Slog - Comments on Robert Casey, Jr. at the DNC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc Well, that was a slam dunk with the delegates. The sweet lines: John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush 90 percent of the time. That's a sidekick. and The Bush-McCain Republicans inherited the strongest economy in history and drove it into a ditch. They cut taxes on the wealthiest of us and passed on the pain to the least of us. They ran up the debt, gave huge subsidies to big oil companies, and now they're asking for four more years. How about four more months? That got the crowd chanting "Four more months! Four... Copyright 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:39:56 -0800 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:45:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Original Monique Just watched that, and he was amazing. Great job.
My first thought: "Who the fuck is this guy?!"

Then: "I don't care, he's a badass"

And he is.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114469 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:44:48 -0800 Comment by JD Didn't Maverick's sidekick Iceman in Top Gun get shot down? Goose was his navigator, Iceman was Val Kilmer, right, right??
Is that a subtle dig at mr. shotdown POW?

]]> JD http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114472 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114472 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:01:17 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Maverick's sidekick was Goose, who indeed was shot down. He spent 5 1/2 years as a Soviet POW, where he lost his hair. Upon his release he tortured America for 8 years as Dr. Mark Greene.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114476 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:11:14 -0800 Comment by John Bailo You're shouting inside your own oil drum.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/26/nielsen-ratings-monday-august-25/4774

Nothing else of interest last night except the Democratic National Convention which was watched by relatively few on the broadcast networks from 10-11pm.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114477 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:12:06 -0800 Comment by David Wright "Bush-McCain Republicans" and "Four more Months are indeed artful marketing slogans. But who wants to fly thousands of miles and sit through days of speeches to hear marketing slogans? Listining to a recitation of marketing slogans dressed up as a speech, and then responding by collectively chanting a marketing slogan back, would make me feel pretty dumb, if not downright brainwashed. Who are the people who get off on this stuff? Frustrated sales reps? Frustrated soccer hooligan wanabees?

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114493 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:35:02 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways and inaccurate...it's more like 4 and 1/2 months...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114660 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:09:08 -0800 Comment by Gitai I thought the line about W starting on third base and stealing second was classic.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114716 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:19:25 -0800 Comment by Rob Lightner Any good slogan is extensible:

"Four more weeks! Four more weeks!"

"Four more days! Four more days!"

On election night:

"Four more beers! Four more beers!"

]]> Rob Lightner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/robert_casey_jr_at_the_dnc#c1114833 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:45:44 -0800