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RNC Schedule For Thursday, August 30

It was day two of the RNC in Tampa, and things took a bit of an ugly turn on Tuesday night.

There was a bit of a rift in their own party ranks when the fears that Ron Paul supporters might cause trouble came true. Even though there was a video tribute of sorts to Paul used to placate them, (Paul refuses to endorse Romney) the Paulites staged a walkout and were also a bit angered when Rand Paul showed his true hypocrisy colors when he threw his support behind Mitt Romney.

Other low lights: A film tribute to both Bush 41 and 43, Rand Paul declared "ObamaCare" unconstitutional in spite of the Supreme Court ruling otherwise, (Why does he hate the Constitution?) John McCain blamed President Obama for defense cuts, instead of himself and Congress, (There's a shock.) Mike Huckabee, classy as always "man of God" attacked Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Tim Pawlenty proved again he has all the charisma of a....I'm sorry, I nodded off. Where was I? Oh yes, Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty made several of what appeared to be jokes. (They weren't funny.) Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi made a fool of herself in an audience participation health care bashing speech. It didn't go well. (All was not lost though, she did prove that she can read a teleprompter. All three of them.)

Last and least, VP nominee Paul Ryan proved himself once again to be an adept liar, and clueless on most things he claims to be an expert at.

They all blamed everything on Obama, of course, and they all sucked it up and pretended to like Mitt Romney.

Tomorrow several speakers from Florida are scheduled, including the Charlie Sheen of the Sunshine State, Connie Mack IV, who will probably say "Lockstep Liberal" a lot (It's his favorite phrase.) and engage in lots of fake outrage over pretty much anything the President has done, and several things he hasn't done that Mack has dreamed up.

In other words, it's Thursday with the GOP.

7:00 p.m.

Convention convenes

 

Call to order

 

Introduction of Colors US Central Command Joint Forces Color Guard Team

 

Pledge of Allegiance by Dylan Nonaka

 

National Anthem sung by SEVEN

 

Invocation by Ken and Priscilla Hutchins

 

Remarks by U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (FL)

 

Reagan Legacy Video

 

Remarks by Newt and Callista Gingrich

 

Remarks by Craig Romney

8:00 p.m.

Remarks by Governor former Jeb Bush (FL)

 

Remarks by Bob White, chairman of Romney for President campaign

 

Remarks by Grant Bennett

 

Remarks by Tom Stemberg

9:00 p.m.

Remarks by former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey

 

Remarks by Jane Edmonds, former Massachusetts Secretary of Workforce

 

Remarks by Olympians Michael Eruzione, Derek Parra and Kim Rhode

10:00 p.m.

Remarks by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (FL)

 

Remarks by presidential nominee Mitt Romney

 

Benediction by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan

 

Speaker Boehner declares convention adjourned

Endorse This: Hari Huckabeed, Hasner Santorumed?

Today the first endorsement of the upcoming Florida U.S. Senate election came rolling in. Not much fanfare, just rolling. Yawn.

No big surprises.

Florida Sen. President Mike-Dirty-Hari-Haridopolos apparently is hoping to round up the Right Wing Nut Religibots with an endorsement from, who else, famed squirrel fryer and Right Wing Nut Religibot Mike-Huckster-Huckabee. Part of the Haridopolos statement is below:

“We need a new generation of proven fiscal and social conservative leaders in the US Senate and that is why I am proud to endorse and support my good friend, Mike Haridopolos for the US Senate in Florida,” said Huckabee. “Mike will fight for our conservative values in Washington, just as he has done in leading the tremendous work of the Florida Senate.”

Shorter Huckabee: "Look at all the anti-abortion bills that got passed under his watch! Not to mention outlawing bestiality. As a matter of fact, funny story, under his watch, they accidentally made sex illegal in Florida. Can't get much more conservative values than that!" 

More: 

“I am honored to have such a tremendous conservative leader like Gov. Huckabee stand with me and other Floridians to tell Washington that enough is enough,” said Haridopolos. “We’ve had enough of the broken promises, record borrowing, and deficits coming from the failed policies of Bill Nelson and Barack Obama,” Haridopolos concluded.

That's right, he's going to go to Washington and say "enough is enough!" just like all who have gone there before him, (Rubio, Rivera) only to say "you know what, I just can't get enough!"

Next we have Adam-Who?-Hasner. He hasn't scored the endorsement yet, but he'll soon be hanging with Rick-Google-Me-I-Dare-You-Santorum at a Lincoln Day dinner on May 24. One can assume there will be mutal endorsements should Santorum jump into the Presidential race, just as Haridopolos returned the favor to Huckabee. Hasner may want to be careful there however, lest he be labled as a "Santorum." That's some branding best to be avoided I would say. (Google it.)

That leaves one Republican currently in the Senate race without an endorsement yet. Former Sen. Stand-In George LeMieux. But hey, it's still early, there's plenty of crazy to pick from, and someone is just bound to notice him sooner or later.

To be continued....

 

Dillard's Joins Palin, Huckabee As Sponsors Of Anti-Abortion Fundraisers

Next month in Houston, Texas, for the price of a ticket ($50 for an individual, or $5,000, $2,500, $1,500 $350 for a group), you can enjoy a fashion show, and a luncheon with a side of anti-abortion propaganda brought to you by Heroic Media and Dillard's.

Yes, that's Dillard's the department stores, who will supply the nautical themed outfits to be modeled by supporters of Heroic Media, an anti-abortion group that also enjoys wide support from Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, who have both helped them with fund raising in the past.

Last summer, Palin was a guest speaker for Heroic Media in Jacksonville, Florida where she was also joined by Republican John Thrasher at an event called "An Evening of Hope."

Huckabee participated in a fund raising event for Heroic Media in Orlando in February.

The April event in Houston is called "Sow Seeds For Life":

Join Heroic Media at our 2011 Luncheon & Style Show, Sowing Seeds for Life!

The style show is sponsored by Dillards, Memorial City and will feature today's most fashionable spring looks. 

If the name "Heroic Media" sounds familiar, it's probably because of their recent campaign in New York, where they placed this controversial billboard near a Planned Parenthood facility:

(Screenshot from CBS New York)

The billboard was used because the group claimed that Planned Parenthood targets minority neighborhoods and that abortions among African-American women are three times that of the rest of the population. The billboard was so controversial that it had to be taken down immediately.

Heroic Media creates television, billboard and Internet advertising targeted at pregnant women and, lately, specifically aimed at African-Americans. The group recently placed a billboard in north Florida as well which also targets African Americans and Planned Parenthood, the basis for their current campaign.

According to The Florida Independent, Dillard's maintains that the sponsorship isn't political. In fact, the store manager in Houston claims he isn't aware that Heroic Media focuses on anti-anbortion issues:

Both Heroic Media and the Dillard’s branch insist that the partnership is not political. Dillard’s Memorial City manager Stephen Brophy says the store accepted the request to sponsor a fashion show because another branch had done one at a previous store and it was successful.

“We try to not get too political,” Brophy says. “We’re about fashion. We try to appeal to the masses.”

Brophy says he doesn’t know much about Heroic Media and isn’t aware that its focus is abortion issues. He asked The Florida Independent if Heroic Media supports abortion rights.

The Jacksonville billboard was paid for by the proceeds from a Sarah Palin fundraiser, and the language on the ad was inspired by a statement the former Alaska governor made, urging the audience to protect “our littlest sisters in the womb.” 

As The Texas Independent has reported previously, Heroic Media founder Brian Follett has likened Planned Parenthood’s abortion work to "genocide" but that has not stopped potential GOP presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin from speaking at high-priced Heroic fundraisers.

Republicans in Congress recently voted to defund Planned Parenthood, targeting them as abortion providers, while ignoring the fact that the group provides medical care to women and children.

I can't help but wonder if women would feel differently about shopping at a chain of department stores that supports anti-abortion fundraisers?

Dillard's may prefer to have the public think the upcoming "Sow Seeds For Life" fashion show is just about "Life, Gratitude, and Inspiration!" as the event website advertises.  Unfortunately they're sponsoring a group that targets African Americans and Planned Parenthood, a group who would rather deprive women and children of medical care and cancer screenings, and deprive all women of having a "choice," period.