2:41pm – Greg Abbott Speech

by Jeff Barea on June 12, 2010

Greg Abbott came out.  In a wheelchair.  I was afraid he kept getting too close to the edge of the stage.

He’s pretty funny.  Much better so far than that boring David Dewhurst.  Sheesh, he almost caused me to doze off.

Boy, the 10 commandments really get people riled up. Or just atheists.  Never can tell.

“Get Out & Stay Out”  – I was so hoping he would have followed that with “Tits?”

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2:25 @ TRPC

by Jeff Barea on June 12, 2010

This no Internet stuff sucks, just pretend you’re reading over the day.  I just looked around at the other people with laptops on the riser and geez, when the hell did the news business get so old?

I’m convinced now that the reason the Internet is kicking ass is because all the old news people are just too frickin rich and tired to chase after it more than a block.

There is the one very nice lady who waved hi, but all the men really need tips on color combinations of tie/suit/shoes/socks.  I should have just come in shorts.  I might tomorrow if I can get a wireless thing for my laptop/phone.

BOO you cheap ass republican party.

You know I have the home phone numbers of the over 5k donors so I might just be calling them to complain at 2am.

Update: You know what Old Man Armey, the whole verbal approval thing your Chief L.A. blew up when I got Mike Rothfeld to help with that fundraiser.  No longer do things with “Ok” on a phone.  Not the dickhead candidate, the one after him.

Update 2: Yeah that last update belongs on my personal blog, sorry.

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Susan Coombs Speech – Snoozer

June 12, 2010

During Susan Coombs speech (someone should tell her dark colors since she’s so pale) the old dude with the microphone ratted out two bloggy kid types (one w/cute butt) who were trying to use non professional camera equipment to get a good picture.
Either that or they fell asleep on the floor.
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1:58 John Cornyn Speech

June 12, 2010

Highlighting the positive growth rate of Texas even during these economic difficulties
“When the going gets tough, the tough become Texans”
Same lukewarm response comparative to Rick Perry’s economic focus when discussing social issues.
Much better than Dewhurst, but not as powerful as Rick Perry was received by the crowd.

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1:39 David Dewhurst Speech

June 12, 2010

Forget his name, but really old dude with glasses and almost french kissing a microphone yelled at some youngish blogger types for making noise during a speech.  I also expected him to then rush out to the front lawn to yell at some kids.
Otherwise this guy is sooooooooooo boring.
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1:04 pm – Rick Perry’s Speech

June 12, 2010

Mentioned tech bubbes, but I don’t know why – except for Intel not building a chip plant up in the Alliance corridor, Texas has been doing good in that field.
“This sure to include: Washington as the evil
“This is our Texas”
applause
Washington D.C. is going to invade our doctors offices and uses finger to point it out.  [...]

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About that liveblogging thing…

June 12, 2010

Unfortunately, the network connections that used to be provided to the press media (and freaking hospitality room too) as a matter of courtesy wasn’t there.
I had to liveblog into a word processing software program instead.  I will be updating and posting in a pretend way instead.  I did get to sit in the best seats [...]

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I am excited to be liveblogging the Texas Republican State Convention

June 11, 2010

Tomorrow.
Our webhosting company may have lost the backup mysql database so this may be the beginning of our new site.
Are you excited too?

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North Texas Eagle will be liveblogging the TRC

June 11, 2010

Yes, reporter Jeffrey Barea will has received his credentials and will be on hand to liveblog the Texas Republican Convention.

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Website finally restored

June 11, 2010

Welcome to the new home of the North Texas Eagle.
As soon as we find the backup theme with the logos and previous design, we will be updating the theme.

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