As the Republican National Convention prepares for the first day of speeches in Tampa, NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the big speeches to watch including Ann Romney, Chris Christie, and Rick Santorum. Also, Republican leaders continue to monitor Tropical Storm Isaac as it nears the Gulf Coast.
Video edited by NBC's Matt Loffman.


I guess the handlers forgot to tell Queen Ann that America likes Apple Pie,...not cookies?
At any rate,...
Welcome to the Clown Show. Can't wait for the first gaffe, all the way down to the last.
Hey, Feisty, can you put the Popper on Overtime and batch me up some extra salty?
Many thanks!
WTF are the her handlers thinking?
Sticking Queen Annie in the kitchen only promotes the visual of where the GNOP feel women belong!
I'm dying to know if her apron had a ruffle or not and was she barefoot? lol
I'm on it GF!
Coming right up!
libbies and their virtual reality.
So Biden is going to show up?
I would like to thank President Obama for coming out today issuing an emergency order for the areas that will be hit by Isaac and then off to Iowa for campaign events. You have taken the credible wind out of the sails of the LWNJs on here from complaining that the GOP is "partying" while others suffer.
Mr. President: A person who is in control of this country and is truly concerned about Americans' safety, you should have stayed at the WH. You sir are like Nero -- You are fiddling while this country burns -- but as it was pointed out in the movie 2016 that is the way you want it.
The jealousy, the evil lies and attacks of a fine woman who has harmed no one and has taken on cancer and MS head on while raising a family (I would like to see "credible" sources saying she did that with help -- although battling those ailments might be a pretty good reason to seek help) shows how small minded and petty the left has really become.
Yeah Ben, the president should be out there reinforcing the levees with his bare hands.
Tell me when it's over - I can't bear to watch! Especially Santorum, oh God, this is like a re-run of the worst TV show ever made, that clown-show of a Republican primary.
Xabre
you know Xabie, you kinda expected Bush to do that during Katrina. It does sound silly though.
Amy, you're not watching so quit playing as if you are effected by it. As for clown shows, just wait till next week when the DNC starts its shillfest.
PS It's missing one clown, however, our Tea Party Governor has refused to attend because Maine's delegation has been ordered to lose it's Ron Paul delegates. Apparently, the Republican tent is only big enough for one faction.
Amy, do you get paid extra for using the word "clown"..seems like all the lib posters are using this lame talking point...
Do you get time and a half from George Soros for working the night shift , posting tripe during the GOP Convention?
I did? Where exactly did I say that? Secondly, you're comparing a tropical storm and a category five hurricane.
Amy,
Oh no it's not!!! The entertainment those clowns provide us is priceless! I just wish the "Rump" speech wouldn't have been cancelled. Mitt just lucked out on that one! I guess he'll just have to make all of those birther comments on his own...
@Xabre -- I am sorry your reading comprehension is way below normal because where did I suggest the president should be reinforcing the leevees with his bare hands??? I said for him to stay in the WH but he chose to campaign thus allowing the Republican Convention to proceed without credible attacks about holding the convention while others face Isaac.
not at all and I say you as you lumped into the libtards that believe Bush created Katrina and did nothing about it. Seriously you lump me in with the rightwing. Goose and Ganders Jean Luc
I think its more fun to read Amy talking about Obama Slaying dragons on her trapper keeper. Cept Obama's achilles heel-reality
Ames,
Did you see where the big tent party has seated all state delegates with heavy Ron Paul support in the cheap seats in the nose bleed section?
Ben he doesn't have to be IN the WH to manage whatever.
Airforce 1 is equipped to handle anything that can be done in the WH. Have you forgotten GWB flying around the country after 9/11 waiting for clearance to land to return to DC? Just what do you expect him to do for New Orleans? Bobby Jindahl has it all under control.
So the President sets in motion the necessary steps to help the Gulf Coast after the hurricane hits and is criticized for campaigning before the storm has even made landfall. You can't make this stuff up.
@GM -- That's fine then, but now that Isaac has been elevated to a CAT 1, you and your ilk can't bash the Republican Convention for proceeding with its schedule with any semblance of credibility. Thanks for making my point.
@Steeler -- Obama is in control just like President Bush was in control but was bashed for not landing. So, I agree that he can govern from some other location than on the ground in the south and the oval office. Other president's should then be afforded that ability without criticism as well -- unless one is a hypocrite.
........Also, Republican leaders continue to monitor Tropical Storm Isaac as it nears the Gulf Coast.
This is what happens when a lot of hot air meets with a cool front near the ocean.
The GNOP needs to start emailing their thoughts instead of hosting a convention.
But then again, if they have to email their thoughts, that would leave all of us with a lot of free time on our hands.
Slow Vine day today... Amy's out with her usual blather... "I hate republicans so much I could scream!!" Then you have devie with more of his "I hate republicans so much I could scream!!" Finally you have Xabre who never really says anything of importance anyway... so who cares what Xabre thinks...
Good afternoon Clara,
I guess the handlers forgot to tell Queen Ann that America likes Apple Pie,...not cookies?
At any rate,.
Queen Anne is a prevaricator.
A. ROMNEY: I know how to shop Costco. You go in the door. Don’t — don’t — I don’t want everyone to learn this trick.
(LAUGHTER) You go in the door, you take a sharp right, and you go way down to the back of the store and just go — just shop the outside of aisles, boom, boom, boom.
M. ROMNEY: She also got me one of these three-packs of shirts the other day from Costco. And they’re…
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Guess what? Costo doesn't sell one or three packs of shirts. Costo doesn't sell pack of shirts. I heard a caller this AM saying they worked for Costo and that Costo doesn't sell pack of shirts. I put in a search and found it to be true.
http://www.cafepress.com/+pack-of-men-dress+t-shirts.
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/viewcart.aspx?s=search
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Hey, Feisty make my popcorn extra butter. Let's get this party on.
4more 4 44
Obama/Biden 2012
I didn't realize that Racist Bev was that interested in following up on what Costco sells and doesn't sell. Good work racist Bev. Too bad your link is broken making your claim to be null and void. Nice try racist Bev.
Actually my son's girlfriend is a Costco manager and they do sell packs of undershirts, stop being drama queens.
@Beverly -- It may help if you search the correct store (it's Cosco not Costo you dork) or check your source -- but nahhhhh you'd rather be a liar. Here's a direct link to a 2-pack. I think you might give someone a 1 shirt break if you give another a "campaigned in all 57 states" break LMAO.
http://reviews.costco.com/2070/11479917/kirkland-signature-kirkland-signature-long-sleeve-dress-shirts-2-pack-reviews/reviews.htm
NO MORE FOR 44
Is there anyone you don't know? lol
Yeah Brian, facts tend to be unimportant.
To tell me, how is sitting in the White House any less effective than what he is doing? People work remotely all the time.
Ah Feisty I can give you her name and store number if you would like to call and confirm. She would actually think it was funny that someone would have to call about something they could easily find on the Costco link themselves. I have no problem backing up my facts.
ksw dont mind fisty, she's had too much cisco today
first time i,ve ever gone into comments..i have never senb such venom in a group of people who say they want to help the middle class....none of these attacks have anything to do with the state the economy is in today. ann romney is a lady to be admired. the fight that she has to wage every day is something that most of us will never know.....thankfully....... to attack because she bakes cookies, most of my liberal friends do....because she shops cosco....most of my liberal friends do.....rich and poor. get a life spend some time looking within and figuring out why you must attack people for just being people!!!!!
Bob, how much do the Koch brothers pay you to defend these Republican clowns? Hey, did you catch Herman Cain likening America to a pepperoni pizza?
@Gingerbread
Exactly. So this bout with nature won't be the same debacle as when Ray Nagin botched everything in 2005.
@Judy NY -- You go girl. Damn you put them in their place and said it well!!!!!
What's the deal with Ann Romney and the miscarriage / abortion thing at age 40..She said the baby was a miscarriage..She woke at 3 am and realized she she was losing the baby ..but yet did nothing for 3 hours because Mitt doesn't get up until 6am? ..I was shocked by that statement...I thought she was PRO-LIFE... Wouldn't a pro-life person make an attempt to save a " human life"?..Rather then let Mitt get his beauty rest?
I think "Issac" ran away from Tampa because the republicans were there. Didn't want to get mixed up with 'em. New Orleans will be fine. Ann Romney needs to spread her cookies around, and Her Husband needs to try to tell the Country something other than the lies he always gets caught in, while obviously avoiding any mention of His past business dealings and tax returns. Ryan needs to give details about His Voucher plan that will guarantee insurance that will bring about the quick death of old people, and especially, He needs to explain the difference between legitimate and illegitimate rape to the satisfaction of all women. The poor also need to hear a logical and coherent reason why they are nothing more than a bunch of miserable, lazy, sons-a-bitches who wish to live off the hard working initiative's of the rich, since there are no jobs for them that pay well enough for them to pay their own way. Yep. Should be a very revealing convention. These republicans have much to say and all should hear them.
Ben - with every post you show more and more how totally demented and jealous of President Obama you are. Too bad you know you will never be even half the man he is!
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The President's reelection team and First Read (but I repeat myself) are desperate. Obama will be campaigning though the GOP Convention, and also through a hurricane.....He is trying to rev up his dispirited base
The polls in states like Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin show that Obama is bleeding states into the swing state column. Chuck Todd's mantra about "Romney has to win all the swing states" is a crock, because more and more states are getting close. The state polls reflect the national polls, a close race.
Last I checked a tropical storm isn't a hurricane.
Last I checked Michigan is dead even in the polls, even though Obama won it by 16 points in 2008, even though experts like Chuck Todd had it "solid Obama" and despite Obama baloney about "saving the auto industry"...
You need a better candidate than Romney to take down an incumbent. We thought we could replace Bush in 2004, what with a highly motivated base, and a Vietnam veteran Senator with years of experience, as our candidate, but it turned out voters aren't easily convinced to switch horses midstream.
Convincing voters to elect a venture capitalist, after what we learned about the 1% ers after the financial crisis of 2008? I think thats a mission impossible.
Bob,
The RCP average of polls shows that our President has a 2.0 point lead in Michigan – Romney’s home state. He also leads in 8 of the 11 tossup states and the only state to move into the “Tossup” category recently was Missouri from Lean Romney.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/mi/michigan_romney_vs_obama-1811.html
Bob, your obsession with Romney is a telling tale of a yawn, you do not know him or live through his aborted administration here in Ma. He even removed the hard drives and disks of all the computers about his performance in Ma. He was governor and till date no one knows what he believes in. He just wants to be president as he wanted to be governor of Ma. If wishes are horses a beggar will own a dancing horse, you are like a beggar wishing that the swing states will go for Romney. Even in the state you are domiciled is going for Obama. Do you think Illinois will go for Romney? Ma. where he was governor is going for Obama and here is where his campaign head quarters is located. NH. is going for Obama, Michigan where he converted to a baither as the son of the soil is going to Obama. If the morons in the red states know any better they will go for our Potus. But like they say the cows will come home at dusk, those red states must follow their herders to the barn. They don't know any better. BTW what swing state has Romney led so far?
Dennis - North Carolina was just moved into a Toss Up State from Lean Republican! President Obama has a 5 point lead in Florida because seniors are paying attention! Once these conventions are over, you will see President Obama pull away from Romney because the American people will be paying attention and when they realize that Medicare will be move from a guaranteed benefit to a defined contribution voucher system, that women will be forced to bear children regardless of their wants or needs, that healthcare will once again be only for the privileged and those lucky enough to have a "good" job, and that the deficit will not come down with Republicans in office due to additional tax cuts for the rich and expanded defense spending and that the budget does not reach balance until 2040, they will resoundingly re-elect President Obama. Yes we do have a "clown" show in Tampa and in the Congress. Funny how those spewing consistent insults don't like it when their ox is the one being gored. Hmmmm?
Hurricane Anne raining diamond encrusted cookies is scheduled to hit the gulf coast, better get my goofy hat ready.
Your post proves you already have it on. Probably natural to you though who were used to wearing a dunce cap in the corner of your grade school class last year.
you're so old and white and wise, I should probably listen to you and vote out of fear and bigotry.
The compromiser in Chief is now willing to compromise. He will say anything to win. What a rude awakening for me who voted for this person on Hope and Change.
Nothing new on Polls, they show a tie race. I have never said anything bad about Michelle Obama, but it is ridiculous how the left on FR NBC spews hates out of their every breath. If this is what it takes to be a lefty Liberal then I rather be a republican. I never thought I would say that.
Bob, on the Movie 2016. I did not want to see it but 2 good liberal girlfriends that I have dragged me and our husbands to see it. I found it to be a Little melodramatic but it did reveal some questions. As for the folks that went we us, well they have changed and are doing some research on their own.
I heard is not playing in all theathers but it was number 8 this weekend.
You're right,...
no one would 'rather' be a republican,...it's more perfunctory, right?
It must be those damn 'nuevos socialistas' at it again.
Xabre
Xabre, I see you finally are spelling it correctly. I did not know that you were in that group, but thanks for letting me know.
Were you not suppose to ignore me by following your boss Beisty Feisty @!$%# head. Yes I'm insulting her, she insults everything in this planet. What a sour and frustrated person.
con: You are obsessed with Feisty, aren't you? Appears she touches a few of your "buttons" with her comments.
People who have to constantly insult someone have their own issues with self-worth and self-confidence....that sounds like you.
Dragon,
I'm obsessed with any person as vile and as racist as she is. You have it all wrong, I touch a few of her buttons. don't you know that se ignores me?
Concerned Citizen - I wonder if you ever listen to yourself when you speak. You are aware that Romney is saying anything including a bunch of outright fact checked lies in order to win. His moral compass has been pointing in the wrong direction for years now and he'll lie, cheat and steal if he has to to win. Witness voter ID laws put in place to steal the election. Witness fact check ads that have been proven to be "pants on fire" false that he and his team insist on continuing to run after they;ve been debunked as false, witness his off shore bank accounts established to cheat the government of the US from collecting legitimate taxes. I could go on but I've made my point.
Clara KCMO
Only 20% of the population want to be Liberals/progressive all the same. They have hijacked the Dems.
Republicans are beggining to look much better that these left of left folks.
delusion, party of one
your table is ready.
The GOP convention is a circus full of clowns. Anne pretending she is like an average American women....we aren't swallowing that lie...in fact it is an insult. Anne has 250 million and a yearly income of 20 million and she wants us to believe they shop at Costco....ya, right.
If I or any other average women had that kind of money, we wouldn't be stupid enough to shop at Costco!
So either Anne is lying (again) or stupid....which is it?
You are showing why you are an extinct and/or imaginary lizard/reptile. Go back into your cave and Puff the Magic Dragon with your president. Obama's not home man (in Tommy Chong voice).
Ben - It was embarrassing to watch them talk about their little shopping excursion into Costco and the wonder in their voices at how "reasonable" the shirts were and did you know.....you can them in packs of "three". It was phony and they shouldn't pretend to be everyday people when they are not. It's like GHWB going into a grocery store and not knowing how to scan the items. Out of touch rich people that are trying to make us believe they understand our lives or even care. Hah!!
laurie - can we say "trying toooooooo hard?" They were totally pathetic in their attempt to portray that they were comfortable at Costco - or had ever set foot in one before.
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Ben 636--expand your mind a bit. Complaining that POTUS abandons the nation if he is out of the White House is so last century thought. The "White House" is wherever the Pres is thanks to modern communications developments.
You are so correct. I don't have a problem with your analogy of current thought. Therefore the left needs to shut the F up about President Bush being "on vacation" when he was on his ranch -- at his home -- in Texas. Thank you for making that point.
ben You are so correct,
Yes you right ben he was "on vacation" at his ranch, thats true. But the point that we are trying to make is the fact he did nothing. Nuff said!
Beware of cookies containing elephant poo. They, of course were ENTITLED to get a hand out of a cookie. If they want more than one are they expecting too much welfare?
Alias Barry Soetoro pawns himself as Barack Obama, the great humanitarian, but we know better. Barry is a radical Marxist who was raised by Communist parents and grandparents. His mentors were Communists, his contacts @ college were Marxists and Pakistani activists.
Obama, tell us about Frank Davis or Bill Ayers. Surely, you remember Mr. Davis, after all, your mother knew him very well. Mr. Ayers raised money for you, through his organization the Underground Weather. How about those Pakistanis you traveled with?Share with us your ideals of socialism, after all, you're a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), commonly referred as the New Party. Tell us why you have been "embraced" with Marxism. Or, how about that Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Do you justify his most radical and racist remark, "God damn America"?
Are these the people who have inspired you to public office? Are these the people who have helped you plot against the United States? Are these the people for whom you've entrusted your Muslim faith? Are these the people who have molded you into political anger and a lust for social order?
Barack Obama, your skin is dark because of your race, but your heart is even darker because of your deception.
Wow, Topdrum, where did you scrape together all those old and settled issues? Radical Marxists and Pakistani activists - really? Even the Democratic Socialists of America disavow him as being other than a centrist democrat.
PS. He said Wright was WRONG and distanced himself when Wright started spouting off in public.
Go ahead and vote for capitalist free-for all leaders and see how much your vote counts when corporations secure a stronger grip on the government.
Republican convention theme... "We build (built) it."
Pretty weak, and certainly ridiculous if anyone reads the whole story behind that inane comeback.
The denigrators of education can't be counted on to read in depth or anything more lengthy than a quick quip.
The show is on. Let's see how many prevaricators can stand up there and lie with big smiles on their face as the crowd weakly cheers in response.
Never will so many say so little.