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BREAKING ON FOX: MAJOR CHANGE TO RNC CONVENTION PER MCCAIN CAMP

Posted on 08/31/2008 10:01:31 AM PDT by GOPinCa

Just heard reported on FoxNews that the McCain Campaign will be releasing a statement in 1-2 hours saying that the RNC Convention will be changed in a major way. Said something along the lines of a call to action for Americans. Some kind of telethon, fundraising event.


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To: BunnySlippers

They spend so much money at them conventions,it would be great to hear less talk and more action!!!! Which is lacking in the government to begin with!!


81 posted on 08/31/2008 10:55:59 AM PDT by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: Mmogamer
You can't ever go wrong as long as you honestly care. Everything is a stinking “strategy” for those scum bags that were laughing about this situation on the left.
82 posted on 08/31/2008 10:56:57 AM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: Salamander
(And if anyone "important" is listening...don't forget the pets.)

Excellent point.

83 posted on 08/31/2008 10:57:22 AM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Corin Stormhands
But they don’t make good television.

You've just made my point. Regardless of any good that might be done only the negative would be published.

84 posted on 08/31/2008 10:57:49 AM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: GOPinCa
-Put off the flashy lights convention

-Have Sarah Palin host the telethon, raise tons of money

-Get Republican governors of LA and MS involved

-Have a very very humble convention immediately afterward

85 posted on 08/31/2008 10:59:19 AM PDT by ryan71 (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

amen to that!


86 posted on 08/31/2008 11:01:07 AM PDT by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: farmer18th
I never liked the McCain camp, but if that’s their plan, it’s genius.

First Palin, now this. McCain is getting excellent advice, and more importantly is listening to it

If they had held a regular R convention, the MSM would have been running alternate shots of New Orleans suffering with RNC partying. Now, as a telethon raising money for disaster relief, that weapon has been neutralized

87 posted on 08/31/2008 11:02:24 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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To: politicalwit
Regardless of any good that might be done only the negative would be published.

So you're saying "business as usual" is a better move?

Hardly.

88 posted on 08/31/2008 11:03:26 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (McCain-Palin '08)
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To: ryan71
Get Republican governors of LA and MS involved

Mixing politics with a natural disaster only spells media trouble. Let local elected officials deal with the situation without tying the republican convention into the mix.

89 posted on 08/31/2008 11:03:43 AM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: AGreatPer

If they put off the convention, the networks can use that as an excuse for not televising it at all (”Sorry. We had a prior commitment to air ‘My Hubby is a Transvestite’ and can’t possibly air your convention!”).

If the Republicans go the telethon route, they have to do it carefully to avoid looking like they’re exploiting a tragedy. On the other hand, doing SOMETHING other than days full of blowhard speeches from people no one wants to see can’t be a bad thing.


90 posted on 08/31/2008 11:06:37 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Roccus
Well, actually your #74 would make good sense if McCain already was the President. But he's not and it's not his job to negotiate action and aid with the GOP heads of state. That's what Bush and Cheney should be (and look like they will be) doing.

McCain has no official position to do that. He can, however, encourage volunteerism and community aid. And in doing so, he can talk to Jindal, Barbour and the rest. But he can't offer official help that doesn't come from a voluntary source.

Yes, it's part political theater, but dammitall, it's about time we learned how to do it.

91 posted on 08/31/2008 11:07:03 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (McCain-Palin '08)
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To: Corin Stormhands
So you're saying "business as usual" is a better move?

Will the markets be closed Tuesday? Will my office be shut down Tuesday? Will the mail be delivered tomorrow?

Business will be as usual for the vast majority of the USA.

92 posted on 08/31/2008 11:07:16 AM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: politicalwit
Will the mail be delivered tomorrow?

Actually there will be no mail delivery tomorrow but not because of any natural disaster.

93 posted on 08/31/2008 11:09:29 AM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: Corin Stormhands
I'm not talking about governors, I'm talking about the heads of state GOP organizations. They will be at the convention and will know who to tap for what is needed. Bush/Cheney will handle the Federal assistance.
94 posted on 08/31/2008 11:09:59 AM PDT by Roccus (People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient....then repent.)
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To: Pravious
If they put off the convention, the networks can use that as an excuse for not televising it at all...

They can't "put off" the convention. The process of nominating McCain and Palin must take place to get their names on the ballots. We've already had a snafu in Texas. They can "modify" the convention just to transact business and have less of the hoopla.

95 posted on 08/31/2008 11:10:28 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (McCain-Palin '08)
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To: PapaBear3625

One thing true of all conventions is that they’re full of bland little nostrums designed to get the base a little bit excited but not too excited. I couldn’t even watch Michelle Obama—that shallow, token, hateful supporter of abortionists—speak for longer than about 90 seconds, and with the way the Republican party is going, I doubt I could listen to many of them either. If the telethon were interspersed with videos focusing on the value-of-life, free-market solutions, and danger-of-jihadists, it might make for a reasonably good show.


96 posted on 08/31/2008 11:11:33 AM PDT by farmer18th (Iraqi Nation Building GWB-Style: "No law that contradicts.. Islam may be established")
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To: politicalwit
Making a political event into a fund-raiser for known mismanagement would be a stupid move. With momentum on the side of the republican party, postponment due to any reason would be like "stopping the elephant in its' tracks."

You are assuming a telethon to raise money to be put into the hands of corrupt Dem politicians

What if the telethon raises money to be distributed to organizations like the Salvation Army, while showing non-stop evidence for what the corrupt Dem politicians have been doing with the money so far?

97 posted on 08/31/2008 11:11:37 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
****I bought a 6-pack of Smirnoff Ice Light today****

I can't do that TODAY where I live.

98 posted on 08/31/2008 11:11:50 AM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (I had a dream last night that I kissed Jennifer Garner)
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To: Roccus

We only donate to the Salvation Army.

Are they going in?


99 posted on 08/31/2008 11:12:35 AM PDT by Salamander (McCain/Palin 2008....Plenty of brass to go around.)
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To: new cruelty

ooh, Ooh, OOH!! Here’s an idea... What if they made it a contest and set it up so you could pledge money and specify either Team McCain/Palin or Team Obama/Biden? So they’d have a tally showing contributions for each team. The beauty of this is that the competitive nature of Americans would help run up the total amount, thus helping the recipients even more, BUT it might help drain some of Obama’s donation resources over the next two months, and McCain won’t be accepting donations anyway.


100 posted on 08/31/2008 11:12:57 AM PDT by rivercat (Sarah Palin '12)
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