I've been listening to the convention speeches on the radio, and I have to ask: Is this it?

The response from the crowd seems pretty tepid for prime time convention night. He has had people come up and testify what a great guy he is, which a couple stories were touching. But, the gist of the stories were really like, "No, he's not a robot." The rest of the speeches were pretty lame, I think. He had the CEO of Staples give what sounded like a PowerPoint presentation about how Mitt made a success of Staples. He didn't mention the ones that were driven out of business.

Now he is tooting his Olympics horn and the crowd is yelling USA! USA! USA! USA! He had JEB give a speech, which, after hearing it, I am not so worried about him running for president one day. JEB did say that his brother kept us safe. Now, the Olympics people and others have brought up 9/11four times. I guess they get to use it when they want to and ignore it when they don't. Now, I notice that had a black woman and a Mexican give speeches. That's nice.

Seriously, they haven't been throwing out lies like Ryan did, but that has left them very little to say about Romney, except more people saying what a business leader he is. One of them called him superhuman. Maybe Romney will liven things up when he gives his speech.

Now, Ann is talking about her multiple sclerosis. That's great. I feel for her. What about the people who are just as sick and will get their insurance or hope for insurance yanked from them if Romney wins?

Now, there is the gauzy piece with all of the heart-touching fluff. I don't think it will energize the base because they want red meat.



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I liked it when the guy just talking said something like "9/11 brought us together..and.. Olympics...and... Mitt Romney was my leader."

that must have taken a while to string together.

Clint Eastwood is talking to invisible Obama in an empty chair beside him. Not sure how that comes across on radio.

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Clint Eastwood is talking to invisible Obama in an empty chair beside him. Not sure how that comes across on radio.

OMFG... I just switched over for a minute and I'm not sure how it's coming across on tv!

Like a bumbling old fool, that's how.

He just made everybody's day and it's thankfully over.

Now Mr. Rubio.

It was nice, but... well... strange.

Did The Donald Dullard do his firing Obama bit yet ?

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Clint Eastwood is talking to invisible Obama in an empty chair beside him. Not sure how that comes across on radio.

On the radio, he sounded drunk.

He was really wobbly, for sure. But he's 82, after all.

Everybody who speaks at the GOP convention has a relative who was a coal miner or who worked the third shift at K-Mart.
They should see if they can find any people doing those jobs now who vote Republican. Let them talk.

I switched over at the end of a disheartening Ravens game just in time to have Rubio brow beat me about God. Buh bye.

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I've noticed there is no Tea Party rah rah. Maybe Huckabee or others did it before.

Rubio wasn't bad.

Heckling the mittster, wow. Will they live?

Mitt is mad and sad. Very sad.

His voice is anesthetizing.

That lying Romney said people by now expected to begin paying down the national debt. Shouldn't that have been said to George W. Bush? Most of his griping about the economy should be directed at Bush and the Republican congress. I swear, I don't understand how Republican voters can be so ignorant.

The USA USA USA chants sound canned.

Neil Armstrong's ghost is on the moon, and he's an American.

He mentions growing up in Detroit and the crowd boos....then corrects.
Mitt seemed confused by that.

Now he's sucking up to the women. I don't see how any woman except his wife could vote for this guy.

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That lying Romney said people by now expected to begin paying down the national debt. Shouldn't that have been said to George W. Bush? Most of his griping about the economy should be directed at Bush and the Republican congress. I swear, I don't understand how Republican voters can be so ignorant.

I don't think most of them are. I think talking about the debt is a mistake, frankly, because I think that particular problem sticks to Bush for most of the population.

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OMG he even LOOKS like the fifties. No thank you.

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Did anyone notice the smattering of applause when two different Bible verses were quoted?

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

Maybe it's because I can't see the red, white, and blue on TV, but this is the lamest, tamest, most-unfocused convention I have witnessed.

Okay, this is the exact same thing I used to wonder about Johnny Carson: with all that money why can't he get dentures that can fool you?

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Oh no - Mitt's doing church jokes.
He didn't offer to invest the LDS pension fund because he didn't want to risk going to hell? HAHAHAHAHAH, hilarious.

Not every Bain investment went bankrupt. Good to know.

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Maybe it's because I can't see the red, white, and blue on TV, but this is the lamest, tamest, most-unfocused convention I have witnessed.

Compared with 2008 it's a snoozer. Not that anybody wanted to go THERE again.

I did see one non-white face in the delegate sea, then realized he was a Secret Service agent.
Otherwise this is basically a Glenn Beck rally in casual business attire.

OK, calling on the memory of Steve Jobs is way out of order. He is going to hell now...

=wr=

Buncha libereals dissin the republican convention *yawn* so predictible

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Whoops, here comes the horse manure.

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"In America we celebrate success, we don't apologize for success." - huge applause

"Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?"

"What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs."

Obama will send jobs to China.

SCREW IT. I can't take anymore of this horseshit.

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"In America we celebrate success, we don't apologize for success." - huge applause

"Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?"

"What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs."

Obama will send jobs to China.

SCREW IT. I can't take anymore of this horseshit.

Almost everyone I know is better off today than they were 4 years ago.

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This is the most concentrated bunch of @#$%& I have ever heard and over 46% of the idiot voters will eat it up. This country is screwed.

Now he's scaring us about Iran. Everything he is saying could and should be leveled against the last REPUBLICAN administration.

Now I know how Elvis could shoot his TV.

That's it?

"Tom Brokaw, what did you think of the speech?"
"Well, I think it was more of a checklist than I expected."

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No vision. No charisma. No uplifting moments. Complain complain complain with some vague promises to fix things. Even the supposedly upbeat statements were coming in a negative format.

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Love that one of the fair-haired toddlers is wearing a Guayabera. How multicultural!

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No vision. No charisma. No uplifting moments. Complain complain complain with some vague promises to fix things. Even the supposedly upbeat statements were coming in a negative format.

Remember, the standard he's being held to is "make it through the speech with no major gaffes." Criteria for success met...?

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I loved the people standing around like stiffs during the James Brown music.

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No vision. No charisma. No uplifting moments. Complain complain complain with some vague promises to fix things. Even the supposedly upbeat statements were coming in a negative format.

Remember, the standard he's being held to is "make it through the speech with no major gaffes." Criteria for success met...?

I must grudgingly admit that being dull as mud isn't really a gaffe.

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I'll say it again. 90% of what he said should be said about the last Republican administration.

I'm glad the Democrats have "home field advantage" and get to bat last.

Geeze. The right-winger on NPR said it was a perfect speech.

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Did anyone notice the smattering of applause when two different Bible verses were quoted?

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

funny he would choose that...

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Marnie Pehrson writes:

That last verse is the one that I'd like to point out -- "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Contrast that with what he tells the goats who did not serve others, "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." Why is that? Is that simply rhetoric? Does it just mean, when you help others, you're helping God do His work and that when you do not serve others; you're not doing His work? I think it's even more literal than that.

When we lift the burdens of another, we lift a burden from Christ because that is one less burden He bears. When we treat another mercifully, we treat Him mercifully, for that is one less hardship He must experience. When we heal and comfort another, we heal and comfort Him. When we obey one of His commandments that is one less stripe He must endure on our behalf.

I think if we could always remember Him -- truly remember Him and how our actions and inaction impact Him - we would see each other through His eyes. We'd be more forgiving, more compassionate and giving. We'd reach out to others, lift, build and bless, for in doing so, we know we're alleviating His suffering in a literal way.

Now, I don't really believe this myself.

But those who seriously call themselves Christian, a follower of Christ's teachings, rarely treat the downtrodden and poor like Christ would have. They treat them like they are animals to be detested.

Which is why when any political leader starts spouting Scripture, I know they're full of @#$%&.

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He was really wobbly, for sure. But he's 82, after all.

Vin Scully (Dodgers baseball announcer) is older than Eastwood and is as eloquent a speaker as you will ever hear, even today. Considered by most to still be the best in the biz. Age is no excuse in this instance... he's a professional conveyor of messages.

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The USA USA USA chants sound canned.

Neil Armstrong's ghost is on the moon, and he's an American.

He mentions growing up in Detroit and the crowd boos....then corrects.
Mitt seemed confused by that.

I heard that as well and wondered what was up.

decay, it's just another con being run on the people. There are so many cons being run and yet these morons don't pick up on any of them. They will do to America what the commies and terrorists could never do, all the while thinking they are patriots. And when the country is in rubble all around them, they will blame it on someone else.

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Love that one of the fair-haired toddlers is wearing a Guayabera. How multicultural!

This is America. Speak English. WTF is a guammybarea?!?

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decay, it's just another con being run on the people. There are so many cons being run and yet these morons don't pick up on any of them. They will do to America what the commies and terrorists could never do, all the while thinking they are patriots. And when the country is in rubble all around them, they will blame it on someone else.

Don't rehearse defeat. We're not ignorant enough as a country to let these liars and thieves lie their way to victory.

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He was really wobbly, for sure. But he's 82, after all.

Vin Scully (Dodgers baseball announcer) is older than Eastwood and is as eloquent a speaker as you will ever hear, even today. Considered by most to still be the best in the biz. Age is no excuse in this instance... he's a professional conveyor of messages.

@ BobNewhart : I heard that Clint Eastwood was channeling me at the RNC. My lawyers and I are drafting our lawsuit... #RNC #ClintEastwood #rnc2012

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Love that one of the fair-haired toddlers is wearing a Guayabera. How multicultural!

This is America. Speak English. WTF is a guammybarea?!?

A gummybeara?