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Posted on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 09:58:45 AM EST
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Those of you who rely on sleeping pills or a shot of bourbon to help you fall asleep will not need your sleeping aids tonight. Simply tune in the Republican National Convention, where the prime time speaking agenda will include the sleep-talking Sen. Fred Thompson and the equally snooze-inducing Sen Joe Lieberman. George Bush, rumored to still be the President of the United States, will appear by satellite.

Thompson is pinch hitting for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger, who suddenly found himself with better things to do.

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    Fred Thompson is GREAT (5.00 / 0) (#2)
    by steviez314 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:04:21 AM EST
    on Law and Order.

    The Ahh-nalt can't leave California (5.00 / 0) (#3)
    by scribe on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:06:11 AM EST
    lest those nasty Democrats pass a budget he (and his Repug buddies) don't like, and the Dem Lieutenant Governor sign it in his absence.

    A worthy testament to the skill Republicans have at alienating people and not working well with others.

    Bet He's Breathing A Sigh of Relief (5.00 / 0) (#20)
    by daring grace on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:25:56 AM EST
    he can't make it to the convention.

    It seems like there are a fair number of no-shows.

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    Purely by accident.... (5.00 / 0) (#9)
    by kdog on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:13:30 AM EST
    I timed my vacation perfectly..I'll be holed up in a casino for the duration of the RNC, my church where no politics may enter:)  Just waiting for my road dog to get his arse out of bed...

    Hard enough watching the D's brand of bull, dodging the most pressing issues...the R brand is simply too much to bear.  So glad I'll be outta the loop...good luck with your blood pressure everybody!

    Kdog (5.00 / 0) (#14)
    by Molly Bloom on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:16:01 AM EST
    I don't always agree with you, but you may be the sanest here.

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    Sun god help us.... (5.00 / 0) (#25)
    by kdog on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:30:43 AM EST
    if that is the case Molly...for real:)

    Then again, like my main man Charles Bukowski said...

    "Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live"


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    have fun (none / 0) (#10)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:14:33 AM EST
    and dont forget McCains advise and double down.

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    Joe Lieberman's whine grates like (5.00 / 0) (#13)
    by Anne on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:15:54 AM EST
    nails on a chalkboard, so I will be skipping that, for sure.

    I can think of almost nothing I would rather do less than watch and listen to a parade of Republicans - and the ones they've slated are among the worst - stand up and tell lies about the last 8 years.

    Although I understand from listening to Newt on POTUS 08 that the theme is going to be forward-looking: reform, peace and prosperity, to set McCain's candidacy apart from the last 8 years.

    Seems to me there's a choice to be made: wasting time on Palin or making sure McCain isn't able to un-velcro Bush from his side.

    I think Door #2 is the smarter way to go, but that's just me.

    Can you guys think of ANYONE (5.00 / 0) (#29)
    by flyerhawk on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:39:54 AM EST
    in the Republican Party that would be exciting? Pawlenty? Jindal could be but he's a bit tied up.

    there is this governor (5.00 / 1) (#33)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:46:05 AM EST
    from Alaska.  I think her name I Palin.

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    Heh. (5.00 / 0) (#64)
    by Robot Porter on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:35:23 AM EST
    Huckabee is also someone who will add spice to the convention.

    Though I obviously don't agree with his views, I think he was one of the most skilled politicians on either side this year.

    And, as a fan of skilled politicians, I enjoyed watching him work.

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    I agree (5.00 / 1) (#66)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:46:36 AM EST
    being from arkansas I know more than most how evil he is but he is a very skilled pol.


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    Lieberman is speaking at the RNC (5.00 / 0) (#34)
    by Militarytracy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:46:23 AM EST
    How can that be the same guy that ran on the Gore ticket?  It's a funked up world, and that's on the better days.

    as much as we hate him (none / 0) (#37)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:47:39 AM EST
    he will appeal to some indies.  dont think he wont.

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    I don't recommend this (none / 0) (#56)
    by nalo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:05:55 AM EST
    But, I monitor the right wing hate radio, and Lieberman is just disgustingly ugly to listen to on Hannity.  He regularly appears and rants about threat of radical islam, how 9/11 changed everything and what great Americans George W. Bush and Sean Hannity are.

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    Does it matter? (5.00 / 0) (#40)
    by cosbo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:48:36 AM EST
    McCain did a military strike precision media bomb on the Democratic Convention and killed it last Friday with his announcement of Palin. Democrats ended their convention week talking about McCain.

    So a boring RNC convention....bleh.

    The start of the actual campaigns are what people are waiting for at this point.

    That said, I figure that Palin is probably going to rise to the occasion.

    to play devils advocate (5.00 / 1) (#58)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:16:34 AM EST
    I suspect "contrast" with the dem convention was the goal.

    TChris, do you (5.00 / 0) (#76)
    by cpinva on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 01:22:50 PM EST
    have any actual evidence that this bush guy is still president?

    just askin'.:)

    From what I've heard of her speech (3.00 / 0) (#17)
    by Lil on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:22:41 AM EST
    I think Palin will outshine all of them, even McCain. She was not boring. The rest of them really are boring. If she survives the media onslaught, people may want to see her on top of the ticket before this is all over.

    I keep trying to picture McCain's speech and how in the world he could even hold a candle to Obama's. I suspect it will be an attack speech. remember Arnold calling us "girlie men"?

    The other one that can be entertaining (5.00 / 0) (#19)
    by Lil on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:24:34 AM EST
    is Guiliani. Is he scheduled to speak; he brings some spark (I can't stand him)

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    Heard Giuliani was Pulled From Key Note (5.00 / 0) (#27)
    by daring grace on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:35:57 AM EST
    tonight.

    Media reporting is all over the board on whether Lieberman and Thompson are his dual replacements, or whether he will re-appear in the schedule later in the week.

    Reading the news about the convention, you get the feeling they (the Repubs) are making this up as they go along. It's kind of fascinating to watch. i'm so used to them being SO tightly controlled usually.

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    Guliani should have never been chosen (none / 0) (#60)
    by stefystef on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:22:08 AM EST
    for the Keynote speech.  The whole 9/11 thing is over and Guliani is nothing to real Republicans and conservatives.  Rudy needs to just go away.  There are many more Republicans who can come forward to speak who are better.

    As weak as the Republicans seem, they are still getting support.  McCain raised $47 million in July, I think.  If you keep goofing on him, it will only give McCain strength.

    Stay with the issues.

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    Was I Goofing on McCain? (5.00 / 0) (#68)
    by daring grace on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:59:32 AM EST
    I probably will in the future, but here I was just commenting on the ever-changing nature of the Repub convention and how, this morning, it was being reported that they will announce the speaker line up and agenda on a day to day basis.

    That's pretty wild for a convention, esp. a Repub convention. If anything, it adds a bit of zip to the proceedings, if also a bit of chaos.

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    McCain doesn't want to seem like your (none / 0) (#21)
    by tigercourse on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:26:45 AM EST
    mad Grandpa. I think he'll play it much more "reform, new politics, maverick, blah, blah, blah".

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    lol, and you are probably right, (none / 0) (#22)
    by Lil on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:27:52 AM EST
    which means he'll be boring.

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    A disco ball, a strobe light (3.00 / 0) (#77)
    by lilburro on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 01:47:17 PM EST
    they are going to need something to keep people awake.  This sounds like a crappy party.  Oh, it is.
    Couldn't they find any new guard people to do some talking?  

    WoW (none / 0) (#1)
    by TruthMatters on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:01:50 AM EST
    this is no way will compare to night 1 of the DNC, nor will it compare to the Tuesday night Hillary speech that 25 million American's watched.

    wow the American people got to watch Hillary on tuesday, and the GOP responds, with Fred, Joe, and Bush?

    I almost feel bad for their reviews after the speeches, I don't see how this could be exciting in the least.

    espeically now that they can't spend the entire week saying Obama is not ready. I hear they went back and had to back over all the speeches for the week, to tone down the hits on experience.

    that says it all right there.

    D*** Cheney (none / 0) (#4)
    by nalo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:06:49 AM EST
    it looks like Dick Cheney couldn't re-schedule?

    Mr. Cheney -- who was scheduled to depart Tuesday on a tour that also includes stops in Azerbaijan and Italy -- is expected to stress the depth of U.S. interests in Georgia and its neighbors, both for his overseas audience and his domestic one.
    Bush isn't even (none / 0) (#5)
    by eric on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:07:55 AM EST
    bothering to show up in person?  Wow.  The republicans are really just phoning it in this year.

    why is anyone surprised (5.00 / 0) (#7)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:11:13 AM EST
    that W and Cheney are not showing up?
    this was a gift to McCain.  as for a slow and boring convention,  I would wait until its over to make that judgment.
    I have a feeling thing are going to pick up considerably.


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    But will it get much of a bounce? (5.00 / 0) (#12)
    by Molly Bloom on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:15:08 AM EST
    Boring is designed to not lose you polling points.

    Throw in legitimate questions- ties to Stevens, Bridge to Nowhere etc (and ignoring the ones which should be left alone) and he could get a negative bounce. He could unite the radical conservatives, but lose the Independents.

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    Giuliani Out As Key Note (5.00 / 0) (#24)
    by daring grace on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:30:15 AM EST
    at least today which was when he was scheduled to speak.

    Looking at the shuffling of speakers I found myself wondering if they're going to try and stack dynamic line ups into Wednesday and Thursday-- give some of the media buzz about Palin's surprises time to die down, lowered expectations followed by more energized performances by McCain (!) and certainly, Palin.

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    If you remember some dems who were (1.00 / 0) (#71)
    by PssttCmere08 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:01:32 PM EST
    running for office did the same type of thing by distancing themselves from obama.  It isn't any big surprise they wouldn't want bush/cheney around if it will help McCain's cause.

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    Um, it's tongue-in-cheek (none / 0) (#16)
    by nalo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:16:51 AM EST
    to point to the hypocrisy of the great "concern" over Hurricane Gustav the vaunted Republican party is showing.

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    thank you (none / 0) (#18)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:23:50 AM EST


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    Cheney not appearing (none / 0) (#26)
    by nalo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:33:13 AM EST
    could actually add +2 to McCain's bounce no matter what.  Bush, on the other hand, still has his 30% support, so it'll very tricky for McCain to manage.  It would depend on how they can manipulate the visuals if the do a satellite speech.  He's managed to appease the right wing with Palin for now.

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    I dont think that many people want to see Bush (none / 0) (#28)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:36:26 AM EST
    either.
    as for solidifying the support of the right.  McCain started it with his pick and the left has consolidated it with its reaction.


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    I agree (5.00 / 0) (#32)
    by CST on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:46:01 AM EST
    I think not having Bush and Cheney is a huge plus for McCain.  Not having Jindal and Arnold... not so much.  The problem is that NO ONE exciting will be there.  Fred Thompson?  Blah.  I just hope they keep Guiliani on although nixing him will be a big plus for MaCain too.

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    I think they plan to make it all about (none / 0) (#35)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:47:05 AM EST
    Palin.  she is the key.  McCains speech will be an afterthought.


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    McCain's scrambling (5.00 / 0) (#49)
    by nalo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:58:18 AM EST
    With the Palin pick.  Yeah, he's shoring up the right wing, but he's losing his "base"--the Sprinkled Donut Media.  It looks like he's already lost Mark Halperin and Liz Sidoti, and Matt Drudge seems to be teetering.  Pretty soon all he'll have left is Ron Fournier and Fox News.  

    In my opinion, unlike almost every other Republican, John McCain's maverick branding is based on Mark Salter's myth of sucking up to the national media (esp. Washington Post/New York Times).  So McCain can't afford to play the liberal media bias outrage the same way as always.

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    Drudge teetering? (none / 0) (#52)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:01:31 AM EST
    have you been there today?

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    No, I don't go there (none / 0) (#54)
    by eric on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:04:53 AM EST
    what's up with Drudge?

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    he seems pretty on board to me (none / 0) (#55)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:05:39 AM EST


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    You may be right (3.00 / 0) (#42)
    by CST on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:50:44 AM EST
    I am afraid you are.  When I first heard this pick, my initial reaction was "oh sh!t".  But Obama did a pretty good job in his speech making this about politics again, we'll see if he can keep it up.  I bet the republicans will be all "personality" in the upcoming weeks.

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    What is this I hear about (none / 0) (#23)
    by cpa1 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:28:53 AM EST
    George W. Bush being on a sattelite?  When did they shoot him into outer space and what took them so long.  Are he and Cheney in one of those glass prisons like General Zod and his friends?  I hope they never come back!

    Regards,

    Emily Littella

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    uh oh (none / 0) (#30)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:45:18 AM EST
    you're showing your age if you start quating Emily.   LOL

    Do you remember when Emily was all upset about all that talk about President "erect" Jimmy Carter?     nevermind.......

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    Tim (none / 0) (#65)
    by cpa1 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:38:17 AM EST
    I totally forgot about it until now.  That was hysterical.  She was a talent who left much too soon.

    I'd much prefer Emily Littella and Rosanne Rosanadana then the garbage they call news people now.

    Oh, bye the way, Imus in the Morning is back on FIOS and the RFD Channel at #247.  At least he's not as predictable as Matthews, Olbermann, Cafferty, Toobin, Borger, Brazille, Barnacle et al but you have to be able to take the references to the pigs on ABC radio and the "country" commercials.  MSNBC is still not on FIOS.  Maybe we need a boycott of FIOS.  

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    Or Aretha Franklin's "You make me (none / 0) (#72)
    by PssttCmere08 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:03:20 PM EST
    feel like a national woman" per Emily Litella

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    or (none / 0) (#73)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:05:36 PM EST
    making Puerto Rico a steak.  I mean if we start making steaks for Puerto Rico, then everyone else is going to want steaks....

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    lol....never mind! (none / 0) (#74)
    by PssttCmere08 on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:10:24 PM EST


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    I look foreward (none / 0) (#6)
    by Faust on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:08:19 AM EST
    to David Gergen giving the speeches rave reviews.

    Gergen has been known to play it straight (5.00 / 0) (#8)
    by Molly Bloom on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:12:04 AM EST
    I remember when it was Gergen and Shields during the 1992 election. Gergen was as hard on Bush the elder as Shields.

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    I don't think so (none / 0) (#31)
    by Dr Molly on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:45:30 AM EST
    Gergen was on CNN last night describing Palin as 'perky but a joke for a VP pick' and 'a bad mother' for running.

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    what's with the bad mother (5.00 / 0) (#41)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:49:43 AM EST
    stuff?  Her husband isn't genetically capable of raising children?

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    Also, both Sen. Obama and Mrs. (5.00 / 0) (#46)
    by zfran on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:56:10 AM EST
    Obama both work. What kind of example of parents does that suggest?! The left is so hypocritical right now!


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    not just hypocritical (5.00 / 1) (#48)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:57:51 AM EST
    idiotic.  how many families in this country can survive on one salary?
    this is insane.

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    Um (5.00 / 1) (#75)
    by TChris on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:15:29 PM EST
    David Gergen is a conservative Republican, not a representative of the left. The remarks that I've seen about Palin's inability to be a mother while running for VP have mostly been from delegates to the Republican Convention and from other conservatives who think that women should stay at home and raise babies, not from the left.  

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    No one should be speaking of this (none / 0) (#81)
    by zfran on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 02:53:52 PM EST
    at all!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the point. It's because she is a she not a he!!!!! I've heard, read and spoken with former Hillary supporters who are friends and are seriously thinking of supporting McCain/Palin ticket. Again, Judge Judy's book: Don't pea on my leg and tell it's raining." That's what the dems have done to women in this campaign. Many will go away because there are other options.

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    I absolutely agree (none / 0) (#82)
    by TChris on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 03:38:57 PM EST
    that it is a stupid and demeaning argument to make.  My point was simply that you're blaming the left for an argument that was made by a centrist Republican.  Bash dems all you want (in post after post) but don't blame the left for an argument that is coming from the right.  And why voters will be driven to the Republican ticket because a Republican made an offensive remark is beyond me.

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    How many examples shall I give (none / 0) (#83)
    by zfran on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 03:45:32 PM EST
    you where either this blog or a tv news (?) program had on dems who talked about this. I heard one conservative woman (and maybe there were more) who was on Fox today against Palin's position on this, but Larry King last night is just one example. As for "bashing dems in post after post" let me just say, if indeed you read this, that I, as a reader and poster to your subject matters detect quite often a tone of intolerance. That, to me, does not offer the change Sen. Obama and his campaign are offering. I do not often respond to your posts because of that. If you want to help Sen. Obama win, imo, then ask all who enter your dome to come in and be welcome. Instead, from what I've noticed you are driving people away.

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    I'm not running for office (none / 0) (#84)
    by TChris on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 03:53:24 PM EST
    and I am not a member of the Obama campaign. I welcome everyone to comment on my posts provided they play by the rules. That doesn't mean I must agree with the comments. Back to the point:  there may be examples of a Democrat claiming that Palin shouldn't campaign for VP because it takes time away from her parenting, but I haven't seen one. I saw several such comments posted by conservatives to the Wall Street Journal blog. If "talking about it" means condemning it, that seems appropriate to me. Certainly the viewpoint that Palin should be raising her children rather than running for office is not an argument that Jeralyn or BTD or I have advanced.

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    David Gergen is not left (none / 0) (#51)
    by nalo on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:01:05 AM EST
    but for clarification, I reject and denounce his comments as well as discussion about Palin's family.

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    Gergen... (5.00 / 0) (#47)
    by Dr Molly on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:56:47 AM EST
    First he said she was a bad mother for running while having 5 kids. When that didn't seem sufficient to everyone on the show, he added that she was a bad mother for running while knowing that her teenaged daughter was pregnant because she was exposing the daughter to knocks from the media (even though it is Gergen and the media who are doing the knocking of course). The latter line of attack seemed to go over extremely well with the other @ssholes on the show, and I believe that both memes will be perpetuated.

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    this is why the only people with (5.00 / 0) (#50)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:59:09 AM EST
    lower positive ratings with voters than congress is the MSM.  what they say is not only irrelevant it is probably helpful the Palin.

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    did Gergen (none / 0) (#59)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:18:43 AM EST
    suggest that the family should have sent their daughter away to "baording" school for about a month to hide the pregnancy like they did in the 50's and 60's?

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    should have read (none / 0) (#62)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:27:56 AM EST
    for about a "year".....

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    didn't everyone (5.00 / 0) (#43)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:52:59 AM EST
    in te media spend all last week saying how WONDERFUL a father Biden was because he went to the senate and came home every night as a single father?

    Don't they suppose Palin will be at home in Washington every night just like Biden went home to Del?  Don't they think her family will have every bit as good a support system as Biden did?

    More sexist crap.....

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    IMO (5.00 / 0) (#45)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:55:34 AM EST
    Gergen has jumped the shark.
    hard to tell with the competition for idiocy being so stiff but thats what I think.

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    Ugh (none / 0) (#44)
    by CST on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:53:35 AM EST
    These people are a nightmare.

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    Thompson and Lieberman? Congratulations (none / 0) (#11)
    by tigercourse on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:14:40 AM EST
    President Obama. Whose up for the next night, Tancredo and George Allen?

    I was looking forward (none / 0) (#15)
    by Carolyn in Baltimore on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:16:36 AM EST
    to a week of crazy talk - fear, Daddy, control, drowning the government, killing the education dept, banning birth control, forced marriage.

    I have to watch since my son has s it for homework. If they are toning it down and pretending the scandal-ridden aren R's and keeping endangered Congresscritters away, there's no drama. Except of course Wonkette blogging the convention 'dating' boards for closeted R's.

    But I'm sure I'll still get some entertainment value out of Bush passing the torch and Joe in the bosom of his family.

    I bet they line up a of of women to call attention to Hillary's absence from the D ticket. It is still all about Hillary in both parties. What a woman!

    Ugh (none / 0) (#36)
    by Steve M on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:47:23 AM EST
    I cannot imagine watching any of this.

    I dont plan to miss Palins speech. (5.00 / 0) (#38)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:48:11 AM EST
    other than that, I didnt watch the dem one either.


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    Palin and McCain for Me (none / 0) (#69)
    by daring grace on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:00:46 PM EST
    At least, I'll START to watch...

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    I think the R's pitch (none / 0) (#39)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:48:27 AM EST
    is going to change from Obama's lack of experience to the fear of having the dems in control of both houses of congress AND the presidency at the same time.

    I have a feeling (none / 0) (#53)
    by americanincanada on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:03:51 AM EST
    that this convention is going to be all about women in general and Sarah Palin in particular. I am hearing that Huckabee will possibly be introducing her or giving a speech just prior to her.

    I would be Guiliani will speak before all this is over as will Romney. Romney and Huck in particular seemed to really like Palin in the rallies I watched over the weekend.

    Don't think this is going to be boring at all. Especially not tomorrow night.

    Can someone explain to me all the talk (none / 0) (#61)
    by TimNCGuy on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:26:00 AM EST
    about how much money McCain has raised since announcing Palin?  He has to spend ALL of that money by Thursday when the federal money kicks in for him right?

    I understand that Palin may also attract contributions to the party etc.  But, aren't sonations to McCain done with as of Thursday when he accepts nomination?

    Nothing to do with spending (none / 0) (#63)
    by trillian on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 11:32:07 AM EST
    He just can't raise money after Thursday

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    The rule is (none / 0) (#70)
    by JThomas on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:00:47 PM EST
    that any funds he has on hand after Thursday, he can turn over to the RNC. So, in effect, it will all go into the same bucket in the end.
    McCain and the RNC will have lots of cash..maybe 240 million.
    It looks like Hurricane Hanna will be making landfall in South Carolina or Georgia on Friday afternoon so I think any buzz about McCain's acceptance speech will be short-lived as the media starts ramping up on storm watch on Thursday afternoon.
    Also (none / 0) (#78)
    by lilburro on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 01:47:39 PM EST
    was Ron Paul even invited?

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