out of an airplane and the only president whose crew mates were sent careening into the ocean because their pilot had abandoned the aircraft."
http://www.usvetdsp.com/story46.htm

now that's leadership you can believe in (unless you were one of his crew mates)!!!

[whatchamacallit]

97. "Now you can be the semi-blind, one-legged, coach"

Does anybody know what this fucking shit is about?

[RepublicanElephant]

98. rachel just mentioned palin's aip traitor membership....

...chris blew it off.

[DS1]

99. Is there some sort of Country theme going on here?

I can't tell


:eyes:

[Willo]

100. boo-boo all better?

I see Cindy is out of the cast and clapping away.

[Tatiana]

101. I'm struck by the virtual sea of white faces. Not much diversity in this crowd.

I'd like to know what country they are putting first.

[Tatiana]

102. OMG... I think this is the first time Laura has worn a flattering outfit.

She is really working that red.

[alydar]

103. Where are all the Dem talking heads?

All I saw all week in Denver on the TV was republican pundits. I thought that was odd, given it was the DNC, but thought it was just a new way of covering the convention. Guess not.

[Fox Mulder]

104. People are watching it?

Wow. You're all more brave than I am...of course, I need to get to sleep within a half an hour, so maybe I should turn it on...

[high density]

105. Who designed that set?

That huuuuge screen is hideous.

[Neshanic]

110. George Orwell

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

121. Albert Speer

Riefenstahl wouldn't be able to make this look inspiring.

[Tatiana]

106. Laura seems to be phoning it in. n/t

[City of Mills]

107. Ah! The magic drinking word! CHARACTER!

:beer:

[Neshanic]

109. This joint is as white as Wonderbread. Jesus, looks like a country club.

[goclark]

And they want to keep it that way

And they have the nerve to call this crowd "America."

They are lost in the 60's.

[oviedodem]

111. Why is it that republicans have so much trouble with teleprompters??

[KalicoKitty]

112. I don't have enough barf bags to watch that fiasco!!!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke::puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[skooooo]

113. Muh-skeeetah nets????

:wtf:

[high density]

114. wow.

This is worse than I was expecting.

[complain jane]

115. "fifty million now living in freedom"

Yeah freedom from utilities, clean water, safety and prosperity.

[complain jane]

116. They're cheering Bush because it's the end of our sentence. I mean, his term.

[Tatiana]

Look at the smirking chimp... Two more months... two more months...

and then we can tell him to F- off.

[high density]

117. peckerhead looks silly on that huge screen behind a podium

[skooooo]

118. yay george!

:bounce:

[Neshanic]

119. Cue Captain kangaroo music, he's on.

[skooooo]

Hey don't muckrake the Captain!

He was a good liberal!

[blogslut]

120. Hey, Georgie is on the teevee

Ick

[Phoonzang]

122. America. Jesus. Terruh. Kill. That is all.... nt

[WinkyDink]

123. I told my Convention-watching husband that I'M watching "America's Got Talent". He replied, "I'm

sure not!"

[high density]

124. whoops, George, you forgot to read that one named

"Bin Laden determined to attack in US"

[complain jane]

125. Does this shit actually fly with these nitwits?

"Ah knows what it takes ta be prezydent..."

[complain jane]

128. Angry left? What about that nitwit screaming next to the mic

[Liberal In Texas]

126. He forgot to mention he vowed to get bin Laden dead or alive...

[high density]

129. ANGRY LEFT!!

Yeah we're angry.

[Tatiana]

130. Oooooo.... it's the "ANGRY LEFT."

They're all phoning it in.

[Liberal In Texas]

131. New meme...."Angry Left"....

[Errrica]

132. This is awful

Well, for them I mean. Laura Bush looked like a fake up there attempting to sing Bush's praises. Then he appears via satellite & the first thing out of his mouth is how he's helping with the Gustav clean-up. BS.
I needed some good laughs for tonight... It's really not that bad. It's one big BS fest. The speakers seem fake & robotic.
Oh, Bush just called us "the angry left." Ooooh, I'm so scared now!
So much for bi-partisanship. LOL.

[Neshanic]

133. "Angry left".....that scamp!

[Dinger]

I'm Watching The Brewers

First day of school today, I deserve a little rest.

[skooooo]

134. Someone should start 2nd thread..this is getting too long.....

[Glimmer of Hope]

135. Who is the angry left?

[Bleacher Creature]

140. I am angry, and I am on the left. I guess it's ME!!!

[RepublicanElephant]

136. this smacks of one of those boring ceo videos, boasting of the

immoral profits they've raked-in.

[Willo]

137. Fuckin' A I'm angry you murdering F**K!

[qanda]

138. What's up with the weird smiling of Cindy McCain?

[beac]

139. Surge!!!

Lose an election than win a war!

9/11!


:puke:

[Tatiana]

141. These morons are such warmongerers. Let's ship 'em all over to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Oh... and Georgie Boy just stepped out of his fake Texanspeak and slipped into the northeastern "rahther."

[mzmolly]

142. Another thinly veiled claim that Democrats = terrorist attack. This again, in spite of the fact

that REPUBLICAN BUSH was in office on 911.

DRIVES.ME.CRAZY!

[beac]

143. Wow, he just hydroplaned right over Palin!

He said more words about Laura than Sarah!

[high density]

144. Bridget McCain did not look impressed with Dubya's speech

lol

[RepublicanElephant]

145. ***** OFFICIAL RNC CONVENTION THREAD #2 ******

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6891608

[Neshanic]

146. Cindy "Kegger" McCain getting the props.

[Cleita]

147. Who sobered up *Texas Privet?

Of course speaking in complete sentences doesn't mean that he had anything important to say. He didn't.

[pot luck]

148. Ha. ABC, NBC, and CBS are replaying Bush's speech.

Looks like they weren't able to hide him afterall.