tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2352189185779054281..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Sunday Question for LiberalsJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-64623913341286391342012-08-28T17:01:52.814-05:002012-08-28T17:01:52.814-05:00Ignore it all; anything important that comes from ...Ignore it all; anything important that comes from either convention will be summarized in a handful of seconds in the news a month later.Marcus Ranumhttp://www.ranum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-27097428717816850282012-08-27T10:37:24.113-05:002012-08-27T10:37:24.113-05:00Watch none, just as with the DNC. I have no intere...Watch none, just as with the DNC. I have no interest in theater, and other scripted television is better.<br /><br />I'll find out what happened via news, blogs, and Daily Show.Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83019423911642960692012-08-27T09:19:49.185-05:002012-08-27T09:19:49.185-05:00I won't watch any of the GOP convention live. ...I won't watch any of the GOP convention live. I'll see a few of the more noteworthy moments on news shows and blogs, and that's more than enough for me. For that matter, I probably won't watch very much of the Democratic convention. I'll probably watch Obama's speech, but otherwise I've got better things to do with my time than watch politicians bloviate.Ron E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-76567569914345681212012-08-27T02:16:52.595-05:002012-08-27T02:16:52.595-05:00PBS is why we got cable, originally.PBS is why we got cable, originally.Crissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389565751169783614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-55903954846723951532012-08-27T02:16:25.038-05:002012-08-27T02:16:25.038-05:00When was it, again?When was it, again?Crissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389565751169783614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-67084512503933722962012-08-26T22:30:33.542-05:002012-08-26T22:30:33.542-05:00Very good chance. You're a brave soul.Very good chance. You're a brave soul.Eric Potruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683788523604028511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-48564818223069359162012-08-26T22:28:30.928-05:002012-08-26T22:28:30.928-05:00I don't watch much of it, just what my favorit...I don't watch much of it, just what my favorite blogs post as highlights. What I'm really hoping to see is a surreptitious recording of delegates on the floor spewing racist, homophobic, and xenophobic crud against anything non-white, non-Christian, and non-American.Eric Potruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683788523604028511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-78537600978094105782012-08-26T22:20:34.159-05:002012-08-26T22:20:34.159-05:00Yes, this is likely, too. Andrew Sullivan, Jon Cha...Yes, this is likely, too. Andrew Sullivan, Jon Chait, right here, etc.....BryanRWAhttp://www.agconsultingpartner.com/bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-27598574124356619972012-08-26T22:18:23.882-05:002012-08-26T22:18:23.882-05:00Yeah - I view it as oppo research and strategic ba...Yeah - I view it as oppo research and strategic background. What are they saying, how ridiculous is it, how will we counter it. There's only going to be an hour of network coverage each night and between work and life I won't get to much more - I'll likely catch key speeches on the interwebs, and of course trust Jon Stewart and the Best F*cking News Team on Television to give me the most critical highlights.BryanRWAhttp://www.agconsultingpartners.com/bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-76416648914141904202012-08-26T20:55:09.405-05:002012-08-26T20:55:09.405-05:00I'll be interested in the media coverage and h...I'll be interested in the media coverage and how things are conveyed, more than in the speeches themselves. But I probably will watch Romney's speech, and perhaps Christie's speech, to see how they perform and what messages they emphasize. (I'll turn it off if/when I am angered by the lying. There's a good chance that this will happen.) PJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-14815977946802002232012-08-26T20:16:46.937-05:002012-08-26T20:16:46.937-05:00that's how I watch conventions too, and why I ...that's how I watch conventions too, and why I watch them. What's the message? hard to gage potential action from the convention goings-on, but pretty good for finding out what the message is, what their focus will be for the rest of campaign season.<br /><br />I spend a lot of time on C-Spans website for this stuff, being that I work weird hours. I imagine it will be much of what we expect, but a few nuggets may emerge that we weren't expecting.Sister Artemishttp://sisterartemis.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-75442868982624404392012-08-26T18:41:50.885-05:002012-08-26T18:41:50.885-05:00I'll watch it, but with headphones on, music b...I'll watch it, but with headphones on, music blocking out all the standard stuff I've heard before. I'll keep checking in with Twitter, and when it seems like somebody might have said something interesting, I'll take the headphones off until it starts annoying me again.<br /><br />This is also how I handled watching the Republican debates without turning into a giant green rage monster.Robert John Burkehttp://www.burkestories.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-57901244078196033642012-08-26T18:33:23.571-05:002012-08-26T18:33:23.571-05:00Ignore it.
I don't even watch our conventions...Ignore it.<br /><br />I don't even watch our conventions. Heck, I haven't even seen any Obama's famous speeches.<br /><br />I really prefer to read rather than watch video. When I watch video it better be comparable to "The Wire" or "30 Rock."Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-64431128037079892392012-08-26T17:26:10.264-05:002012-08-26T17:26:10.264-05:00I'll watch the Newshour in PBS and whatever ot...I'll watch the Newshour in PBS and whatever other coverage PBS offers.<br /><br />I don't have cable, and our TV antenna only picks up PBS.<br /><br />Otherwise, I'll pay attention with blogs such as this one. zicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-40045119619889628242012-08-26T17:19:15.823-05:002012-08-26T17:19:15.823-05:00Watch, with a Weather Channel splitscreen. Which t...Watch, with a Weather Channel splitscreen. Which the cable nets will do for us anyway. Scott and AL Gov have already pulled out. Jindal will have to cancel. Who else does? What do Priebus/Romney do if and when Issac hits LA/MS/AL as a Force 2? Force 3? On the 7th anniversary of Katrina. In 2008, 1,200 miles away in Minneapolis, they canceled the first day because Gustav was making landfall in LA as a Force 2.<br /><br />The forecast is for a high probability of RNC FUBAR. I'm glued to the broadcast.andrew longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-27390761348453590992012-08-26T17:18:20.223-05:002012-08-26T17:18:20.223-05:00I'll probably skip watching the actual speeche...I'll probably skip watching the actual speeches but follow reactions and such on the blogosphere/internet.longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-68694208574309229172012-08-26T16:09:58.093-05:002012-08-26T16:09:58.093-05:00Watch as much as tolerable, like the debates. Howe...Watch as much as tolerable, like the debates. However much I disagree with the ideas, it's an interesting study in what the other side highlights and how the various ideologies are meshed into a message. At times amusing, at times rage provoking, it still forces me to articulate a response, honing the way I talk about things (if not my thoughts).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-73683883285501357632012-08-26T16:07:26.298-05:002012-08-26T16:07:26.298-05:00Follow on twitterFollow on twitterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-59982522336364956102012-08-26T16:05:31.165-05:002012-08-26T16:05:31.165-05:00Watch TV, follow the convention on my blogreader. ...Watch TV, follow the convention on my blogreader. Chris Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83792812253091567062012-08-26T15:22:19.597-05:002012-08-26T15:22:19.597-05:00Ignore. I'll probably also ignore the Democrat...Ignore. I'll probably also ignore the Democratic convention. I'm old enough to remember a time when there was occasionally news at a major party convention, but only barely -- and I'm in my 40s. <br /><br />I don't think there's much reason for anyone, of any any political persuasion, to pay attention to either convention.Matt Austernhttp://lafstern.org/mattnoreply@blogger.com