Are You Going to Watch The Convention(s)?

by Sissy Posted 2012/08/22 11:09:03

Related Topics: Democrat, Republican Convention, Republican, Democrats, Waste, US, Convention, Watch, News

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		I watch it gavel to gavel
		I don't waste my time
		Some Parts
		Pick it up on the news
	Undecided (Please leave a comment)
	All of the above
	None of the above (Please leave a comment)

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	I watch it gavel to gavel	4 votes	12%
	I don't waste my time	5 votes	15%
	Some Parts	16 votes	48%
	Pick it up on the news	1 vote	3%
	Undecided	2 votes	6%
	All of the above	2 votes	6%
	None of the above	3 votes	9%

Well, they're upon us. The gavel for the Republican Convention is coming down and how interested are you in watching it? The Democrats to follow. How interested are you?

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luvguins 2012/08/22 13:51:30

Some Parts

+7
Maybe more than previous I might watch the GOP clown show in Tampa. Should be lots of controversy with Paul supporters, and the haterade pouring there if it's not the hurricane pouring.
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sky blue pink - American 2012/08/22 12:33:39

Undecided

+3
Just have to see what Tropical Storm Issac does first.
Have a nice day !

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Sissy to sky blu... 2012/08/22 12:34:33

+4
Hope all will be well for you.

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sky blu... to Sissy 2012/08/22 12:40:14

+3
Just heard, he is now a Hurricane.
Thank you.
Have a nice day !

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Sissy to sky blu... 2012/08/22 12:47:36

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Gads, that's got to be so stressful. "All" we deal with in the midwest are tornados and severe thunderstorms. While tornados can be devastating, we live deep in a valley where we have never been touched.....so far.

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sky blu... to Sissy 2012/08/22 13:15:09

+1
Not really. About this time of year, is when Tropical storms and Hurricanes make their presence known.
Lets pray that it stays that way.

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dubbie 2012/08/22 11:36:13

Some Parts

+2
Watching the G.O P convention for the solutions of America`s problems Watching the democrats to hear which ones they`ll add to their list

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Sissy to dubbie 2012/08/22 11:42:36

+2
lol.

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CAROLYN NTARWNJBS 2012/08/22 11:30:20

Some Parts

+4
They always interest me.

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Sissy to CAROLYN... 2012/08/22 11:42:59

+5

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CAROLYN... to Sissy 2012/08/22 11:43:56

+2
: )

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/08/22 11:16:19

Some Parts

+2

...you never know what you might see, if you don't watch.

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Sissy to lurx: t... 2012/08/22 11:27:18

+4
This one really dates me lurx. We didn't even have a t.v. in 1956. lol

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lurx: t... to Sissy 2012/08/22 11:32:40 (edited)

+4
I'm reading the Chris Matthews book on Kennedy, "Jack Kennedy, Elusive Hero", and he dedicates an entire chapter on this convention in his book.

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Sissy to lurx: t... 2012/08/22 11:44:01

+3
I haven't bought the book yet, but its on my list.

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lurx: t... to Sissy 2012/08/22 11:48:59 (edited)

+3
It's really surprising me. I really didn't peg Chris Matthews as being a very good writer, given his bombastic style of interviewing people. You have to be able to listen in order to write with any degree of insight on a topic. I also didn't think that Chris Matthews would be able to write an entirely honest book about the man who he considered to be his hero, and the man that drew him away from his politically inclined Republican family. But his book is very honest, and it portrays Kennedy with all his flaws, in fact, I had a very hard time liking Kennedy in this book.

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Sissy to lurx: t... 2012/08/22 11:52:02

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I know what you mean. Matthews makes my head hurt at times when he's interviewing. You want to smack him when he doesn't let others get a word in edgewise. But he is so passionate and I think his mind races so fast that he can't keep up with it.

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lurx: t... to Sissy 2012/08/22 12:04:22

+2
He's kind of like a kid in that way. Being a hand in the political campaigns of Tip O'Neill and Jimmy Carter, he seems to enjoy the actual nuts and bolts of how a successful political campaign is run. Being a seasoned insider, he doesn't appreciate the superficial spin that are usually given out by candidates and their spokespeople. Quite often he's just as candid about the spin given out by the Democratic party as well.

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Sissy to lurx: t... 2012/08/22 12:17:43

+3
I agree. He gets in the faces of all who come before him, Right or Left like a fly on cow dung. lol

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lurx: t... to Sissy 2012/08/22 12:21:53

+3
He is biased, but given where he's coming from, he's biased to the kind of old school politics that he's most familiar with, and he tends to favor centrist candidates like Kennedy, Clinton and Obama.

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Sissy to lurx: t... 2012/08/22 12:27:56

+3
He also has no problem pointing out their foibles regardless. He will criticize a Dem just as harshly as he does a Pub and that's why I find him so credible.

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Marlow ~ Let There Be Light 2012/08/22 11:14:49

Some Parts

+3
I only watch the Republican convention. Watching the other one makes me vomit.

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Sissy to Marlow ... 2012/08/22 11:28:35

+5
Well then you better not. We don't want you getting sick when you have to run after an active little fellow who would have no pity for an ailing pappy.

Thanks for coming by Marlow. I hope all is well with you.

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Marlow ... to Sissy 2012/08/22 11:32:13

+1
LOL. Yes, thank you. Hope you are well.

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Sissy 2012/08/22 11:13:52

I watch it gavel to gavel

+5
The first convention I ever "got into" was when I was just a kid and my dad who was a political editor on a city newspaper, tuned into the 1956 Democratic Convention where JFK ways vying for Vice President. I've been hooked ever since.

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Marlow ... to Sissy 2012/08/22 11:15:23

+1
You watch both Sissy?

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Sissy to Marlow ... 2012/08/22 11:40:58 (edited)

+4
Yes I do Marlow. I have found that in order to have an understanding of where others are coming from that I have no ideological compatability with, I simply have to know 'why'.

For instance, you and I wouldn't vote the same if a gun was held to our heads, but I have found you to be articulate, thoughtful and have given me thoughts to ponder. I like that as well as you.

So there!!

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Marlow ... to Sissy 2012/08/22 13:52:34

+1
Good for you. Without being edgy in my language, I do find it difficult to spend hours on the other side's convention.

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Sissy to Marlow ... 2012/08/22 14:00:16 (edited)

+3
Well, when it comes right down to it, we hear a lot of puffing, snorting and hyperbole from both sides. Its just that we don't mind the hyperbole and puffing if we are of the same persuasion. lol

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Marlow ... to Sissy 2012/08/22 14:10:40

+1
LOL, that's exactly it!

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Sissy to Marlow ... 2012/08/22 14:12:24

+2

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