Open Thread: Now That It’s Over, What Are Your Thoughts on the Republican National Convention?
The Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday night in Tampa, and the reviews are mixed.
While the GOP went to great efforts to showcase its diversity, tapping Mia Love, Condi Rice, Artur Davis, Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez and several others to speak, fact checkers took them to task for the speeches, especially vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s, for their blatant mischaracterization of the truth.
Although many pundits agreed that Mitt Romney gave the speech of his life, he was overshadowed by a bizarre appearance by actor and lifelong Republican, Clint Eastwood.
During Eastwood’s appearance, he seemed to ramble from one topic to the next and even pretended an empty chair was President Obama.
Next week, the Democrats head to Charlotte to make their case in front of the American people and it will see how their convention compares to the GOP.
All I can think of is the vast amounts of money that will be squandered in the campaigns of both candidates, each pretending that they offer the american masses something different from the other guy. See here: illusion of free choice
edub — are you paid by the Republican party go around on black websites and bash President Obama. If not, you should get paid.
What scares me about this election is how uninformed some people are. How they forget that without congress(majority republican and holds the governments purse) Obama has been having a hard time passing bills that would help the nation. Congress has blocked him time and time again. This has been their tactic from day one in office. Did Congress hide that they where going to block the President? No, Boehner (Speaker) Stated on NATIONAL TV that he and his party(even stated he signed an agreement with them) will block the president from DOING HIS JOB. The tactic worked because Obama is being blamed for everything and its making it hard for him this election. I’m am surprised that people haven’t noticed that we are paying Congress to vacation because that’s what they have been doing for the past four years. The only way the next four years will go smoothly is if we keep the republicans out of the white house, congress and hell even the senate. I can go on, but who am I kidding America is the land of Amnesia..
All true, but it’s also Barack’s JOB as a LEADER to ensure he had the right environment to execute on his vision. This would include having a congress that facilitates his vision, etc. When people elect leaders, they want results, not superfluous detail or worse, excuses.
Ok, this is what I am talking about. The president does not pick who he wants for Congress. “We the people” vote them in. Wow, this is one scary election..I hope you and others pay attention next time to vote them(lazy Congress) out.. Of course he couldn’t LEAD, he was BLoCKed by CONgress..
You’re not telling me anything that I don’t already know, and you’re still wrong. He lost control of the house and abated control of the senate. Any by ‘control,’ I don’t just mean the Democrat/Republican ratio. The art & means of persuasion are part of your charge as a leader.
If the voting public cannot see the case you’re trying to make, then they deserve the government they have. The congress’s latest approval rating amongst Americans is 10%, just as it was last November. That tells me that Obama had ammunition to shore up support. If not, he can make a case come November and the public will vote their opinion. The excuses are silly.
@Clint
- Romney is just as much of an attorney as Obama.
- President Obama, not Mr. Obama.
- No, they’re not the best in the world. They are fat, anti-intellectual, and now jobless slobs who twice voted a moronic demagogue into office because they love Jesus and fear people of color. So much for American exceptionalism.