DUKE's TWEETS: The Convention

My Twitter record. Earliest post was at 6:14 yesterday. It's 1:20 now.
It's worth noting that Marsha Blackburn, a Republican Congresswoman, has said she would take being on the PTA and a hockey mom over Obama's experience anyway. Pathetic. Twitter follows:

My brother anticipates the 30 Rock episode where Liz Lemon is mistaken for Palin at a GOP event with Jack Donaghy. Brilliant.
4 minutes ago from txt

This is pure pandering. Historic ticket? Check. Union? Check? Working mom? Check. Superficial experience on energy? Check. Hunter? Check. 6 minutes ago from txt    

Wikipedia slow on shutting updates. Includes "Before all this, she was born a man." 23 minutes ago from txt    

Insert inappropriate joke about McCain's not rushing to his brain here. Maybe Obama isn't the only one who can boast a Clinton redux? 26 minutes ago from txt    

Name drops Ferraro and Hillary. "The women of America aren't finished yet!" Wow. Subtle. 30 minutes ago from txt    

Notice between the mentioning the son going to Iraq and McCain's captivity, she's going where nobody else has gone at least on the stump 31 minutes ago from txt    

Nu-cyu-ler!!!! 33 minutes ago from txt    

Is it bad when the audience stops clapping before you do? 40 minutes ago from txt    

Anyone remember what happened last time McCain was around a former beauty queen decades younger than him? How does Cindy feel about this? about 1 hour ago from txt    

Holy shit he's nominated Janine Turner on Northern Exposure for VP. Events starting now. about 1 hour ago from txt    

Pat Buchanan: "She eats mooseburgers." about 2 hours ago from txt    

McCain campaign says ultra-conservative Palin shares his values. So much for independent voters. about 2 hours ago from txt    

When Biden was announced, pictures of him in Georgia and Iraq. Right now they're running pictures of Palin fishing. Just saying. about 3 hours ago from txt    

Fox confirms from campaign source: Sarah Palin about 3 hours ago from txt    

Ha! Larry Kudlow loves Palin! Because who lives in a thicker bubble than Kudlow? about 3 hours ago from txt    

Maybe it is Palin. Outstanding about 3 hours ago from txt    

Lieberman's in Dayton!!! about 4 hours ago from txt    

Not TPaw. Not Palin. Not Romney. Who? Lieberman? Condi? Condi scares me. Rove begged Lieb not to accept so that may hurt w/the base about 4 hours ago from txt    

What's Romney gonna do when he can't write a check everytime the campaign needs money? about 5 hours ago from txt    

Surrogate spinning Romney vs Biden. "Sometimes judgement counts as much as experience." Pls go with that one. Even if it is a bit familiar about 5 hours ago from txt   

Mitt helps in Michigan? Maybe. Remember, he worked for a pvt equtity firm. Folks who worked for Chrysler remember them. Maybe not. about 5 hours ago from txt    

Also possibly Romney. Meh. Peggy Noonan doesn't appear to be a morning person about 5 hours ago from txt    

Martin via Halperin says its not Pawlenty. Might be Palin, gov of Alaska. Want experience? They got moose in Alaska bitches! about 6 hours ago from txt    

It was the last one in the Stadium. And they won it in clssic fashion. That counts for something. about 12 hours ago from txt    

Mike Mussina hasn't pitched this well this far into the season in 5 yrs. Mmmmoooooosssseeee about 12 hours ago from txt    

Erin Andrews interviewed Steve Spurrier on field after he beat Tom O'Brien earlier. If you don't lnow why that's awesome I pity you. Yay! about 12 hours ago from txt    

Ps fuck the cynics. That was all pretty fucking awesome. about 12 hours ago from txt    

Ok, Duke out. But one regret: that I won't get to see Dr Thompson write about this. By God that would've been something. Mahalo, Hunter. about 12 hours ago from txt    

Keith and Chris on their way to Twin Cities. Should be totally impartial. about 12 hours ago from txt    

Huck says he won't be in Dayton. Romney no plans be outside of Mass. TPaw nebulous. So we're down to TPaw, KBH, and Lieberasshole. Can't ... ... about 12 hours ago from txt    

Buchanan: "This was not Adlai Stvenson!" about 12 hours ago from txt    

Marc Ambinder notes journos and delegates stranded at Invesco. I think he's bitching. They weren't serving booz and the parties have started about 12 hours ago from txt    

Keith goes there. Notes Dobson advocating prayer for rain over Obama speech. Relates to Gustav interrupting GOP. Tasteless but fantastic about 12 hours ago from txt    

Chris and Keith seem to be openly mocking a Pawlenty choice about 12 hours ago from txt    

Ok. Fineman reportin GOP going lowkey. Small venues. Short speeches. Lots of movies. Um. Yeah. You do that guys. No the contrast won't work about 12 hours ago from txt    

Rachel just name dropped Fox on MSNBC. She rules. Countdown has taken over. about 13 hours ago from txt    

I allow myself a little hope now and then that after 8 yrs I won't have to put on "West Wing" DVD's and drift away from reality about 13 hours ago from txt    

A HA. There's my American Pres DVD about 13 hours ago from txt    

Chris says Jesse has showed restraint. Um, 'cept for that one time. about 13 hours ago from txt    

Keith: "When this text is read in history books...." about 13 hours ago from txt    

Sweet Jeebus its Jesse! about 13 hours ago from txt    

Red wine out. Glenfiddich in. about 13 hours ago from txt    

Pat Buchanan name drops big names and says best convention speech he's ever heard. "Deeply centrist." It wasn't. I like that Pat says it was about 13 hours ago from txt    

Andy Mitchell: "I've never witnessed anything like this." Keeps referencing "The American President." SORKIN WHAT YO?!?! about 13 hours ago from txt    

Keith in Countdown mode. Goes after AP analysis whose tilt right has been noted a lot lately. Journos calleing out Fournier in particular. about 13 hours ago from txt    

Keith just said "Democrat National Convention" about 14 hours ago from txt    

Brian Williams just said mishigoss (sp?). about 14 hours ago from txt    

Hillary WAS at the speech. Very formulaic press release. Chuck T thinks the speech appeals to Mark Penn. So...um. Wow. Um...DRINK!!! about 14 hours ago from txt    

Was this a huge political rope a dope??? Man's taken some hits this past month. Foreman was a little cocky and Ali just unleashed a flurry! about 14 hours ago from txt    

Chuck Todd analyzes the McCain response and says it show they didn't know how to respond. Wow about 14 hours ago from txt    

Checking CNN. High praise there too. about 14 hours ago from txt    

Keith needs to change his shorts. Wow. Lots of confetti too. Cool. I think Chris is crying. "The hell with my critics." I'm kinda giddy about 14 hours ago from txt    

Ok the country bullshits been cut and we have what exactly??? Documentary stock music??? What the fuck?! about 14 hours ago from txt    

Been beaten to the punch by a friend but I'll second him...what the fuck is this music??? about 14 hours ago from txt    

The most overused word this wk is "workmanlike," but fuck it that's waht this was. I think that's may be ehat it needed to be. about 14 hours ago from txt    

"...Hope that we confess" DRINK!!!! about 14 hours ago from txt    

MLK love right here. Don't make it cheesey. Not using his name. "The preacher." "America we cannot turn back!!!!" about 14 hours ago from txt    

Is "promise" the new "hope"? about 14 hours ago from txt    

Haven't been counting but if I were playing the "change" drinking game, I'd be sober. Not one "hope" yet. about 14 hours ago from txt    

Never mentioned torture. People rarely did all week. Must be intentional on acct of the hanoi hilton thing about 14 hours ago from txt    

Old tactics=make election about small things about 14 hours ago from txt    

Come independents. Come to Barack my pretties. about 14 hours ago from txt    

"We can agree to reduce unwanted pregnancies" "We can uphold 2nd Amendments and keep AK47 out of hands of teenagers" walk the line baby about 14 hours ago from txt    

Wisely nor cutting off "USA" chant about 15 hours ago from txt    

Going after the critiques now about 15 hours ago from txt    

Marc Ambinder is mangling his twitters about 15 hours ago from txt    

Flows fallen off a bit. Seems a little rushed. Cut for time? about 15 hours ago from txt    

"Debate I'm willing to have" I think I've heard that before. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Individual responsibility and mutual reaponsibilty about 15 hours ago from txt    

Coming close to promising college ed. This is red meat liberal New Deal shit. about 15 hours ago from txt    

"Will not settle for an America where people don't have the chance" for an education. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Interesting. Played it down the middle on drilling. Smart. Denounced it but not entirely. about 15 hours ago from txt    

This is sort of a glorified red meat stump speech. An excellent one though. Exactly what you want in front of 20-30million people actually. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Spelling it out... about 15 hours ago from txt    

"Government should do what we can do for ourselves....should work for us...should help us...should ensure every opportunity." about 15 hours ago from txt    

"I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks celebrities lead but this is my life." Wow. Nicely done. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Making a play to claim small business. Ballsy. I likes. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Ownership sociey=You're on your own. Good one. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Nation of whiners? Worth noting that Phil Gramm's been out of the penalty box about 15 hours ago from txt    

Round of applause for McCain. Classy. about 15 hours ago from txt    

Eight is enough? And the crowd is eating it up. They're chanting it! about 15 hours ago from txt    

No, thank you senator about 15 hours ago from txt    

AP saying 84k in Invesco about 15 hours ago from txt    

They seem to be messing with the chronology a bit about 15 hours ago from txt    

Not a terribly inventive intro out of Durbin but even he seems fired up about 15 hours ago from txt    

Just a thought but I haven't seen many PUMAs in the stadium about 15 hours ago from txt    

50 minutes. Yeesh about 15 hours ago from txt    

Keith compares it to the Queen's speech in Britain. Way to repudiate the effete attack boys about 16 hours ago from txt    

Whoa. Text uembargoed. Big time speech it sounds like about 16 hours ago from txt    

Nice extemp by Biden about 16 hours ago from txt    

Yoooooo Jooooooe!!!!!!!! about 16 hours ago from txt    

Really no hesitancy to set expectations tonight. Lots of talk about detail and plans about 16 hours ago from txt    

Obama contrary to experience of a career politician. Good one. about 16 hours ago from txt    

Maybe he said "Hey Blinkin!" Anyone? about 16 hours ago from txt    

Oh snap! Lincoln! He went there! about 16 hours ago from txt    

Railing against lobbyists. Wanna point out that they basically run the McCain campaign at all levels? about 16 hours ago from txt    

Status quo afraid of Obama. Good line. about 16 hours ago from txt    

Gore heads right into it. Turns out he lost 8 years ago. The same policies as Bush. "I believe in rexycling but that's ridiculous." Nice about 16 hours ago from txt    

5th Dimension for Gore? Let the sunshine in but let it the fuck back out right Al? about 17 hours ago from txt    

I admit it. I was dancing. I felt better when they showed all of MSNBC's panel dancing. INCLUDING PAT BUCHANAN. Once more R Madd is the shit about 17 hours ago from txt    

One of my favoritest songs ever!!!! about 17 hours ago from txt    

Steve Muthafuckin Wonder!!! about 17 hours ago from txt    

Talking about moving mountains now. Way to sidestep that messiah thing Timbo. Whatever. "Move mountain!" about 17 hours ago from txt    

Kaine speaking Spanish now. Why? about 17 hours ago from txt    

"If your version of America is seven houses, then John McCains is your candidate." Whoa. Thank God for Joe. about 17 hours ago from txt    

Tim Kaine speaking. We all saw Joe last nite. Was Joe the right call? Let's find out... about 17 hours ago from txt    

Fun fact: the original Mile High was so loud that Invesco was constucted with specially designed acoustics to make it VERY LOUD about 17 hours ago from txt    

Norah's late! about 17 hours ago from txt    

As such, the Mccain campaign plan to downsize their convention as a contrast may backfire. You heard it here. about 17 hours ago from txt    

Tell you something: those people in that stadium are having FUN. Great imagery. about 17 hours ago from txt    

Chris feigns objectivity saying McCain and Pawlenty (if him) may draw crowds like this. Keith notes they can't make 10,000 in Dayton. Oops about 17 hours ago from txt    

Will.i.am is going after the celebrity critique. "You call on us when there's a natural disaster and you need to raise money." Hey now. about 18 hours ago from txt    

Joe Scarborough is tossing any cynicism and declaring this the greatest politicl event he's ever seen. He'll be mocking it in the morning about 18 hours ago from txt    

John Lewis paying tribute to MLK and the March. I've got goosebumps. about 18 hours ago from txt    

David Gregory says Mark Warner's speech was underrated. Or maybe it was pretty lackluster and thus fairly rated about 18 hours ago from txt    

AFL-CIO pres feels comfortable admitting his members are racist about 19 hours ago from txt    

I don't get what peoples ish is with the stage. Greek revival. No biggie. Seriously if they ever went to dc they'd prolly have an aneurysm. about 19 hours ago from txt    

Was marinating a flanks steak. Now I'm not. Anything good on? about 19 hours ago from txt    

Not sure who cares but Ana Ivanovic is on the verge of getting bounced from the US Open. She'll still be hot though. about 19 hours ago from txt    

They got Shawn Johnson cos they were afraid Phelps might upstage Obama. about 19 hours ago from txt