They were God aweful. Who vetts that stuff?
You need to lighten up...these girls are just children.
They did exceedingly well given there circumstance.
Who vetts that stuff?
The Ghost of Nixon ;-)
Where the heck is Barney ?
He needs to be there for the big event..
Were they really awful? Someone probably thought up a lot of the things for them to say --- to me it looks like one-liners to be fun and light --- and what could you expect of the poor girls who would likely be very nervous up on a stage like that for the first time. They've been sheltered from cameras and microphones all this time.
Are you familiar with the concept of keeping things in perspective?
Now. In all honesty. If this were 1996, and CHELSEA CLINTON had gone up there and said the exact same thing, the exact same text, there would be a FR thread at least 800 posts long, and 99% of the comments would be bashing her and talking about how ridiculous she was, with all kinds of clip art, jokes, you name it. I like a lot of things about FR. But one thing I don't expect is much objectivity on this issue here. Although I see there are some sane people out there who DO want to raise national political conventions back to the inspiring, decorum-filled and uplifting things they used to be, gavel to gavel. Overall, its no biggie anymore. I am sure they learned their lesson and will finish the convention on a little higher class note.