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YOUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT WONKETTE-RNC SCHEDULE: Live coverage and liveblogging of our favorites dudes: Billionaire space monster Mitt Romney, squirrel-licker Mike Huckabee, and rancid rat beast Rudy Giuliani! Plus: There’s some lady from Alaska, the beloved statesman Sarah Palin, who has more experience than Gandhi, Churchill and Stalin put together! [The Page] Read More: Liveblogging VPI

Liar, Liar, The GOP’s Party’s On Fire!
In the most intense night of Republicans attacks yet at the RNC08, the party rolled out many of it’s failed primary candidates and led by their “pit bull in a skirt,” Sarah Palin who proceeded to tell one LIE after the other on Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. While focusing on personal attacks against Obama, neither Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudolph Guiliani nor Palin offered any suggestions on how to jump start the economy, create new jobs or provide a solution to our energy cri

Did Sarah Palin Speech At The RNC Do What It Needed To Do?
Sarah Palin bursted onto the scene after an amazing couple speeches by Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Rudy Giuliani. It was quick and easy to see that Palin showed...... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212169450.shtml"><b>More</b>

Read All The Boring, Predictable Speeches, Right Now, If You Want
Do you love to know what the politicians will say about an hour before they say it? Then you’ll love reading tonight’s speeches by nasty sex ferret Rudy Giuliani, Mormon charmer Mitt Romney, and “You Might Be A Redneck” star Mike Huckabee. Go ahead, read them or whatever. FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR Mitt Romney For decades, the Washington sun has been rising in the east - Washington has been looking to the eastern elites, to the editorial pages of the Times and the Post, and to t

Sarah Palin, Giuliani, Huckabee next up
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Tonight's Republican Natioinal Convention has just been e-mailed out to us. Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen,. John MCain's vice presidential choice, is the star attraction. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani is the keynote speaker and former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee will also have his chance to rev up the GOP delegates too. We'll also have the roll call if the states tonight as well as the convention officially nominates McCain and Palin and its presidential ticket. 2008 Republican Natio

You Mean To Tell Me "Adam Smith On Steroids" Is A Bad Thing, Mitt Romney? [Mitt Trotsky?]
newVideoPlayer("/Romney_Speech.flv", 506, 423,""); I always find it so unsatisfying when Democrats talk about the economy in speeches. Barack Obama's speech last week, while good, was long on pandernomics and short on the sort of basic insight into the inadequacies of the market that could actually win over people's minds. Of course, as we noted when we read that giant Times Magazine story on Obamanomics, Obamanomics do not exactly lend themselves to soundbites. Maybe it takes a true leader who has actuall

Video: Peggy Noonan, Mike Murphy Caught Slamming McCain's Palin Pick
Peggy Noonan, former Ronald Reagan speech writer and Mike Murphy, a political consultant to John McCain, were caught on tape criticizing the GOP nominee's VP pick, Sarah Palin... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212169413.shtml"><b>More</b>

Republican Reagan Speaking Out for Democrats?
Nancy Reagan has long been on my list of women I admire.  I’m not sure about Ronald Reagan’s time in the White House, but the man behind the desk I liked.  I knew enough about this Presidency that Nancy was very much the power behind the man behind the desk.  Their relationship was something I think many married couples would aspire to.  He openly said the White House was empty to him if Nancy wasn’t there.  I remember watching this great man’s funeral and feeling the sadness coming from Nancy

McCain, Obama, job-losses: 'Tough times'
"These are tough times... tough times,'' Republican John McCain said on the campaign trail in Wisconsin today, relaunching his bid for the White House with Sarah Palin by his side. Democrat Barack Obama, waging his own campaign for the White House, maintained today that McCain is insensitive to the current turmoil of the American economy. "I don't think this is because John McCain is a bad person,'' Obama told his campaign audience today. "I just think he doesn't get it.' Not only getting it, but also

Fox News scores biggest audience with John McCain's speech
Sen. John McCain can look to Fox News Channel for his biggest audience. When he spoke at 10 p.m. Thursday, Fox News drew 9.2 million viewers -- in what was a record night for the channel. But here's how the competition fared at 10 p.m.: NBC with 8.7 million viewers, ABC with 6 million, CBS with 5.3 million, CNN with 4.8 million and MSNBC with 2.5 million. The speeches by McCain and running mate Gov. Sarah Palin tied as the highest-rated convention telecasts in cable news industry. The McCain and Pa

Article: McCain Is Not Heart’s ‘Magic Man’
Rock group Heart is not happy with John McCain using their iconic song “Barracuda” as the congratulatory theme song for his running mate Sarah Palin. Heart, the group fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, have sent a cease-and-desist notice to the McCain/Palin Campaign, informing the Republican team not to use their music, according a statement from the rock group released to Access Hollywood. “We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes w

John McCain turns populist
A fired-up McCain came out of the gates of his first post-convention rally with a heavily populist tilt.

10 Speech Backgrounds Designed To Make John McCain Look Less Pale
After watching John McCain's Convention Speech last night in front of an alternating bright green background, a bright blue background, and an apparent Flonase commercial, it's clear that the Republican presidential nominee is in dire need of some less vibrant, less pastel-ey backgrounds to draw attention away from his overwhelmingly pale television facade. Here are ten suggestions: 1. Core Of The Sun 2. The Dude From "Powder" 3. Abominable Snowman 4. The White Album 5. Freshm

Green Screen Behind McCain Actually Lawn of, Uh, Middle School In, Uh, North Hollywood
America laughed again last night as a terrible “green screen” once again appeared behind John McCain, during his big speech at the RNC. Well, the “green” was actually the lawn of a school in North Hollywood, California. And the school is called “Walter Reed Middle School.” And the random idiot assigned the task of picking John McCain’s video background during the biggest speech of his career was apparently told to put a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center on

Sen. John McCain: "Change is Coming"
John McCain accepted the Republican Party's nomination for president Thursday night by pledging to transcend the "partisan rancor" and bring reform to Washington. "Let me just offer an advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first-country-second crowd: Change is coming," the Arizona senator said at the gathering in St. Paul (Watch above). "I fight to restore the pride and principles of our party," he added. "We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us... The cons

Andrea Mitchell Nearly Killed By John McCain’s War Balloons
Here is the highlight of John McCain’s big acceptance speech extravaganza last night: that time Andrea Mitchell was nearly murdered in a sneak balloon attack, and all of her supposed “friends” on the MSNBC coolly mocked her and called her “Boom Boom,” which is code for “old-timey boxing hero cut down in her prime by elitist balloons.” It is always a tragedy, for America, when news anchors have to interact with the physical world. [YouTube]

John McCain Picks Up on Theme of Change
"I will reach out my hand to anyone to help me get this country moving again," he vows

Heart’s Nancy Wilson Responds to Sarah ‘Barracuda’ Palin
Thursday afternoon, “Heart” e-mailed out a statement regarding vice-presidential candidate Sarah “Barracuda” Palin’s use of their similarly monikered song at the Republican National Convention. “The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.” Kapow! That’s going to leave a mark. But

Ratings: McCain Has Slight Edge on Obama; Could Be Decided by Supreme Court
More than 41 million Americans watched John McCain deliver his acceptance speech Thursday night, essentially reaching the same number of viewers that Barack Obama did last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.

McCain Beats Obama's Convention Speech Record
With the presidential election months away, John McCain can already claim one victory. The Republican nominee beat Barack Obama's record-setting convention speech viewership by 500,000, according to the Hollywood Reporter. McCain's address at the GOP convention was watched by about 38.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Obama received 38.4 million. The numbers make McCain's...

Breaking: McCain beats Obama by 500,000
John McCain has won the ratings race. The Republican nominee beat Democratic challenger Barack Obama's record-setting convention speech viewership by 500,000. McCain's address at the...

Heart to John McCain: No, you can’t use my song!
Yep, that was Heart’s classic “Barracuda” playing. My 14 year old was the first one to pick it out (thank you Guitar Hero!) and we both had a long discussion on how there was NO WAY that the GOP got permission to play that song. Turns out we were right! Here’s Heart’s official response: the Wilsons condemned the usage, adding that Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist notice to the McCain-Palin campaign, according to CNN. “We have asked the

John McCain Gets Intimate With RNC Delegates In Nomination Speech, Promises Change
McCain had a tough act to follow after VP candidate Sarah Palin's blockbuster address. By Gil Kaufman Views 2,111 ST. PAUL, Minnesota — After a week when Republicans blasted Democrats for being the same old tax-and-spend liberals and a star was born in the form of GOP vice-presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain had a simple task Thursday night (September 4) on the final night of the Republican National Convention: seal the deal. Ne

Heart Pissed at RNC For Using ‘Barracuda’
Female rock group Heart is pissed off about the Republicans using their song “Barracuda” last night as Sarah ‘Barracuda’ Palin and her family joined Republican presidential nominee John McCain on stage after his acceptance speech. Nancy Wilson, of Heart, had this to say in response to their song being used by the elephants last night: “I feel completely f—ed over.” She and sister Ann Wilson then e-mailed the following exclusive statement: “Sarah Palin’

Sarah Palin Always Breaking the Law In Typical Snowbilly Fashion
If only John McCain had learned about the Internet before he chose Sarah Palin — so much “cyber vetting” could’ve happened. Instead, a bunch of hungover libtard bloggers are using their favorite friend (the Internet) to dig up all kinds of half-ass semi-comical crimes committed by that beloved Alaskan anger-bear, Sarah Palin. From the official Alaska state courts’ website, we have learned that our former GILF/VPILF is basically getting arrested all the time for dumb redneck bu