Friday, August 31, 2012

2012 GOP convention live, thread #7: Lyin', damn lyin' and Romney-Ryan

Republican National Convention: The race to the bottom Watch live video here and join the conversation as we live blog the 2012 GOP convention.

6:56 PM PT: They are playing a video about Mitt's life. With at least two photographs, they are digitally animating a flame on a torch supposedly being held (by Mitt in one photo and by Ann in another).

6:56 PM PT: Wow. Campaign malpractice to waste the bio video before the networks cut in. Prob twice as bad for someone with Mitt's image problem
— @evale72 via Echofon 6:58 PM PT: Aww, they're sharing pictures from the days when they struggled.
— @DianeSweet via web 6:59 PM PT: ha ha really a shot of kids ON TOP OF THE CAR??
— @tomtomorrow via web

7:01 PM PT: I don't know that it's a big deal, but a lot of these old photos have clearly been digitally altered. It might just be to give them a 3D effect, however.

7:02 PM PT: Ann Romney is in just about every photo with Mitt.

7:03 PM PT: Clinton Eastwood takes the stage.

7:04 PM PT: Here in Columbus, Ohio, I just scanned through NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX. Only NBC has Eastwood's speech. An Obama ad was actually on CBS, local news was on FOX, and a football game was on ABC.

7:06 PM PT: fact check: 12.8 million unemployed
— @7im via TweetDeck 7:09 PM PT: Clint Eastwood is talking to an empty chair. This is the #GOP2012's big surprise? Y'all are so bright...
— @elonjames via TweetDeck 7:10 PM PT: Starting to get the feeling that whoever was vetting speeches also didn't know who the mystery guest was
— @ezraklein via TweetDeck

7:11 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): New thread here.


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