*** RNC Thread #1 (rMoney, Inc.) ***

[Wednesdays]

For those masochistic enough to watch, it's on live on C-SPAN, or at
http://www.cspan.org

Okay, here we go.

[rbrnmw]

1. I'm out already Newt's next

[pinboy3niner]

3. The Angry Little Attack Muffin rides again!

[nc4bo]

2. Had to dust off Reagan's corpse...

[rbrnmw]

4. another Stepford Wife

[Terra Alta]

5. Newt and his helmet-head wife touting Reagan

You'd think the GOP were running Reagan's corpse for President...

[steve2470]

6. Gingrich likening Obama to Carter nt

[rbrnmw]

10. You mean good moral men? Unlike Newt

[steve2470]

15. agreed nt

[sfpcjock]

7. Callista is an amazing lyric baritone

[uponit7771]

8. what.....THE FUCK.....is wrong with her!?!!??!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. I have trouble telling Cindy McCain, Callista Gingrich, and Ann Romney apart.

Are they all the same model fembot?

[spanone]

11. newt AND callista trashing Obama and Carter...bwhahahahahah

they are some shameless shits

[nolabear]

12. She's sucked out Newt's brain. Between them there's not an ounce of charisma.

Newt, Baby, C'Mon!!

[steve2470]

13. The Obama = Carter meme must be their new attack vector, ugh nt

[spanone]

14. newt pushes the lie forward...FUCK YOU NEWT GINGRICH

[sfpcjock]

16. "Ramen-ey will return America to Tiffany's to window shop in earnest."

...and check up on Newt.

[nolabear]

17. Carter? Really? Too scared of the Big Dog?

[nc4bo]

18. Wonder what Stevie Wonder thinks about his song being used at this pig fest? nt

[nolabear]

20. Didn't Obama use it last time?

[nc4bo]

21. Yea - pretty sure he did..

Didn't think Stevie would think it cool though with the GOP and all.

[nolabear]

22. I would think not. Last time he'd probably have played it live!

[YoungDemCA]

19. "America remains, in the tradition of President Reagan, a land of freedom and hope"

I guess the last President from Newt's party didn't count.

[rbrnmw]

25. they seemed to have been in a blackout for 89-93 then again from 01-09

strange What were those fellas named?

[nolabear]

23. That's one scary looking Romney pup. Nice Spanish, though.

[nolabear]

24. Oh he's crying. Don't endear yourself to me.

[uponit7771]

26. omg...he has the same freakin tick!!

[Evergreen Emerald]

27. How do you say "self deport" in Spanish?

The optics do not match the policies. And that dichotomy best defines the Republican convention.

[charmay]

28. My stomach will rebel if I put on one more minute.

Wanker and Lyin Ryan were too much. Honey Boo Boo still on?

[sfpcjock]

29. Erre con erre guitarra...

Erre con erre barril
Mira que rapido corren
Las ruedas del ferrocarril"

[nolabear]

30. Jeb Bush...the man who got away...

[sfpcjock]

43. Now Jeb, don't get bitter about not having your own Karl Rove...

[uponit7771]

31. The American vote suppressor is now speaking...paid a black guy to come out with him

[uponit7771]

32. FUCK .....your brother!!!

[Lucy Goosey]

33. Wait, did a Romney just almost show a genuine emotion?

Wow. I did not expect that. He was almost like able.

[YoungDemCA]

34. "He kept us safe"....

Bull. SHIT!!!!

[Enrique]

38. except for that one time n/t

[kestrel91316]

94. Oh. That little thing?

[Hayabusa]

35. "He kept us safe"

Yeah, about that...

[AsahinaKimi]

44. MEH...

Keeping us safe? Um.... no.

[sfpcjock]

46. Wait... Is our children learning?

[nolabear]

36. Wait..."He kept us safe"???

Like, 9/11 safe?

Oh this is such a RNC wet dream.

[corkhead]

37. out comes the snake oil...

doesn't he sell some sort of privatized schooling or home schooling bullshit?

[uponit7771]

39. He said "...in the fourth year you'd accept responsibility..." welp, Obama is in his 3rd year...sooo

[Hayabusa]

40. Funny, your brother never owned up

in his fourth year.

[uponit7771]

42. He has two students standing next to him as if it makes a difference in his BS

[RedStateLiberal]

45. Did Jeb even mention his brother's name?

I didn't hear it. I only heard him refer to Dubya as his brother.

[rbrnmw]

47. LOL I caught that too

[mia]

48. Jeb is a class A liar. He led Florida to the bottom of education.

He pushed the FCAT and undemined Florida educators and students. His family is in the FCAT business.

[nolabear]

49. Oh Sean, Sean, Sean...Come to Jesus, Sean...

[Cleita]

50. Well, since it's very entertaining this time around, I can watch

for the joke value. As Cenk remarked the whole RNC platform is a lie so all they can do is get up and lie because they can't tell the truth without destroying the whole platform. Even low information voters get it when they are being lied to because so much of what is being said is nonsensical and sounds like bad fiction.

[AsahinaKimi]

51. Republicans talking about Education is a joke...

They want to throw out Evolution, the want Prayer in School... they hate science.. well, you get the idea.

[steve2470]

52. here Jeb goes with the school voucher sell... ugh nt

[rbrnmw]

53. Charter Schools and Vouchers it's BS

[nolabear]

54. Dumbest milk/education analogy ever.

I wonder how many people know their "school choice" means "you're on your own"? Come to think of it everything in the platform means that.

[Hayabusa]

57. Poor?

Well, hope your church is doing it and has enough room. That's what they're there for, right?

[nolabear]

60. I can't figure out your reply.

My point was that private schools will work for those that can afford them (inc. church schools) and the public system will be pillaged. And that will be horrible.

[Hayabusa]

116. I've heard a lot, and I mean a lot, of conservative commentators

say that safety nets such as social security and medicare/medicaid should be abolished (no surprise there) and that services provided by them should be covered by charities and local churches (for example, there have been a couple of local church-run fundraisers for ill people with not enough insurance where I used to live). That's what my comment meant. I didn't mean large, church-run schools. I meant churches providing only the basics of literacy, mathematics and science.

Sorry for the confusion, I can get that way when I get snarky.

[bunnies]

55. This is boring as hell.

just saying.

[uponit7771]

56. "...but I'm STILL going to vote for Barack Obama cause yaw hate black people..."

[nolabear]

58. One of the few times I'm glad to be on the West Coast. This'll be over early.

[nolabear]

59. Oh, right, ROMNEY! Almost forgot there.

[nolabear]

61. Uh-oh...the religion segment is about to begin.

Sometimes I cannot believe this country.

[AsahinaKimi]

62. Here we will probably see the

Roots of Theocracy trying to grow like a weed into our American political system.

[polly7]

63. The woman speaking right now sounds

exactly like Sarah Palin. I missed her name, but I swear - her voice, inflection, everything .... identical.

[nolabear]

64. There is some very tepid Mormon love there.

Grant may well be a nice guy but he's not much of a speechifier. And that "generous, giving, fatherless and widows" thing really does not mean jack when it comes to the country.

[nolabear]

65. LOL...Rachel got bored and cut him off.

[bunnies]

66. Hes a PASTOR?!

Jeebus freeking christos! How did I not KNOW that?

[nolabear]

69. They call them Bishops, and yes, it's like a pastor/councilman

[bunnies]

71. Theocracy horrifies me.

[AsahinaKimi]

77. me too...

No one Religion should be adopted by the United States Government as the main religion. This is not a Christian nation. Many of us are not CHRISTIAN. Imagine where things could go.. if this nation ever became one.

[bunnies]

87. Even the thought of having a religous "leader" in the white house...

OMG. I think I need a drink.

[nolabear]

82. It's a dangerous thing all right.

[AsahinaKimi]

96. Especially if you have someone who

believes Armageddon is in their hands, and they start thinking they could start that whole process... to bring back their god.

[nc4bo]

67. This guy is as exciting as watching paint dry. nt

[flamingdem]

68. This dude will kill the energy of the evening

ha ha yesss

[spanone]

70. this is painful...who are these sad folks?

[nolabear]

73. Oh dear. Just cut to C-Span. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Actually I know a lot of men who would do what Romney did.

[cali]

74. so painful

awful. just to show how noble mitt mixes with the peasants.

[nc4bo]

72. Is this eulogy supposed make Mitt more human?

[nolabear]

75. Here are some random awkward Americans. Relate to them.

[nc4bo]

76. They are surely preaching to the choir.

Entertainment for their own kind because this is stinko.

Edit to add - afterwards they'll all fill up the strip clubs

[rbrnmw]

100. even the freepers are saying wtf???

[spanone]

78. now we're into 'the romney's are saints' portion of the show

[nc4bo]

81. LDS isn't too partial to black folk are they? Or has something changed? nt

[kestrel91316]

98. On paper they accept them. In real life, errrr, not so much.

[nolabear]

79. They've all got a contact cry going.

Days' worth of self-congratualtion and self pity (and booze and sex) are getting to them.

[bunnies]

80. I think Im gonna hurl.

[nc4bo]

104. It's 9:05 and I can't hold it anymore.........

[Hayabusa]

83. Get some tissues, lady

[Blue_In_AK]

84. Thank you all so much for watching this

so that I don't have to.

[nolabear]

85. NOOOO!! Not Van Morrison songs!

[Lyocell]

86. What an odd transition from a sad story to a groovy tune n/t

[spanone]

88. scott brown.....jerk. no one loves brown more than brown

he thinks the tone of the convention is BALANCED


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

[nolabear]

89. It's Bob "Mighty" White!

[nc4bo]

92. You say Smilin' Bob?

[nolabear]

90. Serious question...isn't this supposed to be about the Presidency? You know, the country?

[nc4bo]

93. It's about Mitt. It's always been all about Mitt.

But yea I thought it'd be more about what he'd do for the country, not about him alone.

[Hayabusa]

91. Bob White? Isn't he the mayor? Vote for me!

I miss Doug...

[SaveAmerica]

95. What was Barbour saying when he listed all the religions?

And did he mention Muslims? I thought he was saying that everyone needs to know that people can be caring and good no matter their religion?

This was after the 2 sad stories.

[nolabear]

97. Mitt baked a pie. And delivered a fawn. And saved a drowning kitten.

[kestrel91316]

102. Have they mentioned again that he ate tuna and dined off an ironing board?

[nolabear]

99. Those bastards. Completely edited Obama's words to change their meaning.

[nc4bo]

101. I bet Mitt's having lots of tingles down his leg right about now.

He's soaking this stuff up like a piece of bread sops up gravy.

[nolabear]

103. Compared to these guys the Dems are going to look so alive.

As would dirt.

[nc4bo]

105. Heh

[jsmirman]

106. the people you fuck over...

this Staples guy is a snooze.

[avaistheone1]

107. This Staples guy on the podium is a horse's ass.

I have a friend who has worked had Staples for years. The poor employees have had to take all kinds of pay cuts and benefit cuts while loading down the employees with ridiculous demands.

[spanone]

108. did this stooge work for mitt?

[progressoid]

109. re: Steel Dynamics video. Steel Dynamics is not Union.

[nc4bo]

110. One big giant Mitt infomercial and just like most infomercials

filled with deceit, fake actors with perfect teeth and you probably won't even get your money back after 30 days.

[sfpcjock]

111. This is the first response to Bain attacks says Repub tool on MSNBC

...after months and months. Solution: don't shop at Staples.

As I recall the Staples action was from Bain, not from R-money at "Bain Capital" which is another subsidary of BS Bain.

[nolabear]

112. Speakers too dull. Back to Rachel's commentary.

[Wednesdays]

113. Could someone please start a new thread for me?

I'm on my phone and I can't start threads just now.

Thanks in advance.

[nc4bo]

114. Per Wednesdays request, new thread open.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021236645

[sfpcjock]

115. Live Fact-checking of the RNC - ThinkProgress.org

Bill Press had their guy on this morning.

http://thinkprogress.org/

9:05: Staples has received tens of millions in government contracts, according to USASpending.gov — hardly a refutation of Obama’s point that businesses benefit from government.

9:05 Stemberg notes one failed business (Solyndra) that received stimulus funds in an effort to discredit the law. He ignores that it created or saved 3.3 million jobs.