Republican Convention Thread

[Diemen]

So tell me, Senator McCain, these pork barrel spending bills:

Would you veto a bill supported by your VP? (here's looking at you, Bridge to Nowhere)

 

[Irvine511]

seems like he's taking the exact opposite tone of Palin last night and is trying to be the old white Obama.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

jaaaaakey used to work on the dooocks.

 

[Diemen]

It's rather smart actually. Palin can say all the outrageous accusations, while McCain is the nice guy who respects Obama and his accomplishments.

 

[U2isthebest]

This campaign is like a political version of "Sybil". How many personalities are they going to run through?

 

[VintagePunk]

seems like he's taking the exact opposite tone of Palin last night and is trying to be the old white Obama.

They've decided today that her meanness didn't play well to undecideds, so they needed to balance it out.

 

[ntalwar]

The protester's shirt was related to abortion rights.

 

[Irvine511]

sooooo .... any policy proposals? any?

 

[Irvine511]

It's rather smart actually. Palin can say all the outrageous accusations, while McCain is the nice guy who respects Obama and his accomplishments.

it's just totally schizophrenic.

but i guess we all are in this ADD world?

"change is coming!" -- eh?

like, there's no coherency here. who means what?

 

[anitram]

Those protesters are really classless to do it during the speech, in the arena. It's lame, disruptive and only hurts their cause.

 

[Diemen]

I'm really interested to see what McCain's votes were on these bills that he says Senator Obama voted for.

 

[phanan]

He's certainly putting his own party under the microscope as much as the Democrats. Interesting.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

He's certainly putting his own party under the microscope as much as the Democrats. Interesting.

which is why if he only he had won the GOP nomination 8 years ago we'd be in such a better position today.

 

[Diemen]

Playing to the base now...

 

[Irvine511]

well, we're getting the McCain that everyone used to love.

so now we see just what a gimmick Palin was. he gets to try to be himself, and she's a bone tossed to the rabid dogs of the base.

maybe it will work?

he's appealing to the independents tonight, at least so far.

gosh, this sounds like an Obama speech, only not as good.

 

[MadelynIris]

yeah -- he's trying to put the GOP to task as well. Good old maverickish kind of stuff.

 

[MsPurrl]

Don't get me started . . . .

 

[Diemen]

Interesting to see that he's talking about a government that allows people to make choices when just a second ago he referred to the culture of life, aka "no choice on abortion."

 

[phanan]

Wow, he's really challenging him on health care? Really?

Give me a break.

 

[Irvine511]

now he's naming individual people who've been battered by the last 8 years, and yet he's so glad Bush is president?

i feel McCain's pain.

 

[zonelistener]

Wow, he's really challenging him on health care? Really?

Give me a break.

I thought the Republicans were all about putting a bureaucrat between a doctor and a woman's choice to do what she wants with her body, not the republicans. I am so confused by this message.

 

[phanan]

which is why if he only he had won the GOP nomination 8 years ago we'd be in such a better position today.

Anyone else would have done better these past 8 years.

 

[phanan]

I thought the Republicans were all about putting a bureaucrat between a doctor and a woman's choice to do what she wants with her body, not the republicans. I am so confused by this message.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Anyone else would have done better these past 8 years.

disagree, but that's just because there are people like mitt romney and michael vick and the crazy guy on 30th and 8th who smells like pee.

 

[zonelistener]

and the crazy guy on 30th and 8th who smells like pee.

I thought that's who the Americans voted for the last eight years!?

 

[Irvine511]

i'm basically totally fine with this speech.

 

[U2isthebest]

Honestly, I'm not that impressed by him, at all. Obviously, I disagree with him on everything, so I'm certainly not going to be salivating over it, but, he can't try to turn back into the John McCain of yesteryear overnight without anyone noticing. It just seems like a political ploy to try to galvanize independents, which weren't coming on board because of Palin. He can't seem to make up his mind of who he's going to pander to.

 

[U2isthebest]

i'm basically totally fine with this speech.

How so?

 

[Irvine511]

boy, the crowd is just not as into McCain as they were for Palin.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Honestly, I'm not that impressed by him, at all. Obviously, I disagree with him on everything, so I'm certainly not going to be salivating over it, but, he can't try to turn back into the John McCain of yesteryear overnight without anyone noticing. It just seems like a political ploy to try to galvanize independents, which weren't coming on board because of Palin. He can't seem to make up his mind of who he's going to pander to.

perhaps he learned the all important lesson... you need to get the nomination first, then you can tell them all that they're a bunch of douchebags.