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Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:49 PM

Poll_Blind (23,233 posts)

As a huge critic of this Administration, watching the RNC debacle is an excellent reminder...

...of just how incredibly fucking fucked up the GOP is in comparison and how much better, how much more competent, the Democratic Party is, even in their darkest hour.

I really wished both parties served The People better than they already do, but my god. My fucking god.

I think Rubio was the only person who actually gave a speech which was effective. The rest of them, including Romney and Ryan, gave idiotic bromides only varying in their saccharine content. The two low-lights were when they had Chris Christie AKA ManShark on stage and, of course, East Clintwood.

At the closing of the convention, Boehner even broke into tears.

I can't imagine an American objectively looking at the rolling clusterfuck of confusion that was the 2012 Republican National Convention and thinking "Those guys, YEAH!".

PB

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As a huge critic of this Administration, watching the RNC debacle is an excellent reminder... (Original post)	Poll_Blind	Aug 2012	OP
Classic....	WCGreen	Aug 2012	#1
K&R!!!	gateley	Aug 2012	#2
K&R	Change has come	Aug 2012	#3
the contrast is stark	spanone	Aug 2012	#4
Rubio just yelled absolutes at the audience as if he's doing an intervention	lunatica	Aug 2012	#5
TBH, I was still...	Poll_Blind	Aug 2012	#6
coherent but very rehearsed, did not seem genuine to me.	Voice for Peace	Aug 2012	#9
I didn't see him, however the media is saying he was a "win"	Lone_Star_Dem	Aug 2012	#7
Who cares what it means to them	lunatica	Aug 2012	#13
Me? I know the man for what he is.	Lone_Star_Dem	Aug 2012	#15
But his behavior...	elzenmahn	Aug 2012	#17
I thought Rubio would be much better.	Voice for Peace	Aug 2012	#8
I think he's rehearing for the Presidential bid in 2016	lunatica	Aug 2012	#12
the debates are going to be fucking brutal	madrchsod	Aug 2012	#10
I'm feeling they'll cut the debates to a minimum	lunatica	Aug 2012	#14
Right. No tax returns. No debates. "just trust Mmoney/Rayn and STFU ~nt	99th_Monkey	Aug 2012	#18
Word n/t	whatchamacallit	Aug 2012	#11
Well, the very spectacle of that stadium filled with drooling knuckle-draggers	99th_Monkey	Aug 2012	#16
except nobody heard Rubio because everyone was going "what the hell just happened" n/t	LSK	Aug 2012	#19
Except for people listening on the radio, I'd say this is almost a certainty.	Poll_Blind	Aug 2012	#22
The scary thing is how fast they're lowering the bar	Hydra	Aug 2012	#20
LOL @ "East Clintwood"!	Jamaal510	Aug 2012	#21
Here's my comment about the repubs, on another thread:	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#23

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Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:51 PM

WCGreen (44,939 posts)

1. Classic....

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Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:53 PM

gateley (61,915 posts)

2. K&R!!!

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:16 AM

Change has come (1,981 posts)

3. K&R

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:17 AM

spanone (72,136 posts)

4. the contrast is stark

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:24 AM

lunatica (28,852 posts)

5. Rubio just yelled absolutes at the audience as if he's doing an intervention

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Sorry, but I disagree with your assessment of Rubio. He's not old enough to be the wise old man barking gems of wisdom like they're written on stone tablets a-la-God. A little humility would go a long way for him. He is supposed to be a servant of and an spokesman for the people. Not a demi-god dictating the rules to humanity.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:30 AM

Poll_Blind (23,233 posts)

6. TBH, I was still...

...in the process of taking a dump and missed a big chunk of Rubio's speech- but it seemed so much more coherent than what preceded it. So I can't say I entirely disagree with your assessment.

PB

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:36 AM

Voice for Peace (8,397 posts)

9. coherent but very rehearsed, did not seem genuine to me.

I think Rubio's calling is to be some kind of a religious preacher,
that's the way he sounds, his inflections.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:32 AM

Lone_Star_Dem (27,611 posts)

7. I didn't see him, however the media is saying he was a "win"

Whatever that means to them.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:04 AM

lunatica (28,852 posts)

13. Who cares what it means to them

What does it mean to you?

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:40 AM

Lone_Star_Dem (27,611 posts)

15. Me? I know the man for what he is.

It means nothing to me. I'm cemented in my choice for president.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:12 AM

elzenmahn (268 posts)

17. But his behavior...

...is par-for-the-course for people who think of the voters as subjects, or "the help", and not the ultimate owners of this country.

Rubio, like Paul Ryan and Governor Crispy Creme, not to mention the rest of the Republican pack-of-jackasses, are not true conservatives. They are authoritarians, dictator-wannabes. They are bullies, and need to be dealt with as such.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:34 AM

Voice for Peace (8,397 posts)

8. I thought Rubio would be much better.

It sounded like rehearsed sentimental blather from start to finish.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:02 AM

lunatica (28,852 posts)

12. I think he's rehearing for the Presidential bid in 2016

Most of the big speaker did that.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:40 AM

madrchsod (55,741 posts)

10. the debates are going to be fucking brutal

biden will make ryan cry and obama will make mittens wish he`d staid at home

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:09 AM

lunatica (28,852 posts)

14. I'm feeling they'll cut the debates to a minimum

Romney and Ryan don't want to debate Obama and Biden. Not unless they're guaranteed to be treated 'fairly' a-la-teabag party where they can approve of all the questions asked.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:13 AM

99th_Monkey (7,209 posts)

18. Right. No tax returns. No debates. "just trust Mmoney/Rayn and STFU ~nt

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:43 AM

whatchamacallit (7,814 posts)

11. Word n/t

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:11 AM

99th_Monkey (7,209 posts)

16. Well, the very spectacle of that stadium filled with drooling knuckle-draggers

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should be any and everyone's "first clue" that the GOP is, well,
pretty FUBAR ... of course as a "last gasp" swan song, it was
perfect in a way too.

Quite painful to watch though.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:17 AM

LSK (36,625 posts)

19. except nobody heard Rubio because everyone was going "what the hell just happened" n/t

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:08 PM

Poll_Blind (23,233 posts)

22. Except for people listening on the radio, I'd say this is almost a certainty.

I was listening to him while doing something in another room and it was so weird, I couldn't really make out what was going on- except that something seemed horribly, horribly wrong. Rubio came on and seemed not to miss a beat going into his spiel. So it didn't have as much impact if one was just listening, IMO. But most people were watching and I can't imagine anyone being able to concentrate after the stack of crazy cakes Eastwood put on the table. So, agreed!

PB

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:45 PM

Hydra (9,441 posts)

20. The scary thing is how fast they're lowering the bar

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The Obama administration is like a well-run Republican Administration. Because the Repubs have been degenerating so fast and so much, this sort of thing is like an anchor dragging us to the bottom of the ocean...and all we can say is, "...It's not as bad as it could be."

"Not with a bang, but a whimper..."

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:53 PM

Jamaal510 (3,172 posts)

21. LOL @ "East Clintwood"!

Him talking to that empty chair was priceless. You'd think that this was a Daily Show or Onion parody.
But man, that entire Republican Circus this week was nothing short of a lie-fest. It's pathetic when your party's policies are at odds with so many people's interests that you have to fool people to vote for you. Even Jeb resorted to the "stop blaming my brother" card, even though Shrub II's administration is the culprit for our massive debt and our wars.

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Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:54 PM

CrispyQ (16,046 posts)

23. Here's my comment about the repubs, on another thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125182335#post7

Unfuckingbelievable!

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