Republican National Convention

Video News Open Thread: Stephen Colbert and the RNC, Last Day of Repugs!

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Welcome to Video News. Last night was the last of the Repugnant National Convention, Hallelujah! Stephen Colbert is still the best - except, of course, when he is replaced by Jon Stewart! Whoo hoo!! Welcome to network TV, Jon:

Video News Open Thread: Stephen Colbert and the RNC, day 2

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Welcome back to Video News! I still think Stephen Colbert has one of the funniest perspectives on the conventions. Of the clips I found at YouTube today - from the Late Show last night - I think this is the funniest. It also gives the most information about yesterday at the convention:

Video News Open Thread: Stephen Colbert and the RNC

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Since we have been discussing a more video-oriented open news thread and since this week and next week, during the conventions, Stephen Colbert is going to provide coverage, I thought I'd post as I have time for these two weeks. Consider this an experiment as we mull over the best way to present video news.

It's not brain surgery, Ben

Really. I mean, I know that it is difficult for people who are not transgender to understand what it feels or means to be transgender, because it is a non-feeling to them, but Ben Carson purports to be the "smartest guy in the room."

But all he is proving is that he is the dumbest "smart guy" in Cleveland.

In an interview with The Hill newspaper, Carson felt it necessary to share his views on transgender. As is usually the case for Carson, his synapses appear not to be firing in good order at the time.