Republican Convention Watch 2008 - Fred Thompson

Actor and former candidate Fred Thompson's up next. He's on fire. We're prosperous! At least he is! And he's defending Sarah Palin! Oh, Fred loves a crowd. And he just repeated himself.

There are a shitload of white people in that crowd. Damn.

Fred's hitting us full in the face with partisan rhetoric. Liberals and their friends in the media! (Applause!)

More about John's character. Yes, he's got character. All of John's kids are in the military. (Applause!) Cindy! (Applause!) John's mother! (Applause!) John's a rebel! Troublemaker! Leader of the troublemakers! (Applause!) Fred just talked nonsense. (Applause!)

More about John's military service.

Hey! It's Jon Voigt! The Republicans are a bunch of Hollywood elitists!

OK, Fred's going on a bit. Ellipses time...

He's still going on and on... I'm gonna brush my teeth and give you more ellipses...

My teeth are now clean. What'd I miss? Hey, look! It's a black lady! PBS must be done with its coverage of the Republican National Convention. Oh. No. It's still Fred Thompson. They just found one of the only conservative black women in America to put on camera.

We're running out of time for tonight. I though Joe Lieberman was speaking tonight. Fred's going and going and going and Joe's probably backstage going, "Um... Excuse me, please. Don't take my stapler."

Holy shit! He's finally wrapped it up!

Shields and Yarnell? Yarnell likes it. Should've spoken that well for himself when he was running. Shields seems to be giving him a B. Big applause on Obama attacks, so they're more united in their dislike for Obama than their support of McCain. Perhaps. Yarnell says it's a pretty standard Republican speech, theme-wise.

And here's Joe Lieberman!