Denver sizzled. St. Paul fizzled.

[saltpoint]

It ain't over til it's over but for all express purposes, it's over.

Dullest damn night of politics in recent memory with no promise of improvement the rest of the week.

[WA98296]

1. Has anyone ever seen a convention with so few people? How many were press?

[saltpoint]

2. Good question. I'm wondering if catatonics weren't bused in to fill

the some of the seats.

The GOP is off to a real snoozer.

[lob1]

18. I heard the police bused in the protesters to fill the place.

[Historic NY]

3. I just caught blips and it didn't appear exciting at all...looked like a GOP wake..

dead.

[Wapsie B]

4. That's the thng. With or without Palin even party insiders know McCain's a joke.

Way before her name was even uttered various repugs were saying they couldn't attend. Do you think this would've happened if Ronnie were running?

[provis99]

5. Thom Hartmann was right. It really is like a funeral.

I tuned in just as Thompson was talking about McCain, and I thought McCain had died overnight, the way he was talking. Turned out it was just McCain's campaign that had died.

[opihimoimoi]

6. The Hookers and Security peeps outnumbered the convention goers

Its a FIRST

[saltpoint]

7. It might be fun to mount a massive mail-in request order for a CD by

Hookers & Blow, one of the featured bands the Republicans hired for this gig.

Odd choice for a party of "family values."

[Lifelong Protester]

13. The band name was a hoot...but even funnier

was Jon Stewart's video of repugs partying the night away whilst trying to 'help' the victims of the latest hurricane. It was classic irony.

[saltpoint]

15. LOL! Yes. We have to have John Stewart. I'm not sure some of us could

have made it through these Bush-era years without him.

[Stagecoach]

8. It's definitely been low-key

Nothing to get excited over.

[Az_lefty]

9. No kidding. The Dems rocked, publicans put me to sleep.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. When will we find out how the ratings stacked up against the DNC? nt

[saltpoint]

11. There are probably running percentages with nightly breakdowns.

Not sure who would cover those, though.

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. It'll be interesting to see what kind of numbers Palin pulls tomorrow night....

I won't be watching, but it'll still be interesting. :hi:

[saltpoint]

16. Yep. I'll join you in not watching.

Together, we can suppress those viewer totals!


:thumbsup: :hi:

[eshfemme]

12. What would be the nail in the casket are the rating numbers.

The GOP can use the Gustav coverage as an excuse all they want but there's just not as much interest in the GOP beyond the Palinites who are excited over her vagina and her guns. Seriously, all of the interesting things at the RNC this year are things that are happening AROUND it like the police abuse towards protesters, the Ron Paul convention (which from the looks of it is actually BETTER attended) and the Palin gossip. Hence, the focus of the current MSM coverage.

The RNC had even MORE time than the DNC because they didn't have the fucking long grueling primary, which John McCain took as time to fucking nap instead of doing what he should have been doing and that is to vet his fucking Barbie Doll VP. All of this is karma because they wouldn't have had to scrap all their plans for the RNC that took over 2 years to plan if it hadn't been for the absolutely fuckitude of their handling of Katrina and they wouldn't be dealing with all this shit if they actually fucking GOVERNED instead of campaigning all the time.

[Tarheel_Dem]

17. I'd love to see a breakdown of the households (by ethnicity) that viewed Obama's speech.

It was all we could talk about at work the next day. TV One (black network) carried the entire convention last week, and this week they're back to regular programming, with barely a mention in the newsbreaks about the RNC. LOL.

p.s.: this was supposed to be in response to post #16. I'm sleepy.