She can't be vice president because she sounds like Lily Tomlin's[sp?] phone operator.

Why do they have that baby in there??? The roar of the crowd must be deafening and vibrate tremendously...What the hell are they thinking??

And for the third consecutive year the award for world's greatest feminist goes to....

Rudi Giuliani!!!!

Actually, the "drill, baby, drill" chant was started by Michael Steele earlier in the evening. He actually said it with a flair and good humor that worked in the situation. When Rudy tried to, um, go that well again, it just didn't work as effectively.

Wow. I'm starting to think these guys might be even crazier than I thought.

Which is saying something.

Palin's voice is soothing. Just like a blender.

If this woman is ever president we're all dead.

They're not nuts. Just drunk. The Republican Party is the last refuge of the 70's frat party.

The Republican Party is the last refuge of the 70's frat party.

Please tell me they didn't play "Suffragette City" for Palin's entrance.

"Suffragette City"?

I was hoping for "I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok", but now I'm thinking it should've been "Space Oddity"

Should have played REM : It's The End Of The World As We Know It. These people are truly insane!

When Rudy was done I had to go take a shower, both he and the crowd left me contaminated by their smears.

Josh Marshall's effort at a joke is an indirect slur on Germans and I am not amused by it in the slightest.

"Drill Baby Drill" is derived from Burn Baby Burn, which, before becoming a Trammps hit on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, was used associated with the Watts riots and the militant wing of the black power movement.

Very weird to see it adapted to a pro-oil Republican chant.

George W. said we are addicted to oil. Wow, was he right, or what?

What we needed last night was a commercial featuring T.B. Pickens saying "this is one problem we can't drill our way out of".

Wouldn't that have been too cool?

It is scary that a crowd who is potentially nominating our next president would take such joy in and so cavalierly endorse drilling for oil in our beautiful ocean. I thought the baby was so far over the top as to be dispicable. Imagine bringing your baby into that crowded noisy place late at night just to get a good TV shot. Shame on them.

TJ, no offense intended, but, if you're going to quote T.B. Pickens, you should at least be honest with yourself and the rest of the readership. Pickens says "East, West Coast, and ANWR - get it all". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8s7VipVic

Mr. Smith, as for how a crowd could "cavalierly endorse drilling for oil in our beautiful ocean" ... when is the last time we have had a major spill from an oil platform? Someone that is truly worried about the ocean should be doing everything they could to encourage local drilling, because the overwhelming majority of spills occur while transporting crude in tankers. If we drilled our own, there would be less tankers on the ocean. Also, do you really think the Saudis, Iranians, and Russians are taking any better care of the oceans/environment than the U.S. is???? It is a safe bet that we are much more environmentally friendly than any of the foreign producers.

The fact is, we do not currently have alternatives, and every drop we obtain on our own is one less drop that comes from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia, etc. That makes good strategic, economic, and environmental sense to me.

"Drill baby drill" ....I think that red meat was Polar Bear Meat!

If the Republicans make "Drill, baby, drill!" their crallying cry we should respond with: "Spill, baby, spill!".

That "drill baby drill" chant is Stepfordian and spooky. I just think of oil drenched sea animals washing ashore and wildlife sniped from the air to clear the path for contractors.

Can Palin can balance her job and her kids? Sure! Just ask her nanny.

Drill Baby Drill is actually derived from the catch phrase used by my father the Magnificent Montague when he was the top D.J. in Los Angeles on KGFJ. It is well documented and if you google search him or go to www.magnificentmontague.com you will find more info.
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