I get all kinds of bizarre stuff in my email inbox, but this communication from Richard Viguerie is in a class by itself. It begins:
Romney’s Agents Attempt Coup at GOP Convention
Manassas, Virginia — “Grassroots conservatives have launched an unprecedented rules fight against an attempted coup by Mitt Romney at this year’s Republican National Convention,” announced Richard Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com.
Ooo, sneaky Mittens. How dare the Republican nominee presumptive attempt a takeover of his own nominating convention? What is the world coming to?
Actually, what I’m hearing is that the Washington establishment is changing the convention rules on the fly so that they don’t have to seat potential troublemakers — e.g., Paulites and baggers — as delegates. Watch out for this.
Mm-MMm! That is some GOOD popcorn!
Rachel Maddow is reporting that they’ve seated territories like the Northern Marianas Islands and Guam up front, and put the Ron Paul states in the nosebleed seats. Awesome.
I can only hope that a bunch of Republicans are so ticked off they stay home in November.
I just read that the Texas delegation is really pi$$ed and with their 105 delegate votes can really do some damage. Evidently seats are being auctioned to the highest bidder.
For once the Republicans as a party seem to be bringing their superb interpersonal skills to bear on their own tribe instead of just the many, many other people they hate.
When I turned on Cup O’ Schmoe’s show this moning. I found that in the most recent poll, more people trust Mitt on Medicare, than President Obama.
On the plus side, many of them still don’t like the sound of Paul Ryan’s “Boncentration Bamps.”
Too many of this nation’s people are too stupid to deserve a Barack Obama II.
OOOOOOOH!
MUST READ!!!
Mitt Romney must have done something that really, really,REALLY, pissed David Brooks off!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/brooks-the-real-romney.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytdavidbrooks&adxnnlx=1346133710-59a/PRvl8/CxgyVvAiZ6QQ
Either that, or Paul Krugman must have found a way to send in a column with Brooks’ name on in.
Maybe Bobo got tired of Charles Pierce tearing him a new arse-hole after every column, and pounding on him like a red-headed piñata.
This is the first ROFLMAO column I’ve ever read by the previously ever-insipid Brooks.
He be ‘insipid’ no longer.
CUND,
Thanks for the link, your right great stuff I especially like the line:
“Mitt grew up in a modest family. His father had an auto body shop called the American Motors Corporation”
Who knew Brooks had a sense of humor, is he related to Mel?
What is up with BoBo! This reads more like the love-child of MoDo and The RudePundit, than his usually “centrist” twaddle. I’m with Cundgulag on this. Someone in Mitt’s camp, if not the Big Man himself must have done something to really hurt BoBo’s feelings for him to dish out snark at this level. Wow!
Romney might be able to manipulate renegade convention delegates into obeisance, but it won’t change the impending fact that Barack Obama will be reelected as president come November.
Congratulations on your victory, Mr. President.
Bible says: ” No weapon formed against you shall prosper”
And for Mitt, the Bible says: “Render unto Ceasar that with is Ceasar’s”… Which means — “Pay your taxes, you serial lying tax cheat.”
Frankly, I was scocked by Bobo’s column. Usually, he’s “The Grand Equivocator,” at best, and a lying sack of poop, at worst.
But this is the first one of his columns that I was able to laugh WITH, instead of AT.
I hope someone keeps sharp objects away from Charles Pierce today. Going after a Bobo column was his batting practice fastball, if he had nothing else that day,
But no worries, he’s got all of the bats in one Bedlam to cover in Tampa.
Thank you, Maha. It happened just now, a little while ago (within the past hour), but only on C-SPAN – no Faux, CNN, nor even MSNBC coverage of actual podium activities. Right after the Knights of Columbus left the prayer service, Reinhold Priebus entered onto the record the new delegate rules. Prieb and his peeps demonstrated his party’s welcoming big tent to the tee-vee audience (what ARE C-SPANs viewer ratings?) by refusing to use nary a single Caucasian male to introduce, move and second the new rules. I heard a lot of murmuring in the background. Maybe even a few ‘tut-tut’s. Then Sharon Day, Priebus’ RNC Co-Chair (aka. co-Michael Steele replacement) enthused a wonderful “Take our country back” speech wherein she received wild applause for mocking the President’s “you didn’t build that” utterance by saying “(Obama) hasn’t even seen the back side of a lemonade stand!”(wild applause). I was mildly surprised that she did not include chitlins or watermelons. But, I do believe she went off script a little when she did not include bedrooms when she rallied the crowd by exclaiming “We must take our country back now!, (from) every bedroom, (to) every house, to every town, to every state…!!!” (OK, I’m paraphrasing, but you can enjoy all of the real action on C-you-know-who). One big Take Our Country Backwards Tea-Bagger Rocktaugustfest (h/t Steven Colbert).
Oh, and I wonder how it is possible for a collection of former (and indeed some current) all-star musicians to sound so awful and soulless? A new generation of lizard lounge elevator musicians? Do they ALL hate the tax man so much?
Now they’re moving to offshore the RNC (actually by the 1st step of credentialing the tropical-island US territories to full RNC status from this convention on). Curious and curiouser.
Brought out the heavy hand of John Boehner to reiterate the new rules to keep Rmoney’s opposition out, in a more firm tone.
Oh, and re my 16:05 post, Lou Marini (saxman extraordinaire) still rocks. But where did his mind go?? Does he really owe more to G.E. Smith than the tax man? Probably yes, with Bush’s tax cuts. At least he’s supporting some of his interests with his political activity.