Who believes tonight was a total flop for the GOP..I do !

[vetwife]

Turned off any swing voters completely. I even heard some on C-Span (republicans saying the party was over the top all week !

[agates]

1. I agree

Rather than come across as compassionate and welcoming, they look mean spirited and nasty. Way to go GOP!

[soothsayer]

2. yep! big mistake to leave it all up to dumbya tomorrow

He's banking on the bells and whistles of his unusual entrance and podium to make a splash. If that's all he's got...that ain't much. Buh bye junior!

[vetwife]

11. Compassion Conservatism......Hiding under hate somewhere?

Don't think those moderates aren't cringing too. They want the country back on track. Look at what has gone wrong. Bandaids with purple hearts, Crazy Zell, Alan Keyes out damming Cheney's daughter to hell off stage, Bush saying the war was unwinnable right off the bat, the Bushie twins telling off color jokes (to conservatives and mentioning hamsters dying) Ahnnnie calling poor people without a job girlie men. Pro Choice, Anti - Gun speakers. Laura sayin George has not changed since the day she met him..Does that mean he is still drunk and doping? Cheney proudly saying his daughter is gay knowing Bush and Falwell is having a fit, John McCain wanting to hurt someone on Letterman, Zell challenged Chris to a duel. I don't think its gone well at all and they had a problem with Teresa Heinz Kerry saying Shove it to a rag that was not even a real paper.

[drfemoe]

16. bells and whistles ..

LOL .. toot toot .. welcome the hijacker of American Freedom >>>
hit the mark, George ..

F911 changed my perception forever ..

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. They have way way overdone this 9/11 thing

to the point of madness. Even the faithful have to be saying enough is enough.

[enigmatic]

4. It was a disaster..

and with Zell's crack-up afterwards, it's going to get worse..

[Dob Bole]

5. They're compassionate!

Compassion is special code for "black," remember?

And the Republicans are definitely black.

[Robbien]

6. Both yesterday and today would turn off the undecideds

First the ditzy twins and stepford wife. Then today rage and insanity.

These are not things that would attract undecideds.

[LiberalVoice]

7. Exactly

The 2 swing voters left in this country totally saw how much hatred these people have! :D

[bigtree]

8. miserable failure

[Dookus]

9. Actually, I don't

they KNOW that the networks aren't covering it much, and that most Americans aren't following it. The people watching are political junkies whose views won't be changed by the convention.

They are stirring up their base - which is their only hope of winning. They KNOW they can't convince new voters to support them, so they need to make sure the hard-core pubbies get out and vote.

This is why this election will be dirtier and nastier than any other in recent history - generally candidates need to run to the center to win. This is not true for Bush - there is no center for him to gain anymore. He has to activate the far-right.

[drfemoe]

18. So true...

no R I speak w/ has a freaking CLUE !!!

I've been thinking about that meaner than ever label for this election. What do we expect? The meanest, nastiest, most perverse residency in 228 yrs.. It HAS to be !!! What a marvel to be a spectator of this atrocity.

Can we have some sanity over here, please?
>>> Planet earth.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. But Leni Riefenstahl would have loved it.

Is Dubya going to be a uniter or a divider tomorrow? Will KKKarl decide they went too far, or will he tell Shrub to continue to play entirely to their freeper Waffen-SS base and start frothing like Der Fuehrer?

Stay tuned.

[vetwife]

13. Forgot about the Cross pulpit speaker podium and the

protests ..My Lord !

[leftistagitator]

12. They've given up on swing voters.

They either think they have enough hardline pugs to win with high turnout or they plan to rig the election. They aren't trying to attract swing voters, they are trying to depress turnout by independents and Democrats and fire up their base. In that perspective, the night was a total success.

[Fed Up]

14. Hope this week's shit will be in Kerry commercials. n/t

[vetwife]

15. This looks like the Monkey organized the whole thing

I mean this has been in my opinion a train wreck !

[henslee]

17. I bet moderate Repub. officials in some swing states will be dreading

his visit(s). Depending on how the next month plays out, (Iraq, the Israeli spy thing, debates, etc.) politicians could be committing political hari-kari backing *. Wouldn't it be cool if some crossed party lines? And I don't see why some couldn't. Zell's defection really gives them carte blanche to do so.

[DoYouEverWonder]

19. This is the worst Repug Convention I've ever seen

All they can do is spread more Fear and Smear.

I think the American people are getting really tired of this crap.

Big mistake to make a whole night devoted to bashing Kerry. Looks like it's backfiring already.

Can't wait for tomorrow, when Bu$h rises from the dead, excuse me, floor. I hope the stage breaks about half way up, leaving his head in a cloud of dry ice. Even if the stage works, I think it will definitely be a 'jump the shark' moment.

[MrBenchley]

20. About the only way it could have gone worse for the GOP

would have been to have Alan Keyes shoot Mary Cheney on camera...

There's nothing like the sight of bitter old white guys ranting at a angry white mob to warm the hearts of soccer moms, minorities and undecided voters (snicker).

[loudsue]

21. YES!!! And a DEMOCRAT, Zell Miller, helped nail the GOP coffin shut!!

I think that is one of the FUNNIEST things about last night's hate fest: Zell Miller, the DEMOCRAT that the repukes were SOOOOO proud to have in their camp, in his hate-filled, wild-eyed, lie-spewing sweet way just managed to turn off a great percentage of the swing voters, and at least half of the more moderate republican base...the part that still has half a brain.

The bad press coverage...what does a lot of it center on? Zell Miller. LOL!!!

:pals: He just FLOPPED the GOP convention!!! :pals:

Of course he didn't INTEND to do that, slimy turncoat that he is. But he certainly DID do it!

Oh, irony of ironies!!!

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