The GOP Convention

[baseline bum]

Don't you already have a ty thread for your op-eds?

gfy ed and un able TB

[boutons_deux]

Don't you already have a ty thread for your op-eds?

TB

[z0sa]

Mods, plz rename this thread " Boutons"

[boutons_deux]

Ryan is spewing tonight, it's gonna be great fun to knock his fraudulent, sociopathic ass out of FL.

[DMX7]

Race incident sees Republican convention expulsions

Two people were ejected from the Republican National Convention when they threw nuts at a black CNN camera woman and said "this is how we feed animals," the network said Wednesday.

"CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum" on Tuesday, the opening day of a gala at which former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will accept his party's nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November's election.

"CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment."

Several witnesses observed the exchange, CNN reported, and convention security personnel immediately removed the two people from the forum.
The convention confirmed the incident in a statement late Tuesday.

"Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated," organizers said.

The incident is surely not what Republicans wanted 10 weeks out from the election. Romney has struggled to attract African American voters as well as Hispanics, and he is also on the wrong side of the gender gap, with polls consistently showing women voters preferring Obama to Romney.
Current TV journalist and talk radio host David Shuster first tweeted about the incident Tuesday night.

"GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying 'This is how we feed animals,'" Shuster posted on Twitter.

http://news.yahoo.com/race-incident-...155400054.html

[Clipper Nation]

Neocons
Cheaters
Election fraudsters
Dumbass racists

[DMX7]

If you weren't told which convention a "race incident" occurred at, would you really have to guess?

[jack sommerset]

Race incident sees Republican convention expulsions

Two people were ejected from the Republican National Convention when they threw nuts at a black CNN camera woman and said "this is how we feed animals," the network said Wednesday.

"CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum" on Tuesday, the opening day of a gala at which former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will accept his party's nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November's election.

"CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment."

Several witnesses observed the exchange, CNN reported, and convention security personnel immediately removed the two people from the forum.
The convention confirmed the incident in a statement late Tuesday.

"Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated," organizers said.

The incident is surely not what Republicans wanted 10 weeks out from the election. Romney has struggled to attract African American voters as well as Hispanics, and he is also on the wrong side of the gender gap, with polls consistently showing women voters preferring Obama to Romney.
Current TV journalist and talk radio host David Shuster first tweeted about the incident Tuesday night.

"GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying 'This is how we feed animals,'" Shuster posted on Twitter.

http://news.yahoo.com/race-incident-...155400054.html

I would have thought this crowd would get a chuckle out of this story with all the trolling and name calling that goes on here. God bless

[jack sommerset]

Ryan is up. God bless

[DMX7]

Ok, that was pathetic.

[jack sommerset]

We can do this! God bless

[Th'Pusher]

I thought Ryan gave a great speech. Now if we can just get some specifics on deficit reduction. We wont.

[ColinB]

[Th'Pusher]

Gotta say that is pretty well produced.

[Yonivore]

Have they named the speakers for the DNC convention, yet?

Because, with Nancy Pelosi advising fellow Democrats to steer clear and Hillary Clinton headed for the Cook Islands -- apparently to get a conceivably far away from Charlotte as possible -- I'm wonder who they're going to get to talk for two or three days. I know Bill Clinton, someone with no political future about which to be concerned, and Debbie Wasserman-Schmitt, and I'm guessing Elizabeth Warren and, , Joe Biden. But, that's all I come up with and those aren't exactly the caliber we've been witnessing at the RNC.

Is there an agenda out yet?

[ElNono]

http://www.demconvention.com/this-we...ers-announced/

[Th'Pusher]

Have they named the speakers for the DNC convention, yet?

Because, with Nancy Pelosi advising fellow Democrats to steer clear and Hillary Clinton headed for the Cook Islands -- apparently to get a conceivably far away from Charlotte as possible -- I'm wonder who they're going to get to talk for two or three days. I know Bill Clinton, someone with no political future about which to be concerned, and Debbie Wasserman-Schmitt, and I'm guessing Elizabeth Warren and, , Joe Biden. But, that's all I come up with and those aren't exactly the caliber we've been witnessing at the RNC.

Is there an agenda out yet?

The mayor of San Antonio?

[Yonivore]

http://www.demconvention.com/this-we...ers-announced/

I get a server error when I try to follow the link.

[ElNono]

I get a server error when I try to follow the link.

Was working when I pasted it... now I get a blank screen... check later, I guess...

[ElNono]

Here's another list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_De...ntion#Speakers

[Stringer_Bell]

Wow, I'm pretty sure that is the best that the RNC could do - and it sucked. I was expecting much more from Ryan, but his obliviousness was overwhelming. I really wanted to come away thinking that he was going to make this race interesting, but the Republicans have no chance.

If Romney doesn't lay out some specifics manana, the DNC has an easy job ahead of them.

[Th'Pusher]

I get a server error when I try to follow the link.

I'm assuming you live in Texas, but are you so seriously uninformed that you did not know the keynote speech was being delivered by Julian Castro?

[Yonivore]

Here's another list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_De...ntion#Speakers

Thanks!

[Th'Pusher]

Wow, I'm pretty sure that is the best that the RNC could do - and it sucked. I was expecting much more from Ryan, but his obliviousness was overwhelming. I really wanted to come away thinking that he was going to make this race interesting, but the Republicans have no chance.

If Romney doesn't lay out some specifics manana, the DNC has an easy job ahead of them.

I agree that they need to lay out specifics, but I thought Ryan did a great job a selling an agenda with little substance.

[Stringer_Bell]

I agree that they need to lay out specifics, but I thought Ryan did a great job a selling an agenda with little substance.

But all he basically said was..."vote for us, and we'll just undo everything Obama did to get everything back on track." Saying there was little substance is giving the speech too much credit, there was NONE. He's a good speaker, very articulate for a white man - but he didn't do much of anything except tell the base that Romney is running to repeal all things Obama.

I wanna know what happens to all the 18-25 yo's that are working jobs that don't have benefits and are currently covered by their family's plan thanks to Obamacare. I wanna know what happens to all the people that had pre-existing conditions that got insurance plans. I wanna know what happens to all the people that didn't have insurance before Obamacare that are currently under some sort of long-term treatment. Go ahead, repeal whatever, but tell the American people what will replace it immediately after the repeal...to just repeal it and not have a plan is the height of injustice and one of the most un-Christian things I can imagine being done to lots of families.