The GOP Convention MegaMittensThread!

[Razgovory]

Yeah, I'd prefer they tone down the neocon shit.

Meh, it gets their juices flowing.  At least it's a refreshing change from the We Built It bullshit.

Yeah, particularly from people who come from the part of the country that didn't have electricity until TVA.

[CountDeMoney]

You know, as much as I don't like his wacky fiscal plan, I have to admit that Ryan comes off like a real star.  When it comes to public speaking, the only person I've heard so far that can stand up to him is Huckabee.

Oh, he's a slick one, alright.  That's the scary part.

[Martinus]

John Kasich just said Mittens as President would make "a shinier America".

Haven't figured out what that means just yet.

Simple. White colour reflects light while black colour absorbs light. So when things are white, they are shinier.

[Martinus]

Something called "Yahoo News" shouldn't be in existence, anyway.

I have little use for Yahoo, but the future of news is automated. Assuming Yahoo uses automatic news aggregation they'll probably be one of the ones left standing when all the deadwood falls down.

I don't think so. If the only thing left standing is automatic news aggregation, there will be no news to aggregate as there will be noone actually writing the news.

If anything, media companies will lobby to have news aggregation banned on IP grounds and most of news content will be proprietary.

[Syt]

John Kasich just said Mittens as President would make "a shinier America".

Haven't figured out what that means just yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsnkIP4ddo

[jimmy olsen]

I thought Yahoo was a news aggregator like Google, didn't know they had reporters.

I don't know how good their regular journalists are, but their sports journalism is among the best in the nation.

[jimmy olsen]

At least it's a refreshing change from the We Built It bullshit.

Yeah.  That's one bumper sticker I can't wait to see the end of.

The Republicans should have nominated the ghost of Richard Nixon.

[DGuller]

John McCain is nuts.  He may be an honorable man, I have no way of knowing for myself, but let's assume he is.  However, his rhetoric is so contemptible that it doesn't matter much.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, while last night seemed to center on foreign policy with McCain and Condi, it seemed to be going in the wrong direction.

And Ryan is slick.  Dangerously slick.  Teflon slick.  Gotta love bashing the President on the rejection of Simpson-Bowles that he also rejected while chairing the "bipartisan committee".  Hilarity.

[merithyn]

And Ryan is slick.  Dangerously slick.  Teflon slick.  Gotta love bashing the President on the rejection of Simpson-Bowles that he also rejected while chairing the "bipartisan committee".  Hilarity.

He'll be the GOP nomination for 2016 should Obama win this election, and that's when the Dems will be in serious trouble unless they hold the House and the Senate. The man is as conservative as they come, and he can make it seem viable, fair, and worthy to take away personal rights.

[CountDeMoney]

He'll be the GOP nomination for 2016 should Obama win this election, and that's when the Dems will be in serious trouble unless they hold the House and the Senate. The man is as conservative as they come, and he can make it seem viable, fair, and worthy to take away personal rights.

Nah...I think, after four years of Obama, should he win, despite the enragement that it would ignite within the Teabaggers, the GOP will correct itself for Jeb Bush.

Jeb Bush will be their man in 2016.  I think by then the Paul Ryan/Eric Cantor/Bob McDonald flavors will have run their course.

[derspiess]

He'll be the GOP nomination for 2016 should Obama win this election, and that's when the Dems will be in serious trouble unless they hold the House and the Senate. The man is as conservative as they come, and he can make it seem viable, fair, and worthy to take away personal rights.

About halfway through his speech last night I looked over & saw one of the "Romney-Ryan" signs, wishing it were actually "Ryan-Romney".

[CountDeMoney]

About halfway through his speech last night I looked over & saw one of the "Romney-Ryan" signs, wishing it were actually "Ryan-Romney".

I think a shitload of people in that convention felt the same.  Or even better, Rice/Ryan. 

[Valmy]

Are my rights worth a balanced budget?  Not that he would actually balance the budget.  But Hans will be around telling us why in fact it doesn't matter if the budget is balanced because it is less of a deficit by percentage of the economy than what Greece runs.

What are you thinking of specifically Meri?  Reproductive rights sort of stuff?  Because it is not like Obama is going to get some sort of personal rights prize.

[CountDeMoney]

Because it is not like Obama is going to get some sort of personal rights prize.

Compared to the legislative initiatives state and Congressional Republicans have been pushing regarding abortion and contraception for the last 2 years, you're really going to go there?