Replay after the jump!
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7:39
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M – Mitch McConnell on stage. http://mcconjob.com/ |
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7:40
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M – A delegate from Alaska moves to nominate Sarah Palin by acclimation. How will the Ron Paul secret delegates act? |
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7:40
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M – AYE |
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7:41
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M – …He didn’t leave time for people to say NO. Just like Pelosi didn’t leave time for people to say NO to Obama. |
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7:45
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M – …the AREVA nuclear power ad is awesome. |
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8:01
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M – ”This is a brilliant move” – Matthews on McCain’s choice of VP |
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8:02
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M – …you can see the “9/11 was an inside job” sign behind Chris. |
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8:04
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L – ”Viva McCain” signs? Those people don’t put country first. |
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8:05
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M – …Sarah Palin drew over 50% more viewers than Joe Biden. Yay Sarah Palin |
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8:06
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L – There will be “quite emotional” videotape of John McCain’s service. I can only wonder what it will be about. |
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8:08
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M – …do you like the lower, closer “Town Hall” setting? |
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8:09
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L – As long as McCain takes questions live, yes. |
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8:10
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M – Sarah Palin’s mission now? “getting up to speed”, “she needs to get up to speed” – Gov. Lingle of HI. |
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8:10
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L – Rudy said the same thing yesterday. |
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8:10
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L – If the Obama people were smart they would compile all these quotes and play them in TV ads. |
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8:12
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M – ”When Obama failed to put Hillary on the ticket” wtf wtf wtf |
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8:13
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M – lol 10 million dollars raised since last night |
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8:13
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M – for Obama |
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8:13
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L – Women voters have been critical in past elections. Uh, duh? |
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8:16
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M – lol. Women: our silent majority. |
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8:17
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M – lol “she doesn’t need to talk about the middle class. She is the middle class.” |
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8:18
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L – Palin transfered colleges a billion times, according to Olbermann. |
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8:20
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L – Too bad Sarah Palin hasn’t addressed the so-called “women’s issues.” She has so far said she is a woman, tackled the “ol’ boys network,” and semi-bashed Obama for not picking Hillary. |
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8:21
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M – lol well what are the “women’s issues” that she needs to address? |
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8:21
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L – Some people might be interested in her views on abortion and sex education in schools, for example. |
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8:22
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M – I think the baby story is sufficiently demonstrative; do we really need to hear about it several times over again? |
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8:24
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L – No. Not in that way, not by picking on her family. But if she wants to be the vice-president, then all her views must be known…especially when she says that her election will help shatter those 18 million cracks or whatever else she said. |
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8:25
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L – lol MSNBC caption: “Sen. John McCain Will Accept Nomination at 10:11 ET, 9:11 CT” |
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8:26
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L – They have it down by the minute. |
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8:26
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M – …and Tom Ridge to speak at 9:15 ET |
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8:27
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M – …take note, Paultards! |
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8:28
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L – There is an Obama supporter in the background, behind Buchanan. How he did he slip through? |
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8:28
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L – …and also something about voter fraud behind Matthews. |
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8:29
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M – …I can’t read it. What does it say? |
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8:30
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L – No idea. I could only make out “voter fraud,” “D.E.A.,” and “judges.” |
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8:30
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M – D.E.A.? What does drug enforcement have to do with voter fraud? |
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8:31
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M – btw I have concluded after watching its ads for the RNC that the Pickens Plan is disingenuous and odious. |
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8:31
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L – Probably something about Ron Paul. |
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8:32
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M – Between him and this CNGNow.com, these guys are just out in force asking the Republicans to subsidize natural gas. |
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8:34
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L – News flash: Sarah Palin is like an everyday America. She is like you, your friend, or your neighbor. |
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8:35
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L – …and now Huckabee is picking on the Ivory Tower. |
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8:40
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L – 9/11 Video Tribute begins with the Iran hostage crisis… |
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8:44
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L – Olbermann says the video was too graphic and not appropriate. |
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8:45
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L – ANOTHER PICKENS COMMERCIAL. WTF? |
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8:45
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M – …and he is so offended that he forgets to mention the Iran war propaganda. |
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8:46
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M – This is the same ad they showed for Pickens during the DNC. |
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8:46
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M – It mentions natural gas only once. |
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8:48
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M – a “fantastic story to tell” I wonder what that story will be. |
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8:50
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M – McCain has a “vision” and a “philosophy” about the economy. Uhh… |
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8:50
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L – The story will probably be about his time in the US Naval Academy or when he ran for the Senate. I can’t imagine what else it could be. |
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8:51
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L – ”Palin is the future of the party.” Palin ’16? |
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8:51
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M – Who is this idiot giving the interview? Why does McCain allow him to be a surrogate? |
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8:52
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L – He looks a little bit like Conan O’Brien. That’s the most noticeable thing about him. |
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8:52
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M – ”2004 was a referendum on the war” says the congressman, whose most recent election could only have been 2006. |
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8:53
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M – JOE GIBBS |
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8:53
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L – uh-oh, prompter not working. McCain could be in trouble. Is this seriosuly news? |
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8:54
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M – JOE GIBBS the legendary former Redskins coach (incidentally a Redskins game threatens to spill overtime into McCain’s time) |
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8:54
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L – That guy with the voter fraud sign is still there. |
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8:56
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L – They just passed by the guy who looks like Lincoln. |
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8:56
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M – Eugene Robinson compares the current GOP un-branding strategy to that back in 2006. Things are not looking up for the GOP, then. |
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8:56
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M – O HAI AL GORE |
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9:00
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L – oh wow, “Paulville” is real. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulville,_Texas |
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9:00
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L – probably as real as it will ever get, though. |
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9:00
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M – lol Paultardia |
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9:01
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L – Now, Lindsey Graham. |
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9:01
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L – Will he quote Obama’s acknowledgment of the success of the surge? |
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9:01
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M – surge “has worked.” – Graham. Didn’t Obama say |
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9:01
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M – Hmm, maybe once he’s done trying to justify it. |
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9:02
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M – no Obama doesn’t deny it. |
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9:02
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L – Wait, Barack denies it? WTF. |
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9:03
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M – Well, we’re saying WTF, but you see, Obama’s comment to the effect won’t be aired until after. |
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9:03
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M – This could be bad. |
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9:04
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L – You are right. “The interview will air in three more parts after Thursday, from Monday through Wednesday next week at 8 p.m. ET.” |
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9:04
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L – Needs more PR protection. |
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9:05
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M – lol Joe Lieberman |
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9:05
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L – Wouldn’t the better strategy be to play the Barack-has-finally-come-around-so-he-sucks card? |
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9:06
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L – McCain/Graham/Lieberman Triumvirate. |
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9:06
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M – lol kind of like how the Democrats point out that now the Republicans support withdrawal by 2011. |
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9:08
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L – Oh, Lindsay Graham copies Obama’s “doesn’t get it” line and tries to use it against him. Fail. |
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9:08
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M – Massive Fail, yea. and wtf, Barack Obama defeating the surge? |
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9:09
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M – …and war which we cannot afford to win, either. |
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9:09
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L – At least he didn’t say John “S” McCain. |
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9:10
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M – Do they keep saying John Sidney McCain just to have the excuse to say Barack Hussein Obama? |
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9:10
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L – JSM vs. BHO |
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9:10
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M – …wait are they going to show that fucking horrible vid? |
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9:10
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M – ::cringe:: |
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9:10
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L – They are playing the Palin bio video. When I saw it this morning I thought it was satire. |
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9:11
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L – McCain is “the original maverick” — he is that old. |
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9:11
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M – wait Alaska only produces 20% of domestic oil? |
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9:11
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M – LOL Harvard sweater. |
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9:11
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L – Someone had a Harvard sweater. Who was that? |
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9:12
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M – …well at least she did graduate. |
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9:12
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L – …and according to Olbermann she transferred colleges like six times. |
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9:13
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M – …increase funding for infrastructure |
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9:13
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M – by lobbying Congress for earmarks money |
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9:13
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L – shhhh |
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9:13
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M – …and John McCain’s eye on her ass. |
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9:14
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L – She can drive! |
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9:14
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L – ”When Alaska’s maverick joined America’s maverick…” |
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9:15
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M – wtf they’re not showing Ridge? |
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9:15
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L – C-SPAN. NAO. |
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9:15
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M – Yea, switched. |
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9:16
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M – …Remember how Tom Ridge is now our civil liberties hero? |
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9:16
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L – He is talking about someone great, a hero…McCain! |
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9:17
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L – McCain and Ridge shared jokes and stuff. |
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9:17
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M – …and Tom Ridge saved John McCain’s campaign! |
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9:18
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L – The question “How are you doing?” was part of his pep talk. Then McCain magically decided to win. |
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9:18
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L – so what did Ridge do exactly? |
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9:19
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M – …this speech is sort of falling flat on its face sort of like the Mark Warner speech |
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9:20
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L – ”You run to win and govern.” Duh? I thought he would give the “lose an election rather than lose a war” line. |
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9:20
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L – except…is Tom Ridge running for anything? |
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9:20
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M – no |
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9:21
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M – so this guy has no excuse |
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9:21
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L – John McCain always answers 3 AM calls. You should call him. |
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9:22
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M – even the attack lines are totally stupid |
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9:23
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L – ”Some 250 years ago people dared to think differently”…yea they were at the Target Center with Ron Paul. |
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9:24
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L – Some people were even dressed like those individuals. |
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9:24
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M – …Dr. Seuss addresses the RNC |
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9:24
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L – The Maverick McCain vs. The Body Ventura ’12 |
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9:25
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L – Ridge started a stupid chant. |
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9:26
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L – THAT’S JOHN MCCAIN! |
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9:26
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M – This speech is the worst speech ever |
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9:26
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L – These people can’t even chant correctly. The same thing happened at the Dem convention. |
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9:26
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M – The screaming fat lady at the RNC protests was more inspiring. |
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9:27
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M – HE FORGOT TO GOD BLESS AMERICA |
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9:28
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L – From some camera shots it looked as if Ridge was wearing a yarmulke |
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9:28
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L – Cindy McCain intro video. |
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9:28
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M – …but they don’t really have anything to say about her so they’re talking about her father. |
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9:29
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L – THAT’S JOHN MCCAIN! |
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9:29
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L – I think they are trying to explain how Cindy got all her money. |
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9:30
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M – lol the easy dollar of the 50′s allowed them to leverage |
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9:30
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L – Anheuser Busch — the company that doesn’t put country first. |
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9:31
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L – Her dad looks a bit like McCain does now. |
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9:31
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L – BARRY GOLDWATER! |
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9:31
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L – They both lied about their ages…so? |
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9:31
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L – We better make sure McCain is over 35. |
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9:32
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M – …as recently as 1991? |
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9:32
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M – Now she looks like Mrs. Dracula or something |
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9:33
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L – KARL ROVE BLACK CHILD. |
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9:35
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L – This is what McCain had to do in 2000. |
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9:36
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M – …get nominated? |
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9:36
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L – pretty much. |
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9:37
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L – I thought she was about to say “leave once again…to go to Iraq” |
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9:41
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M – lol what WOULD our founding fathers say, Cindy? |
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9:41
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L – Cindy wants the Founding Father litmus test. Again, call Ron Paul. |
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9:43
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L – ….and ladies, he’s single. Oh wait. |
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9:43
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M – well he uh can be single. |
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9:44
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L – Translation: George Washington endorses John McCain. |
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9:44
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L – we need someone exactly like your husband? Where can we find this person? |
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9:45
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L – Cindy just basically said that Palin is good because she is a woman. |
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9:45
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M – MUD WRESTLING FIGHT HERE NOW |
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9:45
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M – isn’t that what the crowd was chanting a minute ago? |
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9:45
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L – MOOSE HUNTER, PISTOL PACKING. She is ready to take on Russia. |
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9:46
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L – After all, Putin killed a Tiger a few days ago and saved some people. |
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9:46
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L – It would be a great match. |
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9:48
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M – lol they should send him to Afghanistan now like that Prince Harry |
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9:49
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L – Cindy tries to explain how she got all her money. |
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9:49
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M – JOHN MCCAIN WILL INVADE BURMA |
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9:50
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M – wasn’t that the subtext? cyclone? |
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9:50
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L – Where is the other girl? |
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9:50
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M – there |
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9:50
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L – McCain Blogette? |
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9:50
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M – next to her |
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9:50
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L – McCain Blogette! |
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9:51
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L – uh-oh, Georgia talk. |
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9:52
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M – John McCain would’ve sent in the Marines into Rwanda. |
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9:52
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L – Bill Clinton? |
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9:52
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L – So I don’t understand…does McCain plan to end poverty and violence around the world? |
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9:53
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[Comment From Guest] The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
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9:53
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[Comment From kk] The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
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9:54
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M – This speech is fucking boring too |
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9:54
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L – Hey McCain went to Washington but is not an insider, just like Biden. |
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9:54
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M – I guess after Sarah Palin they have to kick it down a notch for McCain. |
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9:55
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M – …and the crowd fails at chanting. |
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9:57
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M – I’m back on MSNBC |
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9:57
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L – Olbermann basically says the McCain campaign is a cult of personality. |
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9:58
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M – …and Chris Matthews talks about the businessman story |
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10:00
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M – Olbermann makes Ron Paul’s point: when was the last time big government ever got off our back? |
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10:01
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L – So Matthews said republicans think “communitarianism” is bad… what about Country First? |
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10:02
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M – lol Cindy manages McCain’s staff… like Nancy Reagan? |
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10:03
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L – McCain can’t be Bob Dole. |
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10:04
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L – John McCain intro video. |
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10:04
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L – JOHN MCCAIN WAS A POW. |
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10:05
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L – lol “hot headed” and “momma’s boy.” |
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10:06
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M – carpet bombing of Hanoi is supposed to be a positive? |
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10:06
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L – JOHN MCCAIN WAS A POW. |
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10:07
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L – The announcer just implied that McCain survived a fire to fight in Vietnam and become a politician. |
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10:08
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L – John McCain likes FIFO, not LIFO. |
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10:08
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M – they forgot Cindy. He got that congressonal seat as a dowry. |
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10:09
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M – incidentally they forgot his first marriage too |
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10:09
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L – and all the nasty stories about that, too. |
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10:10
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M – btw “country first” is a stupid slogan. |
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10:10
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M – so far this is the worst convention day ever. |
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10:10
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L – The Alaska Independence Party would agree with you. |
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10:10
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L – Take that, Karl Rove! |
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10:11
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L – ”The stars are aligned…” — and they called Obama the “messiah” and “the one”? |
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10:12
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L – You can clearly see the Texas delegation. |
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10:13
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L – Will John McCain accept the nomination? Let’s find out. |
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10:14
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L – I just saw the teleprompter. I hope it’s working for him. |
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10:14
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L – That way he has no excuse for a crappy speech. |
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10:14
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M – USA USA USA |
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10:15
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M – The teleprompter couldn’t save Tom Ridge or Cindy McCain. |
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10:15
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M – It’s WALNUTS! |
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10:15
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M – WALNUTS ACCEPTS TEH NOMINATION |
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10:15
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L – He accepted, show’s over. |
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10:16
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M – You can all go home now, says McCain. |
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10:16
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L – ooohh…a protester. |
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10:16
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M – lol MCCAIN VOTES AGAINST VETS protestor |
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10:16
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L – ”You can’t win with an occupation” is what the sign said. |
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10:16
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L – He is still there. |
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10:17
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M – wtf starting with George Bush? YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG |
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10:17
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L – No, no, he likes the popular Bush. |
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10:18
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M – lol mistake: a green screen behind McCain |
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10:18
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M – this is asking for a million mocking vids on YouTube post haste |
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10:18
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L – Yes |
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10:19
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L – I thought Cindy’s inspiration in the video was her father… |
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10:19
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L – no? |
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10:19
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M – well um. her fortune’s from her father, at least. |
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10:19
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L – Cindy for First Lady ’08 |
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10:20
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M – ROBERTA MCCAIN |
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10:20
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L – Roberta McCain is anecdotal evidence that McCain can probably last eight years in the White House. |
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10:20
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L – …a McCain sock puppet? Ok, this isn’t too bad. |
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10:21
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L – OBAMA MCCAIN MUD WRESTLING. |
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10:21
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M – MCCAIN CHALLENGES OBAMA TO A BALL GAME |
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10:22
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L – Green screen is no more. |
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10:22
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M – now blue screen. |
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10:23
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M – lol chants of YES WE CAN |
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10:23
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L – McCain gets my vote if he makes fun of “No Country For Old Men.” |
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10:23
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L – oohhh, another protester. |
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10:23
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L – She appears to have credentials, too. |
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10:23
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M – What’s written on her clothes? |
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10:24
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L – were there two or one? |
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10:24
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M – LOL off the cuff remark of the win. |
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10:24
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L – yes. |
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10:24
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L – Two protesters. |
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10:24
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M – LOL “Americans want us to stop yelling at each other” |
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10:24
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M – wtf, crowd |
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10:25
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L – I think they thought there was another one. |
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10:25
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M – yea probably. |
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10:25
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L – lol blue screen. |
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10:25
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M – JOHN MCCAIN <3333 SARAH PALIN |
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10:26
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L – John McCain explains why Palin is interesting. |
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10:27
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L – Palin-McCain ’08 |
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10:29
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L – McCain will fix problems for Palin’s generation. |
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10:29
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M – I’m a maverick – McCain |
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10:29
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M – ”I don’t work for a party… I work for you” – McCain’s address to the RNC |
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10:30
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L – ”I work for you.” — That remark was as bad as TIME’s Person of the Year in 2006…YOU! |
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10:30
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M – waste our money on stuff we don’t want. War comes to mind. |
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10:30
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L – He is already making them famous…he chose Palin. |
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10:32
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L – I called that line. |
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10:32
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L –
9:20
L – “You run to win and govern.” Duh? I thought he would give the “lose an election rather than lose a war” line. |
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10:33
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M – ”lost their real estate investments” wtf? who proofread this speech? |
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10:34
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L – The flag in the background is not waving. |
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10:34
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M – LOL JOHN MCCAIN NEVER ACTUALLY WENT TO THA MOON |
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10:36
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L – He just attacked Obama out of the blue. Nice. |
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10:36
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M – …for “corporate welfare” ouch. |
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10:36
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L – So how are you going to change that? |
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10:36
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L – oh, trust… |
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10:36
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L – I guess that’s more than “hope” |
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10:36
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L – I would even accept the Picken’s Plan at this point (not really). |
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10:37
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M – …rewarding risktakers? like the banks that bought mortgages? |
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10:37
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M – …maybe with a rescue plan? |
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10:38
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L – rewarding risktakers by putting government support and credit behind them, which somehow ties in with personal responsibility. |
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10:39
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L – …just as long as he doesn’t say “I will open our markets to foreign competition.” |
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10:40
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L – lol at trying to be specific. |
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10:41
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L – John McCain plans to make steelworkers into computer scientists. |
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10:41
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L – …in community colleges, to help the community. |
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10:42
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M – this retraining portion of the speech is directly lifted from Bush’s 2004 portion of the speech |
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10:42
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M – community colleges and all |
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10:42
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L – …and we all know how that has been going, am I right? |
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10:43
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M – lol “help bad teachers find another line of work” |
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10:43
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L – I think something just went wrong with the teleprompter |
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10:44
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M – ?what happen? |
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10:44
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L – he said “parents” after “students” and then paused for two seconds. Then he retracted. |
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10:44
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L – Pro … ject. |
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10:45
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M – this stupid drilling thing |
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10:45
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L – He talks about drill and the camera turns to Palin. Lol. |
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10:45
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L – Palin will be the one drilling. |
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10:46
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M – lol TIDE? |
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10:46
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M – that one’s new |
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10:48
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L – …and wasn’t McCain the one who said that there were some jobs that wouldn’t come back? Wasn’t that part of his straight talk? (In Michigan during the primaries, I think) |
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10:48
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L – Russia invaded Georgia to reassemble the Russian Empire, which by the way, covered ALASKA at one point. |
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10:49
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L – Is that the reason he chose Palin? |
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10:49
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M – ”I know how the world works” – McCain |
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10:51
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L – Can he really say that he wants to “establish good relations” with Russia when he just practically said that it was the “evil empire”? Or is that also part of the straight talk? |
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10:52
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M – wtf these are functions of the government? |
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10:52
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M – compete in the economy, fuel our transportation? |
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10:52
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L – Ron Paul supporters do not like this part of his speech. |
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10:53
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L – but the Obama people might, only if they didn’t dislike McCain. |
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10:53
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L – JOHN MCCAIN WAS A POW. |
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10:54
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L – OBAMA WAS NOT. HE WAS NEVER IN A WAR. THE END. |
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10:54
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M – You mean you’ll ask Joe Lieberman. |
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10:54
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L – share the credit? That’s what Pat said earlier in “Morning Joe,” but he didn’t put it in exactly those terms. |
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10:56
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L – McCain = Rebel without a cause, now a rebel with a cause. |
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10:59
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M – John McCain was a POW. |
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11:00
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L – I find his story admirable, tbqh. |
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11:00
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L – But he needs to cement it with how his experience would make him a better president than Obama…other than he learned to put his country first. |
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11:01
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M – lol John McCain doesn’t need to be on the right side of history. |
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11:02
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M – the ministry is part of the ranks of government? |
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11:02
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L – ”…become a teacher.” Just not a bad one. |
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11:02
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M – lol handmadesign can’t spell: MAVRICK |
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11:04
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L – His talking with the clapping in the background is good. |
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11:04
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M – Yeah. Because you can’t hear and think about what he’s saying. |
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11:04
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L – Still makes for a great moment. |
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11:04
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M – Yes. agreed. |
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11:05
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M – …so are they just going to stand there? what’s next for the show? |
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11:05
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M – aha. |
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11:07
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M – Keith Olbermann reminds us that John McCain is the Republican nominee. |
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11:08
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L – Olbermann is a grammar nazi and Chris Matthews coughs a hairball. |
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11:08
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L – All is well. |
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11:09
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M – GOP admits failure – Chris Matthews. |
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11:09
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L – Olbermann is being a picky as possible. |
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11:13
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M – the David Gregory guy brings up a point |
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11:13
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M – silent on Iraq |
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11:17
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M – ”Celebrate good times”? Nice music choice, GOP. |
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11:17
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L – Needs more Andrea Mitchell balloon parties. Good night! |
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11:17
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