Republican National Convention Thread (September 1-4, 2008)

That's one way of phrasing it. Sudan offered up OBL on a silver platter, but Clinton declined. Clinton said he didn't have enough 'legal grounds' to put him on trial. Yeah, how'd that decision work out? Disgusting. I have posted the audio to this several time on the BBS, before someone questions it. It's from Bill Clinton's own mouth.

 

Why? It's September... Memorials are occurring country wide.

 

Memorial?

 

Ugh. Not this one again.

That's a deliberate misreading of what Clinton said and you know it.

The 9-11 Commission found no reliable evidence to support this claim...

 

Not a big deal, but kind of amusing.

The black people they used in the McCain intro video last night? They came from istockphoto.com:

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Check out 6:45
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/people/4883490-mother-and-daughter.php?id=4883490

and 7:02
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clo...53-senior-couple-on-cycle-ride.php?id=6142353

When you don't have any black friends to support you, you can always find some on the internet.

 

I just saw on TV that 38.9 million tuned into McCain's speech last night.

 

that funny...I guess you can say they are token black people for the RNC

 

According to the AP, the totals are:
Obama - 42.4 million
McCain - 42.4 million

 

A friend of mine is black and he was a delegate from Minnesota at the RNC. I was joking with him he had dress up in the different costumes of the state delegations so it would look there were more minorities there.

 

jet sold on eBay? eh, not so much.

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Alaska state jet didn’t fly on eBay
Posted: 06:54 PM ET
From CNN Correspondent Christine Romans

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin bolstered her fiscal-conservative credentials early in her term by putting her predecessor’s state jet up for auction online.

“How many saw her speech a couple of nights ago? Wasn’t it fabulous?” running mate Sen. John McCain said Friday during a campaign stop in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. “You know what I enjoyed the most? She took the luxury jet that was purchased by her predecessor and sold it on eBay — and made a profit.”

But it turns out the twin-engine Westwind II was a tough sell on the Web — and the state eventually pulled it offline and sold it through an ordinary brick-and-mortar brokerage, for a loss, a spokeswoman said Friday.
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Not a big deal, but with this little thing, and the (larger) "bridge to nowhere" misrepresentation, it just makes me wonder where else Palin is prone to hyperbole.

 

The most hilarious thing about you, TJ, is that you will post the same crapola that got you spanked before again later, and pretend like it didn't happen.

That pattern shows that on some level you must really level being shown up on this bbs. Are you a chronic victim?

 

yeah its not a big deal, especially when you're the party that regularly distorts the truth

 

LOL....that is funny. As though the Democrats never lie.

"I never had sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinski."
-Bill Clinton

 

Not that I agree or disagree but he did say regulary.

 

Agreed. Very important issue that affects all of us.

 

Don't forget the tens of thousands of people it killed and the numerous violations of the Bill of Rights.

 

great example...got love how reps have 2 know what goes on in our bedrooms

let me give you some other examples but im sorry that they are not as juicy and dramatic as your bedroom example

 

MCCAIN HECKLER DETAINED, HANDCUFFED, AND RELEASED OUTSIDE EXCEL CENTER. | Main | LEGAL LACUNA. »

INTERVIEW WITH MCCAIN HECKLER ADAM KOKESH.

Kokesh, a passionate Ron Paul supporter, is 26 and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. He served in Fallujah in 2004, grew up in Santa Fe, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. He has a website.

At the beginning of McCain's speech, Kokesh held up a sign reading, "McCain Votes Against Vets" and yelled, "Ask him why he votes against vets!" I followed as Kokesh was escorted out of the Excel Center by security, handcuffed by local police, and then briefly questioned while security debated whether or not the Secret Service would get involved. They did not. He was then escorted off the premises and allowed to go free. I interviewed him just outside the security gates, where he was greeted happily by antiwar protesters.

Why were you here in the Twin Cities? And how did you get into the Excel Center?

I was here in Minneapolis for the IVAW convention and thought I’d stick around for this.

Well I’ve been a Ron Paul supporter since the beginning of this campaign. Since before this campaign started, actually, I’ve been a fan of Paul. So I’ve got a lot of friends in the Ron Paul crowd. And he’s got a lot of delegates in there. More than the Republican Party is willing to admit. And the fact that I got into there is proof of that. One of Paul’s alternate delegates got me a guest pass.

Were you surprised to be handcuffed? Or are you just relieved you were not arrested or detained longer?

I was actually expecting to get manhandled much sooner. [During the heckling], someone was grabbing my belt and pulling on me. And then someone pulled the sign out of my hands.

Do you feel your protest was effective?

Well I wasn’t so much trying to interrupt the speech as make the point that McCain has a horrible voting record on veterans. What the Republican Party is doing with their take on the war in Iraq is spinning it in such a way that it’s about victory or defeat. But they can’t face up to the fact that you can’t win an occupation. In an occupation, everybody loses. What we’re calling for is an immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq.

Who will you vote for in November?

Bob Barr.

--Dana Goldstein
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/...=2008&base_name=interview_with_mccain_heckler

 

when will they learn