Posted on 08/31/2012 7:58:17 AM PDT by IbJensen
TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican National Convention started off as an anxiety-ridden, soggy, depressing mess on Monday morning. By Tuesday night, the Democratic Party and Barack Obama in particular had to be an anxiety-ridden, soggy, depressing mess.
The transition between Monday morning and Tuesday evening was stunning. The Republican Party went into the convention on a low note after Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri Senate candidate, suggested that women's magic uteruses protect them from becoming pregnant via "legitimate rape," enmeshing the GOP in a battle of demagoguery over abortion.
Meanwhile, the convention had a legitimate shot at cancellation; it seemed that the entire city was going to shut down for Hurricane Isaac. And controversies over Sarah Palin and Ron Paul not being granted featured speaking slots at the RNC seemed to be fragmenting the RNC base.
And then there was Tuesday night.
Tuesday night the RNC showed that it has something it hasn't had since Reagan: star power and appeal to independents.
Both were on full display in the person of former Rep. Artur Davis. Davis, who is black, was one of the speakers who introduced Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in 2008; he was, at the time, a sitting congressman from the state of Alabama. A Harvard Law graduate and famed stemwinder, he delivered an impassioned address on behalf of the then-senator.
How times have changed.
"Some of you may know, the last time I spoke at a convention, it turned out I was in the wrong place. So, Tampa, my fellow Republicans, thank you for welcoming me where I belong."
Davis is now a Republican. And he explained exactly why. "In all seriousness," he said, "do you know why so many of us believed? We led with our hearts and our dreams that we could be more inclusive than America had ever been, and no candidate had ever spoken so beautifully.
"But," he continued, "dreams meet daybreak: The jobless know what I mean, so do the families who wonder how this administration could wreck a recovery for three years and counting."
Davis wasn't the only spellbinder on the menu on Tuesday's opening night. Ann Romney appeared to give a joyous and well-calibrated address celebrating American woman and reintroducing her husband to the public as a solid husband and father, a caring human being and a trustworthy leader. Then, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie strode to the stage, clapping his hands in energetic anticipation. To say that the crowd was fired up would be an understatement.
There is juice to the Romney campaign. And Paul Ryan hasn't even spoken yet. The Obama machine no longer has the star power; they no longer have the orators. They have a rotten record — and it's a record on which they simply can't run.
No wonder they're scared.
I hope these perverted socialist speakers shout, spit and slobber all over themselves to get their message of hate out!
So, Pawlenty = Romney.
Joe has a condo in LSD (Lower, Slower Delaware).
They damn well better be.
And Sandra Fluck isn’t going to help them at all.
Actually, I was desperately hoping for something to invalidate what I expected, rationally, from these people. I would like nothing better than to be proven wrong on Romney. Using supporters of abortion, defining down marriage, amnesty, and RomBamaCare is not the way to give an excuse to support him. The GOP will likely be lucky as the viewership was down so much for this convention, the only thing most people will see is sound bites.
As for posting history, I expect you would have been ready to rationalize as brilliant anything Romney did, even if he had picked Al Gore as his running mate.
One of the best lines of the week was Bill O'Reilly wondering what kind of balloons the Dems would drop after Fluke's speech.
I hope they think that. They've been acting a little discouraged lately, I'd rather have them filled with false hope when they send "Crazy Ol' Uncle Joe" up against Ryan.
We all know that Biden will be destroyed and the 'Rats will be humiliated by it. We'll all be watching, and we want them to watch too.
It won't be nearly as much fun if they just accept that it will be a big embarrassment and slink off to the basement to play video games...
Crazy = Ron Paul (video).
Joe Biden’s reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he doesn’t have to debate Ryan.
Ole Joe will have to speak at the convention next week. I won’t miss that for anything
When you lie about your real agenda like this to try and give your commentary a fake gloss of credibility, you have lost the debate.
Fluck may help them in some offsite location. With her record she could probably put all the male attendees in a happy frame of mind.
Probably need quite a bit of Viagra (that’s that Chinese manufactured cocoction that lasts for hours) on hand to handle those more difficult cases like the soggy Hairy Reed.
Oh dry up, you disgruntled old Democrat!
Ron is going to be Secretary of the Treasury and Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be Attorney General!
“Joe Biden’s reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he doesn’t have to debate Ryan.”
I believe that neither Biden nor Hussein have any fears about the debates. The MSM is running the show in every case (from what I’ve heard), and the two idiots will have received the questions in advance and prepped to the extreme. The fix is already in.
Dennis Miller called her “ Moan of Arc” on Jay Leno the other night
After giving it some considerable thought, madam, I believe you’re right.
Just speaking for myself, there isn’t enough Viagra and whiskey in the entire universe to make it possible.
No lies. It’s so nice of you to come up when an agenda for me when I have none. It merely seems that after all these years of fighting against the Rockefeller Republicans and their attempts to squeeze out Conservatives, they are finally winning and those being frozen out no longer see it.
Mitt is up to 47% at 11:00 CDT
Squealing the lie louder and more shrilly doesn’t change your fiction to fact, it merely exposes your lie to a wider audience
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