St. Paul: Liveblogging thread is open - Welcome to the Palin Dome
September 3, 2008 at 9:01 pm by Wayne GarciaTime to get in front of your favorite network and watch some Republican National Convention. Tonight’s speakers include America’s Mayor and America’s Favorite Alaskan Governor.
Let the games begin …
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September 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
God, Anderson Cooper has amazing, piercing blue eyes
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Der Mittster!!! Yeah
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Ok, I’m here, but I don’t know how long I will be able to hold out before my head explodes and splatters my reeling mind all over the keyboard.
I’ve had Romney on for 3 seconds and already I can feel pressure on my temples.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Mitt says Washington is liberal. We’ve had a conservative GOP president for eight years. We had conservative Republican control of Congress for a decade before the 2006 elections changed that. How realistic is it to say that our nation’s leaders for the past 12 years have been anything but conservatives and yet John McCain, who is more liberal than any of them, and who was in Congress that entire time, will bring the true conservative change that folks like Mitt Romney (I know, there is nobody like Mitt Romney) desire?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
How are the Democrats the party of Big Brother? It was the GOP who brought us the Patriot Act that allows domestic spying
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Wayne, how did you tap into my inner monologue?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 pm
radical violent jihad!!! wow, what self-restraint that it took Mitt a few minutes before he got to that beloved phrase
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
My son: “I’ll tell you why oil prices are going up so much. It’s all in that dude’s hair.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
oh wow. the USAs are here… America, fuck yeah!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Roommate: “the faces he makes are really good.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
MSNBC just had a cutaway of Joe Scarborough taking pictures with the delegates. He’s obviously way into Romney’s remarks.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
then: “ha ha ha ha!”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
look at those faces in the audience. wow, they aren’t even hiding that they are the party of rich, white people.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
“Country First; Truth Second”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Republicans say Palin is a “reformed earmarker” http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002943925
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
now now, Alex, they’re all not rich
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I say Republicans are “Reformed Truth-tellers.”
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/09/03/st-paul-liveblogging-thread-is-open-welcome-to-the-palin-dome/#comment-36496
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Yeah, Wayne. They don’t all make over $5 million a year.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
MSNBC has a countdown clicker:
Palin Speaks 1:01:17
Bardi’s head explodes 0:23:47
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Every time the show a crowd shot, I’m reminded of the late, great George Carlin:
“You ever notice that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place? There’s such balance in nature.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Romney getting lousy reviews on MSNBC
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Thanks for the generous estimate on my head combustion.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
On CNN: Jeffrey Toobin taking apart the “media is against McCain” myth put forth by the Reps anytime a reporter asks a question that doesn’t end with the candidate’s naughty bits in the writer’s mouth.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
The Huckster!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Perhaps not in so many words.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I liked Huckabee, a great natural politician
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Anyone else think the giant screen, though impressive, tends to minimize the speakers?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Woo hoo, the media is evil!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
“the elite media” has unified the GOP and all of america in support of McCain and Palin — Huckabee
Where’s my check? — Garcia
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Madonna joke. Gotta love Huck.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
i dont the like the video screen, it is distracting and overwhelming
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Huckabee is very natural and disarming vs. Mitt’s fakeness
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I’d like to offer the Republicans and Democrats a deal: Reps, you guys can stop talking about how great it is that a black man was nominated for president if the Dems can stop saying they respect and honor John McCain’s service to the country and that he’s an American hero. We all agree on both these points. Can we just let them go?
Any takers?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
(gasp!) “European ideas”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
My God, not “scary European ideas.”
Booo, Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment! Boooooooo!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
MoveOn lied about Palin, according to PolitiFact: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/689/
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
“he lifted heavy things”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Heidi: “Of all the people we have seen on this god-forsaken thing, he’s the only one I’ve been able to even listen to.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Hey Wayne, they only screwed up the year. How about 1992 or 1996?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
did anyone see WALDO!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
BONUS POINT: where’s Waldo.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
This evening will require a lot of “doublethink.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
God damn Huck is good. How did this fucker lose the race?
Oh yeah, he’s so nuts Republicans thought he was unelectable.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
“these guys bought it for you” …
and the guys in prison made it.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Huck scores heavy, despite longish patriotic shaggy dog at the end
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Heidi: “Sarah Palin’s voice is nails on a chalkboard.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
How did Huck lose? good question, because McCain has now appeared to become just about as conservative as Huckabee actually is. Huck was hurt by some of his spending ways as Ark. gov, and the thought that he didn’t have the national presence of a McCain. McCain also has that compelling war hero story
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
T. Boone on Fox News
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
How much flair is Hannity wearing? He looks like a Friday’s waiter.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Palin’s sister coming up on CNN “in a moment.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
i think she’s on PBS right now?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
no, can’t be
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Ann Curry on MSNBC pointing out that FLA delegation is swapping seats, putting all its women up front for Palin’s speech, as Times reported earlier today
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
i love how democrats always quote Republican presidents and republicans quote
democratic presidents. it’s so transparent.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
thanks for the geography lesson, lady
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Watching Cindy McCain with Palin’s daughter and the baby on MSNBC. The kids are cute. Cindy is kind of scary.
Am I this damaged as an observer that I see a woman making funny faces at a baby and my response is vague anger and disgust?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Washington Monthly has parts of Palin’s speech. She will be in attack mode.
“Palin the CEO Mayor.”
Hee.
“Washington is broken… fiscal hawk… executive.” The Republican Party needs new speech writers are start balancing budgets.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Whoops. Hope the link works.
Here comes Rudy.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
uh.. Hawaii? You got room to talk about small, non-influential states…
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I thought she was going to come back for an encore for a second…
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 pm
wow, is this slow TV in prime time
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
The Hawaiian Gov. tried to tell us Wasilla isn\\\’t so dinky by bragging that it has 10,000 people — like a college basketball game.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
Proof that running one of the worst presidential campaigns in history gets you a hot speaking slot at the national convention
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Ok, drinks at the ready people. Everyone does a shot on a reference to 9/11.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
As Wasilla goes, so goes the nation
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
every time he says Islamic, you have to chug what’s left in the pitcher
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 pm
damn, i forgot to add left-wing media for a shot
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Can this “left-wing media” bull shit still hold water in the world of Fox News and talk radio? Really?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
C’mon Giuliani, we’re getting thirsty here …
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Does the bottom of the screen on MSNBC count as a shot??
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Rudy bashes “left-wing media and Hollywood celebrities.” The man is orinal.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
MSNBC has breaking news: McCain is in da hizzy!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
“Tips to a successful HR department” by Rudy Giuliani
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz …
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Michael, I’m sure that’s a typo with “orinal” but I think you actually invented the perfect word to describe Rudy. He’s an orinal.
I have no idea what it means, but it also makes perfect sense.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
oops..I meant CNN
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Rudy: A top gan kinda guy.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Wake up Wayne, or the terrorists have already won!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Breaking News: McCain arrives at convention hall; too bad we can’t say the same for Giuliani
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
OK, so now we see why Rudy lost.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
McCain stood up to special interests? On his campaign bus?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Community Organizer! Ha! Working! With the community! What a fuck up, that Obama.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Actually, Rudy, when Obama was voting present, Palin was giving out high school football scores on TV.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Rudy making crazy hand gestures.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Ike is a Cat 3 storm heading toward So Fla http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200809_5day.html#a_topad
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
“for president of the united states it’s not good enough to be president.”
true. true. you got to learn how to take vacations.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
A few years later = 7 years.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
“He’s never run a city. He’s never run a state.”
Who we talking bout Rudy, McCain or Obama?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
crisis?? get ready for that shot, Heidi
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Now Rudy brags about how Mayors have the right stuff to be Pres — just like the ex-Maui mayor tried to tell us.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
“This election will be decided by the people, not the left wing media or hollywood celebrities”?
Are they not people?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Cut to Cindy McCain: “He’s good.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
“And this is no time for on the job training. Now, if I may present our Vice Presidential candidate…”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Give your children to John McCain. He’ll keep them safe.
Unless they’re in the armed forces, that is. Then, they might see some danger.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Rudy, I have looked at John McCain and he is not ready to be Commander-in-Chief.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Fuck hope! Vote McCain!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Seriously — how can he say all that stuff about how safe we’d be in McCain’s hands, and endorse Palin being a heartbeat away from holding the country in her hands?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I’m amused by the old people and cowboys in this crowd compared to the young, multi-ethnic crowd at the DNC.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
“Drill baby drill!”
“Please sir, may I have another!”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
People are shouting “oil.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
this is the scariest moment I have seen in 25 years of covering politics: “drill baby drill”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Rudy’s laughter is getting maniacal…
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!!!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
say it,say it, “Islamic” “9-11″
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Marielle: Because he’s saying only what he thinks he needs to, to ensure his continued earning potential on the lecture circuit.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Here we go with the 9-11 reference
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
DRINK UP!!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Rudy, the economy needs saving. Say it ain’t so.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
TWO SHOTS!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Look at the claw he’s making with his right hand.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I’ve seen several black people in the crowd. My wife points it out to me everytime the camera catches one - she is irritated that the camera pan away from them too fast
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
THREE SHOTS!!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
All these crazy old white men. Is this really what I have to look forward to as I age?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
YAY! Shots all around!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
This is the thing the Republicans just can’t stomach. Who won the war in Iraq: Nobody.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Rudy finally mentions 9/11. About hope. Rudy told Larry King he “hopes” the surge will work, but doesn’t know. That’s strategy.
Rudy thinks we won the war on terrorism.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
The crowd is shaking bloody rags.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Rudy thinks HE won he war on terrorism.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
OK, Rudy is getting more effective as he goes, long-winded but effective
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Will Political Whore have the Giuliani transcript in the original German.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I just turned the TV on and my paint is beginning to melt off the walls.
What’s with the red handkerchiefs?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Anyone know what happened to the countdown clock?
Somebody get the hook for Rudy…
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Olbermann just started voice-overing on MSNBC and then suddenly went mute after a few words. Weird.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Angry young white males chanting “USA” scare me deeply.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
By whose measure is Palin the most popular governor?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I’m sorry, Barack, that no one lives there.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
By Todd Palin’s Gubernatorial Popularity Index
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Well, unwad your panties and press the mute button then, Bardi.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Rudy’s going on too long — the hook’s about to come out and grab his neck. An announcer broke in and the written message promises Palin momentarily.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
don’t know about the red hankies but will try to find out
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
She’s reduced government spending by cutting funding for unwed young mothers…go Sarah!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
“Maybe they cling to religion there.” Wooooooow ….
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
“She’s got an 80% approval rating!”
That’s 23 people in Alaska.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Joe, that angry white chanter scared me too
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Rudy is veering close to Zell Miller/Pat Buchanan turf. The ratings are down for the RNC. More people watched the Dems. Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman didn’t help ratings, last night.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
The latest in Palin’s Wooten-gate: E-mails show her intense interest in former bro-in-law’s employment status http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303210_pf.html
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
But does she have an 80% approval rating? Isn’t it 65% and falling?
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Howdy snarksters! On the road till now. Did hear great line on POTUS 08. Announcer pointing out arrival of the Palin daughters: “I don’t mean to sound crude, but it’s easy to figure out which one’s Bristol.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
“scrappy, mocking, tough” — Katie Couric on Rudy’s speech
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Game time.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
woohoo
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Where’s the Palin video???
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
First moment of genuine excitement I’ve seen at the RNC so far.