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Michelle Obama to Speak On Convention's First Night
The Washington Post ^ | August 11, 2008 | Robert Barnes

Posted on 08/10/2008 10:30:03 PM PDT by JavaJumpy

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced yesterday that his wife, Michelle, will be the star attraction on the opening night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 25.

Following Michelle Obama on Monday, the "headline speakers" for the rest of the convention will be Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday, Obama's vice presidential choice on Wednesday, and Obama on Thursday. The convention will move that day to Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium, and Obama will officially accept the party's nomination before a crowd expected to reach 75,000.

Two of the dates will be rich with symbolism. Clinton, who came closer than any woman to winning a major-party nomination for president, will speak on the 88th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote, and Obama will give his acceptance speech on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; convention; obama; speaker
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1 posted on 08/10/2008 10:30:03 PM PDT by JavaJumpy
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To: JavaJumpy
Barracks and Meshelle My Bell give me the vapors.
2 posted on 08/10/2008 10:32:53 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (OBAMA aka Post Turtle the Forest Gump of American Politics ABORTION -Liberal Child Abuse.)
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To: JavaJumpy
Obama will give his acceptance speech

Well, that's the plan, wonder if Hillary has any surprises in store ?

3 posted on 08/10/2008 10:34:21 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: JavaJumpy

I hope she flips out...


4 posted on 08/10/2008 10:41:51 PM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears...%99"/s)
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To: JavaJumpy
"I'm here to tell you all that the savior of our world has arrived. Now, I hate this country, and I know you do, too. But we're going to change all that, and those who don't vote for my husband are racists."

That will be her entire speech, and it will take 25 minutes to deliver, because the audience will keep interrupting with applause.

5 posted on 08/10/2008 10:42:59 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: JavaJumpy

Maybe the protesters will bust in...


6 posted on 08/10/2008 10:45:49 PM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears...%99"/s)
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To: JavaJumpy
Wait a minute!

I thought that 'pledged delegates' were technically free to vote for whoever they chose - not legally or otherwise bound to the candidate claiming the pledge.
If I'm wrong, and each and every pledged democrat lackey is bound irreversibly to Obama, then so be it.

But,
If I'm right,
this announcement means that the DNC has admitted that it has anointed Obamasama as their savior - and no deviation from the party line will be tolerated.
There is no other explanation for calling on the wife of a candidate to be the opening speaker in a convention that is supposed to select the man or woman who will lead the party into a presidential election.

The Clintons must be stunned by, literally in awe of, the mastery their overlord has acquired with so little effort.

7 posted on 08/10/2008 10:49:10 PM PDT by norton
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To: norton

I wondered if she was filling in for John Edwards.


8 posted on 08/10/2008 10:53:53 PM PDT by JavaJumpy (We should be embarrassed by a presidential candidate who's embarrassed by us - Mike Church)
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To: Darkwolf377
"I'm here to tell you all that the savior of our world has arrived. Now, I hate this country, and I know you do, too. But we're going to change all that, and those who don't vote for my husband are racists."

I wonder if "God Damn America" Jeramiah Wright will give the keynote speech.

9 posted on 08/10/2008 11:05:05 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: JavaJumpy

Just hope she does not read from her senior year thesis.


10 posted on 08/10/2008 11:09:46 PM PDT by freespirited (Honk if you miss Licorice.)
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To: freespirited

You kidding?

That would be wonderful if she did!


11 posted on 08/10/2008 11:13:21 PM PDT by DB
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To: JavaJumpy

Gee, I get the feeling that the ogres of both parties are going to get the microphone only on the first night of each convention. Hillary and Michelle in Denver. Bush/Cheney at the GOP convention.


12 posted on 08/10/2008 11:14:52 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: JavaJumpy
Well, let me be the first to give a DOUBLE fist bump to that.

Howie Mandel can't hold a candle to Mrs. Obama, Barrack’s baby mama.

13 posted on 08/10/2008 11:15:27 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (OMG, I lost my tag line.)
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To: Cobra64
I wonder if "God Damn America" Jeramiah Wright will give the keynote speech.

They'll open with a bunch of rappers burning an American flag.

14 posted on 08/10/2008 11:22:47 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: JavaJumpy
"Kill all de white people . . .

but vote for Obama first!"*





*Obscure SNL refernce.

15 posted on 08/10/2008 11:27:44 PM PDT by guitar4jesus (Biofuels, Man made Global Warming -- Strong Delusions! . . . . 2Thes 2:11)
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To: JavaJumpy
Here's what she'll say for 30+ minutes:

"America sucks, sucks, sucks."

16 posted on 08/10/2008 11:48:08 PM PDT by kromike
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To: JavaJumpy
so who actually is running?

Here we have the giant personna. The person behind the curtain is Michelle.

17 posted on 08/10/2008 11:52:47 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: OKIEDOC

ANYONE FEELING WEAK: JUST WALK TOWARDS THE LIGHT, WALK TOWARDS THE LIGHT


18 posted on 08/11/2008 12:11:54 AM PDT by Atchafalaya
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To: the invisib1e hand

So Hillery! speaking on night two and his VP on night three
kinda indicates it isn’t herself.


19 posted on 08/11/2008 12:16:32 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: JavaJumpy

A proxy, lol, oh the humantility. (mine)


20 posted on 08/11/2008 12:16:55 AM PDT by Atchafalaya
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