(See also, You Can't Always Get What You Want on the loudspeakers as Trump announced Pence.)
Seriously? That's hilarious.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Jul 18, 2016 7:48:04 am PDT #24680 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Toddson - Jul 18, 2016 7:48:29 am PDT #24681 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've reached the point where I can barely stand to hear Trump's voice. It's impossible to avoid, but I kind of cringe when I hear it.
edited to add: I wonder if they got permission from - or paid royalties to - the Stones to use that music. The Republicans have a history of kind of appropriating music without doing either.
msbelle - Jul 18, 2016 8:09:57 am PDT #24682 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am torn about watching the convention. I think all I want to see is the procedural stuff to see if anything goes wonky. Will the covert/Stewart coverage be on network or Comedy Central?
sj - Jul 18, 2016 8:19:52 am PDT #24683 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Colbert coverage is during the normal Late Show timeslot, I believe and The Daily Show will be doing their own coverage.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2016 8:21:47 am PDT #24684 of 30003
brillig
A few elections back, I was watching RNC coverage on MTV or something like that, and the very conservative-looking reporter was chatting with various delegates. He was talking to one about various organizations and what candidates they supported, and he said, "And we have reports that NAMBLA is throwing their support behind Candidate X." The delegate, thrilled to be being interviewed by a real press person with a camera and trying to hide that he was out of his depth at a national political event, smiled and said, "Oh, that's good." It was funny and sad.
SuziQ - Jul 18, 2016 8:32:34 am PDT #24685 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm pretty happy I'm traveling Monday and Wednesday nights, so I won't have the chance to catch the RNC those nights. The other nights...I kinda want to watch cause I just don't get it, I don't understand how ANYONE supports him. But I know it will be watching a trainwreck.
Steph L. - Jul 18, 2016 8:35:48 am PDT #24686 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Back in the day I used to watch all 4 nights of both conventions. I think I stopped that after 1996. I can't stomach the GOP's bigoted hateful destructive fuckery.
Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2016 8:43:12 am PDT #24687 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't think I can stand to watch either convention. I'll get my coverage from Colbert and the Daily Show, and probably Maddow. I can't watch Maddow regularly, it's just too much, but I like her coverage of immediate political events. She explains stuff. And she's such a politics geek, it's fun to watch her wonk out.
Toddson - Jul 18, 2016 9:48:33 am PDT #24688 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I may wait for The Onion's coverage.
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2016 9:50:51 am PDT #24689 of 30003
brillig
I may wait for The Onion's coverage.
They can play "Did we write the headline or did they actually say it?"