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You Don’t Tell Clint Eastwood To Stay On The Teleprompter
Kind of like the time I tried to talk Billy Crystal out of a Jewish joke. Celebrities are impossible to control.
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Republicans Also Dialed Back Platform’s Israel Language
The missing language: “Undivided” Jerusalem and an embassy move. Democrats under fire for a similar move.
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How To Be Gay And Republican
Gay conservatives explain their support for both Mitt Romney and marriage between gay couples.
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Go-GOProud Boys (And Ladies) Move On From CPAC, Take On The Party
GOProud’s executive director: “This event tonight was, in a way, a culmination of [a] three-year controversy with CPAC, and our allies showed up today to show their support. … [T]here are a significant number of influential people in the conservative movement who support us.”
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Republican Views On Marriage: It’s Complicated
Delegates at the Republican National Convention in Tampa range from supporting marriage equality to saying that even gay people in Texas don’t support it. A party in flux?
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GOP Chairman: "If The Election Were Held Today, We’d Be Winning Today"
Defends GOP convention from disappointing polling.
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58 Things I Learned At The Republican National Convention
The food sucked.
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How Mitt Romney’s Convention Speech Played Across The Front Pages Of 10 Swing State Newspapers
For some in the country, it was the first look at the Republican nominee.
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Jeb Bush And Rick Santorum Debate Hands Vs. Milk
Two of our favorite Republican convention moments combined.
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Romney Thought Clint Eastwood’s Speech Was Funny
A campaign official laughs off controversy surrounding the movie star’s convention speech. Says the chair was a surprise, though.
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A Brief History Of People Talking To Empty Chairs
Some people were talking to empty chairs before it was cool.
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Fab Or Drab At The Republican National Convention
I’ve been walking around the RNC for the past few days checking out all the hot fashion looks! Check ‘em out!
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It’s Not True That More People Watched Honey Boo Boo Than The Republican Convention
Sorry, everyone.
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Who Was Clint Eastwood Talking To?
The chair was empty… right?
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The 5 Republicans Who Mentioned (Gay) Marriage On Stage In Tampa
Social issues may not have been the focus at this week’s convention, but they weren’t left out, either. Marriage was much talked-about, from “honor[ing] the institution of marriage” to “defend[ing] marriage” to “stop[ping] the assault on marriage.”
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Rachel Maddow Baffled By Eastwood’s RNC Appearance
“That was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen at a political convention in my entire life … and it will be the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen if I live to be a hundred.”
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Eastwooding
Clint Eastwood went on television and spoke to an empty chair, and the internet responded in the only way it knows how.
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The Romney And Ryan Families Play With Balloons
After Mitt Romney accepted the GOP nomination, tens of thousands of balloons rained down on the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The young Romney and Ryan children and grandchildren couldn’t resist having some fun on stage for the cameras.
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The Best Televised Moments Of The RNC 2012
ICYMI, #RNC2012 was off the hook. THNX CSPAN!