Posted on 08/28/2004 5:14:56 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
Go to the GOP Convention site for interactive chats, an electronic backstage pass, program schedule and news.
Please share stories and pictures of the convention.
Godspeed to Iowa Granny and Hillary's Lovely Legs on their trip to the convention!
Go, Lurch, go.
Did our friends manage to find the only hotel in NYC without internet connections?
IG, HLL, where the heck are you guys?!
Lynne Cheney (C), wife of Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) (R), shows her granddaughter Elizabeth how to hold up four fingers during the opening session of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, August 30, 2004. Republicans start the convention in an upbeat mood as new polls show U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) gaining ground and slightly leading his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) of Massachusetts. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith US ELECTION
I didn't ask if HLL has internet connection. She might not be spending much time in her room. Lots of parties and meetings to attend.
Sure, I'll ask her to bring some home. Great idea.
Lots of parties and meetings to attend.
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Good thinking...from what I hear and read, the place is an absolute Zoo!
Have lots of fun friends. Stay safe.
Check in when, and if, you can.
An actor with a brain!!!
"The President is doing exactly the right thing and that is why we need this president this time!"
She and I agreed that we nearly burst into tears during his speech. He was on fire!
She thinks she might be in love with Ron Silver. I told her to go chase him down.
Bo Derek passed by. HLL saw Phil Graham earlier today and was at the Republican Women's Forum where Barbara Bush spoke today.
Will post more when she calls again.
McCain on now - must bite tongue.
Ya know, I must give John McPain some props. The way he lured Kerry into using him as the veteran on Kerry's side against GWB only to come out today and say, yes, I think a debate about what Kerry did after he came home from the war is appropriate, is so very sweet. Now what's Kerry going to do?
Could Kerry be anymore stupid?
We're laughing at you Effin'!
Filmmaker Michael Moore flashes a messenger pass as he is prevented from entering the floor area during the evening program of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, August 30, 2004. Moore was escorted away from the floor area by U.S. Secret Service agents and convention security officials saying that he was wearing the wrong credential. REUTERS/Rick Wilking US ELECTION
Wow, Rudy was SMOKING tonight! Great speech. Transcript.
"We just spent two weeks together in Greece," former first lady Barbara Bush said with a joking glance toward 22-year-old granddaughters Jenna and Barbara Bush. "I spent my time telling them to stand up straight, smile, get their hair out of their eyes, be on time and pick up their rooms, and I thought they'd probably stay home."
Jenna (L) and Barbara Bush (R), daughters of U.S. President George Bush sit with their aunt Dorothy Bush Koch, sister of the president sit on the floor of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, August 30, 2004.
The American Kennel Club has polled their members as to their preferences in the prez race.
Asked which candidate they'd trust to walk Fido, dog owners favored Mr. Bush 51% to 37%. Asked which candidate would be better for their pooch's happiness, 44% favored Mr. Bush over 37% for Mr. Kerry.LOL! More HEREBut perhaps more troublesome for the Democrat is what happened when participants were asked which dog breed they most closely associated with each candidate. For Mr. Bush, two breeds tied at 20% each: the Labrador retriever, the most popular family dog in America, and the Rottweiler, often used as a guard dog. As for Mr. Kerry, 15% associated him with Labs--but 14% picked a poodle (the poll didn't specify a French poodle).
Word on the street: BIG shakeup in the Kerry campaign next week....or, knowing Effin', he'll probably do it in the middle of the week to make news---with no regard for protocol.
Mr. M and I have seen every episode of "Law and Order" at least three times each, and our favorite is the one where Angie says to her senior prosecutors who are trying to decide whether to offer a plea bargain to some sleaze defendant, "No deals for anyone. Hang 'em all!"
She is such a beautiful girl, brains too!
TO ANCIENT Dutch it was Nieuw Amsterdam. To modern civilization it's New York. To us walking the city it's Stalag 17. [Does anyone else think it's in poor taste to equate post-9/11 security with Nazi prisoner of war camps?]
Even forgetting the organized protests, there's the armory at 67th and Park. Outside, tanks, trucks, combat-ready soldiers in camouflage, boots, rifles at the ready. West Side Highway. Mile-long convoy of cop vans, motorcycles, black-windowed busses. Citicorp, 53rd and Lex. A dozen squad cars at right angle to the curb, set to go. Outside Patsy's, protecting Vice President Dick Cheney and the Veal Milanese, 30 security cars and bomb-proof SUVs.
Everywhere there's metal detectors, photo ID's, pat-downs. Just going into the parties, I've been felt up more than when I was a teenager. [I doubt that's a complaint, coming from this old bag]
SO, Larry King, if not for this GOP BS, where would you be? "At a baseball game. See, I know George W. will get the nomination. I already know the ending. With baseball, at least I have the excitement of not knowing who's going to win." ....
And so it goes. Liz Smith knowingly tells us McCain despises George W. Bush (if he's such a hypocrite, then why do the libs so adore McCain?), and predicts Barbra Streisand will win an Oscar this year for "Meet the Fokkers."
Meanwhile, the NY Daily News gossip column notes:
The good news for Al Jazeera is that, unlike at last month's Democratic convention, it's being allowed to hang a banner just like any other media organization. The bad news is that Arab satellite channel's staffers are complaining that they've been getting manhandled at the Republican National Convention by Gov. Pataki staffers. "We tried to interview Mr. Pataki a few times, and every time we were told he's not available or doesn't have time," producer Sanaa Hannound, a slightly built thirtysomething Palestinian woman, told Lowdown yesterday in Al Jazeera's tiny workspace. "And then we would notice him giving other interviews. full column.
Al Jazzy doesn't get it - Gov. Pataki is not obligated to talk to the terrorists' mouthpiece if he doesn't want to! But here's something HLL would appreciate (from the same column):
Lowdown hears that a team of twentysomething Capitol Hill staffers is hawking black cotton T-shirts that read in pink lettering: "Carrie doesn't speak for me. Neither does Kerry." Another novelty item, a tank top, shouts: "Pro-Manolo, Pro-Bush." Republican Hill staffer Jessica Boulanger, who pleaded that her boss' name not be used, explained: "We're encouraging other influential women to wear the T-shirt to send the signal that our overwhelming support for Carrie Bradshaw's 4-inch stilettos does not mean we overwhelmingly support John Kerry's flip flops."
SECURITY SCARE FOR CHENEY
August 31, 2004 -- Secret Service agents last night hauled away a man who got too close to Vice President Dick Cheney in a VIP area at Madison Square Garden.
Police sources said the 21-year-old man, who had a pass allowing him into the Garden, had either a knife or some kind of tool on him when he was nabbed as he tried to flee.
A second man, who also had a building pass, was taken into custody for carrying a balloon with fluid inside. Authorities were testing the liquid.
Prayers for the safety of all!
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