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redneckgaijin) wrote2008-05-25 12:22 pm
redneckgaijin) wrote2008-05-25 12:22 pm
LYAN: Live-blogging LP Prez Nomination
Here.
I'm pretty much ignoring the nominating speeches, which will end in about another fifteen minutes as I type this. They're pretty much boring and repetitive- and far, FAR too long at sixteen minutes per candidate. With eight candidates, that's over TWO HOURS...
EDIT: Bob Barr wins narrowly on the sixth ballot. Over the course of the weekend, he's apologized for USA-PATRIOT Act, for prosecuting marijuana users, and for authoring the Defense of Marriage Act- the last he did during his own nomination speech before the first ballot. I have to wonder how many Presidential campaigns have the unofficial motto, "Mea culpa."
I'm pretty much ignoring the nominating speeches, which will end in about another fifteen minutes as I type this. They're pretty much boring and repetitive- and far, FAR too long at sixteen minutes per candidate. With eight candidates, that's over TWO HOURS...
EDIT: Bob Barr wins narrowly on the sixth ballot. Over the course of the weekend, he's apologized for USA-PATRIOT Act, for prosecuting marijuana users, and for authoring the Defense of Marriage Act- the last he did during his own nomination speech before the first ballot. I have to wonder how many Presidential campaigns have the unofficial motto, "Mea culpa."