Did Mrs. Romney actually say if we are quiet at night we can hear parents sighing that we made it through another day? My dear Mrs. Romney, unlike yourself and your husband, we don't have to get quiet, because WE ARE THE ONES SIGHING, we are the ones who can't find jobs because the Republican Congress has put getting President Obama out of the White House rather than helping Americans. And if you and your husband had to use an ironing board as a table, seeing how you both came from rich families, it wasn't because you couldn't afford a table. Please!

Watching the Republican National Convention. LIES!LIES!LIES! According to Rick Santorum, Obama lifted the work requirement for families in poverty to obtain welfare benefits. HE DID NOT. At the request of state governments, Obama has give the states more leeway to determine the work requirements at the state level in order to make them more effective in helping the people on welfare get jobs. (Isn't this want Republicans say they want--smaller Federal government?)

Romney has broadcast 5 new TV ads spouting the same lies about welfare. When confronted by the media about inaccuracy of the statements, his media representative said, "We are not going to let fact checkers run or campaign."

I liked Ann Romney's speech. Not enough to change my vote. Maybe she should've ran.

Ann Romney trying to pull the women's vote: "I love you women!", says she understands what its like to struggle to raise children in a bad economy. Really? She was born to an affluent family and is married to a billionaire. Her husband apparently doesn't feel the same way about women...no support for women's rights, income inequality.

Wait a minute? Is he speaking for Romney because he sure is kicking him. With help like this, Romney is going to lose.

Christie said "Respect over Love". Totally against Ann Romney's speech.

You know he is winded.

Really Rachel? Did you just say that Ann Romney is an excellent public speaker?

What the @!$%# are you smoking? She is as boring and as fake as her husband/brother.

Why do white people hate to criticize other white people? Also, why is it that

everytime Al Sharpton comments on the bull@!$%# that is the RNC, you guys just give

that weird stare and move on to the next panelist? Fake ass coverage... just a joke.

[Quick Summary: The GOP via a new rule change required that Ron Paul submit his nomination credentials notarized (one day? one hour?) before the vote. Ron Paul successfully submitted his nomination from five states and one territory meeting the five state requirement to be nominated. But then the GOP, AFTER Paul submitted his paper work, CHANGED THE RULES to require eight [is this right? Or did they just flat out ignore his nomination?- ed]. And of course Paul had no time or chance to re-submit. This is what passes for Democracy in Amerika ]

It was business as usual at the RNC today as the delegates began to arrive. First they had to enter through a sea of secret service, blackhawk helicopters and over one thousand cops. Protestors were kept in check in gulag zones and yes the TSA was there as well! The RNC is simply America writ small. We knew they would cheat we just had no idea how MUCH they would cheat.

Endless cheating at the ballot box, corrupt new laws for their own benefit, throwing away the rules (their constitution) and doing whatever it takes to stay in power, what the RNC is doing is just exactly what their elected people do in Washington DC. Abuse of power? You betcha! Stuffing the Ballot Boxes? It’s down to an art form. Control of the media? In spades. What we are really watching is all the criminality of Washington now made possible in a city state of terror.

Every time the Paul convention tried to call them out on Illegality, the GOP blasted loud music. This was especially disgusting after the white washed nomination vote. “They present this whole electoral process – the primaries, the ‘voting’ – to placate the superficial ones, the gullible ones, and put up this dog and pony show pretending that it’s real. But it’s not. It is as fake as a 3 dollar bill, and it blatant, in “in your face” with no apologies at this point.” – Von.

And while the vote looks like a landslide for Romney, hundred of delegates voted for Ron Paul instead. But when the state chairs came to declare their votes at the microphone they simply announced a landslide vote for Romney even if there was dissent claiming the “bound” rules forced them to do so. We will never know the true counts but hopefully some delegates will start speaking out soon.

Mike Duncan’s speech declaring the Maine delegates thrown away was loudly BOOED but was accepted “without objection.” They did a voice vote with a loud contingent of “NOOOs” equally matching the AYEs. “In the opinion of the chair the Eyes have it” claimed Boehner and Sununu. A loud never ending series of LOUD SCREAMS broke out for several minutes. Disenfranchisement in ten seconds Republican Style. In an orchestrated and planned move, any time the Paul delegates began to chant “Seat them now!” the traitor delegates screamed over them “USA USA”. Since none of the media microphones were in the Paul delegate states people watching on TV might have wondered why the delegates were suddenly cheering USA. This is a controlled event and not a democracy by any shot.

“rules changes failed .. the party has destroyed itself … bye bye america” -rftbunny”

“I’ve heard 2 votes with more Nays and Yeas. [and they declared the rule change passed anyways]” – ch4d

At this point the appropriate music for the RNC to be playing would be “this is the end” by the Doors. Because democracy and hope has faded from America. Like Hitler storming the Reichstag we have now ceded power to a gang of thugs.

Just like the Patriot Act and NDAA which took away all Americans constitutional rights, they have a new super amendment to grant the committee the right to designate all delegates. To help get it passed they redirected Paul delegation buses back to their hotels so they couldn’t oppose it. The Virginia and Rhode Island delegates were not surprised by the dirty tricks which seem to be commonplace at this years convention. When the delegates didn’t appear because their buses were driving in circles, the GOP voted in “alternates”. This is why even though six states/territories nominated Ron Paul during the actual vote he only won three. This was critical because two members of the rules committee which were in the Ron Paul camp were from Virginia. They didn’t make it to the meeting and the rules committee was able to then push forward the rules which let them throw away maine and also grant full power to the committee to make any rule changes without delegate vote.

“The Virginia and Rhode Island delegations are apparently being blocked from entering the Republican National Convention. They’re keeping us all on a bus and not allowing us in the security perimeter.” -Chris Stearns, Delegate from Virginia on the bus.

During the vote CSPAN referred to the opposing Ron Paul supporters as “Trouble Makers and Refuseniks!” Ok, well they didn’t say refuseniks but they might as well have. Never again will the will of the people be able to manifest because now they have re-designed the process to be top down. The “party” will appoint it’s underlings. Now where have we seen that before and why does the phrase “Mao Tse Dung” keep pouring into my head?

In fact, if you really want to the correct model for the RNC think not to China but to North Korea. Romney is their “Feerless Leader” in fact they even officially scheduled him to give his acceptance speech even before the vote? Why? Well of course we all know that the votes don’t matter and it’s all rigged!

Following the Soviet model, the protesting citizens – delegates from Iowa, Maine, Oklahoma, etc – were sent off to the Gulag – aka the bleacher seats waay in the back. At the Georgia delegate morning meeting, the REFUSNIKS for Paul were required to stand while the whole room shamed them. How dare they believe in the consitution and freedom. How dare they! “Georgia has had a united vote since 1908″ she sneered like Emperor Palpatine. One could almost hear “From here, you will witness the final destruction of the Alliance and the end of your insignificant rebellion.” One had to chuckle as the stage erupted in the Mitt Romney theme song “I want you to want me.” No, I’m not joking.

Ron Paul arrived at the convention to screams of “President Paul” and “Let Him Speak” but the media simply cut their microphones away after three seconds. And CSPAN didn’t broadcast it at all using only the official microphone feed supplied by the RNC. It reminded one of the CPAC win where they piped in fake boos rather than cheers on the audio. Anything to keep the man down.

[watch cspan hide the cheers for Ron Paul]

[Note: You can hear 2 seconds of what it really sounded like for ten minutes here and here ]

During the official state vote they cut the microphone on the state of Georgia when they had to announce that 3 of their voters defected for Ron Paul. On TV they listed the vote as for “Romney” and “Other” refusing to show Ron Paul’s name and when the chair repeated the vote count they only announced the votes for Romney. When Iowa declared they had voted 22 for Ron Paul and only six for Romney she repeated “Iowa six romney”. This is a joke. The horror continued as Maine officially announced fourteen votes for Romney and only 10 for Ron Paul. But since they had thrown away 10 delegates for Paul the true vote would have been a win for Ron Paul in Maine. This is an utter disgrace.

Nevada’s speaker during the vote made it clear that Ron Paul had five states and one territory nominating him, yet they skipped the Ron Paul nomination speeches illegally.
“six states have voted for Ron Paul’s nomination – iowa minnesota alaska virgin islands oregon and nevada” By rights Ron Paul should have had fifteen minutes of supporting speeches before the votes. But the GOP doesn’t care about that.

At the last moment, Paul supporters handed the petitions to the convention secretary. Then, the convention voted to adopt the eight-state rule, crushing the Paul effort. They changed the rule AFTER the nomination was submitted. [is this correct? or did they just ignore his nomination bid? - ed]

It is a scary time in America where simply by controlling the media they can put any candidate through even a warmonger candidate who believes in the murder of American citizens without trial and the destruction of the constitution. One Daily Paul commenter sums it up

“The ties are finally severed. The lies, the cheating, the corruption, the belittling, the absolute dismantling of democratic procedure, have succeeded. But, as a little well known band in my country said back in the 90s to their rivals who eclipsed them in the charts, “You may have won the battle, but you have NOT won the war.”

They ended all political process when they turned off the microphones so that all calls for division or motions to reconsider were impossible.

“Ron Paul attracted independents, traditional conservatives and turned activists out to the GOP en mass. The pushed conservative values and turned many democrats into the party. They gave the GOP all the leverage they need to defeat Obama.

Yet when these supporters showed up, they isolated them, mocked them, marginalized them, and disenfranchised them of their hard won votes within the GOP primaries. Then they have the audacity to tell Ron Paul supporters that now they want our votes?”- Hayek

Is it really over? Can liberty and freedom and everything we fought for in 1776 be squashed like a bug simply by stuffing the ballot boxes, controlling the central committee, and the media? I guess it can! But the rebel attack will begin after his coronation, and there is no way that he will win. Evil never does. How do you defeat an enemy when your votes and the ballot box has been corrupted, when the media lies daily and everything it seems is controlled by the fatcat bankers and federal reserve? Liberty is an idea that is not so easily distinguished. In the end the middle class will fight back state by state. We had a revolutionary war once before… let's see if they have the stomach for it again.

All of Romney's speakers are self serving. They are not helping him. Christie is selling himself for his re-election as Govenor in NJ. What about Romney.

What do Barack Obama and Harry Truman have in common? A do nothing Congress. It is a shame that Paul Ryan did not meet Thomas Dewey.

Did Christie just say that New Jersey got ahead because of "shared sacrifice"? I'm sure i've heard that somewhere before.....

What the hell does Christie's speech have to do with Romney?

Why is it I expect to see panties and room keys flying up onto the staqe? - all those adoring faces - like teeny-boppers at a 70s concert. Saw one woman actually blowing kisses at Christie.

Ann Romney talked about things she knows nothing about. She never talked about families needing assistance because the job they have didn't pay enough. I never heard her say they got assistance like food stamps, why because they didn't have too. They had wealthy parents. What was that undertone that she's an American? I thought we are all Americans!!! We are born and raised in this country. We fight wars, which she has not done. Mothers and fathers fight for this country every day and not one mention of us. We leave our families to fight for our freedoms and not one mention.

is Cristy acutally saying that Obama doesnt want our schools to be the best.......Obama is the one who started the whole thing about holding teachers acountable and changing the Tenour standards.....this guy is a putz

Paul Ryan, meet Thomas Dewey. He lost too because of a do nothing Congress

Christie's speech is good. He is fair. He could be talking about Obama.

Gov. Christie, after saying Republicans care about the working class, promising that Republicans will balance the budget by cutting entitlements, rewarding "only the best". Apparently, asking the top 1% to pay more taxes to balance the budget is not on the table. BTW, the percentage of people on welfare has decreased from 68% in 1997 to only 27% in 2011, despite the difficulty getting jobs. It's not the poor who are creating the deficit, it's Romney's billionaire cohorts.

Romney's face says it all....This mofo Christie is messing up my bid.

They We They We ....What about Us?You know,Us,America,not Them and We.

Look Romney can't even fake it.

Gov. Christie accusing Obama of absentee leadership. Obama has only taken 68 days of vacation since becoming President. At this point during their tenure, Reagan had taken 126 days of vacation, George W. had taken 167 days.

While christe is speaking Romney looks like a dork!!!!!