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jmowreader

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15. No. It's not a clusterfuck.

Reply to tularetom (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 12:39 AM

Aug 2012

It is the political equivalent of the captain of the Titanic spotting the iceberg, turning the ship directly toward it and ordering all ahead full. It is the political equivalent of the captain of the Hindenburg dumping fifty gallons of gasoline on the floor of the passenger compartment just before his airship crossed the airfield boundary. It is the political equivalent of...well, you get the idea...

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Is this convention shaping up to be the biggest political clusterfuck since 1968? [View all] tularetom Aug 2012 OP

Reminds me more of 1992... Drunken Irishman Aug 2012 #1

Oh I got faith in them. nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #2

A comment like this is exactly when I want a "Like" button on DU. n/t susanna Aug 2012 #5

Me, too. potone Aug 2012 #6

Indeed! n/t susanna Aug 2012 #8

Not to mention the bizarre dark-of-the-afternoon state roll call frazzled Aug 2012 #3

Yep... susanna Aug 2012 #11

I said it earlier that this will go down as the most hateful convention of all time npk Aug 2012 #4

We'll find out Nov 6. nt CK_John Aug 2012 #7

Unlikely onenote Aug 2012 #9

They built it, to be sure! Coyotl Aug 2012 #10

Yes, they built it alright.... with millions of dollars mzmolly Aug 2012 #12

This convention is about one thing and one thing alone: XemaSab Aug 2012 #13

I doubt it. Despite their lies they will probably get a nice bounce out of their convention in the WI_DEM Aug 2012 #14

No. It's not a clusterfuck. jmowreader Aug 2012 #15

LOL Skittles Aug 2012 #16

I haven't had so much fun in years. n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #17

We can only hope, my dears... SIDURI Aug 2012 #18

Chicago was at least good theater. This is just a yawn. leveymg Aug 2012 #19