Republican Convention

[phrodeau]

From Christie's speech:

Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to
end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care system in
the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats
between an American citizen and her doctor.

I am here to tell you tonight, it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders to the White House.

I know we can be the men and women our country calls on us
to be tonight. I believe in America and her history, and
there's only one thing missing now. Leadership. It takes
leadership that you don't get from reading a poll. You see, Mr.
President, real leaders do not follow polls. Real leaders
change polls.

I'm stunned that a politician of Christie's caliber doesn't understand Obamacare.

 

[RjThoughts]

And what about Ann Romney's "Real Marriage" comment? Serious, people are getting TIRED of the RNC stand on what defines a marriage. They want an Amendment, declaring marriage is defined as between one man and one woman, as stated in the Bible. Um, that's not using common sense, it's using Biblical sense, which means using Church to define laws.

Sure, your marriage is fine, but will Adam and Steve's marriage effect yours? Hell to the no!!!

 

[Wrong Element]

From Christie's speech:

Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to
end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care system in
the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats
between an American citizen and her doctor.

I am here to tell you tonight, it is time to end this era of absentee leadership in the oval office and send real leaders to the White House.

I know we can be the men and women our country calls on us
to be tonight. I believe in America and her history, and
there's only one thing missing now. Leadership. It takes
leadership that you don't get from reading a poll. You see, Mr.
President, real leaders do not follow polls. Real leaders
change polls.

Yeah, "real leader" Romney, who has changed his mind on virtually everything since he was trying to get elected in Massachusetts, cares nothing about polls.


I missed Ann's speech. Did she address the audience as "you people?"

 

[VaticanAssassin]

I guess I assumed that if you were really interested you would actually respond to people's comments on the speeches (both CHNOPS and I actually posted about Christie's speech).

I responded to him, but I guess I missed yours. Hard to keep up with all the negativity in this thread. As you mentioned only two have kept half way on track....

 

[CHNOPS]

Yeah, "real leader" Romney, who has changed his mind on virtually everything since he was trying to get elected in Massachusetts, cares nothing about polls.


I missed Ann's speech. Did she address the audience as "you people?"

No, it was fundamentally, "We're special folk and our story is special for being ours." To my ear, a misfire--overwritten and too baldly an attempt to humanize Romney, who, let's face it, is a cold, rich, smart robot with anchorman looks and a nice wife. But she comes across as quite decent, and I liked her in spite of it.

 

[Sean]

No Democrat has ever practiced positive campaigning. Obama and his crew are the number one offenders when it comes to negative campaigning. American politics has never been anything except a rough and tumble game.

Liberals like to whine a lot about negative campaigning because they're hoping to impose rules on their their opponents that prevent them from using the kind of speech that places liberalism in a negative context that ordinary Americans cannot fail to understand.

Yeah, just think, if no-one had ever gone the "Illegitimate black baby" route, Bush 43 would never have been elected!

 

[koalabear]

Artur Davis to RNC: My Bad on Obama
The former Democrat slammed the same man whose candidacy he championed four years ago.

 

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[koalabear]

I thought Gov. Christie's speech was uncharacteristically tame. All of this moderate crap about the "high ground" of not attacking Obama by name will not be reciprocated by the Democrats. That's for sure.

Dems are scared, just wait till the shit they toss out at their convention.

 

[CHNOPS]

Or as Richard Dawkins just put it:

Richard Dawkins ‏@RichardDawkins

Just heard Mrs Romney's speech, dripping with adman hack "sincerity". How is ANYONE fooled by such barfable sickbag-fodder? Only in America.

 

[RjThoughts]

I thought Gov. Christie's speech was uncharacteristically tame. All of this moderate crap about the "high ground" of not attacking Obama by name will not be reciprocated by the Democrats. That's for sure.

I found it interesting that it took him SO long to mention Romney. Didn't it you?

 

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[RjThoughts]

They are going to crap all over Romney, by name. Did you see what happened to Mia Love's wiki page after her speech? The so called "vandals" were probably Democrat operatives:

http://twitchy.com/2012/08/29/sick-...-love-dirty-worthless-whore-and-house-nigger/

Operatives? LOL Most likely, as are most if not all, Wiki vandals, bored over-priveldged teenagers

 

[koalabear]

They are going to crap all over Romney, by name. Did you see what happened to Mia Love's wiki page after her speech? The so called "vandals" were probably Democrat operatives:

http://twitchy.com/2012/08/29/sick-...-love-dirty-worthless-whore-and-house-nigger/

Entries were probably made by snotdownsouth.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Entries were probably made by snotdownsouth.

He probably called MSNBC and threatened a bomb if they were to show any of those fucking black republican speeches as well....


"MSNBC wants you to think the Republican Party hates minorities. So much so that the liberal news network cut minority speeches from it’s convention coverage.

When popular Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz, the GOP nominee for Senate, took the stage, MSNBC cut away from the Republican National Convention and the Hispanic Republican from Texas’ speech.

MSNBC stayed on commercial through former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis’ speech, as well. Davis, who recently became a Republican, is black.

Then, when Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno’s wife Luce’ Vela Fortuño took the stage minutes later, MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews opted to talk over the First Lady’s speech.

And Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval? Noticeably missing from MSNBC, too.

Mia Love, a black candidate for Congress in Utah, was also ignored by MSNBC"

 

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[Sean]

Wow, your premier party of the four years was usurped by Rob? You guys must be raging.

 

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[Sean]

Or was it you who hacked her Wiki page?

No idea, wiki for me is a link source.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9e79g3UOL1rdehkro1_500.jpg

Driving around Tampa

 

[mercury14]

Chris Matthews is a California Democrat Party operative masquerading as a journalist. He loves to hear the sound of his own voice and will immediately over talk anyone attempting to answer the question he just asked...much like the idiot O'Reilly only worse.

He openly admits to being a liberal. Where's the masquerade?

 

[zipman]

I responded to him, but I guess I missed yours. Hard to keep up with all the negativity in this thread. As you mentioned only two have kept half way on track....

Actually you responded to his refutation that there wasn't any negativity directed at Obama.

Both he and I made a different point that it sounded as though Christie was giving his speech for a run in 2016 more than as an endorsement of Romney for 2012 president.

Funny how you missed BOTH of those posts and focused more on "defending" the speeches of last night.

You know, for a guy who wanted to know other people's opinions, it sure doesn't come across that way.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

He openly admits to being a liberal. Where's the masquerade?

Journalism ethics 101:

The journalist should do his/her best to obtain information from all possible sources, to make sure it is complete, truthful and unbiased. Information which may offend or humiliate a person should be checked especially carefully.

 

[Recidiva]

Journalism ethics 101:

The journalist should do his/her best to obtain information from all possible sources, to make sure it is complete, truthful and unbiased. Information which may offend or humiliate a person should be checked especially carefully.

I think we've entered an age where we realize that we're all biased. Every news outlet has always had bias, there just weren't other outlets to compare it to in order to verify.

Now we have diversity in viewpoint and less need for the concept of the ethical, isolated perfect journalist who always gets things right.

New niches are being filled. Fox and MSNBC operate on the same format that Network News and PBS operated on: Keep funding, find someone to watch. Say what some people like enough of the time and they'll keep coming back.