RNC 2012: Tuesday night thread – roll call, Ann Romney, Chris Christie
Good evening from Tampa, where Mitt Romney has just become the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party. New Jersey’s votes put him over the top in the alphabetical-order roll call of state delegations. He might have gotten there a couple of states earlier if not for a smattering of votes for Ron Paul, including three of Georgia’s 76 votes; one additional Georgia delegate was reported as unassigned, meaning Romney received 72 votes from a state whose March primary was won by Newt Gingrich.
Paul Ryan was confirmed as the vice presidential nominee, and now we’ll have a brief recess and then several speeches in a lineup packed due to the cancellation of Monday’s agenda. Among the speakers are Rick Santorum (on the welfare reform he championed in the 1990s and the Obama administration’s recent move to weaken it), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Democrat-turned-Republican Artur Davis, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Ann Romney and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
I’ll be commenting on the speeches here, so feel free to join in below.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
10:53 am
When will you trolls realize it isn’t Mitt Romney’s job to feed you?
He’s smarter than you. He’s richer than you. He knows that releasing any more tax returns will not get him a single vote from you.
Find your troll chow elsewhere.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 29th, 2012
10:53 am
How’s that “social mobility” during the Obozo regime?
Mostly downward.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
10:53 am
Yeah, who cares about Mitt’s faith?
8. “In France, for instance, I’m told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past.” This policy does not exist, but seven-year marriage contracts are a plot point in the “Memories of Earth” science fiction series by Mormon author Orson Scott Card. (May 5, 2007)
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
10:54 am
Downward? I’m doing about 3 x better than I was in 2008!
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 29th, 2012
10:56 am
Incomes have dropped more during Obozo’s “recovery” than they did during the actual recession.
Social mobility.
Thanks, Democrats.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
10:57 am
How can I be specific if Obama’s hiding his dirty secrets? He’s HIDING them
So you got nothing.
So Jesse Jackson had to show his birth certificate when he ran for President in 1984
If he would have gotten the nomination they would have. Maybe not though.
The Republican party had a little credibility back then. The nuts hadn’t taken over yet.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
10:57 am
“Downward? I’m doing about 3 x better than I was in 2008!”
Largely due to more government handouts being available.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
10:58 am
“Yeah, who cares about Mitt’s faith?”
No one intelligent does.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
10:58 am
Downward? I’m doing about 3 x better than I was in 2008!
Me too.
I’m tired of Republicans blaming the Government for all their problems.
Funny thing when I drive by Chilis or Applebees they are packed.
People still seem to have money for bloomin onions.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
10:59 am
“Mitt inherited wealth”. Facts are just troublesome things to you, aren’t they misterearl?
Romney turned over his entire inheritance
LOL, Tib. It looks like you are admitting the facts are REALLY just troublesome to YOU. Mitt turned over his inheritance. So Mitt inherited some wealth, eh? If not, what did he give to BYU?
mwuahahahahahaahahahaahah. Don’t let those facts get in the way of your Fox News narrative there, Tib.
mwuahahahahahahahahahaha
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
11:00 am
Hey, Tib!
mwuahahahahahahahahahaha. Chucky Cheese must be proud of you. You probably get employee of the month EVERY month, no?
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
11:00 am
Largely due to more government handouts being available.
huh ?
I dont get anything from the Government. I pay taxes ( twice the rate Romney pays )
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
11:01 am
Finn really has no knowledge of the English language.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
11:02 am
“I’m tired of Republicans blaming the Government for all their problems.”
Government isn’t the cause of most problems in this country.
Liberals are.
southpaw
August 29th, 2012
11:03 am
Finn, what exactly do Con mushrooms eat?
Poo.
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So much for my wisecrack. The earlier post sounded like the Con mushrooms would BE eaten. Considering what they eat, are you sure you want to do that, Finn?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
11:04 am
Hey, Tib!
mwuahahahahahahahahahahah
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 29th, 2012
11:06 am
LOL at the 99-percenter who thinks Chilis and Applebees are the barometer for economic vitality!
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
11:06 am
Romney didn’t get an inheritance.
Romney gave his inheritance away.
It’s soooooo confusing being a Con. sigh.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
11:11 am
What’s it like growing up not knowing the basics of the English language, Finn?
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
11:11 am
LOL at the 99-percenter who thinks Chilis and Applebees are the barometer for economic vitality!
Thats not what I said. Just think its funny if everybody is so broke.
Why are they all eating out ?
Dusty
August 29th, 2012
11:15 am
Well, looks like the speakers last night were really good. The honest bloggers who post here thought it was quite a night. Wish I could have watched them, a talented successful group….
.Another way to tell how successful the Republicans were last night, is the Dem reaction of the “xtremes” here. They are knocking themselves out, kicking and screaming, quoting other lefties and making personal remarks about the speakers.
So what’s new? Nothing really but liberals are truly delirious The lady with the cap lock takes the prize. She may get a spot on Saturday Night Live.. Go girl!
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
11:17 am
Romney didn’t get an inheritance.
Romney gave his inheritance away.
True. But by then he didnt need it.
He had already taken advantage of his daddy’s name and being rich.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
11:20 am
The honest bloggers who post here
Only Republicans are honest, dontcha know.
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
11:20 am
Another way to tell how successful the Republicans were last night, is the Dem reaction of the “xtremes” here
So when the Republicans go nuts over the Dem convention.
When Sean Hannity has a fit on air.
That just means the Dems were pretty successful.
Right ?
I demand to see Cheesy Grits Birth Certificate- Long Form Please
August 29th, 2012
11:21 am
Only Republicans are honest, dontcha know.
If you dont believe em … just ask one.
Saint Obama
August 29th, 2012
11:25 am
If I have any secrets to hide, and I’m not saying I do even though I’m going to seal my transcripts, then prove it. Meanwhile go after Romney as hard as you can to find out what he’s hiding….. we have not been able to find any thing YET but we got the IRS on it with your tax dollars paying their over time. – Saint Obama
David R. Boag, DDS
August 29th, 2012
11:31 am
Humpty,
Yes, that one. You’ll note my lack of giving Snyder full credit in my post. The improvement in Michigan’s unemployment is multifactorial, and you know it as well as me. However, What I CAN say is that the unemployment rate in MI has continued to drop EVEN WHILE Snyder is cleaning the house financially. It’s far from over. MI has a long way to go, and let’s be honest: we, the taxpayers will NEVER get ur money back from our investment in GM. We are ALL now paying for MI’s job improvement…and with money that we don’t have. And the stock is still 25% of what it must be JUST TO BREAK EVEN, but I will capitulate that the government’s involvement DID improve Detroit’s short-term status to a significant degree, but–here come those words again–AT WHAT COST?
The reality may well have been that even though it would hurt Detroit more, that if GM/Chrysler were allowed to file BK, that there just might have been opportunity for other small companies to move in and make cars better. I appreciate Ford’s not taking the bailout, understanding that they were in a. Enter position than the others, but they still COULD HAVE. I just bought a Ford truck over the weekend, showing support with my $.
Having been through a BK myself, I KNOW that difficult/painful decisions are necessary to get out of a financial mess. Snyder’s making those unapologetically, and yet the unemployment is still dropping despite them.
Dusty
August 29th, 2012
11:38 am
Yep, FINN everybody knows Republicans are honest. Honest!
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CHEESY, I don’t know. Never watch Hannity. Dems are having a Convention? What for?
Kyle Wingfield
August 29th, 2012
11:39 am
OK, folks, I ran into technical difficulties last night and then had a couple of appointments this morning. I am finally writing a new post.
Humpty
August 29th, 2012
11:40 am
David R
Thanks for the exchange. While Ford did not take a bail out, they did accept very low interest loans to assist in revamping several facilities as well as the Ford CEO lobbying along with GM and Chyrsler for the bailout. They were also aided by the fact that the many suppliers were helped financially.
I give them credit for not going that route, but they have received direct and indirect help due to the bailout.
They didn’t pull that commercial about the bailouts because it was factual.
Oblama
August 29th, 2012
11:41 am
Once again we have to simplify things for your GED educated mind. If someone gives something away they don’t have it. Let me explain: If you have two gub’ment subsidized packages of cheese and you give one to Edna then you only have one but you feel better because you helped someone out. You feel so good you got an idea. Why don’t I give away the other package of cheese to feel even warmer and get a big hug. Now wasn’t that a warm feeling? Oops! I have nothing left to eat – guess I will have to get a job doing whatever I can in this Obama economy but I can find something if I try real hard. TWO YEARS LATER –
Despite this economy that is still in the toilet I have made it out of the poor house without Obama’s handout and I feel like helping others still. You know a hand up – not a handout. Unlike Jeremiah Wright I say “God Bless America”.
Rightwing Troll
August 29th, 2012
11:48 am
“He knows that releasing any more tax returns will not get him a single vote from you.”
Even better, he knows not releasing any more tax returns won’t cost him a single vote from his loyal conned rubes…
Saint Obama
August 29th, 2012
11:48 am
As appointed Saint Prez I expect all of you to get a lawyer and sign up for disability as soon as possible so I can reduce the unemployment stats and say “see, the unemployment rate is going down!. YES – another gub’ment created job!
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
11:49 am
Incomes have dropped more during Obozo’s “recovery” than they did during the actual recession.
Funny how that works. Emperor Bush and cronies royally shiite the American bed and then you b*tch endlessly when the nasty stains won’t come out.
Hint: The Lost Decade.
Besides, though you do not remotely care, it was merely the fourth in a row for the crushing of the American middle class.
Yep, that ’s right ostriches. MOST Americans make no more money – in adjusted inflation dollars – than they did in the 1970s.
And you useful R tools point your scrawny fingers at the D’s and vice versa.
Trickle Up Economics Sheep first played by a tawdry actor.
All Hail the 1%!
And Long Live the American Plutocracy!
Saint Obama
August 29th, 2012
11:50 am
In fact I, as your elected Saint I have nearly tripled the people on disability and I am so proud to have created these jobs and get all of you off unemployment.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 29th, 2012
11:52 am
Kyle had some technical difficulties last night?
Wink wink, nudge nudge…
Oblama
August 29th, 2012
11:54 am
JV is one angry soul. Dems have scrawnier fingers. For example see exhibit one : Obama.
Dusty
August 29th, 2012
11:54 am
Kyle,
If the weather is nice, we will all be down to help you with technical problems. Could we stay an extra day or two to help? I’ll bring a screw driver.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
11:55 am
“He had already taken advantage of his daddy’s name and being rich.”
Yeah, ’cause the Romney name was really coveted in 1970’s Massachusetts . . .
Saint Obama
August 29th, 2012
11:55 am
Vote scrawny fingers – vote Obama.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
11:56 am
Well, I see AmVet got in his repetitive keywords into his post this morning.
Check!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
11:58 am
Technical difficulties, Kyle?
Sometimes it is just better to remain silent on an issue.
Dusty
August 29th, 2012
12:00 pm
Well, JAMVET is also trying out for Saturday Night Live. Oh, the drama!!
Saint Obama
August 29th, 2012
12:01 pm
Got to go now and screw up the economy some more……. it’s what you hired me to do don’t you know. Dumb brain dead zombies – heh, Biden get off your duff and take this check to the bank for me.
Oblama
August 29th, 2012
12:02 pm
Saturday Night Live says Biden has a job with them after the election……. he can play himself.
DelegateNutz
August 29th, 2012
12:03 pm
THIS is how we feed the animals!
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
12:05 pm
I forgot in my post late last night (early this morning?) to include some love for Artur Davis and Mia Love for their speeches.
Unlike some, they actually get it.
Tealiban Party
August 29th, 2012
12:09 pm
The GOP ejected two people from last night’s session for allegedly throwing nuts at a black CNN camerawoman, and saying, “This is how we feed animals.”
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/gop-ejects-people-who-threw-nuts-at-camerwoman/1
JamVet
August 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
Meat and Tibby.
When you cannot argue/countermand/explain away any of the proven facts I listed in that post, you do what you do.
Play childish games.
Which is great fun for the other bloggers here, D’s, R’s and I’s.
Here are some more that blows away Lil BB’s nonsense.
American incomes FELL 7% during Bush’s Lost Decade.
And in the aftermath of the massive destruction caused by the attempted Corporate Destruction of Capitalism, what do you trickled on-ers expect?
They will not catch up before 2021.
You’re doing a heckuva job, connies…
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
“When you cannot argue/countermand/explain away any of the proven facts I listed in that post, you do what you do.”
Dismiss you as completely and totally irrelevant?
You betcha!