9:29 PM Kelsey: Aren't you excited for this speech? :)
That Girl: Oh, you betcha.
Kelsey: My favorites tonight so far: "DRILL, BABY! DRILL!"
That Girl: I'm sure it's going to be a real treat.
9:30 PM Kelsey: Also, the idea that taxes are too confusing. You know you can do them on H&R Block for free...but only if you make under $50k, so I suppose most of the people of the convention are out.
That Girl: Uh, yeah. I'd say the majority of this convention is out on that one.
9:31 PM Kelsey: Did you see the guy in the Abe Lincoln costume? I think he escaped for a Vote Yes for Life commercial.
9:32 PM That Girl: I think you're right.
Kelsey: They're doing some weird HandyCam work on PBS. It's making me a little sea sick.
That Girl: I've switched over, so I'm there now.
9:33 PM I always love when they throw in the middle initial. You know, it makes it SO much more official!
Kelsey: What does the 'S' in John S. McCain stand for?
Senile?
9:34 PM Todd finally rangled that baby away from Cindy.
9:35 PM That Girl: Well, it's key to have camera shots with lots of different people holding him, so of course.
Kelsey: The baby daddy got a hair cut!
That Girl: I'd love to have audio of what her kids are saying during this!
Kelsey: Or is he the brother? I can't tell.
That Girl: That's the bro.
Kelsey: They've all got crazy names. I can't keep them straight.
That Girl: The baby daddy has a shaggy 'do.
9:36 PM Miliary mention #1.
Kelsey: I think that almost counts as two.
That Girl: I'll give you that.
9:37 PM Kelsey: Oh, I think he did get a haircut.
That Girl: Oh, the hand holding is a nice touch.
Kelsey: Oh, she's just like the rest of us!
9:38 PM Their family is imperfect, just like yours!
That Girl: Oh, Todd that just got a DUI? Him?
Kelsey: Oh, time to pass the baby!
9:39 PM That Girl: It's hard to smile at everyone with a baby in your arms, silly!
Kelsey: Whoa, she just said he was in a union. I hope the crowd doesn't attack him.
That Girl: Oh man! Did you see that elderly lady? She was going ape shit for this guy!
9:40 PM Faux feminism. Here it starts...
Kelsey: Now that John Edwards is a big cheater, elderly ladies need somebody to love;)
That Girl: Do they shake hands on cue?
Kelsey: Okay, if I was going to vote for her, it would be because she just said "haberdasher!"
9:41 PM That Girl: So, is her family going to stay living in AK if McLame's elected?
Hockey mom mention #1
Kelsey: I don't think so. But I guess I don't know where the VP normally lives.
9:42 PM That Girl: And the media gets charged with 'sexism' if they mention lipstick like on Steve Whackjob's latest post, yet Palin herself can? Huh?
9:43 PM Oh, she didn't!
Kelsey: Oh man, another slam at community organizers.
That Girl: Someone's getting hauled out? What's happening?!
9:44 PM Kelsey: I guess giving the people a voice isn't a job...
That Girl: Must be the Palin Fever (aka psychotic breakdown).
Kelsey: RaceTrack doesn't seem convinced.
Oh yeah, John McCain has never changed his position...
9:45 PM That Girl: Uh, corruption, earmarks, etc. -- not a member of political establishment?
Excquise me?!
Kelsey: It's better because her political establishment isn't in DC.
It's Sin City!
9:46 PM Have you seen this blog from someone in Alaska? It's awesome:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/
9:47 PM That Girl: I'm going to have to read that for sure. Looks amazing!
Ugh, if Palin's SO, SO experienced, then why isn't she running at the top of the ticket?!
9:48 PM Kelsey: I'm glad someone is giving some Alaskan perspective. We in SD know how much it sucks to have people talk about you without ever listening to you.
That Girl: Agreed.
9:49 PM Steve Hickey has got some competition for Comedian of the Year!
me: Haha
That Girl: Oh, veto? Like your line-item veto against helping teen moms? That one?
Glad you brought that up.
9:51 PM How can this Best Governor in history have gone under the radar for so long?!
Kelsey: Wait, the oil lobby doesn't have any power any more?
I thought Mike Rounds was the Best Governor in history...
That Girl: Exactly.
9:52 PM Not only is she that, but clearly also an expert of foreign policy.
9:53 PM Kelsey: I'm sure she wrote this speech herself between driving kids to hockey.
That Girl: Did you also see that apparently Huckabee made SEVERAL historic flubs in his speech?
me: Really?
That Girl: I didn't catch it, but he said something about how Abe Lincoln founded the Republican party.
9:54 PM Kelsey: Oh yeah, I did catch that. I'm sure that guy in the Lincoln costume was like, "Yeah!"
That Girl: Oh, it was the costume guy's moment!
Kelsey: People were probably slapping him on the back.
That Girl: He probably went balls crazy over that one.
9:55 PM He was like "See! I told you all that there'd be a reason for me to wear this ridiculous costume! Take that!"
Kelsey: Have you seen any other costumes?
That Girl: Does McLame's mom even know where she is? She just looked very, very confused.
Kelsey: Handycam!
9:56 PM That Girl: I've seen some ridiculous hats, but no other costumes. To be fair, though, the DNC also brought some hilarious headwear.
Kelsey: What is it with conventions??
That Girl: Yeah, saving the planet is HILARIOUS!
9:57 PM Kelsey: Almost as hilarious as being a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER! Ha!
That Girl: What's Palin's academic background?
Kelsey: Oh man, reading people their rights is soooo un-American.
That Girl: YEAH!
Kelsey: I'm not sure. She went to college in Ohio, I think.
9:58 PM We should just get rid of trials and throw people in jail for lookin' funny.
I love the people wearing pearls and yelling, "Boooo!"
9:59 PM Oo, best quote I've seen today, from filmmaker Albert Brooks: "Do we want a president who cannot communicate to their own child that possibly having a baby a year after you get your driver's license is not the smartest thing to do? Is this the new way for women to break the glass ceiling? To have their daughters throw their babies at it?" Ha!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/albert-brooks/anyone-can-become-preside_b_123017.html
10:00 PM That Girl: Let's see if anyone gets asked if they think that Palin is qualified to be president if anything happened to McLame. Last night, it was classic.
10:01 PM Everyone made little attempt to make their avoidence look like anything but.
Kelsey: Earlier they were talking to Romney and Huckabee supporters. They tried, but they did not seem sold on Palin.
10:02 PM I think she just challenged Obama to a fight. Four o'clock! Down by the bandshell!
That Girl: Ha ha!
10:03 PM Yeah, you're right. McCain is so exciting. Uh, Colbert anyone?!
Kelsey: Poor Cindy McCain. She wants to make expressions, but the botox will not let her!
That Girl: Man, community organizer mention # 2.7 million.
10:04 PM But just last night, Fred Thompson said that being a POW doesn't qualify someone for pres. So, which one is it?!
Kelsey: Military mention number 3 billion.
10:04 PM Anna has joined
Anna: oh hello there.
That Girl: Like I said, this whole convention has been one giant cluster fuck of chaotic message contradictions.
Kelsey: Welcome to the Palin liveblog!
That Girl: Buckle in!
10:05 PM Kelsey: So far: Military good. Community organizer bad. Haberdasher awesome.
That Girl: LOL!
Anna: She is really sassy about the community organizer thing, isn't she
That Girl: Evil mention #1.
10:06 PM Well, Rudy "Lisp-o-rama" really paved the way on that one.
She just took the ball and ran with it!
Hmmm. Sounds like a one Ms. Unruh, doesn't it?!
"Talking the ball and running with it," that is.
10:07 PM Anna: Was John McCain once a POW?
I'm not clear about this
That Girl: Yeah, I didn't know either.
I'm changing my vote.
Kelsey: I think he was a member of NOW. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.
10:08 PM That Girl: Oh definitely.
Anna: LOL "for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds." I love all these Republicans forgetting how pissed off they were when he talked to John Kerry.
That Girl: "God bless America!"
I was typing that BEFORE she started, for the record.
Anna: Oh, there was mount rushmore with the American flag.
Kelsey: John Kerry is a turncoat, though...
10:09 PM That Girl: Did she just signal her Pageant sister, Cindo?
Anna: Oh, hey, there's the fam.
That Girl: Of course.
Kelsey: Damn you, Sarah Palin! Damn you for ruining Tina Fey for me!
Now she's holding the baby!
Anna: That boyfriend looks about as comfortable as those pictures of cats wearing human clothes.
10:10 PM That Girl: I knew, knew, knew they'd give the baby back to her!
Anna: He had that exact look on his face for much of the speech
Kelsey: Everyone else in the crowd has had a chance to hold it.
That Girl: Creepy grandpa hug!
Kelsey: And she's done. Baby is crowd surfing now.
Anna: OH HEY THERE'S JOHN wooooooooooo
10:11 PM This is the closest thing to enthusiasm I've seen out of these delegates all week.
That Girl: Palin's youngest daughter has been pretty hilarious this whole time.
Kelsey: Oh man, is he going to talk? I don't think I care. I go to Bingo -- I get to hear plenty of elderly guys ramble.
That Girl: Creepy heart hug!
Anna: She looks like his daughter.
10:12 PM That Girl: Cue talking to all the kids.
Kelsey: I saw a livejournal icon with a picture of Anna Nicole and her old dude husband that said, "McCain/Palin 2008"
That Girl: Oh, snap!
The waving flag as a background is seriously too much!
10:13 PM Kelsey: I actually have the same thing at home.
That Girl: Didn't someone tell Levi to lose the gum? Holy death chew! He's going to damage his jaw with hard chomping.
Kelsey: I bet it's chew:P
That Girl: Alright. What the hell is going on?
10:14 PM Anna: oh my god
Kelsey: Oh no, McCain's wondered off. I hope he doesn't get lost.
Anna: C-span just cut to a woman in the audience, crying
That Girl: Oh man, MSNBC is showing shots of crying women.
Ha ha!
IT'S EVERYWHERE!
Kelsey: PBS is too classy for that:)
Okay: Palin-palooza! Final thoughts?
10:15 PM That Girl: I'm going to first say that my mind is not blown.
She seemed to have kept the "I'm the new Hillary" talk to a minimum.
10:16 PM Anna: She didn't say much of anything about why she should actually be vice-president. The "tee-hee, what is a community organizer??" thing was old the first time Rudy did it.
10:17 PM That Girl: I hope she uses that condescending tone during the debates.
Anna: also p.s., some country-western singers are doing a part spoken-word performance of the national anthem
Kelsey: And they're making fun of community organizers??
That Girl: So I hear.
I heard that one of the bands that played last night after-hours was actually called "Hookers and Blow" and no, I'm not kidding.
Kelsey: I tried to find them on MySpace. No luck.
10:18 PM Anna: whoa, there is a McCain song.
That Girl: That's too bad. I was going to ask them to play at my shotgun wedding.
Anna: "We're all just raisin' McCain."
10:19 PM Kelsey: Well I was impressed. She almost won me over. Then I put down the crack pipe.
That Girl: Yeah, and remembered that you want equal pay to your male counterparts.
Kelsey: Also, my final link for the night: http://jezebel.com/5044279/why-bristol-palins-pregnancy-should-be-fair-game-to-pundits-if-not-democrats
10:20 PM That Girl: Oh gimme a break: this nutso lady on TV just said that "when I heard the Star Spangled Banner, I knew that the McCain/Palin ticket was...blah blah blah."
10:21 PM Kelsey: sigh
That Girl: They need to let some oxygen in that place.
These people are high!
Take a walk, lady.
Kelsey: On Hookers and Blow!
10:22 PM That Girl: Clearly.
Anna: It is funny to see these old white people dancing to that "if the house is a-rockin" song
That Girl: Earlier I saw people square dancing!
10:23 PM Kelsey: Well, you can't beat that.
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You guys are hysterical!
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