RNC 2012 Discussion Thread

Governor Chris Christie points into the crowd at the RNC.
You. In the eleventh row. I said no gum chewing.


[Content note at links: misogyny, racism, homophobia, heterocentrism]

Did you watch the nearly inescapable RNC footage last night? If you did, you're made of stronger stuff than me! I got through maybe two minutes of Rick Santorum before my brain took me by the shoulders and told me to turn off the television and get something hot to drink. So here's a thread to discuss the mind boggling bag of horrible that was last night's convention.

For your reading pleasure: ThinkProgress fact-checks last night's speeches.

And thanks to Ann Romney, we now know what a "real marriage" is.

That's a big tent.

A preview of tonight's RNC speakers. Hey, where's Joe the Plumber?

Drop links, comments, or general frustrations here.

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