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Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« on: August 24, 2012, 08:16:06 PM »
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Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but


 
the Dem. convention is only 3 days?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125176521

I know why, day 4 of the Repuke convention is dedicated to cross burnings, taking away women's rights, stealing money from the poor, and starving old people. It takes a lot of time to discuss those when you have to use dog whistles.

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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2012, 08:23:25 PM »
Why is this even a cause of concern?

How long a political convention lasts is pretty insignificant (unless there's no winner in the early balloting and the thing drags on for days and days, but that hasn't happened for decades, like about 1932 or something).

Maybe the Republicans have more work to do, while the Democrats are pretty much done.

I dunno.

franksolich is as worried about this as he is about the price of soybeans in Burma.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2012, 08:24:33 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 24, 2012, 08:23:25 PM
Why is this even a cause of concern?
Because DUmmies are petty, childish dumbshits? :-)

What do you have against Burmese?
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2012, 08:34:17 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 24, 2012, 08:23:25 PM
Why is this even a cause of concern?

How long a political convention lasts is pretty insignificant (unless there's no winner in the early balloting and the thing drags on for days and days, but that hasn't happened for decades, like about 1932 or something).

Maybe the Republicans have more work to do, while the Democrats are pretty much done.

I dunno.

franksolich is as worried about this as he is about the price of soybeans in Burma.

The only reason they care is so they can make a stink about it.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2012, 08:35:55 PM »
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Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but


 
the Dem. convention is only 3 days?


Because no one is going to show up for the Dem Convention....And the GOP actually has the money to pay for theirs...
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2012, 08:36:36 PM »
Not to mention that Dems are being warned to stay away from the convention by other Dems.

I think one reason the Dem convention is shorter is pro-American groups, like the Boy Scouts, refused to come and be booed again.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2012, 08:38:07 PM »
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Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but

the Dem. convention is only 3 days?
Mecklenburg County needs the extra day to clean up after you ****ing hippies and disease-carriers.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2012, 08:46:25 PM »
All this time, I thought it was because Conservatives tend to enjoy life better.
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Re: Re: Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2012, 08:52:17 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on August 24, 2012, 08:16:06 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125176521

I know why, day 4 of the Repuke convention is dedicated to cross burnings, taking away women's rights, stealing money from the poor, and starving old people. It takes a lot of time to discuss those when you have to use dog whistles.

 :rotf:

Yee haw. Can't wait for the fourth day!
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Re: Re: Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2012, 08:53:13 PM »
Quote from: DLR Pyro on August 24, 2012, 08:52:17 PM
Yee haw. Can't wait for the fourth day!

I am there. I say we all get together and car pool to it?
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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2012, 09:10:45 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on August 24, 2012, 08:53:13 PM
I am there. I say we all get together and car pool to it?

Make sure you bring a dog whistle.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2012, 09:11:14 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on August 24, 2012, 09:10:45 PM
Make sure you bring a dog whistle.
Can I buy those at Walmart? :???:
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« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2012, 09:13:29 PM »
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2012, 09:31:49 PM »
I've already got a dog whistle.  :cheersmate:
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2012, 09:32:55 PM »
It is labor day, as I recall.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2012, 09:44:11 PM »
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  Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but the Dem. convention is only 3 days? 
Yeah, Chris Christy needs more time to blast the dems and union leaders.  :-)

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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2012, 09:49:01 PM »
The unions cancelled their funding of the DNC because the venue is non-union, so they cut the convention by 1 day, but I say we should all go to Guam and jump up and down to see if it tips over.  And, I got my dog whistle from Andrew Breitbart, TYVM.  This is playing out just as he predicted. 
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2012, 09:58:33 PM »
Quote from: sybilll on August 24, 2012, 09:49:01 PM
The unions cancelled their funding of the DNC because the venue is non-union, so they cut the convention by 1 day, but I say we should all go to Guam and jump up and down to see if it tips over.  And, I got my dog whistle from Andrew Breitbart, TYVM.  This is playing out just as he predicted. 
Poster boy for the Dums; Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.).  :lmao:

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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2012, 09:59:38 PM »
Quote from: sybilll on August 24, 2012, 09:49:01 PM
I say we should all go to Guam and jump up and down to see if it tips over. 
Beautiful :rotf:
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2012, 11:03:07 PM »
Ours is 4 days long because we have dynamic, politically relevant speakers, whereas they have Caroline Kennedy, Eva Longoria, and Sandra Fluke?

Or could it be because we actually have to go through the process of nominating the man who will defeat O in Nov?
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #20 on: August 24, 2012, 11:47:30 PM »
It's because you can't fit that much common sense and patriotic awesomeness in a paltry 3 days.

I get a feeling the DNC will really last one day. Biden will say something stupid the day before, all the speakers back out, the delegates show up at 9 am, ask "Does anyone else want the job?" and when they say no, they halfheartedly nominate Zero and Bidet, then get back to their hotel rooms in time for a new episode of Jerry Springer a 11:00.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2012, 12:13:20 AM »
I actually thought that it was 4 days long because they were going to verbally list Bamalam's faults and the lies that he and the dems have told. They figured if they went 24 hours a day for 4 days they could get a good chunk of them in.

I've glanced at the list of his faults. He's black is not on the list. He's red (as in showing communistic tendencies) is on the list.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #22 on: August 25, 2012, 05:52:46 AM »
Quote from: sybilll on August 24, 2012, 09:49:01 PM
but I say we should all go to Guam and jump up and down to see if it tips over. 

That is what causes sue-nomies. The last one caused Japan a lot of problems.
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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #23 on: August 25, 2012, 07:58:47 AM »
Charlotte already has enough idiots.  Three days where an excessive amount of new idiots invade is painful but doable.  Four days?  That's a bit too much.

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Re: Does anyone know why the Repub. convention is 4 days long but
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2012, 08:01:56 AM »
The withdrawl of funding from unions meant that the Democratics couldn't pay for the fourth day.
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