Politics

Republican National Convention 2012

The 2012 Republican National Convention is held in Tampa, Fla., from Aug. 27-30. (This storify is curated by PG's social media editor Mila Sanina)

  1. Final peak of Tweets per minute of 14,289 for @MittRomney tops State of the Union 14,131 TPM peak (not adjusted for Twitter growth).
  2. The big finish. Confetti and balloons for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. #Campaign2012 http://pic.twitter.com/0zaUGwT6
  3. Not sure if what Mitt Romney is saying is true, but this is a very good speech. Simple and easy to understand. #watchoutobama
  4. This is a very good speech. And by comparison to Mr Eastwood, a GREAT speech. #Romney
  5. Code Pink protesters interrupt Romney, shouting "people over profits," being aggressively removed by security as crowd chants USA. #gop2012
  6. Mitt Romney: "We Americans have always felt a special kinship with the future."
  7. "Mr. Chairman and delegates, I accept your nomination for president of the United States." Mitt Romney starts his speech. #GOP2012
  8. The greatest trick @invisibleobama ever pulled was being in every picture hashtagged #eastwooding.
  9. Someone should tell Marco Rubio he's standing on my foot right now.
  10. It's gonna be a long week of Entertainment Press stories about how Clint Eastwood ruined his legacy.
  11. Clint Eastwood is talking to a chair on stage at the #RNC #GOP2012 http://pic.twitter.com/CipdGchr
  12. Is Clint Eastwood blaming Obama for the war in Afghanistan that George W. Bush started?
  13. Rachel Maddow - "That was the weirdest thing I've ever seen at a political convention. That was bizarre." #RNC @maddow
  14. Clint Eastwood to an empty chair:
  15. Standing ovation for Eastwood: "we own this country/politicians are employees of ours/when someone does not do the job we gotta let 'em go!"
  16. If you're not watching Clint Eastwood interview an empty chair aka Obama at the #RNC you are missing out! #hilarious #makemyday
  17. You can't say anything bad about Clint Eastwood. He's awesome #SurpriseGuest #RNC2012
  18. The top story they are promoting for the news tonight is people having to chose between watching football and the RNC? Really?

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