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before we get to the d_n_c_ they'll what's let's kind of just sum up what
happened at the republican national convention on thursday after bahar last
show we had this incredible absurd speech from clint eastwood
and he kinda went up there it was this rambling kind of uh... uh...
very strange speech that went no where he was talking to an empty empty chair
which was supposed to represent president obama in some way
and it's funny because as ridiculous as it was
it was kind of representative of what the republican party has been doing the
entire
term the president obama which is in the same way that clint eastwood was talking
to a president obama that wasn't there
the entire republican criticism of rock obama for the last three years
has been based on stuff that either didn't happen or has no connection to
anything president obama did it also in that sense
clint eastwood made a very valid point acceptance by not one that the r_n_c_
wanted made
yenna not only just criticism of blooper of our money that's
that's par for the course with complete obstruction of of uh...
of any legislation and end of the process and of
anything obama wanted to do just
i mean that's that's the worst part even though the p_r_ narrative about the
eastwood speech is that it was great
it got cut from the romney r_n_c_ video there's over a number of videos that the
running campaigns put out had summing up ur kind of like compilations of what
happened there
no sign of clint eastwood it also clearly uh... people i'll even though
the publicly saying it was great
it really not that good
and they seem to know that
he was aren't
on to say the least yeah uh... interestingly enough thomas friedman
said something fascinating it about mit romney speech mit romney talk in a
speech about
neil armstrong the great american hero astronaut so on and so forth
and thomas friedman said what was it on meet the press the time
yet was on meet the press on sunday
on meet the press yesterday thomas friedman saying you know it's
fascinating because
mit romney calls me l armstrong hero but he's a guy who was employed by nasa and
previously he was in the military so basically employed by the government
exclusively for huge part of his life
space exploration including him being the first man on the moon one of the
first man on the moon was the direct result of government spending along the
lines that mitt romney in his party wouldn't deal with the just wouldn't do
it i mean the the space exploration project
uh... was a huge
stimulus type of government spending projects
neil armstrong hero mit romney acknowledging that not realizing the
irony that if it were a republican president a modern republican president
ever what happened than i would argue that the vast majority of people voting
for miranti also would have realized that
that arne
and that they would and they probably just love the fact that he mentioned
course uh... mister armstrong
you know what he didn't mention
afghanistan
incredible that a republican candidate
of course as you know ladies and gentlemen
democrats don't like the troops and they don't support the troops republicans do
democrats don't care
about preventing terrorism or the safety of americans who republicans do
incredible given all that
that he doesn't even mention afghanistan and you would think that he would
atleast somewhat be able to frame it azo bombers war rado baba
uh... deciding to escalate troop activity there initially when he first
took office
just not a mention of it from mit romney incredible i was in and people are dying
over their troops are dying over there
never on id as mentioned
i don't understand
i can understand you know imagining why do you think he did
i think that's just the topic you want to avoid completely do what do you think
about that time
yeah from the point of view the campaign
uh... maybe make sense not to mention it from the point of view of
leveling with the american people a prime expanse of talk about it is it's a
huge issue why would you think that mit romney or the republicans won a level
with the american people if they did they have to say they have to actually
say
because all the things president obama has done
who was the last president who was accomplished as many significant things
as president about my house
they're not gonna level with the american people the lose if they level
with the american people louis young i think
the campaign just doesn't want
the american people to associate the war
at all we've
the the campaign of the republican party at the moment
there right now the economy wave
you talk about jobs in the economy but of course they're not leveling there
either 'cause they won't tell you the truth about obama job creation right
and also not mention george w_ bush bill clinton speaking at this week's
democratic national convention
i think the only one of the few primetime allusions
the george w_ bush was jeb bush mentioning his brother you can even
mention by name dating a time
announced on species that my brother parlors
i love my brother but unit in good say my brother was a good president
because of her lap
but he's apologizing and that really tells you something about what we have
to look forward to if its present obama with a second term or mit romney getting
answer
not even that not even a mention of course and
dc forget about george bush being at the convention that would be a disaster for
republican yeah there even mention it
it's amazing that things met has distanced himself from
the response to mit speech
was tempted
so whatever it is uh... you know our analysis whatever else as you believe
republic of lic ins understandably expected we said that romney's speech
made them more likely to vote for romney
how much more likely kentucky could could i get there going to vote for ron
you no matter what why else would be beating while so they'd be there now
democrats predictably said the convention and then romney speech made
them less likely to vote for rocking i let's look at independence word which
are key group
uh... they said that they were basically split thirty six percent saying that the
convention made them more likely to vote for romney
thirty three percent saying that they're less likely to vote for romney thirty
percent said they just don't know or that it made the convention made no
difference at all now
let's start taking
the electorate
swing states only
independent voters in swing swing states
undecided independent voters and swing states and now along those undecided
independent voters in swing states
additional percentage points say
they are more likely to vote for romney then the last based on the convention
that's not good ladies and gentlemen whatever national polls you're seeing
now saying
romney forty-eight two-foot romney forty four forty or forty eight to forty four
whatever it is louis
this is about and that that the report is post-convention
one of the smallest convention bounces in history that we are seeing for mit
romney here yeah i think there's also something he said about that order in
which the defense and state place
are you great always think whatever goes second has an advantage that's the
freshest in your mind
that's going to be vote
the impression on you call however auctioned however i think polling
experts baton would say that
once you get more than ten days passed both conventions it kinda doesn't matter
what order they go and most of the effect is gone that's true although this
time because there's an incumbent president running for office mean we'll
bomb off
i think it's a little different and i think it's gonna be better for obama
because now he's had all of these accusations paroled on them by the
r_n_c_
and now if you if he defends them while that's going to be that the main
narrative until election day it's going to be
all bomber has a clear set of accomplishments
indeed this is what it is and they laid it out in the convention the last word
so to speak right lewis yeah consent