Michael Steele demands more delegates 'of color'

By GottaLaff

That whacky, zany Michael Steele. He must have taken a gander at this. But hey, he's nobody's fool, nosireebob, he calls it as he sees it. The Rushpublics have a problem? Poof! Michael Aluminuminum will solve it. What a sly, wily ol' leader he is:

Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is urging Florida Republicans to send delegates who “look like Florida” to the next GOP National Convention.

“Could you help a brother out? No more national conventions with 36 people of color in the room,” Steele told fellow Republicans on Monday, according to the Miami Herald.

He's right. The goal should be to get that number to shoot right up to at least 37. Okay, with a little luck and elbow grease, 38. I doubt they'll be able to do better than that though, so let's keep things realistic.

“Please send some folks to the convention that look like Florida,” he implored.

They want people who look like this?

No comment.

Steele told Republicans that it was “time to get busy” and fight back against Democrats who have been building on a voter registration edge in Florida.

“We want to turn around those voter registration numbers. We want to turn around the turnout. And we want to keep Florida competitive for the Republican Party and not cede any ground, any area or any vote to the Democrats,” he said.

Here's an idea: Start coming up with actual, you know, ideas. Inclusive, constructive, 21st century ones. Yeah. Start there.

Top 5 Donors to the 2008 Republican Convention

For fairness sake since I posted the top 5 donors for the D's here. Interesting point being that Lincy contributed $1.5 mil to the D's too.

1. Target—$3 million
2. Qwest—$2.9 million
3. Best Buy—$2.2 million
4. Lincy Foundation—$2 million (Lincy is owned by the largest private shareholder in Ford.)
5. Ray Dalio—$2 million (Dalio is owner of Bridgewater Associates, an $80 billion hedge fund.)

Two Thirds of Households Watched Conventions

Amazing. It's going to be a spectacular turnout.

Nielsen reviews viewership data from the national political conventions and draws several interesting conclusions:

• Nearly two thirds of all U.S. households (64.5% or 73.2 million homes) tuned into at least one of the 2008 political conventions. This is about 120.1 million people. Viewership levels for the two conventions were essentially tied, with about half of all households watching each one.
• 15.0% of all households tuned to just the RNC, and 15.7% tuned to just the DNC. Another 33.9% of all households tuned to both conventions.
• Homes that watched both conventions were more likely to be headed by someone 65 years or older. They also completed the most formal education: nearly one-third (32.3%) graduated from college. Those watching only one convention were fairly comparable on both education and HOH age, within a point or two.
• Homes that only tuned to the RNC were more likely to have higher incomes ($100K+), to have a larger household size (4+), to be white, to own a DVR, and to have a head of household with higher education (4+ yrs college) and aged 35-54.
• Homes that only tuned in to the DNC were more likely to have a lower income (<20k),>

Republican convention got more cable coverage than Democratic convention

By GottaLaff

Unfair and unbalanced:

On September 2 and September 3, MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News each dedicated more on-air time -- significantly more in most cases -- to official Republican convention programming during the most-watched portions of their coverage than each channel dedicated to official convention programming during the same times on comparable nights of the Democratic National Convention.

So what else is new...

Video: Andrea Mitchell Greenspan's Balloon-O-Rama

By GottaLaff

I mentioned this during last night's liveblog. Now you can see it for yourself:

From my post:

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?

I stand by that last question.

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.

"Mama's boy": The "anointed one"

By GottaLaff

John Sidney McCain's mother just called him that in his bio video. It was rather jarring.

Oh my. It's nearly 9:11!

Wow, he looks tiny. That was nearly as jarring as hearing his mother's voice calling him a mama's boy. What an unflattering shot that was for his entrance.

Oh no! They put green behind him! What were they thinking... again?

He's grateful to a president whose name he won't utter. He did, however, mention Laura Bush by name. Oh, suh-NAP, Georgie!

CODE PINK! He just got heckled at his own acceptance speech. Things are out of control.

This is painful, in a non-Palin kind of way. He should never give speeches. Ever.

He looks dead. And when he flashes that abrupt, vacant smile, it's like watching a horror flick.

All people are created equal, he says, but he had trouble pronouncing "inalienable".

Seriously, did someone forget to project the backdrop? It's now a huge wash of blue. He made a funny about ground noise and static... but I didn't think it was funny. Oh, watch him get kudos from the talking heads for joking around.

More trouble in the stands. Hot dog. The protesters made it into the house, my friends.

Sarah Palin: 5 children, Bullwinkle, drilling, and never sits down. That's all you need to know.

John Sidney McCain: Stealing "change" from Obama; noun, verb, maverick, P.O.W.; stealing from Americans. That's all you need to know. Oh, and fear.

He doesn't work for a special interest? Is he kidding? No, did he just say that? Really?

Does he know that Sarah Lou is into earmarks? (Yes. That's what the kids are calling it these days)

Here we go: The Surge.

I'm nauseous. He's trying to sound sincere and caring. Instead, he sounds creepy and scary.

Change? Did someone mention change?

Some Republicans were corrupt... so they lost trust. Imagine! Corrupt Republicans!

Back to Reagan basics! Finally! I've been waiting for that. What have we done for all these years without Reagan?

Culture of life! We Dems are into the Culture of Death. Vote Republican.

Communities? Did he say communities? Do any of those have organizers? I bet they do. I just bet.

If everyone would just stay employed, we wouldn't be in this mess. Get a job, you lazy, unemployed bums.

Privatize school. Privatize life. Everything would be so much simpler... for the wealthy.

Did he just get short of breath in the middle of a sentence?

We'll attack... we'll attack the problem.. Gulp. For a minute, I thought he was going to say, "We'll attack Iran."

Oh, and remember: Drilling solves everything.

He's beginning to sound like a pre-school teacher.

Bomb, bomb, bomb... Iran, Russia, whoever else comes to mind...

They just showed an African American woman in the audience. She was frowning, she was not applauding, and she looked as if she was gathering her things.... am I reading into this?

"I'm not afraid of them. I'm prepared for them." His delivery on that one was absolutely scary and Peter Lorre-ish.

My friends.... he just got more animated as he spoke about war. "I hate war." Ha! Nononono, that was going too far.

Someone wake me up when this is over. It's endless, it's droning, it's singsongy, it's eerie and he's wrong.

He just stole the "work for you" line from Obama.

My friend, he has scars. Obama does not. But Obama has one thing J Sid doesn't have: Original lines. He wants to share the credit. That's because he's stolen so much from Obama, and it's the only way he can justify the theft. This is pathetic.

He's lapsing into his Red Skelton voice. Somebody stop him. "And may god bless."

Hey! I hadn't heard this story about his broken arms and P.O.W. adventures! I can't wait to hear more!!

You know why he's grateful for his P.O.W. experience? Because without it, HE COULDN'T USE THIS STORY OVER AND OVER. AND HE'S SO OLD, HE FORGOT HE ALREADY TOLD IT.

This is the guy you don't want to sit next to at Thanksgiving dinner.

History has just anointed me to save this country in this hour of need. DID HE JUST SAY THAT? (I just adjusted the post title because of this line) *CORRECTION: HE SAID THAT ABOUT OBAMA.

MAKE HIM GO AWAY!! We can't have him as president simply because of the speeches. We couldn't take 4 years of this stuff.

Why is it always about FIGHTING with him? Holy crap. He's lost his mind. He's just yelling FIGHT FIGHT. There is a rusty screw loose in there.

It's over.

Those stubborn Republicans. Enough about Iraq!

By GottaLaff

Open thread:

Chuck Todd: Many Republicans are unhappy about all this Iraq talk. This is stubborness. Republicans want them to talk about the economy, not Iraq. Even though the Surge was supposed to have worked, the poll numbers haven't changed on this.

If McCain loses, Viet Nam will not produce a president. Usually our wars produce presidents, but not that one.

McCain's teleprompter is not working

By GottaLaff

I know, I know, it hasn't been working for years. But McCain without a prompter? Think about it.

Did Palin Borrow 'Lipstick' Schtick?

By GottaLaff

Every time she opens her lipsticked lips, she starts a whole new controversy:

Sarah Palin's now famous "lipstick" joke from her acceptance speech Wednesday night is generating lots of buzz in Democratic circles and the liberal blogosphere. Not because of how funny it was, but because of its similarity to another (in)famous one-liner delivered by controversial evangelical pastor John Hagee.

Palin, who, like Hagee, is an evangelical Christian, had Republicans inside St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center doubled over laughing when she said, "What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."

Hagee, in his book "What Every Man Wants in a Woman," wrote, "Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick."

Add plagiarism to the list. I guess Joe Biden is now immune from criticism.

Cindy Lou McCain's Big Speech: A Preview

By GottaLaff

J Sid's wheels came off years ago, Cindy:

On John McCain's character:
"It's going to take someone of unusual strength and character - someone exactly like my husband - to lead us through the reefs and currents that lie ahead. I know John. You can trust his hand at the wheel."

Noun. Verb. Country first:

On Americans' duty to their country:
"That duty is what brings me before you tonight. And it's much larger and more important than just me or John or any of us: It's the work of this great country calling us together - and there is no greater duty than that, no more essential task for our generation — right now."

Noun. Verb. Blahblahblah:

On John McCain leading by example:
"Forgiveness is not just a personal issue: it's why John led the effort to normalize relations with Vietnam retrieve the remains of our MIAs… to bring closure to both sides. That's leadership - national leadership. And it's leading by example."

N. V. Straight Talk:

Personal reflections on John McCain:
"If Americans want straight talk and the plain truth they should take a good close look at John McCain…a man tested and true…who's never wavered in his devotion to our country…a man who's served in Washington without ever becoming a Washington insider…who always speaks the truth no matter what the cost…a man of judgment and character…a loyal and loving and true husband and a magnificent father!"

She's one banana short of a bunch. At least.

Community organizer = code

By GottaLaff

Thom Hartmann put us on alert today. He warned us that within a week, the Republicans will make the phrase "community organizer" their own, and it will be turned against the Democrats. They will use it as code for "black". And we all know that "black" = "scary". Therefore, Obama is black, and therefore, scary. Hartmann was begging everyone to let the Obama campaign know they should immediately make the association positive again, meaning "community organizer" = "good, productive, and safe".

How pathetic that this is even a conversation we have to have:

The four mocking mentions last night of Barack Obama's service as a "community organizer" have ignited a metapshereic debate about whether the term has racial connotations.

The McCain campaign says no: they insist that no one knows what a community organizer is, and whatever they think it is, it doesn't compare to being a mayor. [...]

Indeed, the Obama campaign knows that many Americans don't know what a community organizer does, and they've changed the way they refers to Obama's experience too. When he talks about community organizing now, he references his organizing work for churches. That embeds the work in a more familiar context. Inner city Catholics know what community organizers do, certainly.

So Obama is listening, apparently.

But community organizers tend to work with poorer folks, and there's some chatter among Democrats that it's a subtle way to highlight Obama's urbanity. Some Obama aides see it as a knock against the poor and their material needs.

Let's not be naive. It was an obvious slight, and it wasn't about his lack of experience.

I think it's a cultural trope, like when Rudy Giuliani (lacking, I might add, any sense of irony or awareness of his own life), referred last night to Obama's "cosmopolitan" background. It stirs up resentments. It makes elite Republicans feel comfortable with themselves. The audience repeatedly laughed; they got the joke. The question is: what was the joke?

There are no jokes, as they say. And if there are, they only succeed when both the joke teller and the audience think it's funny... the whole audience. Take it from a former stand-up comedian.

UPDATE: Community organizers are not happy.

Speaky McTownHall: A preview

By GottaLaff

J Sid's going all town hall-y on us:

Workers rebuilt the convention stage to resemble a "theater in the round" to enable McCain to appear in the kind of town-hall setting that he enjoys on the campaign trail.

Here's a preview:

Watch the argument evolve from "change" to "reform."

McCain knows he can't win the election if he's seen as a Republican -- especially if he's seen as a right-wing Republican.

There will be many criticisms of the Republican Party. Probably more than criticisms of the Democratic Party.

McCain will focus on the battles he's had with his party and make the contrast: has Obama ever taken on his party when it was politically inexpedient?

He'll talk about consensus, compromise, respectful disagreement.

There will be references to judgment and the surge. And some self-deprecating humor.

There will be fewer attacks on Obama than the number of attacks Obama launched on McCain. (So they say.)

I wonder if they'll remember to stay away from green backdrops.

"So much for special needs." A Special Comment on Sarah Palin.

By GottaLaff

From one of our Commenters:

Obama's speech was close captioned.

Palins' was not. I asked my deaf daughter what she thought about the speech. She said she couldn't get it.

So much for special needs.

Period. End of sentence.

Tom Brokaw interviews Howard Dean: Liveblogged

By GottaLaff

Howard Dean is being interviewed by Tom Brokaw:

Howard Dean: She sounded like Dick Cheney. It's Bush/Cheney.. McCain/Palin, it's all the same. What Obama said in his speech was so, but some of what Palin said was so, and some of it was not so. This is not an outsider coming in to reform. These are not outsiders. This is Bush/Cheney all over again.

Brokaw's pushing him to say it was a successful speech.

Howard Dean: The first half of her speech was interesting, the second half mean. People are sick of this kind of politics. Obama wants to bring this country together. Name one thing, just one thing, that Giuliani, Huckabee, any of them said was positive. Not ONE positive thing was said in 3 nights. So far they haven't laid out a platform.

Brokaw shows Lieberman clips from convention speech. Will he be welcomed back?

Dean: That's not my call. Obama is a terrific leader. The second thing he said wasn't true, that Palin's a reformer.

Brokaw: But this wasn't a true or false speech, it was a political speech. I find it hard to believe you're not talking to Reid about his role.

Dean: Politicians are politicians. Tell me ONE THING any of them said that was positive, that would make their [Minnisotans] lives better.

Brokaw: Here's a new Democratic (DNC) ad.. shows it. It's about the economy, linking Bush and McCain.

Dean: It's true, these guys pose as reformers. I couldn't believe Mitt Romney's speech blaming liberals, when we had a Republican government for years. This is propaganda, nonsense. When they get the power, they don't do anything for ordinary Americans.

Brokaw: Palin energized her base. Did she energize the Democratic base too?

Dean: The donations have been flowing in. But the real problem for them is, Republican women will now vote for Democrats. They don't appreciate this kind of politics... no reaching across the aisle. Another 4 years of Bush/Cheney.

Red meat. Thank you.

Video: Howard Wolfson reacts to Palin

By GottaLaff



Former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Howard Wolfson in St. Paul, MN, discusses Sarah Palin and Hillary.

Hillary is set to campaign in Florida for Obama on Monday, a source familiar with her schedule tells me.

Though the details of the trip have yet to be worked out, and the trip's message hasn't been settled on yet, her planned campaigning suggests that the Obama team may start reaching out to Hillary more aggressively in the days ahead to counter whatever effects Palin has.

Music to my little Laffy ears.

I called Rudy Giuliani shrill last night

By GottaLaff

Forgive me, media, for I have sinned. Last night I called Rudy Giuliani "shrill". I didn't realize it was wrong. I didn't realize it was sexist. I didn't realize-- what? It's only wrong if you say it when referring to a woman? Boyoboy, am I relieved, because last night on CNN the talking heads were all over Harry Reid for using the S word, but he directed it at poor, demure, female Sarah Louise Palin:

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is hitting back hard at Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech Wednesday night, calling it "shrill and sarcastic."

"Anyone who knows Senator Reid knows he never backs down when he's fighting for what's right and that he always stands up to John McCain when he is wrong," Jim Manley, Reid's press secretary, told CNN. "Shrill and sarcastic political attacks may fire up the Republican base, but they don't change the fact that a McCain-Palin administration would mean four more years of failed bush-Cheney policies."

Within seconds of reading Reid's statement, Wolf Blitzer threw it to Dana Bash to confirm-- yes, confirm-- that there was no doubt whatsoever that the S word was aimed at Palin and only Palin. Had it been used to describe Giuliani or Huckabee or Romney, and Palin, it would have been totally acceptable.

Dana stammered and fell all over herself to say, yes, yes, Reid was referring solely to Palin, and here's the paper to prove it. It was confirmed. There was no room for error. He said "shrill". About a girl.

Wolf then made the declaration, as did his co-talkers, that because of that one word, used on Governor Female, all bets were off. Any future criticism of her nasty, tasteless lies would be null and void.

Never mind Palin's negativity. Ignore Governor Lipstick's misrepresentations, or the fact that her speech was devoid of any real substance. The word "shrill" trumped all of that. So much for a level playing field.

Palintology: "I loved Sarah's face."

By GottaLaff

I guess speeches are important after all, huh, J Sid? Rudy?

Keith Olbermann: She clearly gives a great speech... as for the content....?

Chris Matthews: Surprised at what I saw. I thought they wanted an alternative to Hillary. Not one time did I think of Hillary, nothing in common. She offered a rejoinder to Obama. A torpedo at the ship of Barack and Michelle. This is a cultural alternative to Obama.

Keith: Condescension toward Obama and the other Dems. Is that the right tone?

Chris: It's a response as if she were playing defense, as Obama did in his speech. Very appealing presentation, people will like her.

Keith: Norma Rae by way of Flick, Reese Witherspoon's character in "Election".

Keith just said what I said in Comments: Biden can throw punches now.

Delegate: "I loved Sarah's face." She's voting for a face.

Chris: It will sell in Scranton.

Eugene Robinson: Most of the speech was canned, written by McCain speechwriters.

Nora O'Donnell: She's tough, she nailed this speech.

Chris: This is a new political presence in our lives.

Rachel Maddow: Sarcasm, mockery, insults. We got a little about Palin as a person, a lot about Obama. I'm surprised we got so much nasty sniping at Obama so quickly.

Pat Buchanan likes her voice. 'Nuff said.

Chris: Nobody has talked about bringing to term a Down Syndrome's baby, Pat.

Eugene: There was no specific appeal to women. The policy stuff was boilerplate.

Rachel: This is the first time she ever talked about nuclear weapons, etc. She had phonetic spellings of countries...

Brian Williams: One delegate said, "she lived the American dream." Guess who else you can say that about? About the attacks on the media: Time Magazine is blasting Sarah Palin... Attempts to bully us is stupid ...and ...unprofessional....

Laffy Liveblog, Sarah Palin edition

By GottaLaff

Sarah Louise Palin:

Where's her crown?

She was afraid to say "Sidney"... she called him John S. McCain.

Isn't she just so determined? Btw, if I hear "country first" one more time, I'm going to scream.

Is anyone going to mention the economy? Ever?

Don't forget, her son is going to Iraq on SEPTEMBER 11th!!!!!!

She's just like YOU! She has a family, and she has a family... and she has... a ... family. Just like YOU!

Chuck and Sally Heath are waving. Isn't he Heath Candy? That Heath?

PTA. Cookies and milk. She's just like USSSSS!!!!

Religion. Guns. Washington elite. BUZZ WORDS can be FUN. Say them with me now, gang! Religion. Guns. Washington elite!

I'm done with her. I'll see you in Comments.

Laffy Liveblog: Rudy edition

By GottaLaff

Yes, he did. He called her "Tharah" Palin.

Get ready to get sick. Rudy's up next.

Sidebar:

Palin worked until about midnight last night practicing her speech and resumed again this morning at 5 a.m., according to McCain advisors who have been with the Alaska governor day and night.

The chief speechwriter on this address is Matthew Scully, who is one of McCain's speechwriters and also wrote President Bush.

Palin has been involved in the drafting of her remarks and describe the process as a "total collaboration," aides said, adding Palin is professional and "not rattled" by the attention and scrutiny of this night.

The governor was in "prompter practice" from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today, aides said. Last night at about 10:30 p.m., aides added, they did a full run-through at a practice podium in an effort to create the feeling of performing at the hour she will appear tonight.

Awww, there's Bristol and Trig, or Track, or Truss. I can't remember.

David Gregory: Palin has a tremendous upside and a tremendous downside, has to fill in the blanks. They want to make her an icon... like... Reagan? Did he just say that? Really?

Rudy Noun Verb 9/11:
We better get it right. I know a way: Obama will win.

We have to imagine job applications. This is already hard. We have a decision to make. And it has to be right. Well, that part's easy.

One guy is time-tested and a saint. Even Dems believe that, he says. Because, and I'm not sure you know this, McCain's a hero. He's The Sacrificer. Did you know he was in the military and got tortured?

He stood up to special interests... he's a reformer.

Now: The other resume, a gifted man. Educated. A community organizer. And to that Rudy laughs and says, "What???" What a dick.

Blahblahblah... demeaning... blah blah.... ass... blah blah... slime.

Newsflash: Obama is a Celebrity Senator! He has no idea how to run things! He never had to lead people in crisis! I'm thinking very hostile thoughts right now. "Not a personal attack, a statement of fact."

"THIS IS NO TIME FOR ON THE JOB TRAINING." HE JUST GAVE US OUR NEXT CAMPAIGN LINE.

John McCain is the guy for change. How did I get him and Obama confused?

JOHN MCCAIN WILL LEAD US AWAY FROM FOREIGN OIL? I think my father in law wrote this, it's a joke. "Drill, baby, drill"??

He will keep us on offense against terrorism = bomb, bomb, bomb.

This is painful. It's like they live in an asylum somewhere and were let out for 4 days.

Did you all know that the Dems are letting Al Qaeda win? And did you know that this is the biggest pack of lies I've heard in ... minutes?