Took this picture today. Something about the flag planted atop a lonely outcrop overlooking a deserted landscape while the road veers off in the opposite direction made me think of the Republican Party. Can’t imagine why.
So, my Twitter feed told me Ann Romney bombed, but I figured my Twitter feed is biased. But then I saw some media figures Tweeting about how “Ann Romney succeeded where Chris Christie failed,” so maybe Christie bombed worse than Ann?
“Something about the flag planted atop a lonely outcrop overlooking a deserted landscape while the road veers off A CLIFF!”
T,FTFY!
Since I’m thinking Left Coast for your first photo essay, I’m guessing Nevaduh or eastern WA for this one.
Correct on the Left Coast, but we’re still in CA right now. Heading across state lines today tho.
I think you can relax and travel free of the worry that anything of substance will happen at the Republican Convention, or the Democratic one should your trip last that long.
It’s not that she failed, it’s just that she didn’t say anything; just like her husband. The advantage to this is that each side can claim to hear what they want to believe, when in fact it’s just a cipher.
I think this comment from Slate sums it up nicely:
That is a truly depressing (and probably wholly accurate) thought.
I agree with Charles. Since the news media decided all they were going to be obsessed with is politics, these conventions have become the media’s Super Bowl, Olympics and Academy Awards night all rolled into one. But really, nothing substantive will come out of them, it never does. And the media’s pathetic “YOU WILL WATCH THIS AND BE CONSUMED WITH CONVENTION FEVER” thing is really a turn off. It’s just all so much fucking Kabuki.
I don’t ever remember anyone watching the conventions when we were growing up. I don’t know why this became the mandatory thing to do for good, informed Merkins.
Here’s a fun one: http://www.harpers.org/archive/2012/08/hbc-90008805
I honestly feel sorry for Reince Priebus (holy cow, did I say that???) having to put up with this kind of idiocy. “No really, Republicans aren’t like that! Stop it guys! We’re gonna look bad!”
sucker.
They only have themselves to blame. They’ve spent decades creating this Frankenstein monster of anger and bigotry and xenophobia. Are they really surprised that it constantly is coming back to haunt them? What shocks me is how much of the country doesn’t see through this.
Southern Beale:
What’s going on in Tampa is more like another term borrowed from Japanes. It does have “b”, “u”, “k” and “a” in it, but it’s not Kabuki.
Ann Romney seems to have that thing where her mouth is happy but her eyes aren’t. Something a sciency type described elsewhere said that a real smile softens up the whole face and one can see it in the muscles on the “outboard” side of each eye.
Well, she ain’t doing it. And that’s even something I haven’t noticed in Mitt. She’s out-stiffing Mitt (/rimshot) in the public speaking dept.
Yeah but Mitt does too. I think it’s a Mormon thing.
Didn’t watch any of it but headlines seemed to indicate Ann over Christie. Based on the visuals accompanying the headlines I have one word for Christie. Lipitor.
The event I found far more telling is the one where two Goopers (delegates, I believe) threw nuts at a CNN African American woman crew member and said that this is how they “feed the animals.” You can’t make this shit up.
I heard about that on Twitter but I didn’t know it had been verified as being true. UN believable. Did CNN report on it?
And I could not bear to watch Ryan’s speech…and my fave pundits say he was ‘brilliant’ and even though his speech was full of LIES, the audience ATE it UP. WE MUST get the word out how our President is trying to protect us and our Rights.
And yet the GOP is trying to DESTROY our right to Vote…even in Nashville/Davidson County it was discovered that some voting machines were set to ‘default’ to the GOP page…
I cannot wait for the debates, but I am so concerned that thousands have already made up their minds…WITHOUT even caring about looking up the TRUTH.
“but I am so concerned that thousands have already made up their minds…WITHOUT even caring about looking up the TRUTH.”
Well, a person can be zealous, a person can be curious; t’s a rare person who is both zealous AND curious.