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2012 GOP Convention

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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2012, 01:27:44 PM »
TH, it appears the mystery guest will be TONIGHT. I thought that person was replacing Jindal last night. And word is, it is Eastwood. At least thats what the twatterz and teh bookfaces are saying.

Huckabee's speech was suprisingly good. Especially the piece about not caring what religion Mitt Romney practices but caring more about what direction he takes the country. I thought that was a good line for him. Pawlenty - boring as usual although he did have some good zingers.

Condi - wow. Did I say I didn't want her to speak? So....she didn't really channel Bush in her speech. But instead talked about succeeding as a poor black girl growing up in Central Alabama, despite all odds. Her speech seemed heartfelt and I admire her story. Susana Martinez had very much the same story but from a Latino point of view with her parents coming from Mexico. Good stories.

Paul Ryan - knocked it out of the park IMHO. He aimed right at Obama and the economy, hard numbers and all. While also remaining personable and likable. I liked the angle with his mother still being his role model. I thought that was a good moment.

Yes, I saw that too; thought that the special guest was last night.  I'm actually hoping it's not Clint Eastwood; he's a little too liberal for my enthusiasm.

Paul Ryan was terrific!  What else can we say; he took the political fight right to the Dems without having an "angry" attitude.  I'm more enthusiastic than ever about him.  I too really appreciated the tact that he took regarding his Mom; what a great story.  I was standing-up cheering at the tv last night as if I was watching a college hoops game.  I am very proud to have him on our ticket.

Condi was amazing, you Alabamians really have someone who you should be damn proud of in her!  Between her and Paul Ryan they were the smartest two people in the room last night.

Gov. Martinez, Gov. Fortuno,  Sen. Rand Paul, and, yes, reluctantly Mike Huckabee were ALL outstanding too.  They all make me proud to be an unapologetic, card-carrying Republican!
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2012, 01:29:31 PM »
Cruz has made a few statements I don't agree with 100% but I think he is worlds better than who he beat. I think his head is in the right place. Real smart guy.

If you look for a candidate with whom you agree with 100% of every statement, position, and issue you will be looking for a long, long time.
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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. 
-Ayn Rand

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
-The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
-Milton Friedman

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson

Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2012, 02:06:13 PM »


Condi was amazing, you Alabamians really have someone who you should be damn proud of in her!



I wanted Condi on the ticket. If she was, this election would be a foregone conclusion.
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« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2012, 02:09:11 PM »
I wanted Condi on the ticket. If she was, this election would be a foregone conclusion.

I doubt it. The blacklash would be deafening.

It would be played up by the media as nothing but a ploy. Condi would never get the recognition she deserves.

Now when Ryan runs and she is the VP, then it might be better.
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2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friends, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2012, 02:10:59 PM »
I wanted Condi on the ticket. If she was, this election would be a foregone conclusion.

But we all know good and well that the media would have ran with that, tying her back to Bush and using the tired old "the same failed policies that got us into this mess" line. I like her just fine, but the media would have tried to crush her. Sad really.
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« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2012, 02:13:23 PM »


Now when Ryan runs and she is the VP, then it might be better.

have to agree here.

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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #26 on: August 30, 2012, 02:16:35 PM »
have to agree here.

The new kid loves some Paul Ryan.  :thumsup:
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #27 on: August 30, 2012, 02:18:01 PM »
But we all know good and well that the media would have ran with that, tying her back to Bush and using the tired old "the same failed policies that got us into this mess" line. I like her just fine, but the media would have tried to crush her. Sad really.

GH, they're already doing that anyway; get ready to hear that again, and again, and again at the Dem Convention next week.  It doesn't matter who we run that is the operating talking point "the Republicans want to take us back to the policies that got us in this mess...blah, blah, blah..."  That's all they've got along with "Romney's a Mormon!"  and Ryan wants to kill seasoned citizens.

As a sidebar, I don't think they are stupid enough to go with "Four more years!" as a convention motto but you never know.
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The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
-The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
-Milton Friedman

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson

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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #28 on: August 30, 2012, 05:41:56 PM »
So now I'm hearing that the mystery guest will be the Clint Eastwood.


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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. 
-Ayn Rand

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
-The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
-Milton Friedman

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson

Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #29 on: August 31, 2012, 07:07:45 AM »
A lib friend put on Facebook something about Eastwood sealing it for Obama. 

What the hell happened?
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #30 on: August 31, 2012, 09:28:21 AM »
A lib friend put on Facebook something about Eastwood sealing it for Obama. 

What the hell happened?

Ummmm, if thats what they want to believe.

His piece was very minor and sattire in nature. Oh, what libs (who GUSH over Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Colbert) don't like sattire now? Funny how they don't like it when it's done to their boy. It's ok when the aforementioned 3 do it to the GOP though.

Eastwood basically put an empty chair beside his podium and pretended it was Obama sitting there. He had a conversation with him, improvising the whole convo if you will. I thought it was funny. But after that he got into a more serious tone talking about how we the people still own this country and how we have the right to fire the President if he is not doing the job right.
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #31 on: August 31, 2012, 10:45:27 AM »
Ummmm, if thats what they want to believe.

His piece was very minor and sattire in nature. Oh, what libs (who GUSH over Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Colbert) don't like sattire now? Funny how they don't like it when it's done to their boy. It's ok when the aforementioned 3 do it to the GOP though.

Eastwood basically put an empty chair beside his podium and pretended it was Obama sitting there. He had a conversation with him, improvising the whole convo if you will. I thought it was funny. But after that he got into a more serious tone talking about how we the people still own this country and how we have the right to fire the President if he is not doing the job right.

I've been reading more about it.  There's a definitely a widespread effort to make Eastwood out to be a senile, cranky old man that blabbered on unintelligently.  Also, no one, according to the reports, understood what was going on with his speech. 
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #32 on: August 31, 2012, 10:48:19 AM »
I've been reading more about it.  There's a definitely a widespread effort to make Eastwood out to be a senile, cranky old man that blabbered on unintelligently.  Also, no one, according to the reports, understood what was going on with his speech.

But of course the same people LOVED him when he did a Superbowl commercial that defended the auto bailouts. He was great, a strong patriotic voice! Now, that he is at the RNC? He's a senile old man who rambled on into Romney's timeslot.
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #33 on: August 31, 2012, 11:10:13 AM »
But of course the same people LOVED him when he did a Superbowl commercial that defended the auto bailouts. He was great, a strong patriotic voice! Now, that he is at the RNC? He's a senile old man who rambled on into Romney's timeslot.

I have heard audio...and he sounded like a senile old man who rambled on it to Romney's time slot...
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #34 on: August 31, 2012, 11:13:59 AM »
I have heard audio...and he sounded like a senile old man who rambled on it to Romney's time slot...

Seeing as how your sense of humor meter stays at 0......glad you 'heard' the empty chair.
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« Reply #35 on: August 31, 2012, 11:14:05 AM »
I have heard audio...and he sounded like a senile old man who rambled on it to Romney's time slot...

Well. If you were talking to an empty chair and no one could see the chair, the audio might give that impression. That is why the left's satirists are on TV.
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Five statements of WISDOM
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friends, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #36 on: August 31, 2012, 11:17:01 AM »
I thought it was pretty funny.  Actually laughed out loud on numerous occasions
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #37 on: August 31, 2012, 11:34:17 AM »
The GOP is finished.
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/dean-clancy/romneys-rnc-power-grab-what-happened

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Determined to neuter the grassroots and head off future insurgencies like those of Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Ron Paul, Republican party bosses have pulled off an audacious coup, high-handedly turning the GOP into a much more top-down, centralized party.
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Re: 2012 GOP Convention
« Reply #39 on: August 31, 2012, 12:08:24 PM »
Ted Cruz begs to differ.

I've already convinced myself that BF is never gonna get it. Why waste the typing. He liveth by the bible of Alex Jones.
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