Amid the sound, fury, and heated arguments between 82-year-old actors and empty chairs at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, I stopped briefly to listen to Mommy Lobby President Cindy Chafian argue with a French blogger. “All I’m saying is that there should be a 48-hour cool-off period and mandatory…
Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside the heads of Republican delegates at the GOP’s National Convention? We have. If it’s true that the eyes are the windows into one’s soul, there was a lot of twisted shit going in Tampa during the RNC. Quite frankly, we’d like to…
Judge Will Matthews from Dothan, Alabama, was settling into a meal of hot dogs loaded with ketchup and mayonnaise inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum amidst the third day of the Republican National Convention when he noticed a Republican from Southern California to his left. She had puffy blonde hair,…
Before heading to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Mark and Irene Harris decided to stop in Orlando to visit Epcot at Walt Disney World. While in the World Showcase area of the Disney park, the Harrises were absolutely outraged to find a person of Mexican descent working at the…
“Clint Eastwood and an empty chair. This should be good,” I thought from a media riser inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. The delegates from Vermont and Kansas seated just below me were enthusiastic, anxious to hear what the former mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea,…
Joining the pantheon of Tebowing and planking in the Gerund Internet Meme Hall of Fame, “Eastwooding” has taken over Twitter this morning. In case you missed Clint Eastwood’s historically odd speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa last night, he spent a solid five minutes arguing with a nearby…
Last night, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addressed the Republican National Convention on the topic of eduction. Well, education and milk. He talked a lot about milk, and how many different types of milk there are. Even during a night in which an old man talked to an empty chair…
Gov. Rick Scott’s Department of State recently amassed a list of 180,000 possible non-citizens who were registered to vote in Florida. Eventually that list was whittled down to 2,600, and even many on that list were found to be actual citizens.Turns out so far only a single person on that…
Yesterday, New Times’ correspondent Victor Gonzalez caught up with none other than former GOP presidential hopefuls (and, hence, rivals) Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann. The primary battle apparently didn’t come between their friendship, because the two caressed each others’ Republican backs with their Republican hands while talking about things like…
Between July 1 of last year and July 31 of this year, only 11,365 new voters have registered as Democrats in Florida. In that same time, 128,039 new Republicans have registered to vote in the state. While Democrats still have more registered voters in the state, the trend marks a…
On Tuesday, the GOP ended the first day of its national convention by letting Chris Christie pummel Ann Romney’s message of love to death with his meaty, angry fists like a Garden State mob goon. Last night, Republicans tried a more refined tactic, choosing concert pianist and conservative counterpoint to…
Have you been watching the Republican National Convention? If not you’re missing out on learning all the latest white people dance moves like the “cowboy hat wave,” the “granny clap and shuffle,” and the “index finger shimmy.” Get caught up with this video set to “My Neck, My Back” by…
Check out our slide shows: “Inside the Republican National Convention 2012 at Tampa Bay Times Forum,” and “Republican National Convention 2012 Tampa Day Two.” Tampa’s rich with GOP swag this week as thousands of Republicans gather to show off their favorite Mitt Romney mementos and Paul Ryan tchotchkes. Seemingly everyone…
Charlie Crist is getting awfully cozy to the Democratic party by endorsing Obama and planning to speak at their convention. It’s been awfully uncomfortable for George LeMieux. Crist employed LeMieux as his campaign manager and chief of staff, and then appointed him to the Senate.Now, LeMieux has spoken up in…
After GOP Party Chairman Reince Priebus got into a heated shouting match on Monday with Chris Matthews over accusations that his party plays the “race card” against Obama, Republicans crowed that the clip showed the liberal media in its worst kind of attack mode. Race? We’ve never even heard of…
A conservative herd of elephants trampled a septuagenarian’s army yesterday during the first full day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Texas Congressman Ron Paul fell 1,871 delegates short of becoming the GOP’s presidential nominee during yesterday’s roll call, but the 73-year-old’s supporters really took it in stride. In…
Florida’s Republican delegation hasn’t exactly been getting the warmest welcome at the party’s national convention in Tampa. First, Tropical Storm Isaac forced Rick Scott to cancel his big prime-time speech. Then, insiders floated the idea of taking away Sen. Marco Rubio’s big moment introducing Mitt Romney so Ann Romney could…
Jon Voight doesn’t trust the media. And he certainly doesn’t trust the current administration. The 73-year-old actor is in Tampa this week, exploiting the last drop of celebrity blood left in him to bash President Obama’s first term and encourage the American public to vote for Mitt Romney in November…
Well, it wouldn’t be a crazy Republican sideshow without Miami’s own SNL-star-turned-Tea-Party-queen Victoria Jackson. Everyone’s favorite squeaky voiced conspiracy theorist is up in Tampa for the Republican National Convention with her video camera in hand. She’s already run into a super hero who fights political apathy. Even though Mr. Super…
What stands between Mitt Romney and victory in Florida? Apparently women and minority voters. Barack Obama has hefty advantages in those two demographics according to the latest Time/CNN poll, which shouldn’t be too surprising considering his party has found itself embroiled in controversies in the past few years regarding women’s…
Perhaps no industry geared up for the Republican National Convention like Tampa’s strip club scene. Clubs redecorated, added extra privacy, revamped their food menus, and even brought in famous talent. Yet, on Sunday night at least, the clubs seemed pretty barren ahead of the start of the convention…
Marco Rubio loves Nicki Minaj. We’re just going to guess that World’s Greatest Elevator Music Vol. 1 is Bill Nelson’s favorite album of all time. But what does Republican Senate candidate Connie Mack IV listen to? Confederate flag-embracing rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd, of course…
