# Republican National Convention thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 3, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817 "2008-09-03T04:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/141 "2008-09-05T02:59:33Z")
The video felt like a eulogy. The speech is much better, like a retirement party. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/142 "2008-09-05T03:00:18Z")
Why do they keep interrupting his speech by chanting USA! USA! USA! ??? That’s really rude. Why is he propping up Palin now? Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around? Have I forgotten Barack’s speech – did he gush on and on about Joe Biden? Nope. Just checked the transcript – he thanked Biden at the beginning, then never mentioned his name again. This is just weird. He can’t wait to introduce her to Wa®shington, but he sure won’t introduce her to the press so _we_ can get to know her better! What are her policy positions? What does she plan to do while in office? How is she going to compliment your administration? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/143 "2008-09-05T03:01:04Z")
They were shouting USA USA USA to drown out protesters who’d sneaked in and heckling. ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/144 "2008-09-05T03:01:24Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > … The Democrats put on a much better show. That’s cause they have some brothers and the Gays in the house. You can’t have a good show without the brothers and the Gays. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/145 "2008-09-05T03:02:16Z")
Did he just say he was “anointed?” I thought it was Obama who walked on water. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/146 "2008-09-05T03:02:21Z")
OMG!!! MCCAIN didn’t love AMERICA until he was a prisoner in Viet Nam!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/147 "2008-09-05T03:04:34Z")
So far this is all about them, them, them. I, I, I. Self, self, self. It’s such a stark contrast to Obama, who talked about the nation and the changes we need to make. [Transcript of Obama’s speech](http://www.zimbio.com/Democratic+National+Convention+Speech+Transcripts/articles/17/2008+Barack+Obama+Convention+Speech+Transcript). ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/148 "2008-09-05T03:04:41Z")
Wasn’t that Brian Schweitzer’s ending? Plagiarist! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/149 "2008-09-05T03:05:16Z")
He got a little fired up at the end, which was an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Camus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Camus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Camus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/150 "2008-09-05T03:05:47Z")
> [@ArizonaTeach](#): > > [37 million watched Palin.](http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/09/palin-ratings-s.html) That’s slightly less than Obama, but around 13 million more than Biden. > > Make of that what you will. As **cosmodan** hinted at, most people who have been paying relative attention to the election know roughly who Joe Biden is and have at least a vague sense of what he’s about and what he stands for. As both Democrats and Republicans have pointed out as either a negative or a positive, almost no one had any idea who Sarah Palin is and what she stands for. The big ratings for the Palin speech is because everyone, Democrat, Republican and independent alike, wanted to find out more about her than just the fact that she has five kids, her oldest is pregnant, and she apparently has a bear-skin couch. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/151 "2008-09-05T03:07:16Z")
I fell asleep. What did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/152 "2008-09-05T03:07:37Z")
> [@Camus](#): > > As **cosmodan** hinted at, most people who have been paying relative attention to the election know roughly who Joe Biden is and have at least a vague sense of what he’s about and what he stands for. As both Democrats and Republicans have pointed out as either a negative or a positive, almost no one had any idea who Sarah Palin is and what she stands for. The big ratings for the Palin speech is because everyone, Democrat, Republican and independent alike, wanted to find out more about her than just the fact that she has five kids, her oldest is pregnant, and she apparently has a bear-skin couch. I’m guessing there were also some people tuning in just for the tabloid-style drama. ---
**Author:** ![Lili\_Von\_Shtupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@Lili\_Von\_Shtupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lili_Von_Shtupp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/153 "2008-09-05T03:08:07Z")
I see we glanced over our ailing economy again. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/154 "2008-09-05T03:08:47Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > He got a little fired up at the end, which was an improvement. He fired 'em up, and then oddly paused before anticlimactially giving the last line. He’s just not a good speaker. Seems to me like the whole night was pretty much a let-down from last night. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/155 "2008-09-05T03:11:14Z")
And they’re playing the “Sarah Barracuda” song now. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/156 "2008-09-05T03:13:44Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > He fired 'em up, and then oddly paused before anticlimactially giving the last line. He’s just not a good speaker. > > Seems to me like the whole night was pretty much a let-down from last night. There was something funky about the atmosphere there. I think the audience was looking for something meaner and bloodier. That audience was eager to cheer, but they seemed occasionally at odds to the timing of the speech. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/157 "2008-09-05T03:15:40Z")
Andrea Mitchell is being attacked by balloons! ---
**Author:** ![Amulet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amulet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amulet)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/158 "2008-09-05T03:16:08Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > I fell asleep. What did I miss? I’m not sure. I got bored and wandered off to do laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Lili\_Von\_Shtupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@Lili\_Von\_Shtupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lili_Von_Shtupp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/159 "2008-09-05T03:21:09Z")
Where’s the foam machine? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817/160 "2008-09-05T03:23:54Z")
He’s… wait, “govenrment assistance for unemployed workers was designed for the 1950s. That’ll change on my watch.” What? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817.md?page=9)