Convention Open Thread — Live Blogging ** New Posts Below**
Posted by Dirty Harry on Thursday, September 4th, 2008
FINAL THOUGHT: Obama bragged on how he gave up a job on Wall Street, McCain told us, “And they broke me.” Your call, America.
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Here we go…
4:43 - Now playing in the convention hall: Heart’s “Barracuda.” — And Heart whines about copyright infringement in 4… 3… 2…
4:58 - I see video of McCain as a POW and all I think, ‘Yeah, but did he ever struggle to pay off his student loans?’
5:03 - O’Reilly plays clips of Sarah Palin — clips I’ve now seen a dozen times — and I swoon … swoon like a fat Southern lady in a hoop skirt with Sherman on the march.
5:10 - Via Drudge: Fox News beat the liberal nets last night:
FOXNEWS 9,038,000
NBC 7,720,000
CNN 6,114,000
ABC 5,050,000
CBS 4,630,000
MSNBC 3,277,000
5:13 - Glenn Reynolds wonders if we shouldn’t cut our losses and pull out of … Obama’s home town.
5:16 - Watching the liberal talking heads tonight is completely different from last night after The Speech when they were weakly whining about how “mean” Palin was. The Democrat women especially are much more gracious. Wise move. Whatever Palin’s kryptonite is, whining ain’t it.
5:19 - Ahh, canned chile. Doesn’t get any better than this. In about an hour there will be a fifteen minute gap in blogging, but still…
5:24 - Clip of Newt hammering MSNBC and like a fat Southern lady…
5:26 - BREAKING: New Ghostbusters movie. Thank Rocky, Rambo, and Indy…
5:28 - Poll Stunner via Hot Air: Survey USA: Independents who think Palin’s an asset to the campaign jump 13 points overnight.
5:37 - Barack is next on O’Reilly, an interview we all know will be O’Reilly talking about O’Reilly 80% of the time, and the other 20% Barack saying “uh,” and “let me be clear.”
5:44 - Obama: “Surge succeeded in ways no one imagined.” *ahem* McCain?
5:45 - Obama not admitting he was wrong on the surge is a mistake. McCain will use this interview in his speech tonight and Obama will regret trying to steal McCain’s thunder — all he did was hand him a nice piece of ammo. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
5:48 - Man, this chile’s awesome. .99 a can. Is this a great country, or what?
5:51 - That’s the whole interview? Why did Obama let O’Reilly bait him? “Get bin Laden? I was a community organizer, dammit!”
5:55 - Cindy McCain speaks tonight. I have to confess to being worried about her. She seemed rather cold. All the blonde hair and those sharp features. But I’ve come to like her over the last few days. I especially enjoyed watching her watch Sarah Palin last night. No inter-gender envy, just Cindy enjoying the hell out of watching another strong woman become a superstar in front of her eyes. That said something about her. On her ticket — helping her husband, or no, Hillary would’ve hated that.
5:59 - Switched over to CNN. They’re upset over the convention’s use of 9/11 images.
6:00 - Lindsey Graham takes the stage: “Ladies and gentlemen, this speech is for the troops. … 15 of the 18 political benchmarks have been met.”
6:04 “Thank God, for Joe Lieberman.” Hear! Hear!
*tingle*
6:07 - “He doesn’t get it.” Sweet.
6:08 - “We should all be grateful Brack Obama was unable to defeat the surge.” Great line.
6:10 - I see Sarah Palin … I hear The Mighty Jon Voight’s voice … and I think, ‘This must be what Heaven is like.’
6:13 - MSNBC plays the Palin bio. CNN plays the Palin video. Fox doesn’t. WTF?
6:17 - P.O.W.? Whatever. Did he ever struggle to pay off his student loans?
6:21 - Watching two old pros Lindsay Graham and Tom Ridge deliver their awkward speeches only reinforces what an amazing achievement Sarah Palin pulled off last night.
6:30 - Gary Sinise narrates the Cindy McCain video.
6:35 - Great video, but I have one question: Did Cindy MnCain ever struggle to pay off her student loans? Huh? Huh?
*tingle*tingle*
6:43 - John McCain may honor his forefathers, but Barack has two daddies!
6:49 - Michael Reagan:
I’ve been trying to convince my fellow conservatives that they have been wasting their time in a fruitless quest for a new Ronald Reagan to emerge and lead our party and our nation. I insisted that we’d never see his like again because he was one of a kind.
I was wrong!
Wednesday night I watched the Republican National Convention on television and there, before my very eyes, I saw my Dad reborn; only this time he’s a she.
6:49 - Adopting those girls from Bangledesh. Amazing humanity.
*tingle*tingle*tingle*
6:56 - No podium. John McCain’s going to have a conversation, not give a speech like, you know, The One.
6:59 - WHAT THE HELL!! They’re bringing out columns! *kidding*
7:04 - Robert Davi narrates the McCain video. What an honor.
7:17 - Great video and entrance, but I wish they would change the green screen behind him. I know it’s grass from that photo, but still… Someone’s going to put CGI bugs behind him.
8:11 - Speech was a little flat but smartly aimed at America, not the hall. Some very moving moments that will play well on tv tomorrow.
8:18 - Loved the line about education being the next civil right. No kidding. One of the reasons I’m a Republican is over the issue of school choice.
8:20 - Sarah Palin will allow McCain to go after the independents without losing the base. Without Palin this speech would’ve further eroded the base. It was kind of brilliant.
8:22 - Loved McCain’s shots at both parties and the spending and corruption. We had that coming.
8:27 - On CNN they’re talking to a guy wearing a badge mocking The One. It reads: Community Organizer. Hit other badge reads: Bitter Redneck. His wife’s reads: Read My Lipstick.
8:30 - Line of the night … Reaganesque: “I was my own man, now I’m my country’s.”
8:33 - Charles Krauthammer just said what I did about Palin giving McCain cover to shake his finger at the party and go after the independents. Smart man, that Krauthammer.
8:40 - “And they broke me.” Compared to: “I gave up that job on Wall Street.”
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Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:15 pm 1Hey DH check your email. You may pass out. I am still going WTF?
Gonna watch O’Reilly. Am all ready…GO MAC!
C5on 04 Sep 2008 at 4:25 pm 2*popping the popcorn* in preparation for the Sarah-Cuda vid…
a. acaciaon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:30 pm 3Tough call for me - the Redskins are playing. Looks like my remote’s gonna work overtime tonight.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:31 pm 4Should be over by 10. Which could land a bunch of football fans in Mac’s lap. COOL!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:42 pm 5I hope a lot of Democrats lost money on whether SP was going to be dropped from the ticket. Gary Wills should get fired for the dumbest column of the year (and there have been so many columnists that seem they want to win).
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:43 pm 6I am here!!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:46 pm 7I am really looking forward to O’Reilly’s interview with Obama. I know not all of it will be shown tonight. I believe the whole thing will be shown over the course of three nights next week. The man won’t say anything that’ll swing me (not when I’ve scene the love of my life - I mean this in a non-stalkerish way of course) but I am interested to see how he does in a real interview.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:48 pm 8By the way, love the picture for the the post.
a. acaciaon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:48 pm 9Johnny Ed, think about how UNLIKELY that would be. And the endless media punishment for the McCain camp had such a scenario played out. Not that our guys are strangers to media punishment, but you get my drift.
Has that ever happened, in the history of politics? A Veep dropping out after mere days???
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:50 pm 10Senator Eggleton…in 1972. He was picked to run with McGovern. He dropped out like 2 days later. Strange story.
a. acaciaon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:52 pm 11Wow. I’ll have to look that up.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:55 pm 12a. acacia
No it’s never happened but I know some of the blogs like Talk Left had threads for people to predict when she would step aside. Libs are so open to the idea of women running for a national ticket. Ha!
The problem for those blogs is that SP will be around like a stick in their eye for a long time.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:59 pm 13Who’s watching what channel? I tend to leave Fox News on so I do get two hours of commentators. If anyone of interest speaks can you do me a favor and let me know so I can switch to another channel? Thanks.
steevyon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:59 pm 14If Sarah Palin can convince the old geezer to drop his plans for an economy killing carbon cap and trade I will lover her forever…..
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:02 pm 15[edit] 1972 presidential campaign
[edit] Selection as vice presidential candidate
In 1972, Richard Nixon appeared unbeatable. When Senator George McGovern won the Democratic nomination for President, virtually all of the high-profile Democrats, including Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey, Edmund Muskie[2] and Birch Bayh turned down offers to run on the ticket.
Having been declined by the “name” Senators, McGovern turned to lesser-known candidates, and Eagleton, who had opposed the Vietnam War, was selected on July 14 with only a minimal background check. Eagleton made no mention of his earlier hospitalizations. Newspapers soon revealed them. McGovern and Eagleton initially joked about the case with Eagleton saying he would undergo a psychiatric examination if other candidates (e.g., Nixon) would do the same. But the charges kept coming.
[edit] Replacement on the ticket
McGovern said he would back Eagleton “1000%”, but on August 1, Eagleton withdrew at McGovern’s request and, after a new search by McGovern, was replaced by Kennedy in-law Sargent Shriver.
A Time magazine poll taken at the time found that 77 percent of the respondents said “Eagleton’s medical record would not affect their vote.” Nonetheless, the press made frequent references to his ’shock therapy’, and McGovern feared that this would detract from his campaign platform.[3]
McGovern’s handling of the controversy was an opening for the Republican campaign to raise serious questions about his judgment. In the general election, the Democratic ticket won only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:02 pm 16Mr24p
PBS in HD & Fox (picture in picture is the greatest invention of the 20th century).
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:05 pm 17Eagleton was replaced after the convention. I live in MO so was very aware of his situation. But Wills wanted her to step down before the convention was over so McCain wouldn’t drag the mistake out.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:06 pm 18Thanks for posting that Steph.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:10 pm 19I wonder what two dems O’Reilly will have on and what they’ll say about everything. I … wonder … what … they … will … say?
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:10 pm 20Gotta address one of the most eye-rolling jabs against Palin: Her ‘do. It’s no beehive (if you care about such things)…but she’s getting bagged for it anyway. Seems to me she’s doing what works for her, adding a bit of a modern twist, which makes her style Hepburnesque (referring to both Kate AND Audrey…same ‘dos for the last several years of both their lives, and they always would up on the “Best-Dressed”!).
They’ve tweaked her color a bit, but have you noticed so far — no big-ass convention makeover like got slapped onto Michelle (who’s also attractive), and I get the feeling that, should the White House loom, we won’t see her re-inventing her style because of focus groups, a la Hillary. I’ve loved all of her suits — very elegant, very classy, *feminine*. Looks like she could get out of those quickly, if you know what I mean, and I think you do.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:16 pm 21wankette
No matter what, when the Deomcrats look at SP they see Liza Doolittle flower girl.
When Republicans look at her we see Eliza Doolittle at the Embassy Ball.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:18 pm 22Interesting that O’Reilly has two women dems on. And they’re saying good things about Palin outside of views on positions which I would expect.
Actually it was a good segment.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:19 pm 23Harry, thank you for the incredibly disturbing mental image of you in a hoop skirt.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:19 pm 24Johnny Ed’s Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:16 pm 21
“wankette
No matter what, when the Deomcrats look at SP they see Liza Doolittle flower girl.
When Republicans look at her we see Eliza Doolittle at the Embassy Ball.”
hahahahahaha
Great reference!!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:21 pm 25Hey its who she is. Thats not a bee hive. God what morons. Its a chignon. I wear my hair like that sometimes. She looks fine. They honestly think voters care if she wears Chanel? Well if Vogue does a story and a pictorial she will be. And they will, they did one of Cindy McCain and one on John’s Mom. Before the election is over Vogue will come calling.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:22 pm 26As usual, JEBaby, spot-on analogy. P.S., loved your Wizard of Oz reference to last night’s troll….
Jonah Goldberg just posted a link at NRO of the “choreography” of McCain’s speech tonight…hee hee…it’s Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in “Tombstone”…”You tell ‘em I’M COMIN’…and hell’s comin’ with me!!”
Oooh! tingle up my leg.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:22 pm 27The confrontational Newt Gingrich! HEH! Go BILL!
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:23 pm 28Who knows, Steph…Anna Wintour & Sarah Jessica Parker are giving a “Fashion for Obama” show soon.
[wankette passes out airsick bags to the posters…]
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:23 pm 29You know if they do that lone guy out there and he pulls it off…its gonna go down in history! I swear. Just be yourself John.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:24 pm 30Like I said they did pictorials for both McCain ladys. And if I remember Jenna and Barbara Bush and Laura were all in the magazine.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:25 pm 31Isn’t Debbie Schlussel supposed to be a conservative favorite or something? She has this really vicious column (found it via Hot Air) about how horrible it is for a man (Todd Palin) to be a stay-at-home dad. Wow. Anyone else see that?
For the record, I have ALWAYS heard conservatives say that stay-at-home dads were a good thing, until this.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:25 pm 32James Toranto in Best of the Web today:
What’s the difference between a “community organizer” and a Chihuahua? A Chihuahua has a real job.
Rim-shot!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:27 pm 33Debbie S has some hard core views about people (look at how she feels about Hannity) so I am never surprised at what she says. May not always agree but at least she is not shy about stating her positions.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:29 pm 34Hell my dog has organized more communitys….ask the geckos he chases and organizes they’ll tell ya! Squirrels to. Those squirrels need organizing and this Golden Retriever of mine is just the one to do it.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:30 pm 35Hey man no woman gets my respect who disses the Hannity!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:31 pm 36Darn telemarketers. Leave me alone!!! My phone is ringing a lot and it’s no one I want to talk to. lol
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:32 pm 37O’Reilly is showing Megyn going after the US magazine guy. lol
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:32 pm 38Thank you Dr Phil for giving right back to Letterman!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:32 pm 39I know some of us here liked SP before McCain picked her but always considered her a long shot.
But did anyone think she would be as spectacular as this? I was hoping for a 9 but she’s turned the dial to 11.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:34 pm 40Steel cage match - Megyn Kelly vs. Bill O.
I mortgage the house on Kelly.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:35 pm 41Johnny Ed’s Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:32 pm 39
“I know some of us here liked SP before McCain picked her but always considered her a long shot.
But did anyone think she would be as spectacular as this? I was hoping for a 9 but she’s turned the dial to 11.”
My dial went so high it broke off and flew across the room.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:36 pm 42James Taranto, opinionjournal.com, Best of the Web Today:
“The community Barack Obama has organized is…the community of those who admire Barack Obama. “
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:36 pm 43Yay Megyn!!!
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:37 pm 44“My dial went so high it broke off and flew across the room.”
Oh, honey…maybe you oughta run out & get that thing reattached.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:37 pm 45“The community Barack Obama has organized is…the community of those who admire Barack Obama. “
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:38 pm 46You know they vetted her 6 weeks ago. The time line is interesting. They are trying to say the vetting happened like last week. Nope. Here is my theory: Depending on who Zeus chose for his running mate was how Mac played it. If Zeus chose Hillary Mac would have chose someone else. But Zeus chose the boring white guy……..Mac pulled his ace. Sara. She knew for a while.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:39 pm 47Yep Dr. Phill remined Dave what teenagers are like. I had also heard a rumor that Bristol and her guy were already considering marriage anyway. Ok so she misses partying in College…doesn’t mean she can’t go to college.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:39 pm 48wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:37 pm 44
““My dial went so high it broke off and flew across the room.”
Oh, honey…maybe you oughta run out & get that thing reattached.”"
And miss O’Reilly’s interview and McCain’s speech? No way. Don’t worry. I have it on ice.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:41 pm 49What’s it say when the Republican VP draws as big an audience as the Democrat’s P?
Bet Axelrod and co. thought they were the Super Bowl of ratings. Didn’t see that pit bull coming up from behind.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:42 pm 50I heard an ah and an um…….he is now being nuanced…..
And now Obama is retelling the lie Saddam wasn’t in bed with AL Queda…I hate him.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:43 pm 51OMG Obama couldn’t make a decision over Mac and cheese v chicken fingers. WHAT A MORON!
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:45 pm 52You know, if I never heard the expression “double down” again, I would be a happy woman.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:45 pm 53What’s funny to me is seeing Obama in this setting there is nothing presidential about him.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:46 pm 54He has no idea what the hell he is talking about.
YES BARACK YOU ASS THEY ARE! General Petreaus said today that they were preparing to hand Baghdad over to the Iraqis. Barack YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:47 pm 55I am so glad Bill exposed him for what he is…what a phoney assjack.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:47 pm 56Man, there is a storm outside. I hope I don’t lose my electricity.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:47 pm 57Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday? I thought they were going to do the whole thing tonight.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:48 pm 58Nuts!! I wanted to see more of the interview. I’m looking forward to the rest of it. Not because I think Obama is doing well but because I can see him buckling under a real interview.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:49 pm 59Obama sounds like he has no clue about Pakistan. More pressure on the Pakistani government, why didn’t Bush think of that. Duh!
Moron.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:50 pm 60Its funny, he sat there, angry, hunched over, lying through his teeth, argumentative, unable to put together a coherant thought. He came across as tired, pissed off and phoney. Total phoney.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:51 pm 61Harry please don’t tell me your eating Hormel chili!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:51 pm 62And Jane Hall is going to spin this saying Obama did well? Ok JANE when? I didn’t see it.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:52 pm 63Don’t hate me DH but I don’t like chile.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:52 pm 64Keep Obama away from the button.
Dirty Harryon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:52 pm 65Hormel!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:53 pm 66I know I’ll sound like an idiot for asking but - is Hormel a brand?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:55 pm 67Yes it is a brand of Chili. They make a lot of things and even Vienna sausages. Hey I woulda made chili……….that stuff bleah! We had ground turkey breast tacos…YUMMY!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:55 pm 68DH - that was not the whole interview. The whole interview was around 30 or 40 minutes. It’ll be shown in full in three parts Monday through Wednesday next week.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:55 pm 69O’Reilly did better than I expected, but WHY does he have to bellow? Smirk, bellow, smirk, bellow. Argh.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:55 pm 70I’m guessing Elton John is the pinhead.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:56 pm 71OH HE IS GONNA ASK HIM ABOUT AYERS! OH BOY! AND JERRY WRIGHT!
Barry never should have said yes to this interview. Never.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:56 pm 72Stephanie:
You were so right on about Jane Hall you must be psychic.
Or else they just use the same tape of her over and over every time she is on.
a. acaciaon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:57 pm 73At the convention they just showed a video walk-down-memory lane of islamic jihad against America. Starting with the Iran hostage crisis all the way to 9/11.
Yep, about time someone reminded the sleepwalkers that we live in a dangerous world. Betcha tomorrow the ostrich media goes bonkers with the “politics of fear” meme. God forbid we bring up Bin Laden or Iran. Cuz you know it’s all about the economy, right? Jihad, what’s that?
Hey my Redskins are still in the game!
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:58 pm 74Hey, Joe Gibbs just spoke! I didn’t know Coach was one of the good guys!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:59 pm 75I called that one. I guess that means I won a can of chili.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:01 pm 76OH yeah he is Wankette. He has been. So is Brett Favre, Reggie White was, John Elway a whole lot of sports guys. Sports is a meritocracy……which is why many “conservatives” are attracted to it.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:02 pm 77wankette
NASCAR = patriots.
a. acaciaon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:02 pm 78wankette: Hey, Joe Gibbs just spoke! I didn’t know Coach was one of the good guys!
Legendary Redskins coach turned NASCAR dude. Coinkeedink you should mention him as I’m blabbing about my team.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:03 pm 79wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:58 pm 74
“Hey, Joe Gibbs just spoke! I didn’t know Coach was one of the good guys!”
I know I’m going to sound like an idiot but it seems to be my thing tonight. Who is Joe Gibbs?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:04 pm 80OH Cindy McCain isn’t cold. She just has those amazing nordic cheek bones and cool blue eyes. She is a lady. Her charity work is beyond anything anyone could ever imagine.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:04 pm 81Graham isn’t exactly firing anyone up. Someone put Hannity back on.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:05 pm 82Lindsey Graham….a 10 on the bore scale. Why is he on? Mr. Personality. NOT!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:06 pm 83I think watching L Graham drives Mark Levin crazy. It is so funny when he goes off on Goober.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:07 pm 84Gibbs is the mulit-Superbowl-winning former coach of the Washington Redskins.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:08 pm 85Here’s Matthew Modine’s rebuttal of John McCain:
“I mean, he got shot down three times! That’s not success!”…Modine thinks that McCain’s rejection of the release offer is yet another example of McCain’s shortcomings. “And he wasn’t even a good prisoner of war,” said Modine. “He should have left as soon as he could. That’s what you’re supposed to do as a prisoner of war: Leave when you can. It defeats the enemy. It makes them look bad and it weakens them.”
Sounds like a story from The Onion, don’t it?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:10 pm 86God actors are stupid………………….
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:10 pm 87Graham is kind of a wuss. He backed that amnesty bill last summer. Malkin nicknamed him Senator Hissy.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:11 pm 88Great………..awesome………….we get Alan Colmes instead of Sara’s movie………sweet. Barf. Hey Alan put a bag over your head your scaring my dog.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:12 pm 89I cannot deal with Lindsey Graham. He drives me nuts.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:12 pm 90wankette
Mathew Modine would have been Jane Fonda’s tour guide had he been shot down.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:13 pm 91Stephanie
They are showing the movie on PBS
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:14 pm 92That was so absurd for Modine to say that one wonders….was that really ABE all along? Sure sounds like him. Heh….
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:15 pm 93Johnny Ed’s Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:06 pm 83
“I think watching L Graham drives Mark Levin crazy. It is so funny when he goes off on Goober.”
I love that too. lol I can’t wait to hear his show from today. I don’t always succeed but on average I listen to (via my iPod) Rush, Hannity, Levin, O’Reilly, and Dennis Miller.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:15 pm 94That movie should have been longer, something to match the scale of the state.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:18 pm 95I missed it. I changed channels too late. Sigh.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:20 pm 96This is the night to step back from Barack bashing. Its working. Subdued and smart.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:20 pm 97Graham and Ridge - the early to bed show.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:21 pm 98McCain doesn’t have to bash Obama. I think enough people got the message last night.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:21 pm 99They should have had Giuliani tonight.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:22 pm 100OK he is getting more fired up. The challenge of our time is to leave nothing to chance.
Ohio Wolverine momon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:22 pm 101And the Libs keep giving—-something to drive up attendance for An American Carol?
just released by Reuters - Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore will release his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical rollout, he said on Thursday.
“Slacker Uprising” documents Moore’s 62-city tour of key swing states during the 2004 U.S. presidential election, when he tried to convince young non-voters to give voting a shot.
“Slacker Uprising,” budgeted modestly at over $2 million, was funded largely out of Moore’s own pocket, a spokesman said. ster “Fahrenheit 9/11.” A low-cost DVD will be released on October 7.
Ohio Wolverine momon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:25 pm 102Moore’s “film” will be like P Diddy telling everyone to vote,and then he didn’t. Guess no one told him in our republic, EVERYONE waits in line….the polling booth is not like his a-list parties.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:25 pm 103I think Sarah should just come out, wave, and leave. That’ll get the audience on their feet. I know I’d be on mine.
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:26 pm 104Joe Gibbs was the coach of the Washington Redskins on two different occasions, plus he was involved in NASCAR somehow, he had a team or some such thing. (the redskins stink tonight by the way)
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:26 pm 105Its looking better………dunno…….come Tom where teh hells your A GAME?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:29 pm 106OK Gary Sinese is narrating Cindy’s Video. Coolness.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:31 pm 107This is a sweet video! Love it.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:34 pm 108Oooh, I LOVE that her name is “Cindy Lou”!! (”Cindy Lou Who, who was no more than two!”)
I love that they’re showing her parents’ story, since all the MSM has been talking about is the “heiress” part, forgetting that her parents are one of the great American success stories.
Funny abut what I posted about Modine…Cindy’s dad flew with the group Memphis Belle was in (I’m screwing that up a bit)…
Modine was in that film.
Steph — thanks for pointing out that it’s Gary Sinise! tingle!!!!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:35 pm 109Wow! That video was fantastic!!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:36 pm 110Cindy does more good in one month than any politician that only has 1 house.
If the Democrats had any shame they would apologize.
If!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:36 pm 111OK I am crying…….that was beautiful.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:36 pm 112DAMN!!! Cindy McCain for President!!
What an amazing woman.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:37 pm 113Andy McCain….I’d hit that.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:38 pm 114Meghan always has great pictures on her blog.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:38 pm 115Andy…ohhhh cutie PIE! He is a tall cool drink of waataaaaaaaaa….
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:38 pm 116Damn those Republicans!! Don’t they know an heiress is supposed to contribute money to Liberals and their causes in order to assuage their guilt? What the @*$! is Cindy doing, getting her own hands dirty and no photogrophers around to document their caring?
Keetson 04 Sep 2008 at 6:39 pm 117It’s time for a national conversation about weather.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:40 pm 118Hey Cindy McCain has more experience to be President than THE ONE!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:42 pm 119Stephanie
There are some trained seals at the zoo that have more experience for president than Obama. Like its hard to get people to clap for you?
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:43 pm 120Awww, wankette - how could you leave out Modine’s praise of Teddy Chappaquiddick:
“Our mistakes are what unite us,” he said. “And I’d much rather be judged by someone who’s slipped and fallen. So we’re not here to talk about someone who got drunk and got into a car accident because, there but for the grace of God and all that.
“But hopefully when we finally lay our head on that pillow and exhale and let go of this life we can say ‘I’ve lived a good life, I’ve been a good person,’ ” Modine said. “And I believe that when Ted Kennedy does finally exhale he will do it with joy and the knowledge that he’s lived a good life and was a very good senator for Massachusetts.”
http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/2008_08_26_DNC/srvc=home&position=7
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:43 pm 121Awe she so pretty! Glad she grew her hair out after her cancer bout. Softens her completely.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:45 pm 122SARAH!!!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:45 pm 123The press will probably have a story that someone else wrote Cindy’s speech.
Boy if only she had married a Democrat, the press would make her out as another Theresa Kerry.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:45 pm 124Go Cindy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:46 pm 125Harrys found that tingle…heh……….
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:47 pm 126Okay, with whom would you rather organize a soccer carpool or PTA reception: Cindy or Michelle?
steevyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:48 pm 127Around my house Alan Colmes is referred to as “ratboy”.Take a look at him and you will see the resemblance…
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:48 pm 128Cindy.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:49 pm 129I think the next time some jerk in the press talks about McCain’s age, he should let his mom tear them a new one.
I bet she wouldn’t break a sweat.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:50 pm 130As a representative of rats around the world, we object to comparing us to Colmes.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:50 pm 131Awe Bridgette…she is so cute. Shy girl. Your daddy is gonna be President chicka..you may wanna get prepared. No worries. People got your back.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:51 pm 132Alan Colmes looks like he could swallow a basket ball whole.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:52 pm 133Oh sure - while Cindy was off galivanting around the world, Michelle was foregoing the big bucks available in corporate America, toiling hard to make sure the UIC got its fair share of grants.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:54 pm 134Cindy is a well spoken woman. I like her.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:56 pm 135Very nice.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:56 pm 136The press would have you believe all Cindy does is buy houses and eat bon bons.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:57 pm 137They should be playing Raisen McCain………..
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:59 pm 138I’m glad Rudy didn’t speak tonight. Tough act to follow unless you are Sarah.
I hope McCain has something about a middle class tax cut in his speech. It frosts me to see the Democrats act like they are the only ones that want to cut taxes.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:00 pm 139Not to sound like a guy but I have seen so many hot chicks in the audience over the last three nights. And by hot chicks I naturally mean attractive women.
AVon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:01 pm 140Has anyone thought about using “I’m a Believer” as the theme song for the Republicans this year? You know:
I thought love was
Only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else
But not for me
Love was out to get to me
That’s the way it seems
Disappointment haunted
All my dreams
And then I saw her face
Now I’m a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I’m in love
I’m a believer
I couldn’t leave her
If I tried
I thought love was
More or less a given thing
The more I gave the less
I got, oh yeah
What’s the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine
I got rain
And then I saw her face
Now I’m a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I’m in love
I’m a believer
I couldn’t leave her
If I tried
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:01 pm 141Sarah always looks better when she is holding Trig. No matter her clothes or her hair, that kid has an aura of love around him.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:02 pm 142THey don’t want to cut taxes. Thats horse shit. The only people whoever cut taxes were named Reagan and Bush.
proudly powerless >> Reagan Rebornon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:02 pm 143[…] of my heroes is Ronald Reagan. Check out this quote from his son, Michael. HT to DirtyHarrysPlace.com I’ve been trying to convince my fellow conservatives that they have been wasting their time in a […]
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:04 pm 144Stephanie
The msm keeps saying they will cut taxes. The press is good at carrying water for the Dems.
We know they’re lying like Clinton in 1992 but the media dropped that into the memory hole a long time ago.
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:04 pm 145Mr24p,
I’m with you on the hot chicks. I’ve been saying for a couple of decades now that Republican women are better looking than their counterparts.
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 7:05 pm 146McCain’s a lefty? What else do you need?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:05 pm 147When the nuts say war never solves anything, show them the picture from the signing on the Missouri.
Elizabetheon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:06 pm 148Dude, I’m not even watching the convention coverage right now but this thread is very entertaining. You guys rock.
Speaking of Cindy McCain — did I notice her holding Trig during Giuliani’s speech? I thought that was touching, if so.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:06 pm 149Is Robert Davi doing the voice over?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:06 pm 150Father Caligari
As a fellow southpaw, I say that’s a feature, not a flaw.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:06 pm 151A song for the Obamunists
And during the few moments that we have left, we want to talk, right down to
earth, in a language that everybody here can easily understand.� (Malcolm X)
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
the Cult of Personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I’ve been everything you wanna be ohhh
I’m the Cult of Personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I’m the Cult of Personality
the Cult of Personality
the Cult of Personality
Neon lights, Nobel Prize
When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You won’t have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I’m the smiling face on your T.V.
I’m the Cult of Personality
I exploit you; still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I’m the Cult of Personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I’m the Cult of Personality
the Cult of Personality
the Cult of Personality
Neon lights, Nobel Prize
When a leader speaks, that leader dies
You won’t have to follow me
Only you can set you free
(Guitar solo)
You gave me fortune, you gave me fame
You me power in your God’s name
I’m every person you need to be ohh…
I’m, the, Cult, of, Per, Son, Al, Ity
I am the Cult of
Personality
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:07 pm 152“7:04 - Robert Davi narrates the McCain video. What an honor.”
Thanks DH.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:07 pm 153Who is that narrating?
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:07 pm 154oops. thanks!
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:08 pm 155I don’t need McCain to cut taxes (although a tax cut wouldn’t be minded, or even increasing the child deduction to around $10G) if he will just rein in the spending and restore the value of the dollar.
Sarah & Bobby can cut taxes when they take office.
What was the difference between Katrina and Gustav?
The difference between Blanco and Jindal.
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 7:09 pm 156Johnny Ed’s Baby,
Amen, brother. (Typed left-handed.)
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:10 pm 157RES
Even Nagn couldn’t stop Bobby J from getting the job done.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:11 pm 158War never solved anything???? Go tell the Spartans. Show me Rome on a map; now show me Carthage.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:12 pm 159Yeah Fred!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:12 pm 160I am bawling…god what a big baby!
Jack Marinoon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm 161Ronald Reagan was sent back to us and he is now a babe with uncompromising guts….. beware leftist mad dogs…you’re days are numbered
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm 162Really great video!!
There’s the man!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm 163Here we go…Johnny knock this one out of the park…..GO JOHNNY GO!
Josh Dawson 04 Sep 2008 at 7:15 pm 164Harry, great comments, but you really need to twitter. We wouldn’t have to keep refreshing your blog. twitter.com
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:15 pm 165The press will say yeah yeah yeah! Country first! We’ve heard it before!
But I do not want the country to make the same mistakes Clinton did in the ’90s. 3,000 people died because someone cared more about BJ’s than killing our enemy.
Country First Indeed!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:15 pm 166I love how he’s positioned on the stage. It’s out among the people.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:17 pm 167Good man!!! Isn’t running away from Bush. Says it right out of the gate.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:18 pm 168As DH pointed out last night - they yell O-bam-a. We yell U-S-A.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:18 pm 169If anyone in Denver started yelling USA USA, everyone would look at them like they were crazy!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:19 pm 170Bloody HELL THere are protestors there. WHERE ARE THE COPS?! Hey Dems…go f-off and DIE PIGS! We are coming for ya! GET IT? SCUM BAGS! You come try and disrupt our convention? KISS MY SKINNY WHITE ARSE!
You never have the balls to come and do it in face…you do this shit pussys!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:19 pm 171Don’t let the Democrats back in the WH. It costs so much to clean it when they leave.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:20 pm 172As I said last night - his mom could so kick my a**.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:21 pm 173Stephanie
The protester last night during Sarah’s speech was a bundler for Obama.
Keep it classy Dems.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:21 pm 174I didn’t see it Steph. What were the protestors doing? Were they being dragged out?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:22 pm 175I know at least two guys in DC who would have probably gone up and beat the living shit out of the pussys there tonight. One is 6′5 and the other is 6′3…..one chased an anti American ass down the street during a walk back after a pro troops rally because the guy gave the flag the finger. It was the 6′5 hungarian. You don’t want to piss off the hungarian.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:23 pm 176Watch…here she is. Oh let me kick her ass………….
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 7:23 pm 177Iraq Vets against the war. Didn’t see if they were dragged out.
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 178Please don’t be diverted by the ground noise and the static.
A class act
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 179The protesters are proof of why no gun zones are bad.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 180Last night’s protester was a Code Pinko and big bundler for Obama.
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 181Effing lunatics. Just keep it up. Show true colors.
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 182“Don’t be diverted by the ground noise & the static”…great line.
Why are they afraid to let him talk?
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:25 pm 183amzarak - I was just thinking the difference between McCain & Obama is two letters: C and L
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:25 pm 184Liberals are perpetual adolescents. These little protests will help McCain. It shows everyone who they are
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:25 pm 185Someone tell me how the left is for free speech when they don’t want anyone with an opposing viewpoint to speak.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:25 pm 186SARAH!!! SARAH!!! SARAH!!! SARAH!!!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 187Everytime you hear the people start USAing its some asshole protestor starting shit. ME I’d just floor the bastard or bitch….
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 188Where’s Sarah’s moose gun when we really need it?
Really. WHY ARE THEY SO AFRAID OF LETTING HIM TALK???
I wish I could be forgiving of them. Cowardly scumbags.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 189Can you imagine the MSM reax if conservatives had pulled such stunts during Biden & Obama’s speeches?
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 190How many protesters were there, anyway? Nice security!!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:27 pm 191It’s hard to argue those are two great looking families.
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:27 pm 192I already heard that stand up and sit down line.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:28 pm 193RES
The word of the day would be fascism.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:29 pm 194I wanna kick someones ass right now. DOn’t know whose but I do. Now here is teh deal the Mayor of St. Paul is a DemonRAT. GOOD JOB! ASS Zeus’ bag man.
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:30 pm 195And you will know their names
Hell yeah!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:31 pm 196Id like to know who the Protestors were…can we know their names?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:32 pm 197Stephanie
I say we let Todd and Sarah out in the streets where the protesters are. A couple 45 Mags and M-16s and the vermin will be cleared out fast.
Plus they need the wall trophies to hang at the Naval Observatory.
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:33 pm 198this sounds like a cut and paste speech.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:34 pm 199Let me loose…me and a few of my buddys. These are Republicans who like to fight………
aris pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:34 pm 200“A couple 45 Mags and M-16s and the vermin will be cleared out fast.”
Coo-coooooo.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:35 pm 201Did Patrick say something? I keep hearing it but can’t figure out what he is saying?
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:36 pm 202Good for McCain for admitting republicans were part of the problem for the last few years.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:37 pm 203Patrick, have you tried Adderall? It worked wonders for my daughter until she learned how to hold a thought more than a few heartbeats.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:37 pm 204Ancestors, not descendants. Ack, he’ll get slammed for that one.
YAY culture of life! I just forgave him the “descendants.”
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:39 pm 205Thanks for the helpful suggestion.
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 7:39 pm 206Oh, Christ, stop the booing. Let’s grow up.
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:40 pm 207The second highest corporate tax rate in the world. I didn’t know that. That’s bad
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:41 pm 208Shallow note:
I totally groove on that plush elephant head hat!!
And…
Why are those Code Pinkers so…fuckin’….ugly?
I told you. Shallow. Every time I see Ms Benjamin (Code Pink director) I think, Oh honey, what a good moisturizer & some lip gloss would do for you.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:41 pm 209Oh hell Aris your here. I have my own leftwing slob to beat on. What an insignificant scumbag you are Aris. Pissant. Truly a worthless human being just like the fat cowlike pig who tried to storm the stage….just like taht. What a sick bitch.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:42 pm 210Hard to believe we’re harder on businesses than the Europeans. Of course, they make up in bad employment regulation what they gain in taxes lower than ours.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:42 pm 211Your not shallow Wankette what else can a bitch so foul looking do to get attention from men? I ask ya?
Patrick kiss my ass…OK? CLueless hack.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 212wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:41 pm 208
“Shallow note:
I totally groove on that plush elephant head hat!!”
I love it everytime I see her.
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 213Help bad teachers find another line of work.
Another good idea
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 214Oh, yeah. School choice. Playing all the right songs.
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 215Stephanie, don’t take this the wrong way, but you’re an idiot.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:44 pm 216wankette - every time I hear about Ms Benjamin I am dumbfounded trying to figure what motivates a daughter to change her name to Medea. That’s as bad as a son changing his name to Oedipus.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 217amzarak - an idea I can get behind. My daughter caught hell from her 2nd grade teacher for contradicting the teacher’s assertion that snakes are invertebrates.
She ain’t teaching ’round here no more, I assure you.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 218Good one, RES!
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 219(I meant about Oedipus! Dang, this thread moves fast.)
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 220Patrick, don’t take this the wrong way, but how would you know?
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:47 pm 221“That’s as bad as a son changing his name to Oedipus.”
RES — Bwah! Brilliant!!!!! I gotta use that on my morning call-in show….
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:48 pm 222Patrick I don’t really care what a leftist piece of human waste thinks about me. So you thinking I am an idiot is a compliment. KNow what I think of you? Gum on my shoe. A guy who would get my cosmo tossed in my face, a fire hydrant for my dog to pee on, thats what I think of you. Less than human. Why? Because people like you act like animals. Any group who sends assholes like what we just saw to shout down the nominee for President is a group of people who need to be dealt with….
aris pon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:48 pm 223Stephanie, you seriously sound insane.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:49 pm 224wankette - you realize 90% of folks won’t get it, don’t you? Thanks, modern education.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:51 pm 225aris, I guess, since it takes one to know …
Frankly, I find her comments humorously sane.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:53 pm 226Kiss my ass Aris. All you are is a code pink bitch like the one I told off one day at a pro troops rally if she didn’t get ugly fat ass out of there I would kick it. She left. HINT HINT HINT!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:53 pm 227The Democrats try to portray McCain as a hot headed war monger. But what he was just saying is true. Those that have fought are the last to impulsively go to war.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:54 pm 228Hmmm, I see part of why Biden supports keeping Sarah’s kids out of the line of fire:
Sen. Biden’s Daughter Arrested in Altercation
August 04, 2002 in print edition A-15
The daughter of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a police officer outside a Chicago bar.
Ashley Blazer Biden, 21, of Wilmington, Del., was with a group of people on a North Side street where several bars are located when someone else threw a bottle at an officer, police said.
When police tried to arrest another person, Biden blocked the officer’s path and made intimidating statements, officer JoAnn Taylor said.
Biden was later released and is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 20.
Sen. Biden’s spokeswoman, Margaret Aitken, declined to comment, calling it a private, family matter.
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/04/nation/na-briefs4.1
HT NRO’s Campaign Blog.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:56 pm 229Doesn’t surprise me. His son and brotehr are both under investigation for some financial shennanagins. Typical.
Patrickon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:56 pm 230Steph - at least you made a temperate and intelligent response, refrained from name calling, stuck to facts and made a rational argument to whatever it was I said that sent you into orbit. Or not. Oddly enough, I’ve never voted for a democrat in my life.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:57 pm 231THen act like it.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:57 pm 232Interesting challenge for him to tell about his POW experience. Unlike so many Democrat politicians, he really has been a victim.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:57 pm 233You have no idea how pissed I am about these asshole protestors. No idea. Not even a hint.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:59 pm 234Oh wow . . . I’m getting teary now.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:59 pm 235John McCain is the man Barack Obama wishes he was.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:59 pm 236National Review’s Jim Geraghty observed:
“I can’t help but notice the two separate protesters seem to be coming from a point suspiciously near the press section. “
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:00 pm 237“I wasn’t my own man anymore, I was my country’s.” WOW.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:00 pm 238This has got to have Jimmy Carter pissing his pants right now. Heh. Gonna start crying again……..
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 239WE NEVER HIDE FROM HISTORY WE MAKE HISTORY! OH HELL YEAH!
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 240Holy moly, he’s going all revivalist preacher on us!
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 241We’re Americans and we never hide from history! We make history!
Nice way to end
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 242Great ending!!!
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 243Can I get a witness?
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:05 pm 244A little slow in the middle but boy did he come around for the last third.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:05 pm 245Okay, now get Sarahcuda up there, and send those cute kids with her!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:05 pm 246Good job to end on a really high note.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:06 pm 247Well, glad to know Obama is not Muslim:
Student Obama’s Ties to Bigtime Saudi Adviser [Candace de Russy]
When 25-year-old Barack Obama applied to Harvard Law School, he sought a letter of recommendation from Percy Sutton, the former borough president of Manhattan. The person who approached Sutton on Obama’s behalf, reports Kenneth Timmerman, was Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, an orthodox Muslim, a black nationalist, an international deal-maker, an educator, and an outspoken enemy of Israel.
Moreover, al-Mansour was been a key adviser to a Saudi billionaire who had mentored the founding members of the Black Panthers. Timmerman says that Obama met al-Mansour while he was a student at Columbia University in the 1980s. According to Sutton, al-Mansour raised money for Obama to go to law school.
“I am not surprised to learn about this,” said Niger Innis, spokesman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). “It is clear that Barack Obama’s ties to the left are familial, generational, and have lasted for several years.”
Apparently there’s more to Obama’s rapport with the Muslim world than he has so far acknowledged in his campaign.
http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDRmZDY5MDJhNzdlMTg4MjQxNDhlYzQwNzhkNDAwN2M=
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:06 pm 248I think he just did it. He just won the election. He and Sara! Damn!
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:06 pm 249SARAH!!! SARAH!!! SARAH!!!
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:06 pm 250Man, I’m tearing up again just listening to Brit repeat the words! Great job McCain!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm 251Which ticket do you want backing you up in a bar fight?
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm 252BTW, Raisinf McCain is available as a free download from John Rich’s site: http://johnrich.com/
Kendamaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm 253@ Stephanie (#233)
I hate ‘em too. I’m just a little more…restrained about it.
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm 254Brit snarking about balloon drops. Gads, I love that man. He snarks like no one else. I’m so going to miss him when he retires.
Someone get a shot of Piper playing with the balloons! I need my cute kid fix!
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:08 pm 255I wish I was there. After I got done beating on the fat pig protestor I’d be spatting a balloon back and fourth!
wanketteon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:08 pm 256J’adore Brit Hume. (Gina — ha!! two great minds! I was just running here to post it!)
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:09 pm 257Golly, JEB - that’s hard. McCain can’t get his hands above his shoulders and Barry & Joe fight dirty. How’s Sarah with a handgun, i wonder?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:09 pm 258THey are playing Hearts Barracuda! I LOVE IT!
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 8:10 pm 259Ooo, Barracuda
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:10 pm 260Howard Wolfson on Fox this afternoon said the Dems had a balloon drop in Denver. Megyn Kelly had to tell him no it was outdoor. No roof to drop them from.
Oh Yeah said Howard.
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:11 pm 261You would have to be their target in order to understand my attitude of NO MORE….uh uh. I go on the offensive. If I hurt some leftists thensitive feewings big friggen deal!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:13 pm 262Now all the delegates go out and clean the streets of trash. I recommend nightsticks and bazookas.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 04 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm 263John McCain is the man Barack Obama wishes he was.
And that is the best point to make to the undecideds.
He didn’t get mad on the subjects he should have. It isn’t always a weakness, you just have to know when it means something. Not overly inspiring, but contained good stuff for the undecideds to hear.
Mr24pon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm 264A really great convention!
I’m shooting a scene for my film tomorrow so I need to finish prepping before heading to bed. Thanks for hanging out tonight. Thanks to DH for letting us post.
We should do this for the debates too.
Night everybody!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm 265Let us all hope that the Democrats underestimate this ticket because it wasn’t held at a football stadium.
Hey Nina Easton said Cindy had someone write the speech!
Ding Ding! We have a winner.
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:17 pm 266Not bad from McCain - about what I expected. There was no way to top Rudy and Palin last night, but the speech hightlighted a good man. Nothing wrong with that.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:19 pm 267Anyone else watching Juan Williams on Fox and wondering if they’ve changed his meds again?
Father Caligarion 04 Sep 2008 at 8:19 pm 268I dug it. Nice to hear an adult speak. No look-at-me pretensions.
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:21 pm 269Harry, I share your view on education. For the Democrats it has too long seemed education is a civil right: lifetime jobs for educrats and teachers, no competence required.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:22 pm 270No matter their qualifications, this race would be a replay of 1996 had McCain picked Pawlenty, Ridge, Mitt, Portman etc. Safe boring and the experience argument wouldn’t sell.
McCain/Palin can sell the message of change better than McCain/*.* and better than Obama/Biden.
Send Sarah to MI OH PA WI MN IN FL. Those bitter people will connect with her.
This could be a historic election.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 04 Sep 2008 at 8:24 pm 271Sarah plays in Washington outside of Seattle.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 04 Sep 2008 at 8:26 pm 272No playmates tonight? I am disappointed.
Maxtypeon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:29 pm 273I loved his line about “I haven’t been ordained to save this country.This country saved ME.”
Wonderful.Made me tear up.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:30 pm 274He’s still looking up haberdasher. It takes a while.
Zundfolgeon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:31 pm 275Overall not a bad speech … a little too much “reach across the isle” stuff from McCain but that’s just who he is (and why so many in the GOP were going to have a difficult time voting for him).
My little fantasy is that one of the protesters would have yelled something to the effect of “end the war!” and he would have responded “I have every intention of ending this war, but with the honor of victory.” or something like that.
I think its rather telling that there were no Republican party crashers protesting at Denver … its because frankly we’re better people than they are.
soulpileon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:33 pm 276A truly solid speech! The end had me putting my hand on my heart with pride. McCain hit everything I’ve wanted to hear from a politician during my short life - end corruption, let the people choose their children’s education, bolster small businesses, allow us to get healthcare without bureaucrats standing in our way, and support the people, our troops, and America. He means it, too.
“And we will know their names!” Damn straight!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:34 pm 277According to Nielsen, Sarah’s speech last night was 1.1 million less than Obamas. But his was carried on four additional channels, BET, Telemundo, Univision & TV 1
I think she reached the audience we needed.
soulpileon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:36 pm 278Oh - I forgot - I loved the reaching across the aisle! It’s time to be a united America and have a president who leads the country, not a party! If only the media would let him once he’s elected, as they have shown willingness to block our current president from creating a true unity.
And that Code Pink protester… boy was I glad to see that pink shirt. I was sure she was trying to strip to bare flesh! Eugh!
Sharon Fergusonon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:42 pm 279First I will say this: John McCain, thank you for serving our country. Thank you for your heroism and bravery and I am glad that there were and ARE men like you and your comrades. I want to make it CLEAR that I am as deeply appreciative that as so many other Americans are.
But it sours when I think of what you did as a Congress critter. Three things: Campaign Finance Reform, Illegal Amnesty and the EnviroLIE that is the Global Warming Sh**e. I cannot get enthusiastic about your being my President when I know that you havent seen the error of your ways in those three things. My one hope is that Palin will help you towards the light and maybe we wont have to fight you and Congress so hard when those things get shoved down our throats. God bless you for your service, but your actions as a congresscritter…*shakes head*
and one more thing…and I fully realize I am going to be invoking the wrath of a good many conservatives on here, including the host, DH, but I name it as another factor why I am very ambivalent about casting my vote for John McCain: there is a question as to whether or not their adoption of the girl from the orphanage was legal or not. As someone who has been doing research into the history of adoption in this country and how the baby industry handles the legalities, this paints a VERY nasty pall upon someone I would otherwise find acceptable to honor. I am QUESTIONING, not accusing - please understand that. But as someone who is adopted herself, there are serious implications involved that affect those who find themselves adopted as well, and I really really worry that conservatives are so caught up in their fight against the anti-life/culture of death worshippers among the feminazi left, that they arent seeing how damaging the industry of adoption is to human beings. Unfortunately, the fact that the McCains adopted someone out of an orphanage does not make them “brave”. May I ask why you use that particular word, DH? Brave as in “this child was a threat and McCain stood up to her as well and brought her home to America despite the danger?”
Plissken79on 04 Sep 2008 at 8:43 pm 280Solid speech by McCain, good job reaching out to independents and touching on a number of key issues that were not mentioned in Palin’s speech. The race is really on now, look for the polls to even up soon.
Also, if you want to see how effective Palin’s “community organizer” crack was, look at the reactions of Joe Klein, among others. They are acting like a group of spoiled children who have been spent to time out
RESon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:46 pm 281Did I just hear Fred Barnes say this speech was written by Lionel Chetwynd???
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:47 pm 282Sharon, what on earth are you talking about? Bridget was adopted seventeen years ago. If her adoption were illegal, I think we’d all have heard about it by now. Are you sure you’re not getting McCain mixed up with Madonna?
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trzupron 04 Sep 2008 at 8:54 pm 284I apologize in advance for the length of this. And, for a change, I will not make another vain attempt to be the biggest wise-ass on the block. But, I was moved tonight.
I was prepared to be disappointed. I was sure I would be. I was another “hold my nose and vote” McCain supporter who found the “maverick” (or, as one of the signs said: ‘mavrick’) persona tiresome. And, through the first half of his speech, I thought ’same old, same olllllld’.
And I was wrong.
It is remarkable how trial and tribulation can shape a man - how the ultimate test can shape the ultimate in character and redemption. The passion with which he told of his stay in the Hanoi Hilton, and how that experience shaped him, left me sure that I now know the man. It left me feeling - quite frankly - ashamed about my faulty judgments. Here is a man with whom I might disagree on this issue or that, but HERE IS A MAN. A man of conviction. A man of courage. A man of passion. A man of honor.
He will have my vote, with pride. More importantly, he will have my eternal gratitude - though that is but a small repayment. And he will have this, not because he was shot down, not because he was imprisoned, tortured, humiliated, broken, emaciated and all the rest of it. He will have my gratitude because this remarkable man had the courage to walk away from that experience determined to make the world better, willing to forgive his tormentors, and more certain than ever that peace, liberty and freedom are worth the sacrifice. And because, he knows - as only those who have been there know - that you do everything you are humanly able to do in order to look out for those who have chewed on the same dirt as you.
His opponent, I am certain, understands none of these concepts. These ideas would mean nothing to him. His supporters, I am sure, will react to this speech by continuing to belittle McCain for “exploiting his imprisonment”.
Well, screw you, you sorry sum-a-bitches. And God Bless you John McCain.
And
Thank you.
Sharon Fergusonon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:59 pm 285Gina - well am still in the middle of researching that - as I pointed out, I have a QUESTION about how legal it was…and adoptions have been going on for a LONG time and the practices not as well regulated then as they are now. In essence, I have a lot of doubts about a lot of international adoptions, then and now. But that would take up more time and space on here. I was pointing out the reasons why I am not as enthused about McCain as I am about Palin…I am making my vote this year for the VP. I am still not happy about having to consider McCain especially after his past actions in Congress…the adoption part of it is just one more straw.
As I said, I QUESTION the legality, and it is something I am going to be looking into between now and November, if for no other reason than as a means to figure out how I can appeal to him and his administration for help on issues important to adoptees. Thats all…
Ginaon 04 Sep 2008 at 9:24 pm 286Ah. I see. You question it in your own mind, so therefore it’s a legitimate question.
You didn’t by chance come over from the Daily Kos, did you?
Look, I’m not trying to be overly harsh with you, but that is sheer rumormongering. It does no good and much harm. I suggest, with all due respect, that you find a better use for your time and energy. If you want to raise awareness about adoption, I’m all for it; adoption is very important to me too. Focus on that, not gossip and slander.
Kiton 04 Sep 2008 at 9:31 pm 287We’re all gonna be Raisin’ McCain this year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfv4J0RI6S0&feature=related
The Emotional Crippleon 04 Sep 2008 at 9:53 pm 288An Open Letter to John McCain – Re: Your speech…
Last night, for the first time in almost a year, I was excited about your campaign. Your running mate did an outstanding job introducing herself to the public, showing what the future of Republican politics could be. That single speech did more for y…
RESon 05 Sep 2008 at 4:07 am 289Woke up this morning and found, while making my coffee, that I was fitting “Sarah Palin” to the old Davey Crockett theme song:
Born in Alaska in ‘63
killed her a b’ar when she was only 3
Sar-ah, Sarah Palin
Queen of the GOP
Gotta go work - I will leave this to others to finish or politely sidle away from.
Stephanieon 05 Sep 2008 at 5:30 am 290No Kidding. Good question Gina. Sharon I was up on the Hill during McCain Feingold. My former boss offered three different resolutions to make it actually a reform bill and he couldn’t get them added to Shays-Mehan. Mac drove him crazy but I want to say this, when faced with Barack Obama and his hate America its all about MMEEEE crap and remembering this man John S. McCain stood up for what HE thought was right and has always been for COUNTRY FIRST the choice is easy. Sure I wanted Romney and before him Fred however like I said before I remembered why I supported John McCain in the first place….he isn’t just a Republican, he is a Patriot. Thats what we want in the White House. A man above the politics as usual.
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Zundfolgeon 05 Sep 2008 at 7:47 am 292McCain-Feingold has always been the biggest stumbling block for my support of McCain.
I contend that politicians do the wrong thing for one of two reasons; malicious evil or well intentioned naivete.
I believe McCain drafted McCain-Feingold out of the second one. Even though the result of M/F is evil, it is an abrogation of the core purpose of the 1st Amendment (political speech) I don’t believe McCain intended it that way.
It doesn’t make the law right, or make his role in its passage completely forgiven, but it does mean that even though he pulled that boner, he’s still a decent and trustworthy man.
I believe his misguided and ignorant acceptance of the Anthropomorphic Global Warming hoax is another example. I do believe we can turn him around on it.
Just keep in mind that everything we conservatives don’t like about McCain exists in an exponentially greater degree in Obama.
As for the adoption issue, I don’t care. They saved the life of some poor orphan from third world squalor. If all the i’s weren’t dotted or t’s crossed or bureaucrats appeased I don’t care, and I fail to see how its a big issue unless you’re just looking for something to be upset about.
CRon 05 Sep 2008 at 8:10 am 293I’m a little worried about Gary Sinise. He’s really come out of the closet as a Republican. I wonder if and how Hollywood will punish him?
Stephanieon 05 Sep 2008 at 10:46 am 294Sharon please let it go. That sort of bullsh*t is fit for Daily Kos not for us. Aren’t we better than that? Sharon I don’t know what to say. Your being hateful. Hateful towards a woman like Cindy McCain who has done things Hillary Clinton could only dream of. You look at her like a Barbie Doll fine…cool but this is a woman who has seen stuff that would boggle your mind and make you shrivel. She and her husband adopted a beautiful little girl. All you find is misery and lies. Creating a scandle that never occured. WTF! WHY? Like I said your fit for Daily Kos if your creating this fantasy. Now let it go. Leave that beautiful little girl who was blest to have been discovered by two people who could give her a life that in no way would she have had otherwise. You have issues. You need to deal with them. Don’t project them on Cindy, John and their youngest girl. Thats just rotten.
Jack Marinoon 05 Sep 2008 at 9:21 pm 295CR,
Gary Sinise is bullet proof. He always is working and will continue to work. They can only hurt him if he stops making making money for the studios. He has his own show CSI now and he is working in many Republican functions all over the country and especially here in California. He is the spokesperson for the fund that is raisng money for the Disabled Veterans for life Memorial Fund. Gary has his own charity for the Children of Iraq. He has been to Iraq with his band to play for our brave troops. Gary, never hides the fact he is a conservative and helps with many Military and Republicans events. I don’t think the left can do anything to him at this stage of his career.