Holy crap, that's exactly what happened to my wife last night! She fell asleep watching ABC and had it on for his entire speech. She said she kept dreaming some old guy was yelling at her.


/I actually watched on purpose.
//I laughed.

That's pretty much what happened to me.

Looks like the viewership numbers accurately represent the voter split the polls show.

Do they include internet viewership?

Tr0mBoNe: Looks like the viewership numbers accurately represent the voter split the polls show.

Do they include internet viewership?

Which polls show McCain ahead?

I admit, I did not watch McCain's speech. I had work to do and couldn't risk getting tired too early... or sick to my stomach.

The speech was definitely too long. I was almost fell asleep, and my fiancee did. Which sucked, because she missed the best part.

DeltaXi65: The speech was definitely too long. I was almost fell asleep, and my fiancee did. Which sucked, because she missed the best part.

What was "the best part"?

JohnnyC: What was "the best part"?

You know, that part where he explained his plan for the economy.

Etchy333

Nice graphics. Be sure to share your crayons with the other kindergarten kids.

I watched it. Maybe that is because I like to be informed.

JohnnyC: What was "the best part"?

The part where he went into detail about his POW experience. That was the most detail I'd ever heard on the experience, and it definitely fleshed it out. After all of the throwaway lines he's made using it, it was good to finally have the opportunity to understand what he went through without rolling my eyes about it.

GWLush: I watched it. Maybe that is because I like to be informed.

I tried to, but long day, golf, beer, and football preceded my attempt. And it was boring as hell.

I don't remember much of his speech as I slept right through it and I'm part of the "Whipper-snapper" vote.

/Really

I watched the McCain speech... but I was on a plane during the Obama speech and had to watch a recording. The McCain speech was mind numbingly boring compared to Obama's.

DeltaXi65: The part where he went into detail about his POW experience. That was the most detail I'd ever heard on the experience, and it definitely fleshed it out. After all of the throwaway lines he's made using it, it was good to finally have the opportunity to understand what he went through without rolling my eyes about it.

After listening to that a while it started to sound like one of my Grandfather's "walked up hill both ways and fought bears to get to school" stories.

I watched the speech. I can understand why people fall asleep listening to him speak.
He has a monotonous old man voice and nothing interesting to say.

Code_Archeologist: DeltaXi65: The part where he went into detail about his POW experience. That was the most detail I'd ever heard on the experience, and it definitely fleshed it out. After all of the throwaway lines he's made using it, it was good to finally have the opportunity to understand what he went through without rolling my eyes about it.

After listening to that a while it started to sound like one of my Grandfather's "walked up hill both ways and fought bears to get to school" stories.

Wow. That's kind of amazingly ignorant.

Code_Archeologist: After listening to that a while it started to sound like one of my Grandfather's "walked up hill both ways and fought bears to get to school" stories.

I've always been a big fan of those kinds of stories, so I guess that's why it grabbed my attention.

gustakooka: Wow. That's kind of amazingly ignorant.

So is the notion that being a prisoner of war somehow makes you better suited to be president. If anything, it appears that his entire life has been shaped by that event and it gives me pause when I consider how he might react in a wartime situation.

joeycolby: gustakooka: Wow. That's kind of amazingly ignorant.

So is the notion that being a prisoner of war somehow makes you better suited to be president. If anything, it appears that his entire life has been shaped by that event and it gives me pause when I consider how he might react in a wartime situation.

Absolutely not. At all. However, it is not a "back in my day" story.

The McAmbien worked perfectly!

Just cannot deal with it, can ya?

GWLush: I watched it. Maybe that is because I like to be informed.

I don't think there's much critical information delivered during convention speeches.

That said, McCain sure is an incredibly boring speaker.

Say what you will, but it seems like most Democrats I know still watched the RNC to see what was up, while most Republicans I know just jeered at the idea of listening to "uppity Obama".

I actually heard that said :/

I think this election, if the youth shows up, will be a landslide for Obama as all polling tends to be done on telephone landlines (all youth have cell phones) and idiots who actually allowed themselves to be polled.

You see, you don't have to agree with him on any issues. All you need to know is you need to vote for him because he was in a war.

Also, he apparently liked it so much he wants to keep having wars! You see, he really learned from his experience out there and learned that war is a GOOD thing.

How many times did McCain say "my friends"?

I swear it had to be at least once a minute.

/heard it later on XM radio
//almost fell asleep at the wheel
///my friends

JohnnyC: DeltaXi65: The speech was definitely too long. I was almost fell asleep, and my fiancee did. Which sucked, because she missed the best part.

What was "the best part"?

The end.

After Obama's post-Palin $ haul, maybe that's not such a good thing for McCain.

The Dems should hold their convention last. The plebians usually remember the last thing they saw.

I didn't watch the speech. What did he say about inflation, unemployment, and the ongoing financial crisis? Does he support an interventionist governmental role or oppose such?

gustakooka: joeycolby: gustakooka: Wow. That's kind of amazingly ignorant.

So is the notion that being a prisoner of war somehow makes you better suited to be president. If anything, it appears that his entire life has been shaped by that event and it gives me pause when I consider how he might react in a wartime situation.

Absolutely not. At all. However, it is not a "back in my day" story.

Must be hard to talk with your mouth so full.

It gives you pause to think someone - one who knows how badly war sucks, and who thinks if you fight a war you should win it - would do in a wartime situation?

War: above Obama's paygrade.

DeltaXi65: The part where he went into detail about his POW experience. That was the most detail I'd ever heard on the experience, and it definitely fleshed it out. After all of the throwaway lines he's made using it, it was good to finally have the opportunity to understand what he went through without rolling my eyes about it.

Fair enough. I've read some in-depth articles about his experience as a POW, but I ceased caring that he was ever a POW when he endorsed torture. So... I'm sure it was interesting for you, but I just can't give a shiat what hard times he's had in his life anymore. Anyone who endorses torture is trash in my mind.

I had it on, but once I realized this was just an orgy of militant nationalism, I didn't pay all that much attention.

The 17 million guys watching the the Giants whip the beltway farkers needed something to sober up on until 11 when they could beat up their wives and sweethearts.

Darconix: Yeah, our guy outperforms the anointed one you libs have chosen and your spin is "they were all really asleep?" I'm rooting for all my worth that McCain wins. Not just because I think he's the right choice for the country, but I really want to see the Fark spin on how Diebold stole the election or some such horseshiat. If that happens, I'll be here amused to no end.

You mistake getting a couple more viewers with "outpreforming".

No one in their right mind thinks McCain, or anyone from the Republican party for that matter, came even close to the speech Obama gave.

/You won't hear me complaining about him winning
//I'll probably already be drafted to go fight Iran or something

Darconix: Yeah, our guy outperforms the anointed one you libs have chosen and your spin is "they were all really asleep?" I'm rooting for all my worth that McCain wins. Not just because I think he's the right choice for the country, but I really want to see the Fark spin on how Diebold stole the election or some such horseshiat. If that happens, I'll be here amused to no end.

Spin?
I thought it was a farking joke. odd.

...and half of those viewers went to donate to Obama afterward or during

Watching the left become increasingly shrill as the shine comes off their new McGovern is fairly amusing.

The winnar.

KaelGotRice: "uppity Obama"

He is uppity. He went to Harvard. I bet he drinks wine, too.

The ABC coverage was horrible. Enough with the farking balloons already.

Liberals watched for themselves rather than having their
favorite biased news network pre-chew it for them.

Yea, because I guess it is completely out of the question that CIA agents broke into peoples houses while they were sleeping and tuned their TVs to the RNC, right?

God, you people are such sheeple. Baaaaahhhhhh!

Did anyone run a count on how many times McCain said "my friends"?

panzerfaustbob: Watching the left become increasingly shrill as the shine comes off their new McGovern is fairly amusing.

Irony.

You don't knows it.

It's so funny to troll Republicans if you live on the coast, use a Mac, and were 25 before you moved out of your parents' basement, but believe it or not, there is a LARGE part of the country who are eating up everything these 2 come out with. While your brand of liberalism may seem 'obvious' and their brand of conservatism merely quaint, believe it or not, there are MORE OF THEM THAN THERE ARE OF YOU.

so suck it

/voting 3rd party
//give them a chance on the national scene at least

John McCain's got a nasty case of onion-on-the-belt.