Looks like it's going to be small and may not beat out the Democratic Convention since Bush won't be there since he's focused on Hurricane Katrina Gustav.

I don't even know if he'll be via Satellite.

I'm sure McCain is breathing a sigh of relief.



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Looks like it's going to be small and may not beat out the Democratic Convention since Bush won't be there since he's focused on Hurricane Katrina Gustav.

I don't even know if he'll be via Satellite.


hahahaha... you think he's focused on the hurricane this time?  Isn't he still on vacation like he was last time?

He doesn't want to appear like he doesn't care this time!

I wonder if it would have been considered a genius move to cancel the GOP convention...

A-- nobody cares anyway except to gawk at Sarah Palin

B-- it would make it seem like the GOP actually cared that NOLA was about to get bitchslapped by a hurricane again

But what do I know...

Maybe the Evangelicals should have prayed for rain to wreck the GOP convention too!

Maybe the Evangelicals should have prayed for rain to wreck the GOP convention too!



And don't forget the lightening...

Looks like it's going to be small and may not beat out the Democratic Convention since Bush won't be there since he's focused on Hurricane Katrina Gustav.

I don't even know if he'll be via Satellite.


Too Bad the convention wasn't in New Orleans, like in the Superdome.

New Kids on the Block cancelled their appearance on the Today show in New York in deference to the hurricane.  Is this a bit much?  ::)

New Kids on the Block cancelled their appearance on the Today show in New York in deference to the hurricane.  Is this a bit much?   ::)


"Lack of interest" wouldn't look good on the resume so they picked the next reason on the list? ;D

I think its a bulls..t stunt.

hahahaha... you think he's focused on the hurricane this time?  Isn't he still on vacation like he was last time?



His vacation started in Jan. '01 and it will end Jan. '09.



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I think its a bulls..t stunt.

I think it's a cunning stunt!
:D


New Kids on the Block cancelled their appearance on the Today show in New York in deference to the hurricane.  Is this a bit much?  ::)

Depends on how much you like New Middle-Aged Men on the Block!

To be fair, no one could say for sure this weekend if the Gustav wouldn't slam directly into N.O. as a cat. 4 or cat. 5 storm, which would have been devastating.  They're saying now at least seven people have died in Gustav since it hit the U.S. coast.  If the GOP had a crystal ball (which would be heathen anyway) they wouldn't have curtailed the convention.

To be fair, no one could say for sure this weekend if the Gustav wouldn't slam directly into N.O. as a cat. 4 or cat. 5 storm, which would have been devastating.  They're saying now at least seven people have died in Gustav since it hit the U.S. coast.  If the GOP had a crystal ball (which would be heathen anyway) they wouldn't have curtailed the convention.


Most Republicans are already doing heathen stuff.

Ever heard of Freemasonry?

What no mention about Cheney and Bush having their speech bumped?  You know McCain must be thanking that hurricane right now for dodging that appearance.

What no mention about Cheney and Bush having their speech bumped?  You know McCain must be thanking that hurricane right now for dodging that appearance.




I did mention it.



I'm sure McCain is breathing a sigh of relief.



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I hear they're letting Bush on the line up.  I know they won't allow guns on there.  Hope someones brought the tomatoes. :D

I hear they're letting Bush on the line up.  I know they won't allow guns on there.  Hope someones brought the tomatoes. :D



It won't matter either way-he will be via satellite in an undisclosed location.



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It won't matter either way-he will be via satellite in an undisclosed location.



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I for one am truly disappointed. :(

I for one am truly disappointed. :(


They can always throw their trash on the jumbo-tron. (At least 5% of the ones who are there.)

But as of now, throw an empty pop can at your TV when Bush is on.

I think it's a cunning stunt!


Hey.  Leave Sarah and Cindy and Bristol outa this!

/going to hell for that, but someone had to say it.

The parts I saw were pretty lackluster, and I did notice more than a few empty seats.

The parts I saw were pretty lackluster, and I did notice more than a few empty seats.



I think I also heard some snoring in the stands, too.  :D ;D ;D ;D



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The parts I saw were pretty lackluster, and I did notice more than a few empty seats.

Not too mention more than a few empty heads!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/04/dunce.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/04/elefant.gif

I've watched just about all I can stomach tonight.  It's the same fascist themes out of Uncle Benito's handbook:

1. Government bad, corporations good.
2. Freedom of capital and freedom of humans are one in the same.
3. Worship the military.
4. The world is dangerous, you need big daddy to protect you.
5. Religious sanctimony.
6. Hate the liberals.
7. We are the real Americans.

Mike Huckabee just repeated the canard that Abraham Lincoln founded the Republican Party.  Disaffected Whigs founded it in 1854.  Lincoln was the first Republican president, but comparing the GOP of 1860 to the GOP of today is like comparing a Roman candle to a Roman Polanski.  They share a name in common, but thats about it!
::)

Giulianni's going on about Obama changing his positions...what a joke nobody changed their position on the issues more than Giulianni.  ::)

Giulianni's going on about Obama changing his positions...what a joke nobody changed their position on the issues more than Giulianni.  ::)



He also said that Obama is a celebrity senator.  WTF, Giulianni wouldn't even of had a chance to become President if he wasn't mayor during 9/11.    ::)

Maybe if they actually discussed real issues instead of buzzwords like "liberalism" and "patriotism"...sigh.

Romney called the Roberts Supreme Court "a bunch of liberals".  ::)

Romney called the Roberts Supreme Court "a bunch of liberals".  ::)
Now that's funny. I never could stand Romney. A McCain-Romney ticket would have been a disaster.

They haven't trotted out Nancy Reagan this time.  She was on the outs with the bush crowd, but you think that she would have made an appearance this time around.  Actually I think Palin does a pretty good imitation.

What really cracks me up is that they have a whole bunch of CEOs talking about creating jobs when they are the ones who are sending jobs over to China.  ::)



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What really cracks me up is that they have a whole bunch of CEOs talking about creating jobs when they are the ones who are sending jobs over to China.  ::)



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The jobs they want to create are the minimum wage ones where the worker knows his/her "place".

The jobs they want to create are the minimum wage ones where the worker knows his/her "place".



In the CEO's bathroom scrubbing the toilet?



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What really cracks me up is that they have a whole bunch of CEOs talking about creating jobs when they are the ones who are sending jobs over to China.  ::)



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Creating job, yes, but not here, what r ya crazy?
:P

McCain talks like Casey Kasem and Palin talks like Anita Bryant.  What a corny act!
8-P

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/political-pictures-john-mccain-regurgitate-followers.jpg

HO HO!

Show me the minority. 

McCain, Palin use footage of 9/11 planes crashing in video in GOP convention

http://massengagement.typepad.com/main/2008/09/mccain-palin-invoke-live-footage-of-911-planes-crashing-in-rnc-video.html

Stay classy GOP

They haven't trotted out Nancy Reagan this time.  She was on the outs with the bush crowd, but you think that she would have made an appearance this time around.  Actually I think Palin does a pretty good imitation.



It is the spirit of Ronald Reagan they evoke not Nancy's.  Guess they're still creeped out by the fact that she believed in Jean Dixon and not God.

Did anyone notice how McCain's mother looks a little like June Cleaver?



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Walter Reed
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/mccainhousebackdrop.jpg
Middle School

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/09/mccain-and-that.html

ooops...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2829521895_a990813f22_b.jpg

so that's what was in that confetti

It is the spirit of Ronald Reagan they evoke not Nancy's.  Guess they're still creeped out by the fact that she believed in Jean Dixon and not God.


It's been a dispiriting week.  Jean Dixon?  As the '80s t-shirt spake:  "Everbody needs something to belive, so I believe I'll have another beer!"
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_shaking2.gif

Stop the world, I'm going to be sick!

Rotten Rudy got up there and made fun of  Barack Obama for being a "community organizer," and that houseful stormtroopers jeered right along with him.  Yeah, what an asshat that Obama is going into those impoverished Chicago neighborhoods and trying to make a difference.  What'sa matter? Don't they teach Ayn Rand at Harvard?  With his degree, Obama could be making a fortune helping corporations sue other corpations!  OK, OK, the GOP extolls the virtues of "volunteerism" as they cut funds for soup kitchens, but we liberal sissies don't get that "volunteerism" means coaching polo at the country club.  Altruism's for dopes!
::)

Jon Stewart cracked some jokes about it last night.  Well, I appreciate the effort, Jon, and I laughed, but I didn't smile. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_el_pr/obama

Can't wait for the debates.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_el_pr/obama

Can't wait for the debates.


To paraphrase John Cage,
Senator McCain's got nothing to offer, and he's offering it!
::)

To paraphrase John Cage,
Senator McCain's got nothing to offer, and he's offering it!
::)



The mortal combat fighter?  Thought he died.

The mortal combat fighter?  Thought he died.

Uh, no, my favorite composer who once said, "I have nothing to say and I'm saying it."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage
::)

Uh, no, my favorite composer who once said, "I have nothing to say and I'm saying it."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage
::)


I wasn't trying to be serious.  Sorry. 

Thanks for the link though. 

I wasn't trying to be serious.  Sorry.   

Thanks for the link though. 


I shouldn't have taken a patronizing tone anyway.  A lot of people have never heard of John Cage, but I'm always trying to change that!

What cracked me up with McCain's speech last night, he was talking about Palin saying something like, "She worked with her hands and knows..." he paused at the word "knows" but it sounded like, "She worked with her hands and nose." We were both rolling on the floor with laughter.



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What cracked me up with McCain's speech last night, he was talking about Palin saying something like, "She worked with her hands and knows..." he paused at the word "knows" but it sounded like, "She worked with her hands and nose." We were both rolling on the floor with laughter.



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Major freudian slip if he would have said she worked on her hands and knees.    :o

Major freudian slip if he would have said she worked on her hands and knees.    :o



Oooh, nasty.  ;D ;D ;D ;D



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Did anyone notice how McCain's mother looks a little like June Cleaver?



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http://180degreeimaging.com/180mag/06feb/rita/barbarabillingsley.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00648/news-graphics-2007-_648440a.jpg

Slight resemblance.

What cracked me up with McCain's speech last night, he was talking about Palin saying something like, "She worked with her hands and knows..." he paused at the word "knows" but it sounded like, "She worked with her hands and nose." We were both rolling on the floor with laughter.



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;D ;D ;D

I thought I was the only one who picked up on it 'coz I thought only a little pervo like me would!

I shouldn't have taken a patronizing tone anyway.  A lot of people have never heard of John Cage, but I'm always trying to change that!


I saw him in Harvard Square once.  He had everyone stop and listen.

I saw him in Harvard Square once.  He had everyone stop and listen.

Oh wow, that's so cool!

Cage died in '92 before I really got interested in him.
:(

I am now close friends with a composer who was one of Cage's students.


Did anyone notice how McCain's mother looks a little like June Cleaver?



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And the Beaver graduated 894th out of 899 cadets!

And the Beaver graduated 894th out of 899 cadets!



I could say something here VERY facetious but I will  :-X


:D ;D ;D ;D



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I could say something here VERY facetious but I will  :-X


:D ;D ;D ;D



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And Sarah Palin, if Eddie Haskell was a gal, there you go!
:P

And Sarah Palin, if Eddie Haskell was a gal, there you go!
:P



Not exactly what I was thinking but that will work.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



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