Besides Bush, what repubs are missing from the RNC convention???

[KelleyKramer]

Anybody want to start a list?

Bush phoned it in. And its my understanding the vice president will not be there.

Rudy was bumped from his prime-time slot, did or will he speak at all?

McGramps VP pick is nowhere to be found, I guess she will have to show up eventually.

I saw lists on blogs last week of more than a few GOP senators who were not going.

Schwarzenegger was a big show last time, but is nowhere to be found at this RNC convention

Who else is missing?

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Updated-

Karl Rove
Condoleezza Rice
Donald Rumsfeld
Alberto Gonzales
Paul Wolfowitz

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UPDATE II

Five of these GOP senators are running in competitive re-election races and they do not want the free exposure of their Republican parties national convention...

Pat Roberts (KS)
Ted Stevens (AK)
Elizabeth Dole (NC)
Gordon Smith (OR)
Susan Collins (ME)
Larry Craig (ID)
Chuck Hagel (NE)
Wayne Allard (CO)

[ingac70]

1. Palin. n/t

[firedupdem]

3. question

what's n/t?

[Eric J in MN]

4. NT= no text in the message box

NT

[firedupdem]

6. thanks

still a bit clueless here. thanks again

[firedupdem]

2. Anybody telling the truth!

sorry...I know you want people.

[rwheeler31]

5. Bond? Dam Oregon whats his name?

[Vanje]

15. Do you mean Sen Gordon Smith r OR ?

He's having an especially tough campain to keep his job.
His strategy seems to be to hope Oregonians forget that he's an R.
Never mentions his party affiliation in public.

Not likely to show at GOP convention.

[kansasblue]

7. Liz Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison nt

[KelleyKramer]

23. Kay Bailey? You got a source for that?

Its sounds plausible, she got nixed for the token VP slot.

[OhioChick]

8. Zell Miller

Challenging anyone to a duel. (I know not a Repub.)

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Rove, Rice, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Wolfowitz. n/t

[KelleyKramer]

13. Wow. What about Colin Powell ?

Most of the convention lists i've seen were either outdated or the next days schedule was all 'pending'

[ColbertWatcher]

19. Oh, that's a good one! n/t

[endthewar]

10. Cheney was supposed to speak yesterday

Laura Bush spoke. Mrs. Mcnopoly spoke as well. Not Cheney. Rachel Maddow asked about him on MSNBC. LOL! Rachel misses her some Cheney! :rofl:

[boomerbust]

11. Bathroom Attendant

Larry Craig

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

12. the purple band-aids

they went over so well the last time.

[Vanje]

14. Senator Wide-Stance Craig

!

[KelleyKramer]

16. 8 GOP senators not attending convention ...

Hmmmm.. 5 of those 8 are running for re-election and they dont want the free exposure from their parties national convention??

interesting... the Republican brand is dead ...

Pat Roberts (KS)
Ted Stevens (AK)
Elizabeth Dole (NC)
Gordon Smith (OR)
Susan Collins (ME)
Larry Craig (ID)
Chuck Hagel (NE)
Wayne Allard (CO).

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/13/1263992.aspx

[Wednesdays]

21. Of the above list, nearly all are either embroiled in a huge scandal

Or are struggling in their re-election campaign. Or both.

[Vanje]

17. Who ISNT missing!?

Lieberman!

[question everything]

18. Cheney. Don't know if Rove is there (nt)

[catnhatnh]

20. I'm thinking of their Guiding Philosopher....

Why no keynote speech by Grover Norquist (could it be that quote about "drowning in a bathtub")? No Rumsfeld as well as no Cheney, both of whom learned at his feet during the Nixon administration and got no props or speaking slots in exchange for over 30 years of plotting. GHWB-a living link to the history of the GOP from his father's coup attempt against FDR, through nazi collaboration, past his ties to the JFK assasination, through his direction of the Iran Contra scandals all the way through watching his son commit treason and war crimes in a sick Oedipal attempt to surpass him...If one man in America represents more fully the contributions of the GOP to America I couldn't guess who. Unless they had delivered the stuffed, preserved, body of Ronald Reagan who could more fairly represent the current GOP...addled yet cocksure and mouthy in life and and now both strangely silent?

[avaistheone1]

22. Dang - Larry Craig won't be there.

He is good for more than a few laughs.

[KelleyKramer]

24. Norm Coleman only went because he had to! ...

From MyFox Twin Cities ....

"Even Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman said if the convention was not in his home state, he wouldn't go either."

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7235112&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

[KillCapitalism]

25. No Tom DeLay or Rick Santorum. n/t