LOL- Giuliani (a.k.a. "President of both Florida and 9-11") OUT as a convention speaker!

[npincus]

Tonight's theme is John McCain's bio... you will hear "POW" with the frequency of their 2004 convention's "terror", "war", "war on terror", terrorists", "9-11" and "boo!".

What the ouster of Giuliani, the man who spent $59 million dollars for (1) delegate, tells me is this; the GOP is muting their national-security bloviating, because of PALIN... McCain has removed the "expereince" argument, and the "scary scary world out there" argument in one fell swoop, by picking the neophyte "what does a VP do all day?" candidate.

Of course, the only hting they CAN talk about is their own candidate... did you know he was a POW?

:rofl:

[liberalmuse]

1. But they have nothing else!

The only reason many people were even voting for McCain is because they perceived he would be able to protect them from the terrorists better than Obama. The Republican meme on National Security has been very successful, but John McCain obliterated it with one rash decision. I've never seen a candidate self destruct like this. I know this is ghoulish, but it's fascinating to watch.

[yellowcanine]

2. They have changed strategy - Go hard right and fire up the fundy base.

Well that is 30% McCain can count on anyway.

[liberalmuse]

6. They're gonna party like it's 1992.

I hope Pat Buchanan will be speaking. (Pleeeeease?)

on edit: Sorry, I was right the first time. :eyes:

[YDogg]

12. I concur.

[yellowcanine]

3. Wow. Triple post. Must have had a mouse stutter.

[yellowcanine]

4. !

[DefenseLawyer]

5. James Dobson is obviously the Al Haig of this convention

He's in control here!

[Cha]

7. Thanks, is there a

link?:)

[npincus]

10. here ya go:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92UJHNG0&show_article=1 :)

[Cha]

14. Great...glad lie-berman is getting up their showing his stupid

a$$ off. And, yeah get the actor.

What a fucking national joke they are..could they give Jon Stewart anymore fodder?! Is it humanly possible!?

[npincus]

17. I want Dems to "officially" tell Traitor Joe to go fuck himself...

He really needs a public dressing down before he gets the

[Cha]

19. You are so right...he deserves it with the utmost

gravity.

[JBoy]

8. They're getting rid of any speakers who would be better VP candidates than Palin.

Don't want any viewers thinking "hey, why didn't McCain pick that guy?"

[AlCzervik]

9. no kidding? Why and where did you hear that?

[npincus]

11. here... Ghouliani OUT, Lieberman, Thomspon IN

so funny... chaos in Minn! Run for the airport, for the safety of the Larry Craig memorial restroom! :rofl:


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92UJHNG0&show_article=1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republicans revamped their convention plans for a second day, dropping former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as keynote speaker Tuesday night while trying to determine President Bush's role in the political pageantry celebrating John McCain's candidacy for president.

In Giuliani's speaking slot were former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, one of McCain's rivals for the Republican nomination, and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate in 2000 and now a McCain supporter. Republicans say the two will talk about McCain's life and their friendship with him.

Whether Bush will address delegates via satellite Tuesday night had not been decided, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and others had been expected to speak Monday night, but the McCain campaign and convention officials agreed to trim back the politics and focus instead on fundraising for victims of Hurricane Gustav.

Hamstrung by Gustav and distracted by the revelation that McCain running mate Sarah Palin's unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, Republicans were trying to get back on track Tuesday.

Lieberman, who left the Democratic Party after losing a Senate primary, has angered many Democrats by criticizing their nominee, Barack Obama.

[NatBurner]

13. Check the comments on CNN's ticker:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/02/giuliani-to-speak-at-convention/#comments

Brutal.


Republicans Hate America September 2nd, 2008 9:59 am ET

It will go something like this:

9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11

The End.


Scott NYC Independent September 2nd, 2008 10:01 am ET

As a New Yorker I never understood the fame Giuliani received from 9/11. The fact of the matter is that every Mayor that this city has had would have been just as capable as he was if not more so. New York is a tough town and we don't take to light weight and incompetent candidates well. That said, Giuliani was not a great Mayor and many of us believed him to be heavy handed and suffering from tunnel vision during most of his two terms here. We have term limits, which we as a city voted into effect. Giuliani attempted to over rule the voters of New York by a back door method. He really wasn't that great people; good but not great. So what is his input on the convention, hope its not about the war on terror - he's a reactionary manager not a preventive one.


Blackknight September 2nd, 2008 10:02 am ET

Who Cares??????


Candy West Virginia September 2nd, 2008 10:03 am ET

I will be watching paint dry. On another note:
Repuglicans say they are the moral majority yet every time you hear a story about teen pregnancy cover-ups, married men having gay encounters in bathrooms or coke snorting politicians, it is a repuglican involved.
Repuglicans say they are staunchly patriotic yet ship our jobs overseas.
Repuglicans say they are pro life yet put Americans in harms way in a war started with lies.
Repuglicans say they care about the environment yet oppose laws to protect the envirnment.
Repuglicans say their candidate has experience yet he has shown horrible judgment throughout this campaign.
Repuglicans say they want peace yet their candidate says he would rather win a war then a campaign.


Anne September 2nd, 2008 10:03 am ET

One loser for another


Alaska FIRST September 2nd, 2008 10:04 am ET

Noun, verb 911…
Noun, verb 911…
Noun, verb 911…

Stupid Republicans will love it.


Joshua September 2nd, 2008 10:04 am ET

Giuliani is another Bush butt-kisser, just like McCain. Giuliani and McCain are a pair of one trick ponies. If it hadn't been for 9/11, nobody would have any idea who Giuliani was. And McCain was a POW, because he got his jet shot down - that's his big claim to fame.

Neither one can talk about issues and both have been staunch supporters of the worst president in all of US history.


Florence S. September 2nd, 2008 10:04 am ET

As a former Republican and current values voters can he explain what has happened to the GOP?

Isn't he a pro-abortion, pro-gay sex, adulterer whose own children won't talk to him for the way he treated his ex-wife? This is the GOP KEY NOTE SPEAKER?

How have we ended up nominating McCain, an admitted serial adulterer, liar, and scandle hound?

And now he picks this jezebel VP who is too busy telling everyone not to have abortions she fails to tell her unmarried 16 year old child "DON'T HAVE SEX"???

And i support, FULLY SUPPORT, Palin's decision to keep her child with Down. This is CLEARLY the right thing to do. My question is….is she never intended to have an abortion under any circumstances, then why did she get the Down's testing to begin with?????? She is a liar!!!!


2008Elections September 2nd, 2008 10:05 am ET

does anyone know if Mitt Romney will still be speaking on Day 3?


MARINE4O'BIDEN September 2nd, 2008 10:06 am ET

CNN Just like to block us from posting huh. Yes we are critical of the GOP so get use to it. They preach all this christian stuff but they are a bunch of adulterers, Giuliani and McCain, the religious zealots like Dobson are the same creatures who was in bed with the Romans during the time of Christ. Same people, different times, however CHANGE is on the WAY!

OBAMA-BIDEN 08


Charlotte September 2nd, 2008 10:07 am ET

I never cared for Rudy, but thanks to Obamas' arrogance, I'm beginning to take a second look. My plan was to write in Hillary, Sarah has given me cause to rethink that decision. Not because she is a woman, but rather because Obama chose to ignore half the democrats in this election. 18 million/17 million, whatever, votes he could care less about. I am a Hillary supporter who thinks he made a big mistake in an election year that should have been a landslide for the democrats, allowing it to become a back and forth tie. I guess Michelles' comment about having to think about her vote, if Hillary became the nominee, is a major reason for me to think about my vote also.


Ed, Santa Fe, NM September 2nd, 2008 10:07 am ET

oh here we ago again with 9/11 !


Anonymous September 2nd, 2008 10:08 am ET

Well, sound the victory bells.

9-11/POW/9-11/POW/9-11/POW/9-11/POW/9-11/POW/9-11/POW


JB September 2nd, 2008 10:09 am ET

Ooooo, I can't wait. What else is on? Any Dukes of Hazard reruns?


McCain the candidate is not the same man September 2nd, 2008 10:09 am ET

Gee, I wonder if he'll mention 9/11.


maverick my A$$$ September 2nd, 2008 10:10 am ET

R:i would 911 like to911 introduce you 911 to 911 John McCain

J:thank you surge my friends its surge a pleasure to surge be here surge tonight, to surge lie…um i mean surge.;…did i say Obama yet?

great that sounds like a bang up line up


John September 2nd, 2008 10:10 am ET

Wonder if they'll get Ron Paul to speak.

Oh yeah, that's right, he's been barred from the RNC convention because, despite having a lot of Republicans vote for him, he doesn't go along with the RNC groupthink. He's had to hold a shadow convention with 10,000 attendees that the media will be trying very hard to ignore.


themanwhosawtomorrow September 2nd, 2008 10:10 am ET

What does he know to say? It would be the most boring speech ever, as he is all about a noun, a verb and 9/11.


Foreign observer September 2nd, 2008 10:11 am ET

Two loosers supporting each other. The only winner was Bush but instead the nation has lost.


Anonymous September 2nd, 2008 10:12 am ET

Comb-overs we can believe in.


Anonymous September 2nd, 2008 10:12 am ET

Oh gawsh!


v.a. September 2nd, 2008 10:12 am ET

we (9/11) must (9/11) elect (9/11) john (9/11) mccain (9/11) !!!


Think about it September 2nd, 2008 10:12 am ET

Fear!!! 911 -911 Nine-Eleven 9-Eleven Nine-11 Fear!! Terrorist!!! Muslim!!! 9-11 9-11!!!

9.11 9/11 FEAR!!!!!!!!!!


williefloyd September 2nd, 2008 10:13 am ET

Oh WOW!!!! Wonder how many times those watching will hear noun, verb, and 911???

[npincus]

15. very entertaining!

thanks for the :rofl: !

[progressivebydesign]

16. OMG! I was wondering this morning HOW Giuliani was going to set with Palin..

THey've lost their favorite word!

Our ticket needs to be out in public and in the media as much as possible soon.. or just as many pics as possible of the two of them, because one of the things that absolutely sinks the GOP ticket is this image of McCranky and Caribou Barbie vs. the capable and handsome Dem Ticket (the ones that look as though they could handle ANY crisis, any time.)

How in the world could anyone put their trust in the GOP ticket? McCain looks infirm, and she listed her profession as "housewife" in 2004 when she gave a donation to the RNC. Nothing wrong with being a "housewife" but I think I'd like a BIT more gravitas with the dangers we're facing in the world today. Funny how suddenly the world seems like such a safer place now that the RNC went for the bling VP choice. Suppose that's ONE way to keep them from starting a war before November!!! They dont' dare!!! Watch for things to settle down globally now -- as the republicans are the ones that have been destabilizing things in order to get McCranky elected on the usual Republican fear/war/terror/security meme.

[EnviroBat]

18. OMG! They are IMPLODING!

I love it!!!

:rofl:

[npincus]

22. what's a GOP covention without "terror" and "not-ready-to-lead"?

[kestrel91316]

20. Why am I thinking the RNC has, as its substitute speaker lineup,

half a dozen teen mothers of the christian persuasion to yap on about how holy WHITE motherhood is?

(because, as we know, if you AREN'T white, and wind up a single mother, you are a whore and welfare queen)

[MadrasT]

21. Hee hee *snort* ROFL

Rec'd because it cheered me up so much. Thanks!

[npincus]

23. MSNBC: shuffled schedule has Giuliani speaking SAME NIGHT as Palin!

:rofl: :rofl:

So Ghouliani will speak, but not a keynote.