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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Let’s not be the monsters we hate.
Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.
The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.
The revolution will be supervised.
Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?
Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.
It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!
People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.
We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.
“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”
Republicans in disarray!
They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.
Hot air and ill-informed banter
A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.
The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.
That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.
“Loving your country does not mean lying about it’s history.”
They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.
They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.
It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.
The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.
I really should read my own blog.
One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.
You cannot love your country only when you win.
Corner Stone
It’s too awful. It’s too terrible. I can’t. I can’t.
Ok, I guess I will.
redshirt
@Corner Stone: Keep watching for me CS. You’re the best!
redshirt
Also, this new thread means Cole is immanent.
TaMara (HFG)
@Corner Stone: You are braver than I.
Quinerly
@Corner Stone:
Rudy sounds drunk.
Corner Stone
Mayor 911 is really off the fucking rails.
Trentrunner
I’m shocked but not surprised that Trump & Co just decided to brazen out the Melania plagiarism. Looks like they’ll carry it off, too. Wow.
On the plus side, I saw a brief clip of Hillary being interviewed by Charlie Rose, and she was righteously angrily listing how Trump was unqualified to be president, beginning with saying he would order our soldiers to torture. THIS is why I support Hillary: because she has a fucking moral compass.
Baud
After this is over, the media will go back to wondering why the government is so dysfunctional.
Corner Stone
It wasn’t “health problems” you fucking idiot Andrea Mitchell. Mayor 911 dropped out because he was exposed.
dmsilev
So, apparently the way to Make America Work Again is to talk about Benghazi and Radical Islamic Terror over and over and over again.
redshirt
@Baud: Both sides, I heard.
Corner Stone
@Trentrunner:
***Memory Hole***
Fucking gone after tonight.
coin operated
I wonder if anyone is monitoring the live-stream comment section tonight. They had to cut it off last night…it was such a cesspool that even the GOP was embarrassed.
Edited for clarity…
dmsilev
NRA mouthpiece coming up! Guns guns guns!
Edit: Picture a thug, let out of jail by liberal politicians, breaking down the door of a helpless mother.
This is a racial klaxon horn.
dmsilev
@coin operated:
Iowa Old Lady
I thought the theme tonight was Bill Clinton’s sex life.
Quinerly
I do like that HRC is running this great ad during the convention.
Peale
@dmsilev: really? Night 2? I thought they were moving on to their light, human side this evening before turning to “how we’re going to bring a sophisticated joie de vivre back to the White House” tomorrow.
dmsilev
@Iowa Old Lady: Right now, it’s the NRA giving their standard gun-humping speech.
Corner Stone
@Quinerly That ad where Trump makes fun of the disabled reporter is the most disgusting thing I think I have seen in some time by a supposed grown man. I get angry every time I see it. What a message to decent human beings.
Lizzy L
I refuse to watch the Convention, but I am reading Politico’s update. They just posted the following:
“Former AG Mike Mukasey, who just delivered a rather dull speech condemning Hillary Clinton and endorsing Donald Trump, wrote this back in January:
“For a hint of why a Donald Trump presidency would imperil our national security, consider just a couple of Trump’s suggestions for protecting us against Islamist terrorists.
“He would start with a ‘temporary’ ban on the entry of alien Muslims into the United States until “our leaders can figure out what the hell is going on.” This prescription overlooks that many people already have figured out precisely ‘what the hell is going on’ — that we face a supremacist movement based in Islam that is intent on destroying Western civilization — and have intelligent suggestions for dealing with it. Moreover, Trump’s proposal would assure the enmity of all Muslims, including those whose support we need if we are to prevail.
“Even assuming an infallible way to identify who is Muslim, the proposal is both under- and over-inclusive. It is under-inclusive because it does not address potential terrorists who have U.S. passports or residence permits, or are already here, or may threaten us abroad; it is over-inclusive because it bars the huge majority of Muslims who are not potential terrorists.
“Trump says he would order the military to kill the families of terrorists. That would be a direct violation of the most basic laws of armed conflict, which require that deadly force be used only when required by military necessity, under circumstances that allow distinction between military and civilian targets, and when incidental damage to non-military targets is proportional to the military advantage gained. A military that adhered to the laws of armed conflict would necessarily disobey such an order; if it followed the order, both the person who gave it and those who followed it would be subject to prosecution for war crimes.
“We have already suffered seven years of feckless leadership that has invited the contempt of our enemies and the distrust of our friends. We remain the world’s strongest power and can recover; but to inspire the respect that creates fear and trust when and where each is necessary, we will need a president who summons our strength with a reality-based strategic vision, not one who summons applause with tantrums and homicidal fantasies.”
Mukasey wrote the above screed 7 months ago, and tonight he endorsed Trump. These bastards are irredeemable.
dmsilev
Direct quote from the NRA mouthpiece: “imagine a young mother at home with her baby when a violent predator kicks the door in”
And now, a golfer. I wonder whether she’ll sing the virtues of purchasing a membership at a Trump golf club.
Renie
I think they are waiting for Boehner to show up with his “Jobs Bill” before the speeches about Make America Work Again begin
Tonite is boring so far; waiting to see Christie grovel.
Baud
MoJo
Iowa Old Lady
@dmsilev: Maybe that’s somebody’s substitute for a sex life then.
Quinerly
@Corner Stone:
The HRC ad with the children is disgusting to you?
gf120581
Tonight’s supposed to be about the economy right? So why is all I’m hearing is how nasty Hillary is?
They really do have nothing.
Trump’s supposed to show up tonight. Wonder if he’ll explode over the speech mess.
Iowa Old Lady
@Lizzy L: They have absolutely no principles. They’re hollow inside.
Omnes Omnibus
@Quinerly: Didn’t he speak yesterday?
dmsilev
Trump, by video. Talking about himself (duh).
The Other Chuck
And now some giant swollen hairy shouty pimple is bellowing at us. Who’s this guy?
Corner Stone
@Renie:
I have to get Popeye’s chicken at some point, shortly. But I am scared to death I will miss Christie’s livespot.
Peale
@Omnes Omnibus: if there’s a mic and a camera, he’ll find it.
hovercraft
Rachel is cracking me up.
492 ranked professional golfer ( swimsuit cover controversy )
2 actors from the bold and the beautiful ( one was also on young & restless)
a winery employee
Excellent snark.
redshirt
@Quinerly: Corner Stone is a monster.
Corner Stone
@Quinerly: Are you stupid?
trollhattan
@dmsilev:
“Imagine a blonde golfer, swinging a club into your Caddy. How will you protect yourself?”
[Area golfer becomes blonde Trump trinket. Sheesh]
Mary G
Sully’s liveblog is amusing. He envisions the end of the Republican party:
hellslittlestangel
@Corner Stone: Maybe you can get Christie to pick it up for you. Just humiliate him first; he likes that.
Peale
@gf120581: tonight was supposed to be about how awful the 1990s were and a reminder about The semen stains on the blue dress.
dmsilev
Mitch McConnell. Wonder whether he will say anything good about Trump, or will just attack Clinton.
Quinerly
@Omnes Omnibus:
Tweety was interviewing Rudy on the floor. A civil discussion about the need for more fracking in NY and how HRC should be in prison.
redshirt
@Iowa Old Lady: The funny thing is they’d say the same about you and I.
Who’s right? What’s right? Who can know in these crazy topsy turvy times?
Betty Cracker
Looks like he gave the address from a bathroom. I can’t watch anymore, comrades. Back to streaming The Great British Bake-Off.
trollhattan
Shut up, turtle. Your party would get rid of that polio vaccine if they could, ya ingrate.
hovercraft
Steve Schmidt complains that the convention has wasted the entire first quarter without driving a message of change. They’ve indicted Hillary, but no positive message for drump. Wasting the opportunity for a free infomercial.
Peale
@hellslittlestangel: I really don’t think you can trust Chistie to keep his paws off the curly fries on his way back. And he doesn’t strike me as the type to use purell before touching your food. What with this norovirus going around…don’t risk it.
dmsilev
McDonnell still can’t bring himself to say the word ‘Trump’.
OK, now he has.
hovercraft
He has a new possum on his head, the color is a much better match to his dye job. But god that ugly poofy squinty face should not have such close ups. Just sayin.
Quinerly
@Corner Stone:
Actually, no I’m not stupid. I think the Clinton ad with the children is a very strong ad. It uses his words against him.
Lizzy L
@Iowa Old Lady: That’s what I heard. I guess they’ve scheduled it for some other night. I can’t imagine they’ll skip it — after all, humiliation and dominance is what they live for.
redshirt
@redshirt:
Corner Stone called it!
hovercraft
Smug turtle is up now
Jeffro
@dmsilev:
Um, 2 minutes in, I think I already have your answer for you…
Hilarious – he just tried to compare HRC to “Baghdad Bob” and apparently the entire arena is either out of action due to norovirus or didn’t get the joke (I haven’t seen a crowd shot yet, so no idea if ol’ Turtle is talking to an empty room or not)
eclare
Wow, Yertle is a horrible speaker! And did I hear right that an avocado farmer will be speaking later?
Renie
@Corner Stone: better hurry
Jeffro
Also up is down, down is up: did you know Democrats blocked the GOP Senate’s strident attempts to fund anti-Zika measures, and confirm a SCOTUS judge???
Jesus, no wonder FOX viewers have no idea what the truth is…
Shawn in Showme
@Corner Stone:
Maybe in TV land. In Internet land, the Melania meme has gone viral.
The Other Chuck
Turtle’s voice cracked when he said “let’s keep the Senate”. He knows the doom that awaits his party.
Schadenfreude, that’s why I watch.
Corner Stone
@Renie: MEEEeeehhhhhhh!
maya
On which night is the Iguana speaking
hovercraft
@eclare:
Yes former actor, bold and the beautiful, young and the restless and apprentice participant, she will be the last speaker tonight.
Corner Stone
@Shawn in Showme: It’s gone.
Omnes Omnibus
@eclare:
Unpossible. Everyone knows that one raises avocados on ranches.
Felonius Monk
@Corner Stone:
Amen. I say Amen..
Ernest Pikeman
They managed to get all of 10 GOP senators on stage? Not a very good showing there.
dmsilev
Delegates, Friends, Fellow Citizens, I come not to bury Trump, but to praise him
eclare
@Jeffro: Dogs and cats living together!
hovercraft
@maya:
If that’s Ivanka, then she’s introducing dad on the last night
Renie
@Corner Stone: McCarthy is suppose to be after Ryan than Christie
Jeffro
Ryan: here’s about 100 lies and also see how quickly I run together “donaldtrumpandmikepence” whenever I have to mention our candidate?
Renie
Ryan makes me want to throw up
Mike in NC
Christie was supposed to be ‘livid’ at not being VP choice, yet he’ll happily pucker up and kiss Drumpf’s fat ass.
Jeffro
“It is all on the line this election, so let’s act that way”…”let’s get on the offensive and let’s stay there”…
I think I like the Jeb Bush “please clap” version better…more honest…also possibly got more applause…
Jeffro
Oh how nice – I think this guy is Kevin McCarthy – he says Republicans are “not for dividing people by race, religion, or class”. Whew!!
That is such a relief.
Immediately pivoting to “our enemies will fear us” and “taxes will be more fair” (in the same sentence!)
Also “government will help those that TRULY need it” Got it, Kevin!
Gin & Tonic
@redshirt:
“Immanent” and “imminent” are not the same thing.
Jeffro
Hey Chris Christie – this mock trial farce isn’t funny.
American media, are you listening? Gonna call this stuff out? We’ll be watching…
Renie
Christie auditioning for Atty General
Jeffro
Wow this is ugly. Everything from the birth of ISIS, the kidnappings of Boko Haram, and every single death in Syria – HRC: GUILTY!!!
Chris, my friend, I’m wishing things on you that I’ll have to reconcile with in the morning.
Renie
christie rewriting history. is he going to remind the mob that he not hillary is under federal investigation
AT
For crimes against buffets across America, i find Christie guilty.
Steeplejack (phone)
Waiting for the audience to break into “Sieg heil! Sieg heil!”
stinger
This is unbelievable. There are limits on even freeze peach. How can he get away with this?
Barb2
@Gin & Tonic:
Probably dyslexic.
Gin & Tonic
@Barb2: Or a phenomenologist.
Barb2
@Gin & Tonic:
Writer of “immanent” is dyslexic or trying for humor.
Thank you all for watching the chaos event and reporting.
Jeffro
Oh good, banging on public school teachers there, Junior…
I have to admit, other than the fact that he’s been 99% lying, Uday’s not too bad at the public speaking thing. Oh wait, he just said something about how Democrats are protecting billionaires…lol…