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As an American (not a Republican or a Democrat), I believe real change is cleaning up Washington! Sarah Pelin is the first caudate to make me believe that is possible. Selling the state jet on Ebay? Say no more! She's got my vote!

good... back to buisness...

Congrats to Palin as well... glad to see they lack the hypocracy of the Obama campaign... no baby killing in that family...

McCain/Palin 08/12

Funny how Barry keeps falling in the polls... what a joke he is

All these obamabotic haters just can't accept that McCain is dead even with Mr. Done Nothing in the polls. What they don't understand is that most Americans, and especially the ones who actually vote, can't identify with the celebrity filled, idol worshiping, glitzy, hollywood production that was supposed to be the Dems Convention.

The lemmings that follow their idols every breath, don't realize that all his promises he made in his glitzy speech are absolutely unattainable in the near future. Anybody with any brains realizes that no matter what he says, the money and the math just don't add up.

Of yeah, and then there's the lies in his speech. He said that McCain is against equal pay for equal work which couldn't be further from the truth. McCain simply voted against an extension of the period that people have to sue over this matter. They already have 6 months. I guess lawyers, of which Bama is one, would be for this because it would give them more oppotunitys to pad their pockets.

Obama should know what lawyers can do as that's how he got into the Illinois legislature. By sending a team of lawyers to disqualify the signatures on the election petitions of all the other people running against him until no one was left. Now that's what I call a stand up guy. I'd follow him over the cliff anytime.

Key evangelical leaders rallied to Sarah Palin's support Monday amid news that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was having a child.

Evangelical is being use in this election, to mean "WHITE PEOPLE"!

The GOP Love To Use This Word Evangelical

White Evangelicals

People who gave us George Bush and the last eight years of misery should be on their knees begging for forgiveness instead of spreading more fear and hate.

Repent republicans and vote for Obama!

I heard a McCain spokeswoman refer to Sarah Palin as .....

"the most qualified and capable candidate McCain could have selected"

HUH? In the words of John McEnroe .... "YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS!"

Condi Rice, Mitt Romney, Elizabeth Dole, Tom Ridge, Christine Whitman, Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Rob Portman all would have been SMARTER choices.

Then I heard this same person ATTEMPT to connect Obama to Palin's problem with her unwed daughter. The responsibility for that lays (pun intended) with Bristol and probably her absentee mother.

With a newborn and a grandchild, plus a less than 10 year old child, Ms. Palin's plate is full. Governor may be a 9-to-5 job but is the Vice Presidency?

Gene & Tony are absolutely brilliant – read their comments again! If only the 50% of Americans who are planning to vote for McScary and his Beauty Queen will try to get more information before putting these guys into the most important roles in the world!!!

There is no reason to believe McCain will not become president. In the end get real.. this country is not ready for a black president (or African American if you need some other political correctness)

No matter how enamored the liberal, irrelevant press wants to spin it the right will prevail because it is right. Seems sad so many bloggers need to get it off their chest now rather than after the election when they can start the grumbling all over again post election.

McCain... in your heart you know he's RIGHT!

Who really cares...

Why?

Republican voting for Biden/Obama 08

GOP decides to resume its convention... and the Democrats pray for another destructive hurricane!

McCain/Palin '08

Who Cares: McCain has removed the diapers off the Republican Party, exposing their astronomical incompetency, not to mention their hypocrisy on conservative family values. 4 more years of this???

Who cares about any of your lame conventions. One party blames the other for the direction the country is headed but you are both to blame!

In case you haven't noticed, you share the courts, the Dems are in control of congress and the GOP has the Executive Branch (even when the GOP controlled congress, the Dems still had an effective minority). What has happened in the last 20 years??? Sex scandles galor, wars, downturned economies, lies (both sides, not just Bush!), inflated cost of living, rising unemployment, etc.

Acording to the polls, you all do not support congress or Bush. VOTE THEM ALL OUT THEN! It is finally time for all of you robots who go to the poll to vote ONLY along party lines to wake up! There are more then 2 choices!

Independant '08

C A N ' T--W A I T--T O--H E A R---F R O M--–O N E--O F--

U S--–G O V E R N O R--P A L I N---G O---S A R A H !! !!!!!

They lies and hypocrisy put foward by these Republicans are astounding. You can see right through these people. I have more important things to do. Won't be watching...could care less.

Is the media going to vet Sarah Palin at all?? I just can't wait to hear more about how well that abstinence education works. I can't wait to hear why we should drill for more oil, especially in ANWR, so we can add an additional 3% to our supply and reduce the price at the pump by pennies. I can't wait to hear about how climate change remains debatable, and since it does not appear to be man-made, how we should not do anything about it. I can't wait to hear about how evolution is just a theory – oh, kind of like , say, gravity. Forgive me for reading the science. I can't wait to hear about how being next to Russia confers foreign policy experience; maybe if she stands next to McCain long enough, she'll have POW experience also. My favorite is her prior membership in the Alaska Independence Party – maybe she can be VP of Alaska when it succeeds in seceding. That'll give her time to figure out what it is, exactly, that a Vice President does all day long. Country First?? Not my country. If we're going Libertarian, give me Ron Paul – I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. At least he has more going on in his brain than two neurons connected by a spirochete. HILLARY 2012

I'm glad the storm was not as devistating as it could have been, and that the Convention will now go on. How ironic... the weather disrupted their convention, when they were praying for the weather to disrupt Obama's...

How ironic, McCain's judgemennt picking Palin, when the Republican's chastised Obama judgement for picking Biden.

The Rove vs Biden issue continues on this same vein. Does McCain truly appreciate Rove's help? Does he not think that now that he is using Rove's tactics to sway voters, Rove is now feeling empowered? Is ths not looking more and more like a continuation of the Bush years? There is no more Maverick. McCain has become one of them.

I think all the Democrats have to do is sit back and wait. McCain's latest judgment (VP pick) is the best thing that has happened to the Democratic Party!

As a women who think Hiliary would have been a great VP of President, its an insult to woman that McCain and his people would think that "any" women would do...as long as its a woman on the ticket. Sure, there will be SOME who simply vote for the ticket because a woman is on it. But the majority of women are smarter than that.

No one...Republican or Democrat can believe this women can run a country if anything happens to McCain. This has gotten out of hand. Its not about the "people"...its about the country!!!

Norma Beattle,

Why do you think the McCain camp- broke the news about Palin during a hurricane? To divert attention away from them. Talk about political pandering, they use a hurricane to muffle the press then people like you are critical for the media reporting it? Thats exactly what McCain wanted. Wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're wrong, Outraged. If I had a dime for every Obama cultist who claimed Hillary was not qualified on these very blogs, I'd be a millionaire.

Hillary Clinton never looked better as a Democratic nominee for VP, right Barack?

The DNC opened the door by failing to pick her; now everyone is bleating and squealing because McCain walked through it. I cannot imagine that anyone is surprised – it's a no-brainer.

But you all hate Hillary; you don't want her anywhere near you, she's so awful – remember?? Absolutely not the right choice for VP! I can only imagine what she's thinking right now. Probably looking at her debt and remembering that Obama and his friends have done nothing for her – nada. But I bet they want her out there now....hmm...

And when McCain is left to pick, look what he does. He picks a fool. He must be giggling. Now all you nasty Obama cultists are scared stiff!

No one deserves to lose to McCain/Palin more than you guys.

And there are a LOT of right-wingers in this country who now cannot wait to cast a vote for Palin. They are thrilled, they are energized, and they are on the move!

Although I am supporting Obama, I will defintely watch the convention. I'm glad they are resuming it. You always have to keep an open mind and remember that every American wants the same for this country. To get out economy back on track, to be respected among world leaders once again, etc....It's the way we get the results that are different.

Keep an open mind!

Wow, they've got a Fred Thompson speech as a highlight. Ever seen that guy talk? It's like watching dust gather.

What I want to know is, how is the GOP going to handle having a VP candidate who wanted her state to secede from the Union. That's a major problem... I mean, wasn't a war fought over that kind of thing once?

More interested in what those protesters at the convention have to say.

McCain,his party will do are say anything to get him elected.
Palin, was pick only get women voter that Hillary have.She do
not have experience as Obama or Biden,she have not visit iraq.
She not ready to lead this country and McCain will do any or
use this young lady to become president. This was not a good
pick for him because if something to McCain she can,t lead with
a baby,especially if this baby got seriously sick.

I know another name borne by the Pharisees of the new testament-its called CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST!

while i'm not suprsed that a 17 yr old teen is pregnant in a country that glorifies SEX like the USA (how do i know? I watch E! on cable, temptation island which is quite old, and MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEEN on MTV base). I am very appalled and disturbed that the pharisees of my time ignore FORNICATION as the SIN that produced Bristol Palin's pregnancy but rather celebrate her keeping of the baby – truly she should because she had CONSENTUAL FORNICATION not rape – as high christian value. This only proves that the DEVIL'S OWN will always be protected.

Had this happened to BIDEN OR OBAMA their political epitaph would have been composed already . Now we have a celebration!

USA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SHAME TO THE MORALLY UPRIGHT WORLD AND THE "SO CALLED" GUARDIANS OF WHAT IS LEFT OF A GOD LOVING USA HAVE SHOWN US IT'LD RATHER ABIDE/ADHERE TO SIN THAN SEE A DECENT CHRISTIAN BLACK FAITHFUL MAN BE POTUS

Your christianity insults my CATHOLICISM AND FREE WILL THOUGHT! Am ASHAMED for U double judgement PHARISEES

Who is McCain in terms of policies?

Health care-POW
economic plan-POW
education plan-POW
benefits for veterans plan-POW
tax plan-POW

nuff said

BORING!!! LOL

I think all party politics should cease, and everyone should head down to the Gulf Coast. They haven't recovered from Katrina – 3 years later, and there are still many people living in trailers (we're not talking double wide mobile homes), cars, tents, and 4X4 tool sheds. They may be physically safe, but they're going to come back to a mess – again. Flooding, more mold, more loss of personal belongings.

I just got back from there a week ago. It's so disheartening to see the slow progress.

NO WAY..NO HOW NO MCCAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Cindy McCain claims that Palin has enough foreign policy experience since Alaska is close to Russia. I try to take public transportation as much as possible. I guess that qualifies me for Secretary of Transportation.

I seldom watch CNN or any of the many Liberal outlets, but
I love to see just how far you can twist everything about this
Rep convention. WOW, you are all unbelievable.
BIG QUESTION-
WHY IS IT OBAMA IS PREPARED TO TAKE OVER AS
PRESIDENT, WITH LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN ANY
POLITICS & SARAH PALEN ISN'T EQUIPPED FOR
VP WITH MANY ON THE JOB HOURS AND A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
By the way, our economy is in shambles, BUT, who has been
in charge of the Congress???????????
Mary L Mortimer, wife, mother, Realtor & a follower of
Christ Jesus

The republicans are cursed. How fortunate that Hurricane Gustav hit them at this moment.

They might as well resume the convention.

So far the press has told the nartion what the Republican Party stands for in America.

The support teenage pregency and this is the party of family values?

This is a joke.

Tjhey should hold their heads in shame.

Ever wonder why a man is never questioned about his ability to be a father and be President or in this case Vice President? Sarah Palin has lighted a fire in the GOP who were less then excited about this election. Obama chose to ignore half, count them half, of the democratic party. If you heard Michelle state she would have to think about voting for Hillary if she were the nominee, you would know why Hillary was not even vetted for VP. If I must chose between an inexperienced President or an inexperienced Vice President, I chose the latter. I think Obama has turned off this, Reagan Democrat

Wow, is this still going on? I figured that they were still patting each other on the back for carrying out basic governance over Gustav and then politicizing all aspects of it.

What? What about Blackwater and Bechtel? Will they still get their millions in no-bid government contracts for post-hurricane security and recovery? Please GOP, help piss-away our tax dollars to your campaign contributors!!!

TIME FOR A CHANGE BOYS and GIRLS!!!

"Who is John McCain"

That's one I would watch. I am very interested in knowing a little bit more about how a former POW who mentally tormented until he broke became a U.S. Senator.

I am interested in knowing where he got the smarts, not the heart, to be President.

Why isn't Palin's earmarking 27 million for her tiny town of 6700 when she was mayor, the top CNN story. MORE ABUSE OF POWER.

Now I'm getting religious with the thought of McCain/Pain winning. God help us all!!!!!

All along the campaign trail, the Republican camp found every conceivable method of stealing Sen. Obama's thunder, well here we have Mother Nature reciprocating (big time) WITHOUT Sen. Obama's input. There is a GOD!

I wish the people of the South a speedy recovery!

its a bit of irony that the evangicals pray for rain to ruin Obama's outdoord acceptance speach and hummmm... it shows up in time to disrupt the Repubs?? maybe god is not just a homophobe white guy!

a real maverick...alaska first

Turned on TV this AM at the Conv (however no one there now) and they are talking about Palin's daughter being pregnant....
What the heck is wrong w/Media and Pundits? It's none of their business and a 17 yr old is so tender hearted I'd like to go nose to nose with the ratings money lovers. They would throw their mother under the boss for $5.
I was for Hillary, but am getting darn tired of the LIberal love of destruction.
Jane Johannssen
Sacramento CA

Woo-hoo! This is funnier than any sit-com I've ever seen!

Keep on lying and pandering fellas. I've never been more entertained by real news.

Great! We finally have a short break from the biased media cramming the word "Obama" into every sentence aired on TV–or do we? Do the right thing. We don't really need to live in a communist state yet. robo

I remember when John McCain cruelly trashed Chelsea Clinton when she was a child in the White House. He told reporters that she was "ugly" "because Janet Reno is her father." Of course, McCain would like us now to accord Palin's daughter the respect he wouldn't give Chelsea.

Top Ten Things Barrack Obama can ask Sarah Palin when he meets her the first
time.

10- How do you load a gun?

9 – Is hunting scary?

8 – How do you get the bait on that hook thingy?

7 – What's it like having a spouse that isn't angry all the time.

6 – You were Mayor, then Governor, what's a budget?

5 – I've never delegated. Do you have a canned speech for that?

4 – What does "meeting a payroll" mean?

3 – Why do you have so many kids; haven't you ever heard of an abortion?

2 – What's it like actually being an executive?

1 – Yeah, but do the Germans like you?

The GOP has been, and always will be the party of, by and for the rich. It doesn't give a tinkers darn about some homeless vagabond drowning in hurricane waters. It doesn't care one whit for the bible thumping dirt farmer in Mississippi. It could care less about the Hispanic businessman in Orange County. Unless you are rich, you are voiceless. The GOP has mastered the tactic of using social conservatism and religion held in one hand to blind what they are doing with the other. And most of the people registered Republican don't know or don't care as long as they talk the conservative Christian talk.

At least we are all familiar with who Rove and Biden are !!!! It is selfish and reckless for McCain to give the country 60 days to decide on a Vice President. pick that No one knows anything about . It's been 18 months of Obama on television and on 25 debates and most people still claim to not know Obama. It is not fair to pick an unknown to be Vice president with absolutly no foriegn policy what so ever . So if you want to vote for McCain you also have to be willing to vote for someone with NO Foriegn policy experience at ALL . If the phone rings at 3 am She won't even know who's calling . She doesn't know any foriegn leaders or the history of our conflicts with them Even if you didn't like Hillary Clinton, No one could say she was not Qualified .

"Who is John McCain?" I can hardly WAIT for THAT piece to be aired. Will there be harps? Will tissues to issued to all participants? John McCain is an angry, spoiled rich man who has not one whit of an idea of what it is like to be a struggling American these days. He has NO idea what a paltry 2.3% social security raise doomed many Americans to last year. He has NO idea what Bush politics have done to weaken the financial stability (ie: one hair's breadth from disaster) of decent hard-working Americans. He has NO idea what the 30 billion dollar a MONTH war is doing to strip, deplete, ruin and break the US budget (insert laugh at word "budget") He has NO idea what the millions of Katrina were forced to endure – humiliation being just one small part- he has NO idea what fear lives in the hearts and souls of so many Americans without health insurance. He has NO idea how pissed off every American is over the BILLION of PROFITS garnered by the oil companies EACH quarter- while so many of us are wondering whether to pay the electric bill this month, or the car insurance. I am personally, sick to death, of Republican pandering to big interest groups whose only goal is to crank up the greed factor. Oh, yeah, "who is John McCain?" He is the man that wants to keep business as usual in this country. He is the man to be very afraid of.

I think it's completely laughable that the GOP was faced with a galaxy of "experienced" veep candidates, but because they were un-vettable due to their potential corruption, McCain had to go out to the sticks to pick up Palin...who ended up being a social conservative's nightmare. So what do you do at a convention where the leader of the party – Prez Bush – has the lowest approval ratings even in his own party? Politicize a natural disaster in hopes of being cast in a humanitarian light...even though this was the party that essentially killed hundreds with bungling incompetence last go around with Katrina.

I predict that Sarah Palin will be replaced before the election takes place.

Your coverage of the RNC is already sooo negative. You find any little imperfect scap to highlight. No mention of the excitement we all feel for our ticket, nor how many of us there are in support of them. Ok, be shocked again when we win.

Today's theme at the RNC is "Who is John McCain?"

McCain is a war-monger, liar, flip-flopper, adulterer, a sad, angry, bitter, jealous old man with old ideas.

EXCELLENT!

Of course they should resume nominating INSANE MCCAIN..... he spit in the eye of our GREAT leaders like Elizabeth Dole and Kay Bailey Hutchingson.....He put HIMSELF above our GREAT COUNTRY and SMART VOTERS WILL NOT FORGET IT.

I have to be honest, this is one convention I will NOT be watching for the whole week. Got better things to do like swallowing chopped up razor blades and then chugging battery acid. It's funny how all the RNC idiots and a lot of their supporters were praying for rain on Obama's nomination and look what happened to them on their own convention, Gustav. LOL! My prayers go out to the people of Louisiana and the other states hit by this thing however. They did not deserve to be hit by this storm.

I will surely follow the RNC because I want to give the GOP the benefit of the doubt, but the chances are lean. Not only because McCain is a bit hardheaded about the war and his temper in general, but surely also because of the VP pick. (BE HONEST NOW!)

I have a strong feeling an important number of people don't follow their heart when voting.

If I look closely, McCain don't bring the chance America needs. He will brutally wrestle America down and if you can't take it he'll say "You do not understand my friends"

McCain is surely not the "bad guy". I'm positive his intentions are good and pro America, but overall policy don't benefit the whole USA.

What do I care as a non native observer? Well, the safety and economics of the whole world will depend on the well being of the USA. If the USA is unwell, we are unwell.

McCain put a nail in the foot by putting Palin on as VP. A life long democrat was going to vote for McCain, but now Obama here I come.
Never a President with poor judgement.

Is it just me or is anyone praying in that picture. Isn't there constitutional issues there?

Isn't it ironic that the right-wing repub nut-jobs told their followers to pray for rain to disrupt Obama's acceptance speech, but instead they get a hurricane making landfall during the first day of the RNC?

If it would have rained during Obama's speech, they would have called it a sign from God.

Of course, the hurricane during the RNC is just a coincidence, right?

Do they really want to answer that question? "Who is John McCain?"

It seems they've spent the majority of their time up to this point avoiding that particular question!

I live and work in downtown St. Paul, MN, and I can't wait until the repugs get the heck out of town. It's getting hard to breath around this group of hypocritical, right-wing, don't-believe-in-global-warming annoyances!

Hurricane Gustav will add lots of fodder to the convention –
Cindy McCain even said they would take off their Republican hats and put on the American hats. Now think about that remark!
Anyway, this convention is all about drilling for oil and the war in Iraq – neither of which the republican party have a clue.
Its comical watching the republicans scurry around, trying to sell this Palin woman to the country. This uneducated, no experience woman, that could possibly end up being the president.
John McCain proved his lack of judgement in choosing a "token" as his VP candidate.
Bad judgement!!!

PALIN FACTS:

Both she and McCain do not believge in sex education in the schools. They believe in ABSTINENCE ONLY edcuation. (Tell that to her 17 y.o., unmarried, pregnant daughter). – Hypocrites!

Palin voted for Buchanan because she shares a lot of the same beliefs he does. SPOOKY!

She has NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE, which McCain has been hamemring Obama on since day one. – Hypocrites!

She tried to get 27 million dollars in pork barrell spending for her little town in Alaska (unfortunately she did not succeed.)

She was for the "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska before she was against it. – FLIP-FLOPPER.agaionst it.

Her husband was arrested for drinking and driving. Another Bush in the making?????

The women of America are being used as a political tool by McCain, even Palin is being used and doesn't know it. Most Americans are apathetic, whiny, lazy and ignorant, but a large number of women have NO CLUE. They would vote for McCain/Palin if they liked the color of Palin's shoes. – Terrifying.!

Palin would be one breath and heartbeat away from running the country, having never met with ONE worle leader, NO foreign policy experience, etc. She cannot even run her own houselhold let alone the country.

WAKE UPMPEOPLE!

I hope the police show more restraint than what was shown in NYC in 2004. In 2004, potential suspects would try to lose themselves in a crowd of commuters. Penn Station is underneath Madison Square Garden where the convention was held.

The police simply rounded everyone on a street corner and held them in the lockup for 24-72 hours. In other words, they were held until the convention was over. There was no regard for the innocent.

Sorry John even Gustav could not stop George W. from claiming his spot at your convention. You knew he was not going to miss the opportunity to remind America what a terrible job he has done as President. He will also help to remind people that you are on the same team – Republican and hopefully people will realize that he and Karl Rove are behind the scence running your campaign. You are not a Maverick you are a" puppet "and selecting a 44 year old woman to be your vp only re enforces to the American public how really old you are.I hope the voting public realizes if something happens to you, Karl Rove will be running the country again.

THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE IS THAT MOST AMERICANS ARE APATHETIC, LAZY, WHINY AND IGNORANT.

THEY ARE EASILY FOOLED, AND EVEN MORE EASILY LED.

ANYONE FOR SECONDS ON THEIR KOOL-AID?

Just don't try to turn a natural disaster into a political jackpot. They have not crossed the line, not even close. But, I'm just waiting for the criticism over what the Democrats did or did not do during Gustav's rampage.

I'm not going to lie. After seeing the ABC story on the actions of many of the Republicans, I'm having a hard time believing that much was done outside the actual convention setup to change plans. The unofficial parties, lobbyest meetings with politicians and behind-the-scenes moving really seemed to go unchanged.

While I applaud the McCain campaign for attempting to change the structure in preparation for the storm, the fact is that we saw plenty of the convention-goers still partying and participating in events that McCain himself would likely not dep "absolutely neccesary". Aside from a few speaches, I don't feel the Republicans really ended up changing much at all.

Can anyone seriously be considering voting for a Republican after the last eight years? They have:

1. Collapsed our economy.
2. Started a war for profit.
3. Aided in crumpling the housing market.
4. Wrecked our standing in the world.

It's ridiculous! If you vote for a RICHpublican, you are a glutton for punishment.

From the looks of things there are not many people at the convention....I guess they are all over at the Ron Paul rally....man thats just too funny! Now Palin is under investigation for two more offenses.....jeez.....did the Vetter work for Obama? Hahaha

Veterans for Obama!

Why isn't CNN covering ANY of the protest news outside the convention? From what I'm seeing on Youtube and other sources, there is some major brutality going on there. MANY of the protests in Denver were covered on a daily basis. It's very important to report ALL the news with these conventions. We are not getting it all here.

WHO CARES..............

After latest polls show Obama's lead increasing the Republicans seem to turn away from noble moves

"Who is John McCain." I'm sure McCain will be paying close attention to Tuesday's theme. He wants to know the answer too.

Perhaps a better theme might have been "Who is John McCain this week."

Obviously forces of nature don' t want the Republicans to have their gathering. Thank you Hurricanne Gustav for sparing me from watching dull media coverage of the RNC.

OBAMA.BIDEN 08

let the hatred resume ... Rove is their poster boy.

I'd rather watch reruns of the Lawrence Welk show!!

Barack The Vote!

"Who is John McCain"? I thought the guy's big advantage was that he's been in the Senate since before Palin's oldest was born, and as a result everybody knows him already.

How much you want to bet we see a lot of McCain's first family at the RNC? I'm guessign we won't see a lot of them, or any mention of them.

The republican convention is a funeral compared to the democratic convention. Thompson? Bush? Lieberman? Boring boring boring. And why would the republicans want the biggest executive failure in our nation's history anywhere near their convention? I'm not watching simply so I don't get counted in the ratings. I may watch Miss Vice President of Family Values give her speech... maybe she'll mention how well abstinence has worked in her family?

I am very excited that the Republican Convention will begin tonight. It will give me an opportunity to once again see and hear comments from the mouth of the "Angel of News" (Campbell Brown).
I just wonder what trash could be dug up on the "Angel of News". Wish people would start checking into her past.
Anyway, America has alot to be concerned about and its not a young lady being pregnant. I hope and pray that after November everyone gets together (Democrats and Republicans) and get America going and back to its status of being Number 1 in the world.
There is alot of work to be done and I am confident it will be done. Unity of the country is most important.
Nick Nero

This new VP pick needs to stay home and raise her family first. If she cannot control her own daughter, then how in the world is she going to run a government. The GOP is crazy if they believe women will support her espeically Hillary Clinton fans. She has nothing in common with her except that she can wear a skirt. This choice will come back to haunt the GOP and expose them for what they truly stand for. They are hipocrites. They need to define family values. This VP pick is selfish and needs to get her priorities straight.

PICK ANOTHER RUNNING MATE!!!!!, the choice you made makes a mockery out of our GREAT AMERICA.

I wasn't planning to watch the GOP Convention anyway. I wonder why CNN hasn't posed this question on the Quick Vote: How much of the GOP Convention are you planning to watch? They were quick to pose that question of the Democrat Convention. At any rate, I will just catch news updates of the GOP Convention on the various blogs and some mainstream media outlets. I don't feel like sitting through hours of lies, staged performances, and fear tactics.

For a moment I thought we weren't gonna see old W speak. Would have been a shame not having him there to make the direct comparison to older McCain.

Glad to hear this.

The GOP tried to project that they actually care about the people on the Gulf Coast. This administration showed 3 years ago their true colors. These are the same people that let people die in the streets. They couldn't even provide food and water or infant formula to hungry babies. YET they can provide billions for Iraqi children. WAKE UP America they are not fooling any of us. Now they will continue to celebrate one the poorest decisions ever in supporting their new VP pick. How can the GOP possibly support this woman as potentially our next VP considering McCain's age and health. This is irresponsible! BTW, what Mother leaves her infant child with special needs AND a pregnant teen at home while she shows off on the campaign trail. Is this an example of a Mother with Family Values

Who is going to pay attention to a speech by Bush at the Convention, whether it be by satellite or it be in person? Bush should just disappear and forget it!

Move on hypocrates.
Show us, what kind of idiots you are.

Like to see Bush cheering for McSame. And all these other freaks too.

No matter what happens – Obama WILL BECOME PRESIDENT this year

It appeared that Bush was not going to addrress this convention.
Now, he proably will and it just add more points to McCain as a Bush follower. Why couldn't McCain decide who should speak at his Republican Convention. How dumb!

Who really cares...

GOP led this country into a wrong and false direction for the last 8 years!

Sorry but i don't see how McCain at 72 can bring in new energy into the system!
We need new ideas

mccain has not lead anything he is not qualified to be president. his kind is the reason why affirmative action had to be implemented. because people who were way more qualified were over-looked because of inside politicking.he graduated 894 of 899 how does that qualify you to be commander in chief. if it was not for his daddy and grand daddy he would not have even been a pilot. mccain could careless about the united states of america as in evidence in his vp selection a idaho state journalism major be for real. Obama is a harvard law school grad and a constitutional scholar. judgement is the most important trait a commander is chief should have. which obama has displayed time and time again while mccain keeps ready, fire, aim. he has made a mockery out of the oval office.

Just another excuse not to bring Bush into the picture.

the republican party is going down.i dont care how the spin it.the are using hurrican gustav happening in new orleans as a reason for poor convention.there notin intresting in this political party call republican.

obama 08

Oh, the excitement of it all...

CNN says that senator McCain is worth approximately $ 100 000.000. How is this possible with a salary as an US senator even writing some books?

As usual the contradictions in the modern Republican Party abound.
With the news that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant, the Republicans are making more of it as an issue to suppress the "controversy" in case it might somehow be used as a whip by the Democrats. You can be sure if this was 2000 or 2004, The New Right stratgetists would use it with glee.

More credit goes to Obama for advocating the right to family privacy, a principle the New Right attempted to hijack during the last 8 years

I was just watching the news... McCain supporters were being asked what they think of Palin... and whether they're concerned about her lack of experience. You know what they said? It's not about experience.. it's about sound judgment! These are the same people that have been bashing Obama for the last 6 months about the exact same argument! All these people bashing Obama about experience are now saying that it's ok for Palin! The Repubs are truly pathetic creatures... twist anything to make themselves look good.. amazing.

On another note... and more in tune to this article... look at the picture above... don't you just love the demographic at the repub convention? Very representative of the American people.

Conventions are a part of American tradition!
Please! All you blog haters, do not fill this space with nasty, irrevalent comments about the cadidates or their families.
I will vote for Obama, but I respect the rights of all Americans to be heard.
Republicans are not the enemy.Because you dot agree,is no reason to spew out verbal insults and downright fabrications.

To keep from vomiting, I'll read about it in the news paper. That way I won't have to actually see those clowns.

The convention must proceed in order to nominate Senator McCain.

who care about this convention
no way no Mccain

Who cares what a big blah, it's so painful to watch.

Thank Heaven the people in the Gulf region are safe. Looking forward to the Convention.

Great – time for the Republican party get back to business.

The media's focus needs to be taken away from Palin's family and focus on the real issues that her candidacy presents.

Why was Sarah Palin a member of the Alaskan Independence Party in the 1990's?

Should we have a Vice President of the United States who does, or has, supported the independence of one of our states?