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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #125 on: September 02, 2008, 11:02:12 PM »
they actually ask her what she would do if her daughter was pregnant . . . "I would choose life".

Dumb question, easy answer.  :whatever:
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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #126 on: September 02, 2008, 11:02:58 PM »
they actually ask her what she would do if her daughter was pregnant . . . "I would choose life".

Dumb question, easy answer.  :whatever:

I misposted that reply.  it was supposed to be in the knowles debate thread.  I moved it.

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #127 on: September 02, 2008, 11:05:13 PM »
they actually ask her what she would do if her daughter was pregnant . . . "I would choose life".

Dumb question, easy answer.  :whatever:

I misposted that reply.  it was supposed to be in the knowles debate thread.  I moved it.

oops. :p
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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #128 on: September 02, 2008, 11:23:33 PM »

apparently several networks didn't even broadcast thompson's speech tonight, but instead carried their own pundits discussing all of these untrue, overblown, or irrelevant stories about palin.

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #129 on: September 02, 2008, 11:29:45 PM »

apparently several networks didn't even broadcast thompson's speech tonight, but instead carried their own pundits discussing all of these untrue, overblown, or irrelevant stories about palin.
Shocker!! :whatever:

The libtards can't win an election fairly, they have to resort to alternative means.....but wait...they can't win that way either.....and they whine when they're labeled the angry left.... :evillaugh:

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #130 on: September 02, 2008, 11:51:10 PM »
McCain, a leader for all civilizations, says former rival
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As the Republican party convention finally got underway for real, Thompson outlined to delegates why he believed McCain, his former rival in the 2008 White House race, should be elected the next US president.

"This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders. Strength. Courage. Humility. Wisdom. Duty. Honor," Thompson said according to excerpts of his speech.

He also praised McCain's reputation as a crusader against corruption and cronyism.

"While others were talking reform, John McCain led the effort to make reform happen always pressing, always moving for what he believed was right and necessary to restore the people's faith in their government."

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Some follow-up reporting from Drudge.
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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #131 on: September 02, 2008, 11:53:40 PM »
Lieberman calls Obama young, untested
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party's nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.

Playing his former party's spoiler, the Democrat-turned-Independent called McCain — not Democratic nominee Barack Obama — the best choice to lead the country forward in his prime-time address to the Republican National Convention.

"Sen. Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead," Lieberman said. "But my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record — not in these tough times for America."

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #132 on: September 02, 2008, 11:56:44 PM »
Bush: McCain is 'ready to lead'
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Bush declared that McCain "understands the lessons" of the September 11, 2001 attacks, including the need to "stay on the offense" against terrorists, and called him "one senator above all" in his support for the war in Iraq.

Bush said McCain's "independence and character helped change history" because of his support for the January 2007 escalation of US troop levels in Iraq, which has helped yield starkly lower levels of sectarian violence.

"When the debates have ended, and all the ads have run, and it is time to vote, Americans will look closely at the judgment, the experience, and the policies of the candidates -- and they will cast their ballots for the McCain-Palin ticket," said Bush.

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #133 on: September 03, 2008, 12:45:06 AM »

apparently several networks didn't even broadcast thompson's speech tonight, but instead carried their own pundits discussing all of these untrue, overblown, or irrelevant stories about palin.
Shocker!! :whatever:

The libtards can't win an election fairly, they have to resort to alternative means.....but wait...they can't win that way either.....and they whine when they're labeled the angry left.... :evillaugh:

HG, I love your avatar.

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #134 on: September 03, 2008, 08:54:48 AM »


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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #135 on: September 03, 2008, 09:22:37 AM »
Fred is hilarious and heartbreaking and kicking butt. sheesh

Feels like the convention did not truely start till Fred showed up.  :-)

No offense to McCain, but where the HELL was this Thompson when we needed him?????

i know! We only donated money to Thompson's campaign last year and he is showing so much passion tonight.. I hope Thompson is placed in some sort of speaking position with McCain's administration. The man can cut to the quick of any situation better than any other politico out there right now.

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #136 on: September 03, 2008, 09:30:56 AM »

apparently several networks didn't even broadcast thompson's speech tonight, but instead carried their own pundits discussing all of these untrue, overblown, or irrelevant stories about palin.

well, FOX news is still the most watched cable tv show... so, plenty of people got to seem him :-)

Fred kicked ass...  :cheersmate:

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #137 on: September 03, 2008, 01:31:49 PM »
For the folks that missed it, some highlights from Fred's speech last night...

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To deal with these challenges the Democrats present a history-making nominee for president.

History-making in that he is the most liberal, most inexperienced nominee to ever run for president. Apparently they believe that he would match up well with the history-making, Democrat-controlled Congress. History-making because it's the least accomplished and most unpopular Congress in our nation's history.

It is basically the same old stuff they've been peddling for years. America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in. A president who feels no need to apologize for the United States of America.

We need a president who understands that you don't make citizens prosperous by making Washington richer, and you don't lift an economic downturn by imposing one of the largest tax increases in American history.

Now our opponents tell you not to worry about their tax increases. They tell you they are not going to tax your family.

No, they're just going to tax "businesses"! So unless you buy something from a "business," like groceries or clothes or gasoline ... or unless you get a paycheck from a big or a small "business," don't worry ... it's not going to affect you.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94215026
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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #138 on: September 03, 2008, 06:34:35 PM »
I still love Freddy. :-)
I can see November 2 from my house!!!

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Re: Republican National Convention - Day 2 - live thread
« Reply #139 on: September 03, 2008, 06:35:45 PM »
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Also here tonight is John's 96-year-old mother, Roberta. All I've got to say is that if Roberta McCain had been the McCain captured by the North Vietnamese, they would have surrendered.
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I can see November 2 from my house!!!

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