Peoples Press Collective

8:31 — Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you…

8:32 — re:Bill Clinton - “I only pray we do it again!” Yeah, because we really need another eight years of scandal and impeachment.

8:34 — Obligatory nod to Hillary. Obligatory nod to the military.

8:35 — Nomination accepted. OMG! Shocka!

8:36 — “No longer will you hear the eight most dreaded words in the English language: the Vice President’s office is on the phone.”

8:37 — “Get up. Get up.” Sounds like his stammer is coming back. Obligatory ‘daddy was sooooo poor’ reference.

8:38 — “Old ass nick”?

8:39 — “‘Joey, you’re so bright you can’t get the thoughts out fast enough!’”…”And when I got knocked down by boys bigger’n me…” what? She strapped on her combat boots and went after the little bastards?

8:40 — “without doing anything to help them get back up”… What? A trillion dollar entitlement budget isn’t doing any good? How many more trillions you need, there, Joe?

8:40 — [Insert economic sob story] [blame Bush/McCain]

8:41 — “There on the south side he met”…Tony Rezko? Bill Ayers? Steel plant closed, just spontaneously happened, surely Dem economic policies had nothing to do with it…

8:42 — “He got it done!”

8:43 — “I watched him touch people.” And they were HEEEEEEALED!

8:44 — Respects McCain profoundly…oh oh, here comes the slam!

8:45 — CALL: “That’s not change!”
RESPONSE: “That’s more of the same!”

8:45 — Change! Change change change change! Change changeity change change change!

8:46 — Subsidies! Welfare! Socialized medicine! Cops on the street! Trains running on time! Equal pay for women! He’ll raise the dead! Turn water into wine!

8:46 — “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!” “That’s the change we need!”

8:48 — Right, Joe…he’ll stand up to Russia and defend Georgia by what, sending a strongly worded letter through the UN?

8:50 — Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Ooooh, dunna think ya wanna go there Joe.

8:51 — Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement? Should we trust John McCain’s judgement?

8:52 — “Remember when the world used to trust us?” Um, no. “Remember when they used to look to us for leadership?” Um, no. Remember when we bailed them out? Remember when we gave them economic, disaster, and reconstruction aid? Remember when they spit in our eye while taking our handouts? Yep.

8:53 — “This is his time! This is our time! This is America’s time! These are the times which try men’s souls! Time, flowing like a river! Time, saved in a bottle!”

8:55 — OOOOOH a surprise guest? Who, oh who could it possibly be!? Could it be the Messiah himself? Must be, from all the screaming and carrying on…

And THAT’s a wrap…I can’t stomach liveblogging two pompous, pretentious gasbags in a row.