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RandySF

(59,878 posts)
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:02 PM Jul 2016

This is my eighth Republican Convention and I have never felt so sick to my stomach as I do now.

Parading a grieving mom across the stage so she can place her son's blood on Hillary is a low I've never before seem. How many sons were killed by Cheney and the Dim Son in Iraq and Afghanistan? How many are not walking this earth simply because Donald Rumsfeld would not properly equip the troops? I'm speechless!!


FUCK THEM!!!!!!!

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This is my eighth Republican Convention and I have never felt so sick to my stomach as I do now. (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2016 OP
I join you in your MFM008 Jul 2016 #1
I'm with you Randy... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #2
FUCK THEM is right. sarae Jul 2016 #3
It is a low blow. Very craven, indeed...... MADem Jul 2016 #4
Is that the speech of which Molly Ivins remarked Ellen Forradalom Jul 2016 #21
Of course Chris Stevens' family doesn't blame Clinton at all TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #5
It appears to me this "convention" is dedicated to Greywing Jul 2016 #6
3 more days too Person 2713 Jul 2016 #8
I understand your fear. It needs to be said, tho... Volaris Jul 2016 #26
Fuck them indeed! Scurrilous Jul 2016 #7
Swift Boaters Redux shadowmayor Jul 2016 #9
Must be worse then mocking Kerry with 'purple heart' bandages elmac Jul 2016 #10
But many in the audience .. coco77 Jul 2016 #11
That was awful PatSeg Jul 2016 #12
Pat Buchanan's Declaration of Culture War in '92 was bad enough AnnieBW Jul 2016 #13
This is beyond sickening. lucca18 Jul 2016 #14
Same shit they always do hollowdweller Jul 2016 #15
Sad hibbing Jul 2016 #16
Methinks it all sounds "better in the original German. . ." DinahMoeHum Jul 2016 #17
Great minds think alike Ellen Forradalom Jul 2016 #23
The purple Purple Heart Bandaids in 2004 made me want to puke also adigal Jul 2016 #18
Did anyone else notice. . . OldRedneck Jul 2016 #19
omg uponit7771 Jul 2016 #20
Oh the bright side, it certainly gets one fired up about beating them in November. nt eastwestdem Jul 2016 #22
Every speaker, except Stepford Wife Melania, spewed hideous hatred. SunSeeker Jul 2016 #24
They are beyond insufferable. kairos12 Jul 2016 #25
"Donald Rumsfeld would not properly equipr the troops" left-of-center2012 Jul 2016 #27
Sick as hell Hekate Jul 2016 #28
English is Melania's second language. OldRedneck Jul 2016 #29
LOL ... love the Sarah Palin crack ... LOL Greywing Jul 2016 #30
HAR Skittles Jul 2016 #31
How many victims are there all over the world because Bush debathified applegrove Jul 2016 #32

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)
2. I'm with you Randy...
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:04 PM
Jul 2016

and now I'm offended that Schmidt said it was okay because the 9/11 widows spoke at the 2004 convention.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
4. It is a low blow. Very craven, indeed......
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:11 PM
Jul 2016

But, ya know, that IS what they do. Not the first time, won't be the last.

They were showing previous conventions on CSPAN this week, and the 92 RNC one was a doozy--I sat in my home with friends and family and we roared with horrified laughter when Pat Buchanan started railing about the Lez-bee-ans and the Ho-mo-SEX-you-alls! The guy was like a wet hen--SO mad, SO annoyed, SO aggrieved that these Ho-mo-SEX-you-alls (!!!) breathed the same air as he did! Oh, The LIFESTYLE!!!

It was unintentional hilarity, but we all were rolling on the floor at how mad he was getting, and how the idiot crowd was cheering him on. Hell, I'll bet a good chunk of those fools are out now! LOL!

TexasBushwhacker

(20,257 posts)
5. Of course Chris Stevens' family doesn't blame Clinton at all
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:17 PM
Jul 2016

Out of 4 deaths they found the one family member with an ax to grind.

Greywing

(1,124 posts)
6. It appears to me this "convention" is dedicated to
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:21 PM
Jul 2016

spewing hate and fear ... riling up the crowd to a rabid, frothing, frenzy. I am truly afraid for our country ... I just want to curl up in a ball and cry.

Volaris

(10,281 posts)
26. I understand your fear. It needs to be said, tho...
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 10:56 PM
Jul 2016

I'm GLAD this is happening. LET the hatemongers show thebody politic what the Republican party has been for a half century--cause this is who they really are.

shadowmayor

(1,325 posts)
9. Swift Boaters Redux
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:34 PM
Jul 2016

The same type of crap heaped upon Kerry, to a different degree. Rovian tactics are alive and kicking. Can't even talk to my conservative veteran friends about Benghazi without them blowing a gasket. Remember, everything the Swiftboat assholes said about Kerry was false - all of it!

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
10. Must be worse then mocking Kerry with 'purple heart' bandages
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:39 PM
Jul 2016

I thought that was their all time low point but they keep finding new ways of showing what a bunch of un-American assholes they are.

 

coco77

(1,327 posts)
11. But many in the audience ..
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:41 PM
Jul 2016

have been hearing this day in and day out for 24/7 for years so they believe it.

AnnieBW

(10,482 posts)
13. Pat Buchanan's Declaration of Culture War in '92 was bad enough
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:53 PM
Jul 2016

I'd rather clean the cat boxes than watch this shit show.

lucca18

(1,246 posts)
14. This is beyond sickening.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:57 PM
Jul 2016

This convention is so full of hate, lies, and cruelty, that it has become shameful.

I am beyond angry in that I feel a profound sadness in what is happening tonight.

I hope the American people totally rejects this travesty........

hibbing

(10,116 posts)
16. Sad
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 10:07 PM
Jul 2016

The whole production is a simmering cesspool of bullshit. Jeff Sessions about put me to sleep. Now it's good ol' Rudy.

On edit- Rudy is going all out fear.

Peace

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
19. Did anyone else notice. . .
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 10:27 PM
Jul 2016

. . .. that one of the guys from Benghazi spoke the whole time with his zipper open??

SunSeeker

(51,820 posts)
24. Every speaker, except Stepford Wife Melania, spewed hideous hatred.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 10:53 PM
Jul 2016

What a shit show, complete with the jingoistic USA-USA-USA chants from the GOP crowd.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
27. "Donald Rumsfeld would not properly equipr the troops"
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:00 PM
Jul 2016

I remember the Humvees that carried our troops into Iraq had not armor and the soldiers had to scavenge metal to put on the Humvees for protection.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
29. English is Melania's second language.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:05 PM
Jul 2016

Tonight marks the first time a speaker for whom English is a second language addressed the convention since Sarah Palin did so in 2008.

applegrove

(118,962 posts)
32. How many victims are there all over the world because Bush debathified
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:33 AM
Jul 2016

Iraq after Sadam. al Bagdad dis two top generals are former bathists in Saddam's army. Why ISIS was so successful.

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