GOP convention, night two: Thompson and Lieberman
posted at 7:21 pm on September 2, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Here’s your comment thread. 7 p.m. ET on C-SPAN; watch online if you’re not near a TV. Bush will speak via satellite at some point and then it’s Fred plating bleeding chunks of red meat and Joementum reprising Zell Miller — but kinder and gentler! — in primetime.
How intense is public interest in Palin? Judging by online activity, more intense than it’s ever been even for The One. Our heroine’s lying low for now, but if you’re hungry for more, here’s tomorrow’s “scandal” today: HuffPo video of her addressing a Pentecostal church and asking for prayers that the task of U.S. troops be “a task that is from God” and “that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan.” NBC has already picked it up and is naturally very, very concerned. Too early to tell yet which stereotype of evangelicals the left will try to demagogue her with, the idea that they want to wage a holy war on Muslims or the idea that they’re trying to bring about the Rapture and the U.S. military is the fastest path to Armageddon. But it sounds to me like all she’s really saying here is that she hopes God approves of what we’re doing, which must be the most rudimentary prayer in all of Christendom. Am I right or has my benighted atheism clouded my judgment once again. Weigh in!
While you mull that, here’s video from CNN of Sally Quinn telling Christians how they’re supposed to feel about a working mom neglecting her kids by going off gallivanting to shop or get her hair done or run for vice president of the United States. Like Andy McCarthy says, it’s downright heartwarming to see the left take such an interest in the Palin children’s well-being after so cruelly ignoring the effect on the Obama girls of having daddy away for such long stretches at a time. (Barney Frank not included!) Exit quotation: “Sarah was a touchdown, but I feel like we’re looking at it on the video replay for a final call.”
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Yeah, I know what some guys here are waiting to hear….
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Funky I have a friend that makes great utube videos and will forward the idea, its a good one. She is already working on the O-bam-a vs U S A chant theme that was suggested here the other day. To see her work search on Miradena at utube.
goat on September 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
I’m so glad they are highlighting this about Mrs. McCain.
Spirit of 1776 on September 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
wow, what a beautiful young lady
poor Bridget is quite heavy :-( I hope she isn’t in poor health?
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
don’t flame me…I just hate to see young people carrying so much weight. I hope the crap that weirdos on our own side of the aisle and on the other side (of course) have thrown at Bridget over the years hasn’t hurt her.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM
FLAME. FLAME. FLAME.
Slublog on September 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Ditto!
I think at least 1/3 of my friends were adopted.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:46 PM
So, now do we start theorizing on which network Ted Baxter belongs?
malclave on September 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Your comment before about her weight doesn’t help.
Let the libs be the ones that are hung up on anyone having even the littlest of fat on them. Let the libs be the one that think fat people are the lowest of the low.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Oh good, it’s not a country singer. Remember, GOP, not all conservatives just listen to country. Get Iced Earth to play “When the Eagle Cries”, carn-sarnit!
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Personally, I don’t construe “I hope she isn’t in poor health” as an attack.
Ryan Gandy on September 2, 2008 at 8:52 PM
I was referring to this.
I don’t think funky meant any offense but it still came off pretty bad.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:56 PM
I remember Bridget from 2000. She wasn’t shy/uncomfortable looking then either. She looked like a happy, active little kid back then.
Why do so many evil losers think it’s cool to throw slime on little children? Maybe she has developed arthritis or something else that limits her mobility….barring that, I have to guess people hurt her verbally.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Good thing the signer is there cuz I can’t understand a word she’s singing.
Tuning Spork on September 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
I can understand her fine.
Ryan Gandy on September 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
yeah I won’t say anything else….the difference from 2000 is kinda shocking to me is all.
I’m a mommy, so really, didn’t mean it as a slam on her.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
No problem. When you’re a guy who has rather quick metabolism and then hear from your wife break down in tears to the point of wanting to die because she’s on the heavy side, it breaks my heart. I love her so much and get so pissed at the people out there that act like Britney Spears or Jennifer Love Hewitt were ever fat. My wife and I are both on Weight Watchers right now (I do have a gut and I need to eat healtier, but other then that I have a pretty thin frame).
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:02 PM
OK, um, probably no great loss to only have 3 nights of this stuff.
Jeez, I’m kinda mean tonight :-) sorry–it reminds me of teacher inservice crap they used to force us to attend. It’s the main reason I gave up on education as a career.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:02 PM
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:02 PM
it’s horrifying really. and the thing that gets me is when a beautiful woman like Jessica Alba gets famous and then starves herself into a bobblehead.
Courtney Cox did the same thing. Why/who came up with the idea that skeletal women are the most attractive?
and yes, it’s very, very damaging to women and girls. no question about it.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:05 PM
GHW and Barbara look great.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:06 PM
George H.W. Bush looks so much more frail. That kind of makes me sad.
Slublog on September 2, 2008 at 9:07 PM
I mean, he looks good for his age, but less hearty.
Slublog on September 2, 2008 at 9:07 PM
And Hansen too? Damn.
Never let it be said, by anyone, that Republican conventions are full of women that are either old OR ugly.
Ryan Gandy on September 2, 2008 at 9:08 PM
FYI – Bill O’Reilly just announced that he will be interviewing Obama on Thursday Night – in essence, preempting McCain’s acceptance speech.
Who’s in the tank for Obama?
dugan on September 2, 2008 at 9:08 PM
I just watched Chris Mathews interview Tom Ridge. I laughed out loud. Chris looks deranged. Best thing is that he was asking questions about Governor Palin designed to get the answers he wanted, only Ridge wasn’t delivering. I wonder if Chris Mathews ever watchs his own tapes. They are really funny.
bloggless on September 2, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Damn, some fine looking women in MN.
ThePrez on September 2, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Bill has become a tiresome bore.
Dariaanne on September 2, 2008 at 9:12 PM
If they run it that night, that’s bush league.
Spirit of 1776 on September 2, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Mid-western women are quite attractive.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Looks like Obama wants revenge for McCain stealing his spotlight.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Thin is nice, but forcing the body to be skeletal is horrific – I dont understand that, that makes me cringe. But sometimes the body just has a mind of its own – I’m a guy who cant gain weight no matter what.
gxpgxp on September 2, 2008 at 9:14 PM
I really dislike the name of Espinosa’s company.
Ryan Gandy on September 2, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Hey, does anyone know who the headliners are tonight?
gxpgxp on September 2, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I`m beginning to agree with you there. I mostly tune in for Dennis Miller when he`s on.
ThePrez on September 2, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I know I shouldn’t but….LOL.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Weren’t Obama’s press flacks whining about “political malpractice” when McCain was teasing a release of his running mate on The One’s speech night?
I can’t say I’m surprised by their turnaround on that.
Slublog on September 2, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Oh good, it’s not a country singer. Remember, GOP, not all conservatives just listen to country. Get Iced Earth to play “When the Eagle Cries”, carn-sarnit!
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Id prefer “Last December” :-)
Elric66 on September 2, 2008 at 9:19 PM
they’re doing a ghwb tribute now
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM
wow he was some good looking young man
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:21 PM
well, there goes my hope that O’Reilly has any of his folks up there looking at those Chicago Annenberg Challenge documents.
Gee, did O’Reilly ask McCain to do an interview last Thursday and McCain turned him down?
Remember–Ted Sampley (purveyor of the John McCain=Manchurian NVA Candidate) also slings slime at GHW Bush.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:21 PM
yep, hawt for sure
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Watched ABC’s coverage of Day 2…
They showed Tom DeLay slinking into a convention fund raising party(with a recap of the charges against him), some senile Republican Congressman head butting the camera and some talk about Palin’s husband belonging to a modern Confederate/secession group in Alaska…
Quite a show!
alphie on September 2, 2008 at 9:23 PM
You bet your ass. Anyone who disagrees is free to take a cruise down University Avenue here in Madison in the summertime.
MadisonConservative on September 2, 2008 at 9:23 PM
I {heart} GHW Bush…I first learned Ted Sampley’s name when he was attacking him
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Troll alert. Troll alert.
Please don’t feed.
Thank you.
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Exactly. But my first thought was ‘How stupid is O’Reilly that he doesn’t realize he’s being used?’
BadgerHawk on September 2, 2008 at 9:26 PM
No, he thinks Obama has humbled himself before him. It`s all about Bill, I`ve sadly come to realize.
ThePrez on September 2, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Maybe “1776″ or “Ghost of Freedom”.
Wait a minute. Perhaps Obama is the child in the “Something Wicked…” trilogy. AAAAGGGHHH!!!!
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Yep, MSM has their chips all in for their lover Obama. McCain/Palin 08. Keep Obama out of the Oval Office, and drive a stake through the heart of the MSM-DNC industrial complex.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Wow! That Capt. quite a looker!
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:28 PM
:-) no sweat. I ignore it out of Christian charity…sometimes it’s kinder to avert one’s eyes.
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Well, if Fox airs an Obama interview during our convention, I will stop watching that network. I get most of news on the internet and Fox has become really ludicrous lately. They should rename it the MYWG Network.
Missing Young White Girl, fyi
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:30 PM
I think it actually worked. It has left to annoy another thread.
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:30 PM
anderson coop is sporting a greenish orange hue. perhaps he had a tif with makeup.
who’s the other dude next to wolf? he seems quite less douchesque than the rest of the cnn crew.
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:31 PM
I’ve actually started getting my news from CNN. I know it’s biased so I can adjust accordingly. Fox has become was too tabloid lately.
BadgerHawk on September 2, 2008 at 9:31 PM
anna
He’s John King. He’s the one who thinks women can’t raise a famliy and run for office at the same time. He also does the cool electoral map thingy.
BadgerHawk on September 2, 2008 at 9:33 PM
the McCain sons are adorable
funky chicken on September 2, 2008 at 9:33 PM
I agree. I rarely ever watch it now. If they get rid of Gretta Van Luvsamurderstory, then perhaps that will change.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:33 PM
agree about fox being a smidge low brow lately. but also they’re not panning to any of the convention, preferring to keep oreilly and hannity airing full shows.
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Good idea. I am turning to CNN just to protest Fox putting Obama on during the convention.
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:34 PM
hmm. perhaps he is a douche then. i like the map though lol.
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Wow, Michael Monsoor had asthma and still became a Navy Seal. SO much for Joe Biden’s excuses.
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:36 PM
If someone’s not black….
they’re too fat…
or, look, they’re so good looking!
wait, she is pregnant and young…
oh, but he’s so old!
MADDENING.
bridgetown on September 2, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Yep. Apparently, the talking point of the day for the Dems is Palin wasn’t “vetted” enough. Colmes is obsessed with the issue of “vetting”.
Then again, Colmes is a dumbass.
BacaDog on September 2, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Good to know I”m not the only one.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Indeed.
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:38 PM
This Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor tribute kicks ass.
Schweggie on September 2, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Who are the three people they keep panning to?
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I have tears in my eyes. God Bless Monsoor and all our military.
jencab on September 2, 2008 at 9:40 PM
his siblings i think.
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Dude. Totally.
Spirit of 1776 on September 2, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Monsoor is a real, honest hero. People like him always give me chills. God bless him, his family and comrades.
carbon_footprint on September 2, 2008 at 9:42 PM
USA USA USA
Ronnie on September 2, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Yes we did. Yes we did. Yes we did.
Ronnie on September 2, 2008 at 9:43 PM
I cannot begin to describe my anger for the Press ignoring the handing over of Anbar. God bless our wonderful troops.
Weight of Glory on September 2, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Thank goodness. Brit’s on.
Now, if he’d only kick Fred Barnes off of the panel.
BacaDog on September 2, 2008 at 9:46 PM
I like the big video display–especially that it’s always showing something patriotic. And I like the theme “Country First”.
ReubenJCogburn on September 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM
who’s doing strategy room? don’t tell me it’s greta.
anna on September 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Is Laura Bush classy or what. She’s a real lady.
BacaDog on September 2, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Laura Bush is a badass. :)
bridgetown on September 2, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Whatever you think of Bush, (I happen to think very highly of him) he and his wife have done so much to reestablish the dignity, sobriety, graciousness, selflessness, and service of the Oval Office. For that, I’m very grateful.
Weight of Glory on September 2, 2008 at 9:50 PM
THIS AIDS info is never reported!
bridgetown on September 2, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Speaking of attractive women, it’s Laura Bush!
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Could someone at the convention please move the teleprompters closer together? I feel like I’m watching a tennis match.
Ronnie on September 2, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Please oh please oh PLEASES do a tribute to the man who jumped on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers. I”m kicking myself for not being able to remember his name (I”m terrible with names).
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:53 PM
I love the upbeat nature of the convention so far, and Mrs. Bush is doing a great job of keeping it up. She talks about “inspiring statistics” and “people living in freedom.” You don’t hear Obama talking about inspiration and freedom, aside from the occasional boast about how inspiring he is. And you sure don’t hear him talking about “keeping Americans safe,” as Mrs. Bush just did. The Dem convention was a funereal for an America that Democrats think lasted 200 years too long. This is a celebration.
Doctor Zero on September 2, 2008 at 9:54 PM
It beats the “Scanners” look from the dems giving speeches due to the teleprompter being in front of them.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Ronnie on September 2, 2008 at 9:53 PM
LoL
bridgetown on September 2, 2008 at 9:54 PM
20 minutes ago
Ronnie on September 2, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Think back on the 2000 convention and how W looked then. Look at him now, that job sure does age you. God Bless him.
ThePrez on September 2, 2008 at 9:56 PM
“John McCain is ready to lead this nation”
John McCain pushed the surge more then anyone. That alone show that he’ll be a great CIC.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:56 PM
“…the angry left never will”
AWESOME!!!
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:57 PM
The angry left. That is funny
akerralls on September 2, 2008 at 9:57 PM
HOME RUN!
gxpgxp on September 2, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Sweet…but swing harder!
SouthernGent on September 2, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Listen you Paul nuts….
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 2, 2008 at 9:58 PM
This is so much better already than the demtards. It’s based in reality.
SouthernGent on September 2, 2008 at 9:59 PM
How about that Mike Monsoor tribute video.
That was tough.
Roger that.
VolMagic on September 2, 2008 at 9:59 PM
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