The big mystery of the 2012 GOP convention
Can anybody identify that rectangular item in the upper left-hand corner of this AP photo, taken during Paul Ryan’s speech last night to the Republican National Convention?
The vice-presidential nominee seemed to be glancing at it quite a bit last night, almost as if he was reading from it. Anybody got any ideas? In fact, I believe that every single speaker at the convention with one exception — Condi Rice — has been staring at that thing during their speeches. It’s almost as if they needed somebody to tell them what to say.
I’m going to be watching Mitt Romney closely tonight, just to see if he too starts staring at that … whatever it is. Weird, huh?
– Jay Bookman
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Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:05 pm
We’re gonna make sure that what few decent-paying jobs that remain are outsourced to NEW countries.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:06 pm
“Obamacare”– drink
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:06 pm
Libs sure has lots of negative, nasty comments about Clint Eastwood tonight. Can’t imagine why.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:06 pm
I never built a damn thing in my life. – Mitt Gekko
Chris Sanchez
August 30th, 2012
11:06 pm
Jay: that’s it? Say it ain’t so! Like Obama you’re out of ideas too?
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:06 pm
Man! The Bullshyte is overflowin’ into my living room! Oooh! That Smell!
bman
August 30th, 2012
11:07 pm
Oh no….it’s Bernie
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:07 pm
Clint Eastwood was the Republicans mystery guest. Hard to Trump that one. HAHAHAHAHA
Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:07 pm
Willard is, simply put, kicking his ass. Obama is a failure.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:08 pm
Champion small businesses … buy them … load them up with debt… bankruptcy … profit!
Heh, heh, heh.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:08 pm
I never met a company I couldn’t destroy for my own profit – Mitt Gekko
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:08 pm
OH! YEAH! Blow off those “intellectuals” and that “climate-change” junk. What do they know?
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:09 pm
Mitt said that he would not raise taxes on the middle class.
He is going to raise taxes on THE POOR.
That means people who make less than $60,000 a year.
That includes a lot of people on this blog.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:09 pm
Mitt Gekko is simply put kicking his own ass. HAHAHAHA
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:09 pm
Georgia State lost big ………………
(
And next week ………….. Tennessee.
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:10 pm
Whoa-shyte! Here it comes! Got to have them new wars! Them old wars is just about petered out!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:10 pm
Anyone want to guess Jay’s thread tomorrow morning ?
getalife
August 30th, 2012
11:11 pm
Nothing new to offer the people.
Just lies.
Weak.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:11 pm
Let’s remember to help out all the small businesses waiting outside on the street corners and in the “special”, wink-wink, clubs tonight after you tire of hearing me praise my destruction of America for a buck. You’re welcome. – Mitt Gekko
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:11 pm
Ooh, the call and response thingie.
Cool beans!
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:12 pm
“I never met a company I couldn’t destroy for my own profit – Mitt Gekko”
No doubt. He ran Target right into the ground. Why I think the company is in bankruptcy as we speak. Angry and not so bright white guy sure do love his revisionist history he do.
Get Real
August 30th, 2012
11:12 pm
Listen to all the libbies whine and moan……it’s time for a change and it will not be happening with Obama….start to deal with it…too bad…so sad
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:13 pm
Immediate Opening: Bullshyte Loader Must have own front-end loader! Pay $7.25/hr Report to Republican National Convention Tampa, FL
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2012
11:13 pm
Truman
Can I have a ham sammich instead
just….. before the unspeakable darkness
Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:13 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:10 pm
Anyone want to guess Jay’s thread tomorrow morning ?
I will take a stab at it:
Romney, the racist capitalist pig failed to get it done and next week was a huge success.
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:14 pm
“And the businesses Romney helped start while at Bain Capital employ more than 100,000 people today.”
And Obama’s job record??? Less people working today then when he took office.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAH.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:14 pm
And I promise you that if I am elected, I will never ever again be burdened with paying your debt, just like with the companies I helped, wink wink, over the years to help themselves. – Mitt Gekko
moonbat betty
August 30th, 2012
11:14 pm
That’s IT!
I voting for obama.
Mr. Snarky
August 30th, 2012
11:14 pm
I love it when the repubs talk about helping out the poor. The bs’ometer just went crazy.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:15 pm
And Obama’s job record??? Less people working today then when he took office.
Not intended to be a factual statement.
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:15 pm
Well, then there you have it — Mitt’s Plan.
More outsourcing, more wars, more hardship, more low-paying jobs!
What’s not to like!
Baptist Voting For A Mormon
August 30th, 2012
11:15 pm
Rom is da bomb!!! Knocking it out of the park tonight. Put a real American (one who believes in American Exceptionalism and the values that made this country great) back in the White House!!!
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:15 pm
“Eighty percent of Bain Capital’s portfolio companies have increased revenues, and only five percent of the companies under its control have filed for bankruptcy.”
Oh noes. The facts. Doomy hurting the lib kooks again with FACTS. Oh they hate them pesky FACTS they do.
bman
August 30th, 2012
11:16 pm
The ones who aren’t funny are trying really hard to pull it off. The ones who are funny aren’t playing tonight. Your jokes are dry …bring in Jamvet – unchain him!
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:16 pm
Mitt’s theme song: [My money is] living in the Cayman Islands.
Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:16 pm
On a more serious note, the contrast in leadership is stunning. The MSM failed the country in the last contest and is a laughingstock in this contest, due to past failed performance.
getalife
August 30th, 2012
11:17 pm
The best part of that speech was the fight in the audience.
Get Real
August 30th, 2012
11:17 pm
I think Jammie is with Kammie playing with Gerbils
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:17 pm
The Stepford Families.
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:18 pm
“23 million Americans are struggling for work, and unemployment has been above eight percent for a record shattering 42 straight months”
Oh noes. Obama’s jobs or rather non jobs record. Oh noes.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:18 pm
Bain loaded down companies with debt and then took that money as their fees and left the company to pay it off. That’s the truth.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:18 pm
Ahem:
That was good ………….. promising.
We’ll see.
It just may be something about Georgia transportation.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:19 pm
Bush put more than 23 million Americans out of work and left his legacy for President Obama to clean up.
Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:19 pm
The good news for many posting here is that you won’t need to worry about getting up early with a hangover and trying to slink off to your job. YOU DON’T HAVE ONE.
Mr. Snarky
August 30th, 2012
11:19 pm
Nobody is going to remember this speech.
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2012
11:19 pm
Well
2016 auditions are over
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:20 pm
Take home message for Joe Sixpack:
Quit whining about losing yore $22.50/hr job to a Chinese feller.
Just git yourself 2 $9.00/hr jobs and you’ll be just fine!
Forget about the 80 hours a week you’re gonna have to work and not being able to see yore family. DO IT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. (And, my Cayman Islands bank account.)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:20 pm
“Mitt Romney is going to raise more money than Barack Obama,” (Michael) Moore told the Huffington Post. “That should guarantee his victory. I think people should start to practice the words ‘President Romney.’
“To assume the other side are just a bunch of ignoramuses who are supported by people who believe that Adam and Eve rode on dinosaurs 6,000 years ago is to completely misjudge the opposition,” Moore said.
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:20 pm
“Romney’s work not only helped to save and create jobs, it also provided returns to investors, the majority of which were pension funds for retirees, university endowments helping with financial aid, and charities serving their local communities.”
Oh lordy. The kooks aint gonna like funding out the Romney Hood was helping provide funds to joe and jane six pack’s pension funds. Oh and they sure aint gonna like that Romney Hood eriched university endowments and charities. Oh they hate them facts they do. Jest hate em!
Baptist Voting For A Mormon
August 30th, 2012
11:21 pm
When you can get Chris Matthews to pop that vein…it’s a good day for Conservatives
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:21 pm
Headline: Chair wows crowd.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:21 pm
Romney/McCain-2016 HAHAHAHA
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:22 pm
@Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:19 pm
The good news for many posting here is that you won’t need to worry about getting up early with a hangover and trying to slink off to your job. YOU DON’T HAVE ONE.
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It takes TRASH TO KNOW TRASH.
As a man speaketh so is he.
Mr. Snarky
August 30th, 2012
11:23 pm
Let’s see, he’s gonna go on a jobs tour if he wins…and he’s gonna get tough on Iran…and Obama is bad. Any other actual policies out of the see of fluff? Anyone?
getalife
August 30th, 2012
11:23 pm
moonbat,
You should,.
He is the best the candidate.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:24 pm
“What’s whiter than the GOP? The media!”
“According to 2012 figures from the American Society of News Editors (ASNE), minorities make up 12.32 percent of newsroom employees. That leaves 87.68 percent of the writing and editing jobs in white hands. That means newsrooms are lily-whiter than the GOP!”
Oh for shame ………….. By the way, isn’t Bookman white ?
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:24 pm
If I am elected, I promise to go around and personally increase each and every one of your debt levels in order to pay for my next tax cut. – Mitt Gekko Romney
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
Paul Ryan’s children are out of control.
How can he govern adults when he can’t even keep his
children in check.
They were all over the place.
They look like brats
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
Scout,
You’ve been missing it. Libs at their best trying to do what they do best- tear down successful people.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
The GOP electorate is 98 percent white.
Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
To the “tongue”
Oh really? If you only knew. Leave the little pearls of wisdom to Reader’s Digest.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:26 pm
Mitt Gekko Romney didn’t build that. He has never built a damn thing in his life.
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:26 pm
One thing I got to hand to the RepugNOwecan’ts: they don’t have any shame. They’ll lie with a straight face. If they’re not lying, they speak total fantasy. Amazing!
Get Real
August 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
I can’t wait to see the ballons fall from the ceiling when Sandra Fluke comes to the podium at the DNC…oh wait those are condoms
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
“They were all over the place.
They look like brats”
Man that is just sewer level commenting. I guess lib kooks hate children to. Like I said- Is there anyone they don’t hate?
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:28 pm
If Republicans aren’t lying, they’re not speaking.
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:28 pm
This whole convention thing has got me so confused. If only Redneck Convert were here, he could explain it so I could understand it!
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:29 pm
I guess lib kooks hate children to. Like I said- Is there anyone they don’t hate?
That is just sewer level commenting.
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:30 pm
“Mitt Gekko Romney didn’t build that. He has never built a damn thing in his life.”
Looks like angry white not so smart guy has success envy. Oh he do hate successful people he do.
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:30 pm
@Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:25 pm
To the “tongue”
Oh really? If you only knew. Leave the little pearls of wisdom to Reader’s Digest.
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Reader’s Digest.
That’s the best you GOT?
I read Reader’s Digest when I was a kid.
I read more literary books.
I knew you were a Reader’s Digest kind of person.
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:31 pm
Conventions are where Republicans go so they can contribute to the success of small street corner businesses after the show. They’re such Johns.
Mr. Snarky
August 30th, 2012
11:31 pm
Mittens, I can’t think of one interesting or novel thing you said. Just a whole lotta nothin’. You talk about Obama wasting money…you repubs should have just met at the local foreign legion instead of wasting your donors money on this convention.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:32 pm
Man that is just sewer level commenting.
Thulsa Doom
August 25th, 2012
5:06 pm
I know cons are saddened by Neil Armstrong’s death. But I can’t understand why libs would be upset. Armstrong was an achiever. Equally as bad to them he was an American patriot.
Get Real
August 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
Really ugly comments from spiteful libbies…..adios vermin, tomorrow is another day
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
Looks like angry white not so smart guy has success envy. Oh he do hate successful people he do.
Looks like tdumb guy wishes he was successful. Oh he do hate us successful people he do. HAHAHAHA
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:33 pm
G’nite, real vermin.
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:34 pm
@Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
“They were all over the place.
They look like brats”
Man that is just sewer level commenting. I guess lib kooks hate children to. Like I said- Is there anyone they don’t hate?
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That’s my opinion and I AM STICKING TO IT.
You GOT THE NERVE TO TALK ABOUT sewer level commenting.
Everybody knows that you are the Sewer King.
We can spell the sewage.
Doomy
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:36 pm
@Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:27 pm
“They were all over the place.
They look like brats”
Man that is just sewer level commenting. I guess lib kooks hate children to. Like I said- Is there anyone they don’t hate?
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CORRECTION PLEASE;
We can SMELL the sewage.
Doomy
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:36 pm
The poo did that research just for me. Ha! My favorite fan club member is still around.
Looks tonight though like my statement that libs hate an achiever is proving to be true. They are hating on Eastwood and hating on Romney’s success. I’m going to have to amend that statement.
Eastwood and Romney are achievers. Libs hate achievers. – factual statement. There ya go poo!
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:38 pm
Wagging tongue,
The apology window is open for you. You can go ahead and apologize for saying such nasty things about someone’s kids whom you don’t even know when you are ready. The decency test is at hand. Will this liberal pass or fail? I’m betting FAIL.
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:38 pm
DOOMY LOGIC: If a Fright-Winger is achiever, then NO progressive (Lib) is an achiever.
You sure about that?
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:38 pm
Mitt Gekko Romney has never built a damn thing in his life. He is a destroyer, not a builder. Clint is a good actor. He refused to be told by the GOP to read from the teleprompter like all the other Republican robots did.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 30th, 2012
11:39 pm
“Help, I’m White and I Can’t Get Down” !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxcPNolorUI
JamVet
August 30th, 2012
11:39 pm
Get Bent wants George of the Bungle and Dickie Doo back for more fun.
How cute…
getalife
August 30th, 2012
11:39 pm
It is true.
White folks can’t dance.
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:40 pm
“Everybody knows that you are the Sewer King.”
Says the guy who just called someone’s kids brats.
I
R
O
N
Y
!
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
@Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:36 pm
The poo did that research just for me. Ha! My favorite fan club member is still around.
Looks tonight though like my statement that libs hate an achiever is proving to be true.
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Hate an achiever?
That LETS YOU OFF THE HOOK.
LOSER
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
DOOMY: I think you’ve put it off long enough! I know all of here are waiting for you to try on your Speedo. I know I speak for everyone when I say I want to see the Youtube video. PLEASE don’t keep us waiting any longer!
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:42 pm
@Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:40 pm
“Everybody knows that you are the Sewer King.”
Says the guy who just called someone’s kids brats.
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I call it like I see it.
King Doomy
getalife
August 30th, 2012
11:43 pm
67 days to go and our President can finish cleaning up the gop mess.
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:43 pm
“Mitt Gekko Romney has never built a damn thing in his life. He is a destroyer, not a builder.”
L
I
E
!
Romney built Bain capital from nothing and helped build a series of successful businesses. He enriched pension funds, charities, etc. He employed people and the businesses he saved that went on to prosper created tens of thousands of jobs. Your jealousy and resentment know no bounds. Nor do your L I E S !
Bernie
August 30th, 2012
11:43 pm
I am so happy for Mitt….He is Now the Republican Nominee….that was his goal!
Now its OVER!
Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:44 pm
@A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
Throw the shovel up to the top of the ditch and then we will drop a rope.
Oscar
August 30th, 2012
11:45 pm
Is it over yet?
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:45 pm
@Soothsayer
August 30th, 2012
11:41 pm
DOOMY: I think you’ve put it off long enough! I know all of here are waiting for you to try on your Speedo. I know I speak for everyone when I say I want to see the Youtube video. PLEASE don’t keep us waiting any longer!
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OH No…..
We might go BLIND.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
Huntsman is in NY guesting on Colbert’s show and not in Tampa.
Too Funny!
moonbat betty
August 30th, 2012
11:46 pm
Tha Doom,
Bringin tha Boom
ready or not
wooshaa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufb6T-av-rU
haaa haaa
Thulsa Doom- pompous ass extraordinaire
August 30th, 2012
11:47 pm
“I call it like I see it.”
Yep. Same here. And when I see a guy willing to beat up on children and call them brats because they move around I see a bully and a despicable, petty little man. And even if they are too cowardly to admit it and lack the stones to chastise your nasty comment I’m sure many of the liberals would probably feel the same way. I know they would if a con said that about the Obama children. And I don’t think anyone doubts that.
AngryOld WhiteGuys Unite
August 30th, 2012
11:47 pm
Romney built Bain capital from nothing and helped build a series of successful businesses. He enriched pension funds, charities, etc. He employed people and the businesses he saved that went on to prosper created tens of thousands of jobs. Your jealousy and resentment know no bounds. Nor do your L I E S !
L
I
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Mitt Gekko Romney did not build anything. He loaded down companies with debt and then took that money in fees and left the company to pay off the debt. He destroyed companies. He never created anything. You lick his boots though because he is your master. Now quit with your LIES! Say you love your Lord Mitt Gekko Romney.
A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
August 30th, 2012
11:48 pm
@Ahem
August 30th, 2012
11:44 pm
@A Wagging Tongue Bites Itself
Throw the shovel up to the top of the ditch and then we will drop a rope
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Only if you get out of the gutter and take a bath.