11:05 pm
Live Blogging Joementum
10:39 RNC keeping schedule tight. Keeps talking heads off of cable. Lieberman now on.
10:40 Lieberman leads with Gustav. Anyone else see irony in Lieberman’s talking about nonpartisanship after Thompson’s bright red bloody moose meat of a speech?
10:41 Crowd responding a bit tepidly. RNC might have been smarter to switch order: Lieberman then Thompson.
10:41 Lieberman emphasizing the dissonance in DC.
10:42 Lieberman speaks of Washington’s warning about factions. But didn’t Washington also warn of the dangers of risky foreign interventions?
10:43 Joe supporting McCain because country matters more than party. John McCain is the best choice to bring our country together and lead America forward.
10:44 More important to be an American than a Republican or Democrat. Indirect slap on Obama?
10:44 Only one candidate has actually changed the culture of Washington. But if that’s true, why is McCain still running against the culture of Washington?
10:45 People don’t care about whether you’re an R or a D, they care about putting country first, as McCain did this week. As I’ve blogged, I’m not sure that’s the case — Gustav response may be another example of RNC cronyism.
10:48 God made only one John McCain. True. Thank Buddha he only made one Joe Lieberman as well.
10:49 “If John McCain is another partisan Republican, then I’m Michael Moore’s favorite Democrat.” He laughs at his own joke.
10:49: Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man, but eloquence is not a substitute for a record, not in these times.
10:50 Obama has not reached across party lines? Really? Ask Dick Lugar.
10:51 OMG Lieberman just got the Republican base to applaud for Bill Clinton.
10:51 Palin is a “great lady.” Has Lieberman met her? Someone please ask him.
10:52 Sincerely believe that the real ticket for change this year is the McCain-Palin ticket. Crowd still not really responding as enthusiastically as they did to W and Thompson.
10:52 Washington powerbrokers can’t build a pen to hold these two mavericks in. Not sure that was the best metaphor.
10:53 What country needs is not party unity but national unity. Crowd doesn’t like this as much as Thompson’s red meat.
10:54 When others were silent about Iraq, John McCain had the guts to raise the mistakes we were making. You mean like invading, Joe?
10:54 Lieberman plays the Obama voted to cut off funds canard.
10:55 Crowd chants “country first.”
10:55 McCain liked and respected by leaders across the board. McCain will be a President our allies will trust and our enemies will fear.
10:56 Wants to speak to fellow Democrats and independents: I know you’re angry and frustrated by politics of our government. You may be thinking of voting for McCain and in an ordinary election you never would. But this is no ordinary election because these are not ordinary times. John McCain is no ordinary candidate.
10:57 You may not agree with McCain on every issue but you can count on him to be straight with you. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry — that was the best joke of the night.
10:58 Vote for person who you think is best for country, not party you happen to belong to. Vote for the leader who from the age of 17 who has always put America first.
Meh. Lieberman’s speech was just like him — kind of milquetoast-y. Audience response was not really powerful. I kept thinking of Jon Stewart’s portrayal of Lieberman as Droopy. I think the RNC made a tactical mistake: Thompson, the stem-winder, should have gone after Lieberman, whose tone was droning and a bit dull.
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