WTF? Bob McDonnell giving response in front of crowd in the Virginia Capitol?

[arcadian]

I don't like this one fucking bit. Let them rent out a banquet hall at the Radisson. :mad:

[spanone]

1. note how they got the black woman in the frame with him....and an asian to the right

such an inclusive party.....:sarcasm:

this guy makes bobby jindall look charismatic

[nc4bo]

10. Noticing. So obvious and staged for maximum effect. nt

[MiniMe]

2. He is giving his own State of the State

Clearly a partisan crowd too. I've never seen anything like this before.

[housewolf]

3. He's actually IN a chamger in the State House...

bizarre

[Goldstein1984]

4. Nothing but a string of Republican platitudes

About a deep as a cookie sheet.

[timeforpeace]

5. Maybe it's supposed to be Regular People vs The Elites in Wash?

[mb7588a]

6. Eh. Clinton did it in the 80s. No big deal. nt.

[kentuck]

7. You notice? The black woman, the Asian, and the military man...

in the camera with the Republican stooge.

[mb7588a]

16. If the Republicans want to look like dunces...

I say we give them every chance we can. There's almost no rational human being (So the R's are out of the equation, I know.) who would look at that display and not say, "This is entirely phony."

If they want to look around at each other during the SOTU to decide when to clap and not, I say we give them every chance. They NEED to be shown for what they are.

[Raine]

8. Well it comes across as better than the Jindal speech did

it was probably smart to have a crowd.

[Catshrink]

9. Especially such an adoring one...

This is so phony.

[dflprincess]

11. Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy

perhaps they're tyring to send a message. Like Reagan giving his first post convention speech at Philadelphia, Mississippi (where 3 civil rights workers were killed in 1964)

[housewolf]

12. The theatrics behind this...

Making the Repubs look popular, attractive, governing and in charge. Taking the opportunity to go over Repub talking points one more time to a large audience. It had nothing to do with responding to President Obama's speech.

[Rockholm]

13. Loved how their heads nodded in agreement with everything he said.

And they must have been getting "SMILE" cues the whole time.

[Bravo Zulu]

14. He wants some of the action from,

selling insurance across State lines!

[merh]

15. Isn't that a misuse of state facilities for political purposes?

He isn't supposed to be politicizing the public facilities, I mean, he is governor of everyone in Virginia not just the repubs isn't he?

[IndianaGreen]

17. Was he wearing his Jefferson Davis outfit?