Late night thread…say what?
Posted: August 29, 2012 Filed under: just because | Tags: RNC 33 Comments
Just saw this on the circle box…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer ‘Endorses’ President Obama At Republican National Convention | Mediaite
Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and President Obama have had their well-publicized ups and downs, but in a rare moment of levity at the grim Republican National Convention, the strident administration critic appeared to endorse the incumbent. Governor Brewer told NBC News’ Ron Mott that “I know if President Obama is elected in November, which I hope he is, he will be able to come together with all of us and come up with a solution. I believe he will secure our borders. And therefore, we can resolve all of the other issues as a simple matter.”
It’s possible that Gov. Brewer simply misspoke, but given that President Obama has significantly beefed up border security during his presidency, the shoe seems to fit. There you have it, folks. Peace in our time.
And then there is this: TRENDING: Palin canceled on Fox?
Sarah Palin posted a cryptic message on Facebook Wednesday night, saying the Fox News Channel had cut her appearances for the evening. “I’m sorry Fox cancelled all my scheduled interviews tonight because I sure wanted to take the opportunity on the air to highlight Senator John McCain’s positive contributions to America, to honor him, and to reflect on what a biased media unfairly put him through four years ago tonight,” she wrote.
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Reports of tension between the conservative firebrand and the network emerged in November, when New York Magazine reported the network’s president, Roger Ailes, was furious that Palin had announced her decision against running for president on another media outlet.
Palin first made her decision public on a conservative radio show hosted by Mark Levin, then confirmed her announcement in a Fox appearance on Greta van Susteren’s show that night. While Ailes reportedly considered pulling her million dollar contract, Palin continued to appear on the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
As to what prompted Wednesday night’s shuffle, Palin left it a mystery, writing only about her former running mate. Sen. John McCain is set to deliver remarks at the Republican National Convention in the 8 p.m. ET hour. The Arizona senator also turned 76 on Wednesday.
Oh and one more nugget…Fla. appeals court orders new judge for Zimmerman trial
A Florida appeals court has granted George Zimmerman’s request for a new judge to oversee his trial for second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting.
A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal found that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. cast doubt on his impartiality when he wrote in his July 5 order setting $1 million bail that Zimmerman showed “blatant disregard for the judicial system” and that he was “manipulating the system for his own benefit.”
Yeah it’s an open thread…
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Ann Romney blames Democrats for GOP’s poor standing with Latinos
“As a matter of fact”, says Ann, “I have enough homes scattered throughout the country to assure many of you jobs.”
LOL, Pat!
She’s kind of goofy I think. Never had a worry until now.
I am listening to Paul Ryan’s high school valedvictorian speech.
No one shovels bullshit better than the GOP.
“I live in an America where I could decide for myself” says Paul Ryan.
The same Paul Ryan denying that same ability to “decide for themselves” to women.
Two faced hypocrite.
He is one of the worst speakers I’ve ever heard.
But he’s a terrific liar. That speech was full of lies, lies, lies.
Even Sharpton thought he did pretty well but I agree with you. I think he was terrible.
His voice is unbearable – he sounds like a whiny frat boy. Oh, wait – he is a whiny frat boy.
It could be because I only listened on the radio. Sometimes you get a completely different impression when you aren’t watching someone.
I watched him. He was pathetic.
“We can make the safety net safe again.”
Safe for Wall Street?
Has Fox actually decided to pull the plug on Quiterella???
There is a god after all!
What took them so long to catch up with the rest of us?
This is for bb:
I just got online within the last 20 minutes and hadn’t read the previous open blog thread. Started to read some of the comments and just about lost it when Boston Boomer made reference to “Walter Denton” from the old “Our Miss Brooks Show”.
I have been laughing my sides off for the last 5 minutes. Hilarious!
“Our Miss Brooks” was hilarious. I’m gonna date myself to because I remember it well.
That’s exactly who he sounded like to me on the radio.
Beata too was in great form tonight but bb topped them all with the Walter Denton reference which has dated both of us for having memories that reach that far back in time.
That “Our Miss Brooks” reference was a little before my time. 🙂 I’ll need to look for a clip on YouTube.
Another great job blogging tonight, BB.
It was a wonderful show. Richard Crenna played a similar character on I Love Lucy.
Ugh, I need to listen to some relaxing music and get my blood pressure down.
‘Night, all. 🙂
Sleep well, Beata! Tomorrow is Mitt’s big night.
Stopping in to say hi from the cell. I hope my electricity is back tomorrow.
Hello there! We miss you!
Scott Lemieux at Lawyers Guns and Money has a review of Ryan’s speech I can agree with for sure.
The Remarkable Achievement of Paul Ryan
The comments are also quite good.
The MSNBC crew are very nervous about Ryan’s lies being accepted at face value by low-information voters.
That’s my concern also and it’s a pretty big worry.
PolitiFact dings young Mr Ryan for being False.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/aug/29/paul-ryan/did-barack-obama-break-promise-keep-gm-plant-open/
Low information voters probably don’t know that Politifact exists. I just hope the Obama campaign gets busy countering these lies. They obviously aren’t making much progress with the Medicare and Welfare lies. Robert Reich is worried.
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/romneys_brazen_welfare_lie/
It worries me too…
He frankly needs to raise money to run a boat load of ads against these lies. Or his super pac better get busy!