I may have been wrong about the Democratic Convention - you could pay me to watch this entertainment.
Politico uses the word "debacle", and even Pravda Print provided coverage. The NY Times led with the strong leadership of President Empty Chair:
Pushed by Obama, Democrats Alter Platform Over Jerusalem
By MARK LANDLER
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Obama, seeking to quell a storm of criticism from Republicans and pro-Israel groups, directed the Democratic Party on Wednesday to amend its platform to restore language declaring Jerusalem the Israeli capital.
The change, approved in a voice vote that had to be taken three times because of a chorus of noes in the arena, reinstated the line “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel” in a section that describes Mr. Obama’s policy toward the country. That sentence was in the 2008 platform, but the Democrats removed it this year, saying that they wanted to spotlight other elements of Mr. Obama’s policy and that the platform should reflect a sitting president rather than a candidate for office.
After a day of protests, however, and the prospect of an onslaught of Republican attack ads, the president and the Democrats abruptly reversed course. The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, said in a statement that the change was made to “maintain consistency with the personal views expressed by the president and in the Democratic Party platform in 2008.”
So Obama, devout politician and stalwart friend of Israel that he is only became bothered by the Jerusalem and 'God' issues when Republican read the platform and mocked it. And this is the leadership the Dems have on offer for the next four years? Is there any reason this wasn't taken care of weeks or months ago, or was Team Obama too busy comparing golf scores?
Forward...
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/photo-of-teleprompter-shows-democrats-23s-platform-vote-was-predetermined/
Posted by: Threadkiller | September 06, 2012 at 12:00 AM
It's Bush's fault?
Posted by: Frau Steingehirn | September 06, 2012 at 12:04 AM
God is back......and his name is William Jefferson Clinton.
Posted by: dublindave | September 06, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Thank You Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama!!
Why did you have to intervene in this matter?
Seems to me that, the GREAT SPEECHIFIER, has to 'Splain himself thru surogates or apologists every single day.
THERE IS A SHITCANNING, a'coming.
Posted by: Gus | September 06, 2012 at 12:14 AM
I loved this part of the platform change the best:
“The official acknowledged that the administration’s policy remains not to weigh in on the final status of Jerusalem, which is an issue to be decided by the parties. But the official said that Obama’s views and the administration policy are two separate things.”
If Obama doesn’t set administration policy, who does? Valerie Jarrett?
Posted by: ROA | September 06, 2012 at 12:21 AM
If Obama doesn’t set administration policy, who does?
He checks with Eleanor Roosevelt.
Posted by: PD | September 06, 2012 at 12:33 AM
Isn't it possible that this could be a Sister Souljah moment for Obama where he benefits politically by creating distance between himself and some of the far-left elements in the Democratic Party (by essentially overruling them on these 2 platform points)?
I am sure everyone here will say no, that's not possible- that it only looks like Obama caved after the uproar, not like he was the reasonable centrist in the first place. I wouldn't be so sure.
Posted by: Foo Bar | September 06, 2012 at 12:33 AM
Isn't it possible that this could be a Sister Souljah moment for Obama where he benefits politically by creating distance between himself and some of the far-left elements in the Democratic Party
Sure it's possible...
oh wait, except for the fact that it's also the official policy of his administration. Oops!
Posted by: Some Guy | September 06, 2012 at 12:40 AM
Foo Bar:
I'd say it's not a Sister Souljah moment, because I think Obama was responsible for taking out Jerusalem in the first place.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 12:41 AM
I am sure everyone here will say no, that's not possible- that it only looks like Obama caved after the uproar
I will say no, that's not possible - that in fact Obama caved after the uproar.
Posted by: bgates | September 06, 2012 at 12:43 AM
Bill Clinton at DNC: "Republicans Convinced Me They're Grateful They Were Born In America"
http://youtu.be/vo_faAlqy9k
Anything is possible, Foo Bar, with the exception that we were scammed on Obama's eligibility.
Posted by: Threadkiller | September 06, 2012 at 12:48 AM
TM:
Can't we have a thread on dishtracting schpeech schtruggles? (Love JMH)
Warren sounded like she should of given that speech four years ago and Fluke sounded like she had woken up in Biden's 20th century.
Someone write up a list of people they haven't offended this week. I am soaring with Dot!
Posted by: Ann | September 06, 2012 at 12:54 AM
" I wouldn't be so sure."
Of course not. You're a genuinely stupid shit.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 06, 2012 at 12:54 AM
Obama was responsible for taking out Jerusalem in the first place.
O thinks that's Iran's job, not his.
Posted by: Ralph L | September 06, 2012 at 12:57 AM
The very best part was the full-throated, thrice-repeated chorus of "No's." Behold today's Democratic Party.
Nor all their piety, nor wit, can call it back to cancel half a line.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 06, 2012 at 01:00 AM
I am honored, Ann-- let us soar together with the hawk.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 06, 2012 at 01:09 AM
Ann:
Tonight's fav was Sandra Fluke trying to emote while smirking.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 01:09 AM
Complete with "foremothers!"
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 01:10 AM
Sumbitch . . .
A large jet plane crashed on a farm in the middle of rural Kentucky.
Panic stricken, the local sheriff mobilized and descended on the farm in force. By the time they got there, however, the aircraft was totally destroyed with only a burned hull left smoldering in a tree line that bordered the farm.
The sheriff and his men entered the smoking mess but could find no remains of anyone. Then they spotted a farmer plowing a field not too far away as if nothing had happened. They hurried over to the man's tractor.
"Hank," the sheriff yelled, panting and out of breath, "Did you see this terrible accident happen?"
"Yep. Sure did," the farmer mumbled unconcerned, cutting off the
tractor's engine.
"Do you realize that is Air Force One, the airplane of the President
of the United States ?"
"Yep."
"Were there any survivors?"
"Nope. They's all kilt straight out," the farmer answered. "I done buried them all myself. Took me most of the morning."
"President Obama is dead?" the sheriff asked.
"Well," the farmer grumbled, restarting his tractor, "he kept a-saying he wasn't . . . .
but you know how bad that sumbitch lies."
Posted by: FeFiFoFum | September 06, 2012 at 01:13 AM
What subculture is that joke circulating in?
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 01:14 AM
I loved the part where Sandra Fluketard told AMERICA, that KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN......MUST....provide.....EXTRA-CRISPY on DEMAND, because a WOMYN'S menstrual CYCLE demands it.
OBAMA IS GETTING SHITCANNED IN 2 MONTHS.
Posted by: Gus | September 06, 2012 at 01:14 AM
This is what passes for a dope's Sister Souljah moment:
"Obama had seen the language prior to the convention, a campaign source said, but did not seek to change it until after Republicans jumped on the omissions of God and Jerusalem late Wednesday. And even then, it had to be forced through a convention hall full of delegates who nearly shouted down the change."
For Foo Bar, this is a true Profile in Courage.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 06, 2012 at 01:21 AM
Seeing the bedraggled faces of the audience at the DNC convention, I thought, look at them, America, here are your traitors.
Posted by: Apolitical | September 06, 2012 at 01:23 AM
JMH, several times I thought of Meryl Streep.:)
Hey, Dot:
We are good to go.
Seen at the crowded convention:
Posted by: Ann | September 06, 2012 at 01:25 AM
The libs are all spreading this meme claiming that MO's speech was written at a reading level 7 grades higher than the one made by Ann Romney.
This is based on a shtudy that takes into account factors such as sentence length and syllable counts, but presumably not correct pronunciation of words.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | September 06, 2012 at 01:31 AM
I've been struck at the level of discord at the DNC.
The Jerusalem issue could cost them Michigan if Muslim Democrats stay home. The again, I have no idea how Muslims square the gay rights planks of the Democratic platform with Shria Law .. or is it just taqiyya ?
I expected more discord from the RNC, but Team Romney is the one who has all it's ducks in a row this election season.
Posted by: Neo | September 06, 2012 at 01:34 AM
Two weeks later:
Good Night Patriots
Thank you, Jane and Daddy!!
Posted by: Ann | September 06, 2012 at 01:44 AM
I was right. Clinton is more popular than the Obamas. His favorables come in at 68 percent, while:
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 01:54 AM
I could not bring myself to watch, but going by the timestamps in Steve Green's drunkblog, Bent Willy jabbered for just under an hour.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | September 06, 2012 at 02:03 AM
20 minutes longer than he was supposed to speak, Dave -- while Obama was twiddling his thumbs in the wings waiting for the post speech hug.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 02:07 AM
I have been worrying myself sick - worried that somehow, someway, Barry and Mooshell would make it back to the White House in spite of all our efforts to defeat them and send their community organizing ass back to Chicago.
I need not have caused myself all this distress and anxiety.
These people are idiots.
And for the life of me I still cannot fathom why the DNC decided on North Carolina for the convention. Who in the hell made that decision?
They are all idiots - everyone one of them. I refer to whoever is supposed to be in charge or running the convention for the Dems.
Good for our side - maybe we can begin to get our country back together while there is still something left to work with.
Posted by: TexasIsHeaven | September 06, 2012 at 02:11 AM
What kinda country is this when God runs into discord and nays when He wants to put the capital of Israel where He wants to put it?
====================
Posted by: We'll see, Bub. | September 06, 2012 at 02:13 AM
Hello, TexasIsHeaven. It's been a long time, I think?
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 02:19 AM
why the DNC decided on North Carolina for the convention. Who in the hell made that decision?
At the time, it was a swing state. I suppose they could have had it in Texas and risked annihilation and heat stroke.
Posted by: Ralph L | September 06, 2012 at 02:25 AM
BY THE WATERS OF BABBLE-ON
1 By the waters of Babble-On there we sat down, yea, we leapt to our feet when we dis-remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our political banners upon the rafters in the midst thereof the Charlotte Convention Hall.
3 For there, they that carried us away captivatingly requiried of us a voice vote; and they that wasted 5 Trillion required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the re-election songs of anything except 2/3rds of the place that can't be named in the Party Platform.
4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land when we can't mention the Lord or Jerusalem? It beateth me.
5 If I forget to forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ability to reach into the Taxpayers pocket.
6 If I do not remember to forget thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my teleprompter, if I prefer the words Lord and Jerusalem above my Commander in Chief's joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of the DNC in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Erase it and erase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter's of Babble-On, who art happy to abort; happy shall he be, that escapeth the same reward thou hast served upon the aborted.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. (Wait a second, that last bit is part of the Democrat Platform---never mind)
Posted by: daddy | September 06, 2012 at 02:28 AM
A while - I don't speak up very often but I'm here almost every day.
Just been keeping my head down and working steady - I work two jobs - I'm fixing to retire - if that damn marxist sob in the White House - if there is anything left by the time we get him out of there, I'll retire and get on with all the other stuff I've got lined up.
Posted by: TexasIsHeaven | September 06, 2012 at 02:29 AM
LOL!
It beateth me, too, daddy.
Posted by: Barbara | September 06, 2012 at 02:36 AM
Via the Daily Caller, here's the winner of the first ever Internet Cat Video Film Festival.
I'm thinking Minimalist Poster might enjoy its existential edginess.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 02:37 AM
TIH:
Hope your retirement prospects start looking up two months from now!
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 06, 2012 at 02:43 AM
The instruction below all the comments here said: "Post a comment".
Well if I could stop ROFL long enough I would, but this stuff can't be made up and I'm still laughing too hard . . . sorry.
Posted by: 49erDweet | September 06, 2012 at 02:51 AM
JMH
So do I - and thanks for cat video - it was great. It is nice to be remembered - thanks for your kindness.
And if we all get out and vote we will all be thanking each other in a couple of months.
Posted by: TexasIsHeaven | September 06, 2012 at 02:56 AM
i wonder if anyone in the democratic party-media complex will ask why god and jerusalem was removed in the first place. you think they will ever tell us who in the democratic party wanted it removed in the first place?
Posted by: tommy mc donnell | September 06, 2012 at 03:03 AM
Ann,
Many thanks but I am not within a hundred miles of Jane's League.
JMH,
Great Cat video. Thanks for that. I needed a good laugh after slogging thru Clinton's speech.
Posted by: daddy | September 06, 2012 at 03:24 AM
"Obama was twiddling his thumbs in the wings waiting for the post speech hug."
Is this why Clinton's speech went on and on?
Posted by: Jim,MtnView,Ca,USA | September 06, 2012 at 05:54 AM
Hey, so about the teleprompter deciding that "in the opinion of the chair, two-thirds having voted in the affirmative..." how do we know that was pre-loaded, rather than some puppeteer behind the scenes typing into it to tell Villar what to say in real time?
Posted by: Extraneus | September 06, 2012 at 06:43 AM
What subculture is that joke circulating in?
Axelplouffe's
Posted by: peter | September 06, 2012 at 06:44 AM
Has there ever been a worse day in a convention in the history of earth. With all those federal dollars spent practicing - the GSA, the TSA and every other agency, have they learned nothing?
Posted by: Jane - Get off the couch your country needs you! | September 06, 2012 at 06:56 AM
I liked that joke better when it was 1970 and Monty Python's and didn't involve mayhem befalling an American president.
Posted by: Jim Ryan | September 06, 2012 at 07:02 AM
At the LUN, American Thinker has a pretty good fisking of Michelle Obama's speech.
Posted by: peter | September 06, 2012 at 07:03 AM
Unbelievable!
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/05/dem-pandering-hits-a-new-low-illegal-immigrant-to-speak-at-dnc/
Posted by: pagar | September 06, 2012 at 07:25 AM
OK I will admit it, guilty as charged. Faced with the difficult choice of watching Ware smash Eli Manning into the Astroturf and the Cowboys to kick the stuffing out of the NY FOOTBALL Giants ( IN NY I MIGHT ADD Or is it NJ ) or listening to Bubba prattle on, I am sorry to say that my baser instincts got the better of me. Sue me.
OH Yeah, plus my previous channel button was occupied with the Texas Rangers thumping the KC Royals. What you dont like my excuses? What did you listen to for an hour, if not excuse after excuse on why the miserable failure should not be held accountable? Tell me did the dog eat the homework too? LOL
Posted by: GMAX | September 06, 2012 at 07:58 AM
JMH:"foremothers!"
Well, there's Stephanie on the links.
While I didn't watch one minute of the convention live, I found it the most amusing televised event of the year.
Posted by: Clarice | September 06, 2012 at 08:03 AM
You can't make this stuff up:
Obama regrets you-didn't-build-that 'syntax'
"Obviously, I have regrets for my syntax," Obama replied. "But not for the point, because everyone who was there watching knows exactly what I was saying."
Yes, everyone who was there understood... So did the rest of us.
Posted by: Ranger | September 06, 2012 at 08:16 AM
Looks like Barney never got to speak. This HuffPo post says he will be speaking tonight instead.
"Speaking on background, the official confirmed that Frank was moved from Wednesday to Thursday night.
"Enthusiasm and applause in the hall lengthened the program. We made adjustments to include Congressman Frank in Thursday's program," the official said."
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 08:17 AM
By the Waters of Babble-on is SO great, daddy.
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 08:23 AM
Just a reminder -
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 08:26 AM
Jane:
Has there ever been a worse day in a convention in the history of earth.
Yes, but will it be the worst evah for only one day?
Happy #EmptyStadiumDay everyone!
If I didn't have work and family and all that other stuff, I'd head down to Charlotte and start agitatin' about the Dems not letting me into the stadium to hear Obama. Come up with some good chants, make a few "Down with The Man!" signs (which on the back would read, "Obama is The Man!"), maybe one that said, "They Told Me That If People Voted For John McCain, We Would See A Sitting President Disenfranchise And Suppress Democrats At His Convention. And They Were Right!". Maybe another one that said, "This Wouldn't Be Happening If Hillary Were President!".
I'd probably stop short of getting arrested myself - but I bet I could induce others to engage in behaviors leading to their arrest. Not sure if I'd wear a vulva costume (or a belt around my neck), but I'd come up with something or other.
But you know who I hope will most enjoy #EmptyStadiumDay?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY POFARMER!!!
Posted by: hit and run | September 06, 2012 at 08:28 AM
TK-- thanks alot for that Teleprompter shot. It just proves, once again, that EVERYTHING Dem Party officials say is a lie, at least to some degree.
Posted by: NK | September 06, 2012 at 08:30 AM
HB , Pofarmer!
Henri le chat is a real fave of mine--probably because i hate those stupid French existential films, films probably made only because the French govt highly subsidizes their production and promotion.
Posted by: Clarice | September 06, 2012 at 08:32 AM
"I've been struck at the level of discord at the DNC."
Democrats would fight each other over the color of the sky. Independant thought is what defines liberalism.
It's Teal btw.
Posted by: dublindave | September 06, 2012 at 08:32 AM
IndependantMarxist thought is what defines liberalism.FTFY
Posted by: GMAX | September 06, 2012 at 08:36 AM
"Obviously, I have regrets for my syntax," Obama replied.
Obama specifically used the "poor syntax" defense at least twice in 2008. The first time was after the "bitter clingers" remarks in San Francsico. The other, ironically enough, was when he said "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided" to AIPAC.
And...
Why this keeps happening to the greatest orator this world has ever known is an unsolvable mystery.
Posted by: hit and run | September 06, 2012 at 08:37 AM
It's Teal btw.
Marmalade actually, Lucy.
Posted by: GMAX | September 06, 2012 at 08:41 AM
Charlotte Forecast:
1PM - Thunderstorms, 95% Chance of Rain
2PM - Scattered T-Storms, 40% Chance of Rain
4PM - Isolated T-Storms, 30% Chance of Rain
9PM - Isolated T-Storms, 30% Chance of Rain
10PM - Clear, 0% Chance of Rain
Once Obama personally and forcefully stepped in to demand that the Democratic platform included God, God decided to clear the skies just in time for his speech.
Posted by: hit and run | September 06, 2012 at 08:43 AM
The Democrats stepped into it and have both shoes covered. I dont think they are going to be able to get the stench to go away by election day either, but lets not use my take on the fiasco that is the DNC Abortion Festival and Apologia lets listen, shall we, to Jennifer Rubin:
Wednesday was a wonderful political day for Republicans. Let’s recap. The day started off with the flap over platform language. That in turn led to the spectacle of Democratic delegates booing the vote to put back Jerusalem and God back into the platform. It was even in the eyes of the most Obama-sympathetic media a horrid disruption, signaling both incompetence and hostility to things that many if not most Americans hold dear. The news got worse as Politico reported that the president had signed off on the platform sans God and Jerusalem. The Romney camp could hardly believe the avalanche of atrocious press. (Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s insistence that there had been no controversy brought CNN’s Anderson Cooper to declare she was operating in an “alternate universe.”)
LOL ( wipes tear ) LOL again
Posted by: GMAX | September 06, 2012 at 08:49 AM
This man is disturbed.
Chris Matthews: "I always figured that if Bill Clinton landed on Mars, he would know how to do it with them, he would know how to reproduce . . ..”
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2012/09/06/matthews-after-midnight-if-bill-clinton-landed-mars-hed-quickly-figure#ixzz25h3pb8kM
Posted by: MarkO | September 06, 2012 at 08:52 AM
I don't think bo knows what syntax is and he seems to hope we do not either.
He seems to use the term syntax when he actually means semantics.
HB Po. And Happy Empty Stadium Day indeed. I read that DFER had a panel where they openly embraced Charlotte-Meck as a model school system for others to emulate. Which is fascinating as I have literally seen color drain from peoples faces when I mention that high achieving Fulton is now being run by CMS refugees.
The models for the phrase "Locusts of the Mind" since most of them started their reign of devastation in Orlando. Being brought to Charlotte out of anger over the decision to end busing and return to neighborhood schools as an option.
Posted by: rse | September 06, 2012 at 08:55 AM
Drudge has links to what is being written about the new Woodward book... this quote stands out in my mind:
Boehner sized up his adversary during one of his early private meetings with Obama, telling Woodward: “I just started chuckling to myself. Because all you need to know about the differences between the president and myself is that I’m sitting there smoking a cigarette, drinking merlot, and I look across the table and there is the president of the United States drinking iced tea and chomping on Nicorette,” the gum for smokers trying to break their habit.
Posted by: Ranger | September 06, 2012 at 08:58 AM
Wow hit, great post about that syntax excuse!
Your post with Ranger's post should be a front page news article.
Happy Birthday, Pofarmer!!
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 08:59 AM
there is the president of the United States drinking iced tea and chomping on Nicorette,”
And holding a a pair of deuces and hollering "dont call my bluff."
LOL ( I am having way too much of a good time this morning, maybe it was because the offensive line figured out how to block in the 2nd half ).
The National Champions humbled in their own backyard on national tv. my my my.
Posted by: GMAX | September 06, 2012 at 09:03 AM
On FB - DNC motto: One nation under "GOV"
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 09:03 AM
Sex researcher's son charged with exposing self
Posted by: Extraneus | September 06, 2012 at 09:03 AM
Happy Birthday, Pofarmer. Rock on.
Posted by: MarkO | September 06, 2012 at 09:03 AM
Another illuminating bit from the story on the Woodward book:
In the same vein, Woodward portrays Obama’s attempts to woo business leaders as ham-handed and governed by stereotype. At a White House dinner with a select group of business executives in early 2010, Obama gets off on the wrong foot by saying, “I know you guys are Republicans.” Ivan Seidenberg, the chief executive of Verizon, who “considers himself a progressive independent,” retorted, “How do you know that?”
Nonetheless, Seidenberg was later pleased to receive an invitation to the president’s 2010 Super Bowl party. But he changed his mind after Obama did little more than say hello, spending about 15 seconds with him. “Seidenberg felt he had been used as window dressing,” Woodward writes. “He complained to Valerie Jarrett, a close Obama aide. . . . Her response: Hey, you’re in the room with him. You should be happy.”
Kind of previews Obama's entire campaign theme for 2012... He's President, you should be happy.
Posted by: Ranger | September 06, 2012 at 09:11 AM
Now that quote is that good to check, then again, the earlier one shows how Obama doesn't understand the basics of negotiation, Boehner kept him on ice, and
then put it all on him.
Posted by: narciso | September 06, 2012 at 09:12 AM
Happy birthday, Po, all the while, David Corn swallowed the notion he was some master negotiator, well he's prime SCAM demographic.
Posted by: narciso | September 06, 2012 at 09:15 AM
He seems to use the term syntax when he actually means semantics.
The amount of things the Indonesian doesn't understand is as large as his ego.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 06, 2012 at 09:16 AM
BTW, this being published in the WaPo the morning of Obama's "big day" indicates that D.C. really is tired if the Chicago Crew and wants them out of town next year.
Posted by: Ranger | September 06, 2012 at 09:16 AM
Nice short article at Am Thinker - Obama & the Pepsi Challenge
Conservatives (Coke) had/have the winning message but were willing to water it down & change because they bought into a contrived idea that people liked libs (Pepsi) more.
It wasn't true then & it isn't true now.
"By insisting that something unpopular was popular often enough, they made it popular. And by insisting that something popular is really unpopular, they did the opposite." ~ Everything is Fake Now
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 09:16 AM
For the donks' hangover: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/05/Fact-Checking-Bill-Clinton
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 06, 2012 at 09:28 AM
He's like Otto, from 'Fish Called Wanda', except they take him too seriously,
Posted by: narciso | September 06, 2012 at 09:28 AM
Happy Empty Stadium Day to all! And God bless us, every one!
Any truth to the rumor that there has been another change of venue for tonight? I heard it has been moved to the Mecklenburg County Fairgrounds. There Obama is expected to nearly fill a 2500 seat covered amphitheater as an opening act for the New Von Trapp Family Players.
Posted by: Soylent Red | September 06, 2012 at 09:28 AM
Sending a SecState to push the ChiComs to settle No China Sea maritime resource disputes with negotiations rather than Frigates and Marines is the right policy for the USA. Of course when the POTUS and the SecState are a sad joke, the ChiComs piss all over HildaBeast. On top of the economic disaster, Bam is going to start a war not of our choosing that we and our allies may lose out of his sheer incompetence: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9b296eec-f728-11e1-8e9e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz25hDJPpYs
Posted by: NK | September 06, 2012 at 09:33 AM
It's getting more and more 'Spinal Tap' as we go on, of course, the drones in Sector 7G, (the Herald) report it right from the press release
Posted by: narciso | September 06, 2012 at 09:33 AM
The "Frigates and Marines" are ChiCom military, they are ratling sabers at the Japanese-- apologies for the ambiguous first comment.
Posted by: NK | September 06, 2012 at 09:35 AM
Minus 19 at Raz today.
Trails Romney by 3.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 06, 2012 at 09:37 AM
Hahahahaa...too funny, Soylent!
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 09:38 AM
Axelrod & Jarrett
You know when Axelrod starts a statement with "honestly" there are gonna be some BIG lies that follow.
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 09:41 AM
Someone should sneak into the place and paint "mene menu tekal upharsin" on the wall behind where The Won is scheduled to speak. In UV ink.
Then kick on a black light during his speech.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | September 06, 2012 at 09:44 AM
One of the most popular hymns in England is "Jerusalem". There have been many adaptations especially at Pantomines at Christmas time and for Sporting events. I have taken to my own version in honor of the DNC convention:
The Restored Jerusalem Hymn
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon North Carolina's mountain green?
And was the holy Donkey of Obama/Biden
On Tar Heel's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our confused Villar?
And was Jerusalem buried here
Among those dark secular pols?
Bring us our bow of the electric Volt!
Bring us our arrows of Debt!
Bring us our Condoms! O clouds, unfold!
Bring us our Hope and Change and Thunderstorms!
We will not cease from sleepless fright,
Nor shall we not cling to the gun in my hand,
Till we have restored Jerusalem
In North Caroliina's green and pleasant l
Posted by: Jim Eagle | September 06, 2012 at 09:45 AM
Thanks all. It's about to the point now, though, that birthdays are to be endured;0)
Posted by: Pofarmer | September 06, 2012 at 09:45 AM
Happy Birthday, Pofarmer!!
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | September 06, 2012 at 09:47 AM
HB, Po.
And go to Hell day to Art Modell, the man who fired Paul Brown and Belichick.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 06, 2012 at 09:52 AM
Happy Birthday Pofarmer, an trust me, having birthdays beat the the alternative.
Posted by: Agent J | September 06, 2012 at 09:52 AM
Boy I had some kind of fun on the radio this morning - while Dick told me all that happened at the Dem convention was "pre-scripted" and it went exactly how they wanted it to go.
Posted by: Jane - Get off the couch your country needs you! | September 06, 2012 at 09:55 AM
That Axelrod/Jarrett Weasel Zipper link highlights a Politico article that has now changed....
A bit of the old one -"Obama had seen the language prior to the convention, a campaign source said, but did not seek to change it until after Republicans jumped on the omissions of God and Jerusalem late Wednesday. And even then, it had to be forced through a convention hall full of delegates who nearly shouted down the change."
the new one - "While the campaign at first said Obama had seen the language prior to the convention, it later said he did not learn of the issue until Wednesday morning, when he became aware of seeing news coverage of the issue. Once that happened, the president directed his staff to change the language to include a reference to God and Jerusalem as Israel’s capital because, the campaign source said, the amended version is “consistent with the president’s own positions.”
And even then, it had to be forced through a convention hall full of delegates who nearly shouted down the change."
Posted by: Janet | September 06, 2012 at 09:55 AM
Dick didn't watch any of the video, did he?
Posted by: Rob Crawford | September 06, 2012 at 09:57 AM
Jane,
Dick is pre-scripted and he went like he wanted to go:)
I am convinced after watching the God and Jerusalem restoration vote that the Dems have lost their collective minds.
They are going to let an illegal alien speak tonight but will not do anything to allow our military vote to be expedited in time for the general election. That tells you the priorities of the "Party of Gov".
Posted by: Jim Eagle | September 06, 2012 at 09:58 AM
Wow. Is Dick aptly named or what?
Posted by: MarkO | September 06, 2012 at 10:02 AM
A repost of a repost:
Working from my mobile sucks for viewing this. At one point he is teary eyed on how Clinton would have loved the opportunity to be the saviour of the economy.
If someone has the ability to crop this and send it to team Romney, it is great stuff for a commercial.
Posted by: Threadkiller | September 06, 2012 at 10:03 AM