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(AP)   Six "real people" will get to speak at the DNC in Denver. With free airfare and lodging, coaching from professional tailors and speechwriters, and personal assistants assigned by the DNC, of course. Now that's real   (ap.google.com) divider line
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Code_Archeologist
2008-08-20 5:39:24 PM  
Most "real people" wouldn't know what the fark to wear or say when shoved in front of a couple million people. The assistants are there to help them keep from making asses of themselves.
 
burndtdan
2008-08-20 5:41:20 PM  
if i were speaking in front of millions, i'd want some professional advice as well.
 
oldebayer
2008-08-20 5:46:24 PM  
Fortunately for all concerned, I am not real, so there was never any danger of them choosing me.

/Figment of my own imagination.
 
BobtheFascist
2008-08-20 5:46:50 PM  
Without the assistants the avg Joe would have one of those "when keepin' it real goes wrong" moments.

Good god, would that rule.
 
MasterThief
2008-08-20 5:49:47 PM  
By definition, whatever appears on TV isn't real. (OK, maybe live broadcast news from a disaster or war zone. But even those are so heavily scripted, that it's hard to tell.)
 
Nabb1
2008-08-20 5:56:49 PM  

BobtheFascist: Without the assistants the avg Joe would have one of those "when keepin' it real goes wrong" moments.

Good god, would that rule.


I'd watch that and I hate conventions. I'm imagining an Albert Brooks flop-sweat moment.
 
HansensDisease
2008-08-20 6:00:22 PM  
Well duh!

All the Republican speakers can afford their own personal planes, hotels, tailors, speechwriters, and assistants.
 
Bufu
2008-08-20 6:00:28 PM  
Hey, it's on TV, it has to be real.

Just like those reality shows.
 
Bill_Wick's_Friend
2008-08-20 6:01:23 PM  
John Barbour, Sarah Purcell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell, Peter Billingsley, and Fred Willard are all upset that they weren't at least short-listed.
 
RocketRod
2008-08-20 6:17:46 PM  

Bill_Wick's_Friend: John Barbour, Sarah Purcell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell, Peter Billingsley, and Fred Willard are all upset that they weren't at least short-listed.


Sees what you did there!
 
Mordant
2008-08-20 6:23:30 PM  
Ok, another good reason to vote Republican this fall. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
 
GAT_00
2008-08-20 6:26:04 PM  
Damn, I wish I could have gotten that spot. Support for Senator Obama, and then biatch out the Democratic Party in general. Would be great fun.
 
platkat
2008-08-20 6:27:08 PM  
I think it's interesting that "real people" are generally defined as working class family folks from fly-over states. I am single, earn a high income, and live in a major city. Am I not "real"?
 
Nabb1
2008-08-20 6:32:12 PM  

Bill_Wick's_Friend: John Barbour, Sarah Purcell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell, Peter Billingsley, and Fred Willard are all upset that they weren't at least short-listed.


HAHA! You're old!

/Me, too, I guess.
 
Code_Archeologist
2008-08-20 6:33:00 PM  

platkat: I think it's interesting that "real people" are generally defined as working class family folks from fly-over states. I am single, earn a high income, and live in a major city. Am I not "real"?


Hmmm... attractive, wealthy, lady chatting up lonely dudes on the internet. NOPE, not real, not at all real, definitely cannot be real.

/fap... fap... fap... fap
 
platkat
2008-08-20 6:42:36 PM  

Code_Archeologist: Hmmm... attractive, wealthy, lady chatting up lonely dudes on the internet. NOPE, not real, not at all real, definitely cannot be real.

/fap... fap... fap... fap


You flatter me so! I have a boring tech job like many of you, so here I sit until my files finish syncing.
 
EZ1923
2008-08-20 6:44:36 PM  

platkat: I think it's interesting that "real people" are generally defined as working class family folks from fly-over states. I am single, earn a high income, and live in a major city. Am I not "real"?


No. Haven't you heard? Real Americans earn their living by working in a steel mill, drink their coffee black, ride a tractor into town on Mondays to buy supplies, hunt what they eat, and have no use for book-learnin.
 
BravadoGT
2008-08-20 6:47:34 PM  
Come on! Let the Dems speak off-script. What could possibly go wrong?

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platkat
2008-08-20 6:48:54 PM  

EZ1923: No. Haven't you heard? Real Americans earn their living by working in a steel mill, drink their coffee black, ride a tractor into town on Mondays to buy supplies, hunt what they eat, and have no use for book-learnin.


Well, I got the coffee part down and I had to hunt all over Trader Joes for the carrots and hummus I ate for lunch. Perhaps when Obama becomes president, he can help me expedite a work visa somewhere tropical so I can start my offshore online gambling business.
 
GaryPDX
2008-08-20 7:11:26 PM  
This is going to be so much better than watching the Olympics.
 
EZ1923
2008-08-20 7:18:21 PM  

platkat: hummus


Hummus? What's that, some kind of A-Rab food?

Eat salsa like the rest of America!
 
robsul82
2008-08-20 7:22:00 PM  
Oh, to dream someone will go off-script and mention McCain's exploitation of his being a POW.
 
BravadoGT
2008-08-20 7:29:24 PM  

robsul82: Oh, to dream someone will go off-script and mention McCain's exploitation of his being a POW.


You know--I'm of a mind that when you spend 6+ YEARS rotting in a Vietnamese hole as a POW while serving your country-you get a pass on "exploiting" that experience. You get to talk about it as much as you want, and no one gets to say shiat about you doing so. For life. That's the least we can do...
 
burndtdan
2008-08-20 7:29:37 PM  

robsul82: Oh, to dream someone will go off-script and mention McCain's exploitation of his being a POW.


Barack Obama's campaign plans to use the four-day Democratic National Convention next week to relentlessly portray John McCain as a carbon copy of President Bush, in a strategic shift foreshadowed by two days of tougher attacks on his GOP rival.

so hopefully he'll be vicious at the convention.

/i feel dirty linking to a fox news story
 
platkat
2008-08-20 7:41:01 PM  

EZ1923: platkat: hummus

Hummus? What's that, some kind of A-Rab food?

Eat salsa like the rest of America!


Grits!
 
bulldg4life
2008-08-20 7:45:14 PM  
BravadoGT: I'm of a mind that when you spend 6+ YEARS rotting in a Vietnamese hole as a POW while serving your country-you get a pass on "exploiting" that experience. You get to talk about it as much as you want, and no one gets to say shiat about you doing so. For life. That's the least we can do...

Does that include refuting claims of you lying by mentioning that status because a POW would never lie?
 
Weaver95
2008-08-20 7:54:42 PM  

Code_Archeologist: Most "real people" wouldn't know what the fark to wear or say when shoved in front of a couple million people. The assistants are there to help them keep from making asses of themselves.


I know EXACTLY what i'd say. And it would be GLORIOUS!
 
BravadoGT
2008-08-20 7:56:51 PM  

bulldg4life: BravadoGT: I'm of a mind that when you spend 6+ YEARS rotting in a Vietnamese hole as a POW while serving your country-you get a pass on "exploiting" that experience. You get to talk about it as much as you want, and no one gets to say shiat about you doing so. For life. That's the least we can do...

Does that include refuting claims of you lying by mentioning that status because a POW would never lie?


I seriously doubt that you can point to an instance in which McCain personally said that (except as related to something that may have happened to him as a POW)...But, that being said:

Yes. He gets a pass. And guess what? We are STILL getting the better end of that bargain...
 
bulldg4life
2008-08-20 8:15:51 PM  
BravadoGT: I seriously doubt that you can point to an instance in which McCain personally said that (except as related to something that may have happened to him as a POW)

"Nicolle Wallace, a spokeswoman for Mr. McCain, said on Sunday night that Mr. McCain had not heard the broadcast of the event while in his motorcade and heard none of the questions.

"The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous," Ms. Wallace said."
From here (^)

Does that count?

Yes. He gets a pass. And guess what? We are STILL getting the better end of that bargain...

I am amazed at how tightly you have pulled those blinders on, my friend.

But hey, I'm sure John Kerry will be happy to know that past wartime experience is a great thing in presidential campaigns and it gives you a free pass on damn near anything.
 
Fart_Machine
2008-08-20 8:44:21 PM  

Bill_Wick's_Friend: John Barbour, Sarah Purcell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell, Peter Billingsley, and Fred Willard are all upset that they weren't at least short-listed.


Damn you for making me remember that show.
 
Fart_Machine
2008-08-20 8:45:16 PM  
On another note it's like every other "reality" program then.
 
RemyDuron
2008-08-20 8:45:20 PM  

BravadoGT: robsul82: Oh, to dream someone will go off-script and mention McCain's exploitation of his being a POW.

You know--I'm of a mind that when you spend 6+ YEARS rotting in a Vietnamese hole as a POW while serving your country-you get a pass on "exploiting" that experience. You get to talk about it as much as you want, and no one gets to say shiat about you doing so. For life. That's the least we can do...


That's fine for his family and friends. Not fine for being president. fark that.
 
The Homer Tax
2008-08-20 8:51:08 PM  
These people sound about as "real" as all of those meetings McCain has are in any way "Town hall."
 
moralpanic
2008-08-20 8:55:42 PM  
These are people who will be speaking in front of millions, and perhaps being part of history (i bet they truly believe this will be an historical moment) that WILL be recorded. I'm sure they're going to get to say what they wanted to say, it's just going to be more eloquent.
 
Gosling
2008-08-20 9:01:34 PM  
Oh, darn, I was hoping to see robots.
 
Sammy Jenkins
2008-08-20 9:04:01 PM  
WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
 
BravadoGT
2008-08-20 9:05:34 PM  

bulldg4life: BravadoGT: I seriously doubt that you can point to an instance in which McCain personally said that (except as related to something that may have happened to him as a POW)

"Nicolle Wallace, a spokeswoman for Mr. McCain, said on Sunday night that Mr. McCain had not heard the broadcast of the event while in his motorcade and heard none of the questions.

"The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous," Ms. Wallace said."
From here (^)

Does that count?


Since I did say McCain personally, and not some Ms. Wallace--No. It doesn't.

Yes. He gets a pass. And guess what? We are STILL getting the better end of that bargain...

I am amazed at how tightly you have pulled those blinders on, my friend.

But hey, I'm sure John Kerry will be happy to know that past wartime experience is a great thing in presidential campaigns and it gives you a free pass on damn near anything.

Are you sincerely drawing some sort of comparison between McCain's war experience and John Kerry's? Really?

And I didn't say he gets "a free pass on damn near anything." I said he gets to talk about it as much as he wants. It's pretty simple, really--try to keep up, Francis.
 
stamped human bacon
2008-08-20 9:07:25 PM  

burndtdan: if i were speaking in front of millions, i'd want some professional advice as well alcohol, and plenty of it.


/ftfm
 
bulldg4life
2008-08-20 9:10:32 PM  
BravadoGT: Since I did say McCain personally, and not some Ms. Wallace--No. It doesn't.

I'm gonna take your word that things that campaign spokespeople do not speak for the candidate and it is unfair to use their words to somehow attack the candidate.

I'm then going to hope that you would never do such things to attack Obama in any way.
 
Gulper Eel
2008-08-20 9:12:12 PM  

Code_Archeologist: Most "real people" wouldn't know what the fark to wear or say when shoved in front of a couple million people.


This'd work:

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What?
 
The Homer Tax
2008-08-20 9:13:46 PM  

BravadoGT: Are you sincerely drawing some sort of comparison between McCain's war experience and John Kerry's? Really?


It's hilarious that conservatives went full-force on shiatting all over Kerry's service, but McCain's is off-limits. That's all anyone is saying.

And I didn't say he gets "a free pass on damn near anything." I said he gets to talk about it as much as he wants. It's pretty simple, really--try to keep up, Francis.

Of course he gets to talk about it as much as he wants, he deserves that. What he shouldn't get a pass on, is answering the question as to how his time spent as a POW qualifies him to be President...

Because he keeps saying that it does.

But won't tell us why.
 
bulldg4life
2008-08-20 9:14:12 PM  
BravadoGT: Are you sincerely drawing some sort of comparison between McCain's war experience and John Kerry's? Really?

Where is the line? That's what I'd like to know. Since McCain got tortured? Is that the defining characteristic?

That means that Kerry was running on his war story, while McCain is allowed to mention it at all times.

Go ahead and define the line that must be crossed that allows McCain to talk about his wartime experience, while Kerry is looked at as exploiting his war story for campaign success.
 
BravadoGT
2008-08-20 9:15:32 PM  

bulldg4life: BravadoGT: Since I did say McCain personally, and not some Ms. Wallace--No. It doesn't.

I'm gonna take your word that things that campaign spokespeople do not speak for the candidate and it is unfair to use their words to somehow attack the candidate.

I'm then going to hope that you would never do such things to attack Obama in any way.


I would NEVER! In fact, I have said on numerous occasions that SOME of what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says does not reflect Obama's positions at all. Off hand-I can't think of a specific example--but I am sure they must disagree on something!
 
bulldg4life
2008-08-20 9:16:53 PM  
BravadoGT: Since I did say McCain personally, and not some Ms. Wallace--No. It doesn't.

Thank god what other people say or do does not affect the candidates directly. I am glad that you cleared that up for me.

---------------------
Obama doesn't belong to a mosque, he belongs to a militant, racist, anti-semitic church.

You can't pin this on Obama. There's only one church in Chicago, so he had no choice but to be a member there....

Now he's a member of Obama's personal "African American Religious Leadership Committee," where he continues to exert his influence on the Obamessiah.
---------------------

whoops...

I mean, unless it is his pastor, who was part of his campaign.

Is there a time limit thing that makes one ok and the other not ok?
 
The Homer Tax
2008-08-20 9:20:26 PM  

bulldg4life: Where is the line?


I don't know. But I think it's hilarious that he actually has a list of greenlights in his profile, and that one of them involves mocking Sen. Kerry's service and Purple Hearts.

Apparently, he draws the line somewhere in-between the Purple Heart and being a POW.

If you've only been injured in a war: Fair Game
If you've been imprisoned during a war: OFF-LIMITS
 
bulldg4life
2008-08-20 9:22:06 PM  
DAMNIT DUDE

That was my next post.

I was going to wait for him to explain the line.

Stop ruining this.
 
Barak vEsh
2008-08-20 9:24:45 PM  

BravadoGT:
I would NEVER! In fact, I have said on numerous occasions that SOME of what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says does not reflect Obama's positions at all. Off hand-I can't think of a specific example--but I am sure they must disagree on something!


WAH Wah wah waah waaaah.....

3/10
 
Nemo's Brother
2008-08-20 9:30:15 PM  

Code_Archeologist: Most "real people" wouldn't know what the fark to wear or say when shoved in front of a couple million people. The assistants are there to help them keep from making asses of themselves.


Just like "the undecideds" CNN had during the early debates. All of them ended up working for Democrat Candidates.

Good times.
 
The Homer Tax
2008-08-20 9:30:25 PM  

bulldg4life: That was my next post.

I was going to wait for him to explain the line.

Stop ruining this.


Sorry :(
 
I_Love_Verdi
2008-08-20 9:41:04 PM  
I go to my tailor for speech-coaching all the time. Naturally.
 
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