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LonelyLRLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:24 PM
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In case you missed the speech, here's the notes (with commentary):
9-11 (x2), acknowledgements, wants to earn trust, respects Obama (yeah, right!), Rah-rah America, we're going to win, road to prosperity and peace, tough times, (PROTESTER in the crowd!!!) "my dear friends, don't be diverted", stop yelling at each other, jobs, food, (yells of USA, USA ? in response to protesters?), found the right partner to shake up DC (louder applause for her), executive experience, record of fighting corruption, balanced budget, special interests, work across aisle, etc. etc. (LIE, LIE, LIE), (big fake smile), can't wait to introduce her to Washington (conspiratorial voice), "advance warning to me-first crowd - change is coming" (fake voice), doesn't break promises, we're going to change the country, that's our record, (lies and promises), maverick, marches to the beat of his own drum (scary thought), but he works for us (hurrah, we're saved!), fought corruption (well, except for Keating Five), fought big spenders (Palin?), will veto porkbarrel and name names (uh-oh, bye-bye money for Alaska!), he has just fought lots of folks, fought for more troops for Iraq, rather lose election than let country lose a war (so full of bull and tired), General Petraeus, surge worked, rescued us from defeat (it's over! we won!), he's had tough fights, (IS HE EVER GOING TO GET TO ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE?), token poor people named he has supposedly fought for (including a guy he helped get killed in Iraq), keep country safe (insert fear here), we lost the country's trust, both parties, Obama passed handout to big oil (?) (you mean, like Sarah the Bearah Killah?), back to basics, everybody deserves a chance (even those of dark skin),, let people keep their money, strong defense, culture of life, personal responsiblity, rule of law, no legislation from bench, families, blah, blah, blah (government that doesn't make choices for you (except where it involves women's bodies, of course), Obama will raise taxes & increase spending (now talking as if we are two-year-olds), Obama will have bureaucrats making health decisions, he'll get us jobs, bigger dependency exemption, failed programs, more money for us (especially if we're rich!), you may be left behind (unemployment aid to change - no specifics), but he'll find new jobs, job preparation, community colleges, wage supplements during re-training for "decent wage", on education - competition, school choice, attack on "bad teachers," parents can leave failing schools with "choice" (how not said - vouchers?), (same old tired shit), stop sending money to foreign countries (loud applause, USA! USA!), offshore drilling NOW (more applause), MY FRIENDS, nuclear power, coal, wind, tide, solar, etc., slams Obama re: drilling and nucular, platitude about Americans leading, millions of new jobs, face threats to security, Al Quaeda will strike us, Iran & nukes, Russia bad, Georgia good, so let's pray for Georgia, no blind eye to evil, "I'm not afraid of them, I'm prepared for them," big military and world expert and knows about evil, MY FRIENDS, Japanese attack when he was 5, family miliary, Vietnam, hates war, wants to prevent war (yeah sure), wants peace (until he gets pissed off), platitudes, work before us, change government all over the place and the way we do things, business in Washington, partisan rancor is a symptom of people working for themselves, not you, he is just SOOOOO bi-partisan, he has scars to prove it, Senator Obama does not, platitudes about let's just get along, accountability, get things done, credit unimportant, he's a servant, never lived a day without thanking GOD for the privilege, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, BAD BOY, SELFISH, POW, POW, BROKEN ARMS AND LEGS, ANGRY CROWD, POW, POW, POW, POW, 100 LBS, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, SOLITARY, POW, POW, PROPAGANDA, CODE, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, TOUGH GUY, GOT BEAT UP, BROKE HIM, HURT, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW. POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, LOVE COUNTRY, POW, POW, (really, really sappy), POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, POW, running for President not as savior (slam on Obama), (fake sincerity here), exhorts us to enlist and do good stuff, nothing is better than serving a cause greater than yourself, USA, USA chants, he'll fight, he thanks God for being an American, wants us to fight with him (rah rah ree, kick 'em in the knee, rah rah rass, kick 'em in the other knee!), fight, fight, fight and God Bless America.

(hokey CW song about McCain - yee haw!) Automaton Cindy, old white folks dancing, clapping, and here comes Little Susie and the headman Todd, now a bit of confetti, Little Susie steering Gramps across the stage, balloons (looky Gramps!), families on stage, fireworks? (surely that's not real),big ole giant balloons, too, now trying to replicate the look of Obama's stadium closing with long camera shots, spotlights, Gramps tottering down the steps (looking like he could fall on his face any second) (have you ever noticed that Republicans can't dance?), Gramps walking through some unenthusiastic people shaking hands and looking ill at ease and grumpy, shaking hands with one of the 34 black people in attendance, nobody has hands out trying to touch him or shake his hand)In
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