GOP Klown Kar Konvention in Tampa - discussion — Page 2

My father actually noted how pissed Romney looked during that speech when he finally got mentioned. Even Michael Steele and other Republicans, though fond of the speech, were unhappy at how long it took for Romney to come up.

And Santorum doing the bidding of the party with the regurgitation of those false welfare claims (which I thankfully missed)? Surprised at how unsurprised I am.

Dan Savage seemed to really get into Ann Romney's distinction of 'real marriage' which caught on Twitter among him, his followers, and a few other LGBTQ activists noting that their relationships are 'unreal' in the RNC bubble.

I didn't watch really except for the beginning of Christie's speech. I didn't need to watch because he 99% of the time comes off seeming like a jerk.

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I watched about 3 minutes of Christie's speech and unlike Chris at Old Country buffet, ever, I decided I'd had enough. The consensus today is that his speech was awful- all about Chris and nothing about Mitt. Christie has been working the convention trying to shore up his reputation and has his staff trying to shift the blame to Romney saying his camp signed off on the speech two weeks ago.

I'm not watching. It's so freeing. But I saw a second of Christie leaving the podium. He as actually spherical. I know it's unkind to notice (or at least remark) about things like that. But, it's just so jarring to see a public figure in that kind of shape. He's like the first five minutes of Biggest Loser.

Analysts noted afterward that since Paul Ryan took so long to mention Mitt Romney's name, in a speech supposedly ABOUT nominating, um, Romney, he's laying groundwork for 2016, too.

He started out fine, but he finally started getting reaction from the crowd when he started saying smug things directed at Obama (who is, last I checked, still the PRESIDENT and deserves respect, which has been discussed before, and applies in this case, too).

I just don't like this smug attitude some GOP's have been more than willing to express, the last few years. I was in a FB discussion during the speech and asked: is the smug-ness a note of desperation, or do these leaders and would-be leaders of our country actually think Middle America *wants* to be spoken to, like that? I certainly don't. I want my leaders to be smarter than me--and I'm pretty smart. But talking down to people isn't going to get cheers out of me, the way it got it out of that convention audience.

I am not a person who really believes in party politics or labels, though of course do believe in standing up for one's pet issues. But blaming the President for "not correcting the [10-year] housing crisis" that Bush started, when the GOP half of Congress has done nothing but stifle him the entire way--out of party loyalty rather than UNITING the United State--is just...offensive. It really doesn't make me want people who think that way, to be my representative, or my Pres or VP. How people can cheer for that is beyond me.

On top of that, doesn't anyone think they should have postponed the whole darn thing and gone to visit hurricane victims or held a telethon or something, instead? ANYTHING but all this self-important posturing. Do they think the hurricane victims even give a crap about *voting* right now, when they're more concerned with, you know, food and electricity and shelter??

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That 1992 thing is completely true. Bob Casey Sr. was removed from the dais and Pat Buchanan even mentioned him in his culture war speech because that damn Clinton and the DNC dais had the gall to acknowledge gay people.

Condi Rice's speech was lovely, almost befitting to seamlessly be woven into the DNC (to the point I wondered if the Romney campaign kicked themselves for not having her do the keynote), but I have no clue how her speech can be with the likes of Huckabee, Ryan, Santorum, and Christie. Not because of her race or that she is a woman, though that is certainly a real distinction that the GOP seems consciously aware of given the diversity of the dais, it is that she is foreign policy and frankly, nobody on the floor, including elected officials, have any clue of what the Romney-Ryan foreign policy is except they probably want no defense cut budgets even in supposed peace-time.

Rice = Bush house mammy.

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I am frankly puzzled by her convention appearance. Mitt Romney threw her under the bus when his campaign leaked the (entirely false) rumor she was being vetted as a possible VP to distract the media from his tax problem. Then, when she was instantly attacked as a RINO by many in the party, he failed to support her- at all. She also seems to think Obama is OK. It seemed last time around she either supported him over McCain or thought it was close enough to sit on her hands.

It would be interesting to see her run for office. I'd love to see her defend her record as the National Security Adviser who allowed the worst terrorist attack in history.

It's the outright repeated and gleeful lying that seems to be part of the new low in conventions. We've come to expect it from PAC ads that candidates can disavow, but now they're all getting up on the stage and just making **** up.

You know if professional athletes can be fined for all manner of misconduct from criticizing other players, to not being available to the press after a game, maybe it's time to start fining politicians for lying. how about $100,000 fine for Ryan saying that Obama closed a GM plant that closed before he even took office?

If they choose to lie, make them pay.

She makes old White GOPeople feel comfortable about a Black woman. I'm not mincing words about Rice, folks.

"I am NOT one of your FAAAAAAANS!"

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No-duh. Same redneck, red state audience.

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