CON vention SUSPENDED!

[lonestarnot]

Hoy boy... Adopt platform dats it!

[NNN0LHI]

1. Probably be rescheduled for 9/11

[lonestarnot]

2. Dat will be it! Look at this yayhoo! WTF

Looks like a devil! (Rick Davis)

[ddeclue]

3. God has voted???

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

On second thought they'd probably try to disqualify God's vote by demanding photo ID.

:)

[lonestarnot]

7. OMG Dat was a good one! ROFLMAO

:rofl:

[lib2DaBone]

30. Film at 11:00

Sarah Palin (doing her best "Mother Teresa" routine... holds little baby saved from the wreckage.. hands baby over to McSame who is walking around new Orleans in a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. MCSame/Palin delegate handing out little cups of water in front of the FEMA trailer... Wolf Blitzer in rain slicker.. asking volunteers how the REPUBLICAN relief effort is going....


How Con..Veeeen...yent

[liberalmuse]

4. Booming commercial voice: "They sacrificed their convention...

for the people of New Orleans. Republicans: Compassion. Selfless devotion to the American people. Country First." :cry: :nopity: :cry: :nopity: :cry: :nopity: :cry:

[lonestarnot]

9. How sanctimonious!

:nopity: :evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

5. When CSPAN had it on this morning, it looked like there was no one there.

:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

12. All the would be pugs took the money and ran like hell!

[malaise]

6. Do you believe that if they were expecting a massive crowd

this would be happening. Damn it's hilarious watching them between a hard place and a rock.
Minnesota must be really pleased.

[bigtree]

8. right

it looked like a ghost town compared to last Sunday in Denver

[malaise]

13. And that alone has driven this decision

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Where is James Dobson? :rofl:

[lonestarnot]

14. massive crowd = "inappropriate" their new word "inappropriate.

Since when did they ever give a fuck about appropriateness? :rofl: Grand ol party of appropriateness now! What ever happened to "the show must go on" American perseverance through adversity? What bullshit cowards they are!

[Blue Belle]

23. You know what's "inappropriate"?

Using a natural disaster as the backdrop for your acceptance speech.

[lonestarnot]

26. And that is exactly what is going to happen! Users and abusers!

[Heather MC]

29. Here is a video of McCain rehearsing his speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGU28LierZg&feature=rela...

[malaise]

42. They can't get a massive crowd so of course

it's inappropriate. :rofl:

[EFerrari]

15. A lot of business owners are going to lose their shirts on this one.

And the city, too, because it probably was forced by the feds to put out money for gestapo.

[lib2DaBone]

34. Gee.. and they wasted all the SWAT raids...

... wasted all that un-constitutional military sweep of the college kids. And what will they do with all the extra barbed wire from the free speech zones? Maybe they can get some of the Blackwater guys to come up from N.O. and they can play war games.. pretend like they are in Iraq.... you know.. rough a few people up... push some women and kids around. Great fun.

[snappyturtle]

35. OH I am so glad to see your reply here! My computer crashed

and I have been behind the times all week. Drat. Are you OK?

I don't know if the RNC was expecting a huge crowd but the "Cities" have been in high gear. I can imagine this will be a huge loss. Are least their NAZI poice got some practice. This is from a former Minnesota resident who loves the state but I can't believe what I've been hearing from there.

[malaise]

45. A massive loss for all parties

but watching Rethugs run from their own convention is priceless.

I'm fine. Power's back.

[snappyturtle]

55. Agreed and good to hear you're fine! n/t

[still_one]

10. I think it is just for Monday, no? /nt

[lonestarnot]

16. "being evaluated" LOL

[lynne]

21. Monday will be only required party business - no speakers or political stuff

- the rest of the week to be played "by ear" dependent upon hurricane per news conference I just saw.

[gblady]

36. isn't that because....

all the scheduled speakers copped out?
Bush, Cheney, Arnold.

[lynne]

43. A lot more goes on at a convention than what most of us see on TV -

According to their website, there were 34 speakers/participants scheduled for Monday alone. I doubt that they all copped out.

[YDogg]

11. as someone who lives in hurricane-prone central FL, my thoughts are with those Gustav will harm.

At the same time, this really doesn't hurt the republicans so much, in that is lessens direct scrutiny of their abominable selections for both P and VP. Their entire convention was starting to fall apart without help from Gustav, and now neither mccain nor palin will have to come up huge in a major televised speech.

Again, my real concern is with those in the path of the hurricane. It would be unseemly for the republicans to be seen partying while the gulf coast is so dramatically battered. I applaud their decision, but hopefully the voters will have an opportunity very soon to examine their policies.

[lonestarnot]

Oh sure sure sure "my friend."

Of course our first thoughts are with victims of Gustav that are being evacuated from NO and surrounding costal areas. Anyone with even half a heart knows that is a given. They apparently can't do two things at once. The convention could have been conducted with reverence toward that ideal. I guess the remaining three paid attendees cancelled. :evilgrin:

[stillcool]

28. Whatever they do...

they can not erase the memories. It's nice that we won't see John McCain eating cake, but who will ever forget that image, or the other images of thousands of people being locked in the Convention center?

[submerged99]

40. I think this will help the repugs from a purely campaign perspective

Like you stated, it will take away the scrutiny of Palin and the other repug policies as well as give them an out with Bush. Bush has an excuse not to be there and they can claim this is the beginning of a NEW administration.

I think they will try and introduce Palin to voters as a take charge VP candidate who is down in the Gulf Coast. The narrative on Katrina has always been that the Repugs were unable to do anything about it. This could be seen as a "do over" with Mccain and Palin positioning themselves as the new repugs who step up and take charge.

[ccharles000]

17. ...

:hurts:

[aquamarina]

18. my guess is that the City of Minneapolis is non too happy

about this - they are going to lose millions.

Also and in all honesty this big show of concern for the folks in the gulf coast just reinforces to me just how badly they responded to Katrina. If FEMA had actually done their job in 2005, and Katrina was not such a clusterfuck, I am sure the republican party would have been able to confidently go on with their convention. This is nothing more than a big fat phony show of concern. They failed when it mattered the first time. Do they actually think they get to be forgiven if they actually do their jobs correctly this time around?

And seriously, I am sick of seeing McFlippy all over the tv playing at commander in chief.

[lonestarnot]

20. Here here here! Pretentious bullshit is all it is!

[ThatsMyBarack]

19. I wish McCain would just CONCEDE!

[jannyk]

22. If you saw him on CNN just now - you'd think he already had!! nt

[Eric J in MN]

31. Why?

NT

[jannyk]

37. He looked and sounded more like Grampa Walton than a Presidential Candidate

He looked so old and tired and worn down.
See better description here:-

http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/comatose-looking-mccain-faces-his-first.html

[Eric J in MN]

39. McCain Katrina Record

via that link:

"Mccain voted against the Katrina Commission to hold the Bush Administration accountable for their disastrous non-handling of the previous hurricane. He voted against extending unemployment benefits to Katrina victims. He voted against Medicaid for Katrina victims. He voted against funding the Army Corps of Engineers. He sought and received the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee after Hagee said Katrina was God's punishment against New Orleans. And finally, McCain celebrated his birthday with his bff George Bush and a big cake the very minute that Katrina was destroying New Orleans."

[Iris]

50. You know what's rich about all this? Focus on the Family Dobson started a prayer chain

praying that a thunderstorm would break out after Obama's speech - I guess a message from God. But look what we got instead - a hurricane heading towards New Orleans that serves to remind all of us of one of the biggest failures of this Republican admin and the people who supported it. Maybe there is a God.

[Fearless]

24. Of course they'll wait til... Novemberish so they can spend all they want...

Wait, isn't there a deadline... to get onto many ballots... I forget.

[Iris]

51. I thought of that as well.

[Heather MC]

25. Great the money for all those damn Balloons Wasted

They could have it anyway and just show the coverage on another day, it's not like anyone will be watching it anyway

[lonestarnot]

27. I was going to make myself watch it! All that preparation I did for

nothing. :evilgrin:

[Heather MC]

32. YOU, I have been salvating for the split screen of McPOW's Speech Compared to

Obama's Speech
and the Slanted Commentary about how great it is that McPOW has SOOOOOO many POW stories that will be a great asset to him as POTUS
:rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

33. The Hookers gonna be PISSED OFF

[lonestarnot]

48. Wonder what affect that will have on those protesters being held illegally?

So far no arraignment in 24 hours. Hmmmf.

[spanone]

38. where were these cheap suits 3 years ago?????

[Wednesdays]

41. Link and/or source, please?

:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

47. Here you go.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i70662f7dd9d6f3c44e890a83278b686b

http://www.examiner.com/r-1908946~Republican_Convention_Suspended.html

[Wednesdays]

52. Cool. Thanks!

:hi:

[Malikshah]

44. Put up a link or apologize please. Where is the news on this?

What's up with the chaos brigade actions???

[lonestarnot]

46. LOL!

Where have you been under a fucking rock?

[Name removed]

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[screembloodymurder]

53. I, for one, don't believe this has anything to do with NOLA

It has to do with a bad VP pick. They're buying time.

[sadbear]

54. This is going to screw with their #1 policy

That the government can't do anything right, that it just gets in the way. How the hell are they going to reconcile that one?