Wonkette
Here’s a picture we took last night, of absolutely nobody in line to see the liberal Joe Lieberman lecture Republicans at the convention. Seriously, this was at about 8 p.m. local time, at the main entrance/security checkpoint, before Fred Thompson or Lieberman gave their speeches.
The Xcel Center was about one-third empty, too. And then that chubby TSA fellow in the white beard came huffing and puffing over to tell us we couldn’t take pictures of the empty line. Much livelier tonight, three days into the four-day convention — but there are still hundreds, maybe a couple of thousand seats open. Remember, old liberal ladies would KILL YOU TO DEATH if you even thought of finding a seat at the DNC at night.
Rudy can’t fail.
“Sarah Palin will not try to reinvent herself during this campaign.”
Another unrecognized advantage to wriggling out of your scaly skin every month or so.
HAH!!! This convention is amazing. This candidacy is amazing. This photo gives a hard on. A big hard on.
I’ve decided to watch the GILF on C-SPAN so it doesn’t count in the ratings. So it’s like I’m not there, too. Right?
Suddenly I smell amniotic fluid.
Martina Navratilova is governor of Hawaii? Well bully for her.
…how full is the stadium tonight Ken?
Did the TSA guy beat you? No? Then you’re not a real Chicago-worthy journalist.
Bristol in the mutha’ fucking hizzle!
Looking nice… explains alot…
Editors, is the place any more crowded tonight????
“Sarah was the mayor of Wasilla for two terms, again defeating the incumbent.”
Yup. Wasilla has 10,000 people. The size of many cities in our country?
Whose the mayor of Fresno? I think whoever that is is totally ready to lead.
And you know Hawaii is right next to…Japan!
Zero. That’s the faith I have in humanity right now.
Why is there a GIANT GAVEL next to the podium? WHAT THE FUCK?
Tito Puente: Didn’t see her — does she have that post-miscarriage glow?
I really thoroughly enjoy the random photos in the background. Very umm, _____________.
What did Huck just say about “not knowing it wasn’t supposed to hurt to take a shower until college”?
It’s okay, Mike let it out. It’s the first step towards healing.
Beer Coug is gonna steal that baby!
AngryBlakGuy: Rush: More crowded, but not “sold out” by any insane stretch of the imagination. I don’t even think it will fill for Sarah Palin’s speech. Jesus, it’s like everybody just said Fuck It and went home.
…damn it Bristol, stand up and lets see your “baby bump”!!!
It appears the new republican strategy is to run against Jimmy Carter.
Ha ha, Delaware has a small penis.
I’m gonna have a fiscal hock right about now…
SayItWithWookies:
Perhaps…
She may be in the golden time between the miscarriage and when her breast size returns to normal.
Ken Layne: Most of Walnuts supporters have to be home by 8 p.m. Nobody wants to miss the Matlock reruns.
OMG - Palin’s sister is barely able to back her on national security. CNN.
I’m starting to think that Governor Palin should be at the top of the ticket! How many state basketball champeenships has John McCain won?
“And John McCain showed his commitment to reform by choosing an outsider…”
Who is now having her head filled by advisors to GWB.
AngryBlakGuy: “Drill here, drill now!”
Baby Palin is wondering why he is not being breastfed at the moment.
NB: That’s assuming Downs Syndrome kids wonder.
Awww, it’s the Palin kids — Scrofula, Peony and little Tangent.
Oh look! It’s the synchro hat waving team from my home state!
Minnesota has a conceal carry law. I wonder why the RNC doesn’t want everybody in the auditorium packing heat.
Tito Puente: I call abuse of the Clash on that, sir!
It’s Rudy — who blew John McCain on 9/11 for FIVE AND A HALF YEARS!
Joe Torre’s friendship with Rudy was the reason I was glad Torre was not resigned. Poor judgment is a reflection of poor character.
I don’t understand why I had to go through years of speech therapy but Rudy can lisp up there like a great big nerd with no repercussions. Women have SLEPT with that man.
Ever notice Trig’s dad never holds him?
ugh, there are so many white guys in suits on camera right now, I just long for a mixed race kid in jeans and a t-shirt or something…
U.S. and A.!U.S. and A.!U.S. and A.!
“Not the media” like Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch. “Not hollywood celebrities” Like you and Fred Thompson.
Do Repubs die a little inside every time they accuse Obama of being sexist?
Oh Rudy. If you have to ask for a USA chant, you don’t deserve a USA chant.
Scott-san: I want someone to drill here and now in the middle of Gu911ani’s forehead
When I say “hero,” you say “woooo”!!!!
Their convention hall even looks crappier.
You’ve got to DESIRE who you’re going to hire, Rudy? Careful, Freud, your slip is showing.
they did find one more Asian chick.
Andrew Sullivan has a link to the emails from Palin regarding troopergate. It just keeps getting better. Instead of waiting to hear 911 to drink I am going to start drinking everytime another “non-issue” errupts from Palin’s camp.
So the gist of his speech is, Don’t vote for the candidate based on what they say they’re going to do — vote based on how closely their lives adhere to some cowboy ideal. Yeah, we’ve done that before — how did it work out?
I must commend Jim Newell on his liveblog post. That was definitely up there on the funniest shit list.
Viva la Cynthia:
Thank you.
How sweet would it be to have the campaign song be from the Clash instead of fucking Kenny Chesny or some southern shit like that.
Sorry, I don’t hire American heroes who don’t know the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Did any of these fucks think about comparing speeches beforehand so that we wouldn’t have to listen to the torture thing over and over? Or do they think that repeating it will make it less annoying?
fam-ly val-ues bum bum bumbumbum
Viva la Cynthia: Hahaha! The crowd tells you everything you need to know about the GOP.
9/11
He did.
9/11
He did.
It’s not the reality, it’s… OH SHIT HE SAID REAGAN (everyone take a drink).
BREAKING NEWS ON MSNBC: John McCain actually showed up to this thing!
AMERICA COMES FIRST!
I wonder why Trig never cries.
After his years as a POW he had earned a life of peace and quiet and skirt-chasing.
Scott-san: Get me a baby Hi! That’s why they live in Arizona. Son, you gotta panty on your head.
I fucking hate Guilianni… what an incredible douche
Are they laughing at community organizer?
Hahahahaha, communities make me laugh too, guys, I mean who needs ‘em? When you’ve got 7, no wait, 8, no wait 10 houses it doesn’t really matter who lives near you.
Fuckheads.
whoops…just lost illinoiz
Ah, Rudy — belittling an American who worked. Brilliant.
LIES! A POX ON THEIR CONVENTION.
It was too tough to figure out whether you should fuck your wife or another woman too, right Rudy?
what were they just chanting? NEEE-GRO or what???
Scott-san: I would say that to Levi “hockiepuck Johnston, but I would never marry him.
Cindy laughs and I hear the Skeletor cackle from He-Man.
The queue to get into The Liffey at the Holiday Inn was longer than this.
Sláinte mhaith, bitches!
MSNBC just did the EXTREME! close up of that black guy they found!
AnnieGetYourFun: They just wrote ten speeches and cut them up and reassembled them and gave them out. It increases the cognitive dissonance that way and makes the mind control drug take hold faster.
Yeah, but Barry runs one hell of a campaign. In fact, it seems he’s running campaign circles around ya’ll…
He’s never had to lead people in crisis??
Bitter much, Rudy?
Ru911, I don’t think McGrampy ever ran a military unit either.
They’ve got gall to talk about experience with Caribou Barbie on the ticket.
Thank you Sarah Palin for executively leading Alaska through the great Blubber shortage of earlier this year.
no time for on the job training!!! Yeh hear that, Sarah?
Beer Coug thinks “nada” is funny stuff. Man, Mayor Ferret is an ass.
Flip-flopped? Like the Bridge to Nowhere???
Awwww, bye-bye Hillary voters.
I agreed with Biden when he said Ghouliani was all about the 9/11.
Atoz: it’s a good thing too…he would have led them straight into the hands of the VC, apparently
Our children will be safe in the hands of John McCain! Look out!
Hahahaha, just like betting everything on Florida in the primary wasn’t a strategy, Rud?
The Repubs haven’t had such a nasty convention since 1992–and we see how well that worked out…
Oh my friggin’ god! Someone just yelled, “OOOIILLLL!”
Whitey Did Katrina: We should drink every time a speaker or supporter uses the word “executive.” We’d die.
What a bunch of babies, a-holes and good ole boys.
Atoz: McCain can’t get his arms close enough together to hold a child.
Viva la Cynthia: prob the TX delegation
and THERE IT IS!! NINEELEVENZZZZZ
It’s like a lynch mob in there!!! Seriously!
Ok. Sarah Palin has more executive experience that McCain or Obama. Lets make her President.
I call BULLSHIT! Reduced government spending??? Then why was that town 20 million further in debt after her ONE TERM as mayor??
The utter stupidity of this party is astonishing. The dumbest fucks in America. And that’s saying something.