Welcome to the Romney/Ryan Google Hangout!
This is a rally and fundraiser for Romney and Ryan, being held in Texas, with several excellent guests — including Dick Cheney, Rick Perry, and many others. I’m participating — I’m the screen at the bottom with the Patterico blog in the window.
We may get a chance to ask questions of some of the luminaries who will be speaking. So stay close, and if you have any questions, leave them in the comments! And enjoy!
UPDATE: Unclear whether Romney or Ryan will be speaking, contrary to my initial impression. This is a very fluid situation . . .
UPDATE x2: Well, the event is over, and it was not at all as advertised, but I still enjoyed it. It picked up whenever we had a chance to talk to people. It was an opportunity to talk to some regular folks about their political views, and we met some interesting people who I hope will come visit the blog. Antonio, I’m talking to you!
I apologize to anyone who came expecting to see Dick Cheney or Rick Perry, but I hope you enjoyed the talk as I did.
We’re going live any second now.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:04 pmI’d ask Romney if he already knew about the Benghazi emails before the 3rd debate and, if so, if that played a role in why he decided not to press Obama on Libya.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:11 pmIt makes me nervous that Rick Perry is speaking so close to the election. He doesn’t always make the sentences good.
happyfeet (a397a0) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:14 pmI’d ask Romney if he already knew about the Benghazi emails before the 3rd debate and, if so, if that played a role in why he decided not to press Obama on Libya.
Comment by DRJ — 10/24/2012 @ 5:11 pm
He’s been running such a disciplined and stunningly competent campaign I really wouldn’t be surprised at this.
Gotta say that though this election season has been frustrating (media bias etc), I’ve really changed my attitude toward Romney, I think starting when he picked Paul Ryan, and with just about everything I’ve seen from him and the campaign since then only sealing the deal.
Before he was an “OK I guess he’ll be better at MATH than Pres Obama” and “I hope he’s pro-life enough”. I never knew his personal story, or his character before this season.
I really like and admire the man now. I can’t wait to vote for him. And Ryan of course.
no one you know (954688) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:19 pmI would ask them if they are going to sell off Fannie and Freddie and get government out of the mortgage guarantee business.
Patricia (e1d89d) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:19 pmI would ask Mr Cheney, on a scale of 1 to complete and total douchenozzle, where would he place OBarcky.
JD (8a1df4) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:20 pmGuess Romney isn’t showing up after all. This is a very fluid situation, obviously…
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:23 pmI would ask if he plans on freeing GM from its federal government bondage.
Colonel Haiku (385e8a) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:25 pmThey will probably have a chance to talk to someone with the campaign, and you can ask the campaign people the same questions you would ask Romney.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:27 pmFor instance, I’d like to ask a campaign person to comment on voter fraud, especially the Moran story.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:28 pmI’d also like to know if the Dallas GOP or Tea Party folks are looking into voter fraud in DFW.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:30 pmThat was your question about small business, wasn’t it?
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:31 pmBiggest blogger in the world, Patterico’s!!
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:32 pmYes, that was my question.
An appropriate question from the biggest blogger in the world!
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:36 pmAccording to Romney’s calendar at Politico, he was in Reno this morning and will be Cedar Rapids IA and Cincinnati OH tonight. I don’t see DFW on his schedule, unless it is a stopover.
Ryan was in Cleveland OH this afternoon. Here’s the calendar for all the candidates today.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:42 pmPatterico LIVE!
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:42 pmIf the candidates aren’t there, then I doubt there will be any Romney campaign people there. However, Cheney and Perry and their staffs should be able to answer some questions. In fact, they may be more forthright than Romney-Ryan people.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:43 pmYou asked it. A good economy with a decent job market would be the most liberating thing for women.
nk (875f57) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:44 pmAny idea of crowd size yet?
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:44 pm___________________________________________
I never knew his personal story, or his character before this season.
My sense is that the inner aspects of the guy are pretty good, perhaps a variation of what I’ve picked up through the years about the core of someone like Ronald Reagan. I’m referring to the non-political facets of such people. Their inner decency and respect for stability and integrity.
If folks like Bill Clinton or Barack Obama had such characteristics, and even if their ideology still ran counter to mine, I couldn’t easily cast off, disparage and disregard them.
Mark (4de17c) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:45 pmIs Knox any relation to Neal Knox?
nk (875f57) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:46 pmTOTUS speaks in Colorado …
Smartest President we’ve ever had. Enslaved to a f’ing teleprompter.
SPQR (768505) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:48 pmWell, we can chat while we’re waiting for something to happen.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 5:52 pmSpeaking of sheer intellectual firepower:
In Ohio, Biden Talks About All the Ads Being Run ‘Here in Iowa’
He’s only been campaigning in Ohio for three consecutive days.
Steve57 (c8ac21) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:01 pmIMO Obama’s China gaffe in Colorado was even worse than Biden’s gaffe.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:03 pmI’m interested in why the Romney supporters are attending this event. Are they big political types, or is this something new? Do they like Romney-Ryan or are they anti-Obama?
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:04 pmFor the record, that was not the Longhorn sign the moderator showed us.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:08 pmThis is hilarious. So far, not what I expected.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:09 pmWhy hilarious?
JD (8a1df4) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:11 pmIt’s comical watching Chris try to fill time.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:13 pmIMO Obama’s China gaffe in Colorado was even worse than Biden’s gaffe.
I’m LOL at the following comment posted to the article you’ve linked:
Mark (4de17c) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:13 pmI like hearing real people talk about the issues that matter to them, in more than just soundbites.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:21 pmI suppose none of you have ever mistakenly thought you were in a different country or state than you actually were. Picky picky picky
elissa (381c32) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:22 pmI routinely make that kind of mistake, Elissa. Just last week I said, here in Aukland, when I was in Cleveland.
JD (8a1df4) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:28 pmI know, I like it too. The people are leaving too soon.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:30 pmelissa, it wasn’t long ago that those kinds of verbal gaffes were evidence that a GOP President was unfit for office.
SPQR (768505) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:37 pmAre there any people who voted for Obama and are now supporting Romney?
DRJ (a83b8b) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:41 pmJD and SPQR–I think a lot of Obama’s and Biden’s geography issues have to do with the fact they are just loaded into planes and copters and limos on the taxpayer’s dime and then deposited at various venues to give the basic stump speech. Those of us who have to, you know, gas up the car, use mapquest to find the most economical route, or purchase our own plane tickets generally know where we are.
elissa (381c32) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:52 pmGiants are crushing the Tigers.
elissa (381c32) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:55 pmAntonio is cool.
Mark (4de17c) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:56 pmIt’s interesting how some people, like Antonio, seem to have an innate amount of common sense.
Mark (4de17c) — 10/24/2012 @ 6:59 pmelissa, granted but Obama has a history of reading off the teleprompter no matter how stupid the line that his speech writer has supplied.
Biden is a dementia patient masquerading as our Vice President.
SPQR (768505) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:07 pmI love Antonio.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:08 pmSandoval is a beast.
JD (8a1df4) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:09 pmUPDATE x2: Well, the event is over, and it was not at all as advertised, but I still enjoyed it. It picked up whenever we had a chance to talk to people. It was an opportunity to talk to some regular folks about their political views, and we met some interesting people who I hope will come visit the blog. Antonio, I’m talking to you!
I apologize to anyone who came expecting to see Dick Cheney or Rick Perry, but I hope you enjoyed the talk as I did.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:11 pmAs I predicted in the election prediction thread! Of course it’s only one game but the Tigers had Verlander on the mound.
Gerald A (f26857) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:14 pmSite now bookmarked. I enjoyed watching and listing to people with similar views as mines. (I don’t get to do that often)
Antonio (3c3506) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:29 pmHey Antonio! Welcome. It’s excellent to hear from you.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:36 pmI don’t know about that. Geography has never been President 57 states’ strong point.
Recall how he he tried to deliberately snub Britain by referring to the Falklands as the Malvinas while speaking at press conference at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
Except he called them the Maldives. He was 8k miles off.
I think Eastwood is right; Biden is the smart one. At least Biden gets his countries right.
Steve57 (c8ac21) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:37 pmGo to 1:42:26 in the above video to hear from Antonio.
Hope for the future of the country.
Patterico (8b3905) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:43 pmAntonio is rather young too, so for someone like him to be philosophically well grounded at his age is not exactly common. That’s even more the case since (and his comments indicate he’s fully aware of this) much of the black community is devoutly liberal, devoutly Democrat.
Mark (4de17c) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:52 pmhttp://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/10/23/never-argue-with-the-crazy-lady-or-why-romneys-had-a-good-strategy-for-the-third-debate/
Colonel Haiku (85b4a3) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:52 pmNice job on the call, Antonio.
elissa (381c32) — 10/24/2012 @ 7:53 pmI was hoping for hot chicks. I got two ugly dudes. Damn.
Rodney King's Spirit (9ce6d4) — 10/24/2012 @ 8:34 pmPeople usually say I’m naive, But I can only make a opinion based on my life experience and what I’ve researched so far. I’ll admit that there’s a lot I don’t know, but I’ll keep learning as time goes by.
Antonio (3c3506) — 10/24/2012 @ 8:58 pm______________________________________
People usually say I’m naive
Ha! That’s hilarious and ironic, because the people who claim that are themselves very likely to be quite deluded, foolish and simpleminded about human nature — their own and others — in all its contradictions and complexity.
Mark (4de17c) — 10/24/2012 @ 9:21 pm