Post Mama's Boy, "the anointed one": Open thread

By GottaLaff

CORRECTION: The "anointed" line was referring to Obama. I didn't catch that until the replay some time after I posted this.

Your turn.

Chris Matthews just swallowed it whole: He called him a maverick. He has effectively divorced himself from BushCo, he said. THIS MAN HAS LAUNCHED HIMSELF, I SEE HIM BEING AHEAD IN THE POLLS.

Kool-Aid much, Chris?

Now Kelly O'Donnell is saying his aides are the one who "convinced him" to use his P.O.W. story, and making it a metaphor for change... Has everyone gone mad?

Andrea Mitchell is completely buried under balloons. Hilarious. Keith: The political equivalent of a Chuck E. Cheese. Ha! Brian Williams: The Where's Waldo of this convention.
She just said, "this is the least partisan speech I've heard."

I repeat: Has everyone gone stark raving mad?

Keith: It worked inside the hall. But outside the hall?

Brian: We'll find out. Tom Brokaw and I used the word "warrior" tonight about McCain. He was wedded to the teleprompter. The unfortunate green screen appearance. The song Barracuda that came on after him. The protesters. But this is what it's all about, on the floor. No mention of Bush.

HILLARY:

Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Thursday, Sep 4, 2008

The two party conventions showcased vastly different directions for our country. Senator Obama and Senator Biden offered the new ideas and positive change America needs and deserves after eight years of failed Republican leadership. Senator McCain and Governor Palin do not.

After listening to all the speeches this week, I heard nothing that suggests the Republicans are ready to fix the economy for middle class families, provide quality affordable health care for all Americans, guarantee equal pay for equal work for women, restore our nation's leadership in a complex world or tackle the myriad of challenges our country faces. So, to slightly amend my comments from Denver: NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McCAIN-PALIN.

We have to win. Period.

"There was more spontaneous enthusiasm for Palin than for McCain."-- Michael Gerson. "He talked about being a past maverick. How will he be a future reformer? He didn't answer that." Gerson, a former Bush writer, wasn't impressed.

MSNBC's Ron Allen: He lost them in the middle, but got them back at the end.

Jeff Toobin, CNN: Worst speech by a presidential nominee since Carter. Boring, pointless... I wonder if they sent all their speechwriters over to Palin and forgot about McCain.

Chuck Todd: He should have inserted a Democratic idea to promote, after his line about accepting ideas from everyone. This convention won't be remembered for this speech, but for Palin. The 2 biggest applause moments were when he mentioned her name, and when she came up on stage. Nobody said he was a speechmaker. The producer was surprised there was no trademark McCain humor in this. He's probably relieved this is behind him, looks forward to debate. Said "fight" 25 times. Palin is providing the makeover he needed.

Keith: The green screen, then a plain blue screen (see last post)... What works in a hall doesn't always work on TV. Is it a problem if #2 gets more applause than #1?

David Gregory: Not right now. He accomplished being the leader of the Republican party tonight. This was about the base tonight. I am surprised there wasn't more of a blue print of policy issues. He used a Bush line from 2000 about education. His theme is transcending party, working for the people. The economy is Issue One. Hillary/Obama spoke to that.

People in the room booed when he talked about reaching out to Obama.

Say good night, Laffy. Good nigh, Laffy.