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the GOP convention schedule: 7:30: Pat Boone opens the festivities with rousing renditions of "Isn't That A Shame" and "Say It Loud -- I'm White and I'm Proud". 8:00: The Spencer Abraham Breakfast Special. Per person: Six eggs (fried), eight pancakes, a pound of steak, two pounds of hash browns, a gallon of coffee, a cup of hot chocolate, orange and pineapple juice, and a big bowl of oatmeal. 8:12: The Blame Clinton early-morning address. 8:30: The Spencer Abraham Alternative Energy through Methane Emissions seminar. 9:00: All 9/11 families escorted out of the room. Those uppity 9/11 widows are stashed in solitary confinement -- how DARE they try to ruin a good thing by bleating about their lost husbands? Whiny bitches. 9:11: The Great Bush 9/11 Fundraiser Gala. Pieces of the rubble off Ground Zero auctioned off to the highest bidders. Promotional 9/11 flashlights, cigarette lighters, pens, pencils, all with little elephant designs, unveiled for sale. Miniature planes are the biggest hit. A big elephant-shaped cake with two big, towering candles in the middle is brought out and lit up. The crowd - all from Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas -- roars. New Yorkers grit their teeth nervously. 9:25. The Blame Clinton mid-morning address. 9:30: Re-enactment of Bush's military service. 9:35 - 12:00. Bush is nowhere to be found. 11:00. The Blame Clinton late-morning address. 12:00. Bush flutters onto the stage in a borrowed flightsuit, slightly tipsy. Claims no memory of recent whereabouts. 12:30. Pro-Life Rally. Death Penalty Rally immediately follows. 1:00. WMD Scavenger Hunt. First conventioneer to find the hidden slingshot gets free 9/11 Video -- "The Very Hungry Re-Election Campaign". 1:30. The Blame Clinton early-afternoon address. 2:00. Sanctity of Marriage Rally, led by Bob Barr and Newt Gingrich. John Fund speaks on Marital Fidelity. 2:30. Second Pro-Life Rally. Featurning Never Before Seen Fallujah Footage! 3:00. Chickenhawk Rally. Dick Cheney balances himself on the backs of four Vietnam quadriplegics! Tom Delay challenges Max Cleland to a footrace! Great fun for all! 3:30. The Blame Clinton mid-afternoon address. 4:00. War on Drugs Rally. Rush Limbaugh emcees. 4:30. Arnold Schwarzenegger assails Bill Clinton for not respecting women. 5:00. The Halliburton Hour! Footage of Fallujah and charred Iraqi bodies displays in the background, with the crawler -- "Freedom Is Not Free -- Dick Cheney's Company Needs Its Cut Of The Booty!" 5:30. The Blame Clinton late-afternoon address. 6:00. Fiscal Discipline Today. Host: William Bennett. Featuring a special sidebar on the virtue of personal self-control. 6:30. Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice tokens and hood ornaments offered for sale. 7:00. John Ashcroft announces Patriot Act still necessary because more terrorist attacks are yet to come. The crowd roars wildly in approval. 7:30. Scalia Symposium: "Constitution? What Constitution?" Duck calls provided. 8:00. The Blame Clinton evening address. 9:00. Chastity Belt promotional giveaway. Priests not eligible. 9:30. Fundraising raffle: Wim a free trip to the Congo to see Pat Robertson's diamond mines! 10:00. Bush speech. 10:01. The Blame Clinton late-night address. 10:30. Andrew Sullivan is flogged, caned, and burned at the stake, whereupon he praises Bush as "the ultimate S&M experience" as he roasts away. 11:00. Bush departs the building. Reprise of Bush's National Guard service. 11:59. The Deficit Clock Countdown!
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