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A “You didn’t build that” convention? (Elizabeth Warren to be keynote speaker at DNC convention?)
Hotair ^ | 07/29/2012 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 07/29/2012 4:50:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Could Democrats really be this tone deaf? For nearly two weeks, Team Obama has been reeling from his "you didn't build that" comment --- to the extent that Barack Obama himself had to cut a personal response ad to stanch the bleeding, so far to no avail. And yet, the Charlotte Observer picks up on a Boston Globe report from ten days ago that the "buzz" around the Democratic convention (such as it is) has the author of that argument, Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, under serious consideration to be the keynote speaker at the DNCC:

The crowds at political conventions feast on partisan red meat, and they could end up with a bellyful when the Republicans and Democrats meet back to back beginning late next month.

An Obama campaign official confirmed to the Globe Wednesday that US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is ­being considered as a possible keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

It would give the Massachusetts Democrat a national platform for her high-profile race against Senator Scott Brown, the same launch pad that ­Barack Obama used to vault ­into the public consciousness when he was an Illinois state Senator and was tapped to be the keynote speaker at the 2004 party meeting in Boston.

The Observer didn’t add much yesterday, but the new spotlight on the July 19th Globe story is certainly increasing the “buzz.” It’s even more interesting that the Globe cited an official from Team Obama, anonymously, as the source of this information.

However, take into consideration the date that this trial balloon got floated. The Roanoke speech took place on July 13th, when Obama first adopted Warren’s rhetoric on the beneficence of government accounting for all economic growth. The blowback didn’t start in earnest until July 17th, when Mitt Romney blasted Obama in a widely-hailed speech that launched an entirely new attack strategy on Obama. I’d bet that the Warren trial balloon got leaked to the Globe’s Glen Johnson somewhere between the July 13th speech and Romney’s rebuttal, or perhaps as late as the 18th, before it became apparent that Obama had stepped all over his own message by adopting Warren’s rhetoric.

Once again, take a look at this mashup of Obama and Warren delivering essentially the same message — that small business owners only succeed through the contributions of others to infrastructure, which ignores the fact that infrastructure exists in large part because of the wealth created by those who take risks to expand markets and create new ones. With all of the backpedaling that Team Obama has had to conduct over the last two weeks on this point, do Democrats still want this strident, angry speaker to pontificate further as the keynote speaker at the national convention, explaining to a prime-time audience that small businesses are just barely-tolerated parasites on the body proletariat?

At least Democrats would present their attitudes toward free enterprise honestly if they led off the festivities with this rant. We’re probably not that lucky. I suspect that the Warren-as-keynote-speaker trial balloon got popped the moment Obama had to cut that “Romney’s unfair for quoting me accurately” campaign ad.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; dnc; elizabethwarren; fauxcohauntas; halfbreed; highcheekbones; indianheritage; lowcheekbones; nativeamerican

1 posted on 07/29/2012 4:50:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow what an opportunity.
Fauxcahontas on the national stage.

Of course I’m sure someone from the MSM will ask if her adult children used the Native American designation for college admission, scholarships, and job preference, right?

/s/s/s/s/s


2 posted on 07/29/2012 4:55:04 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: SeekAndFind

Find someone who looks like Lizzie and have her put on African garb and go around telling everyone she’s black. Dress her up in Eskimo clothes.....a new ethnicity and outfit every day.


3 posted on 07/29/2012 4:55:42 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe the Indian tribes will show up in protest her.


4 posted on 07/29/2012 4:56:25 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: blueunicorn6

Hey great ideas.

And if Dems are promoting a Sarah Palin stripper in Tampa, we gotta have a Fauxcahontas stripper in Charlotte !!


5 posted on 07/29/2012 4:58:12 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: SeekAndFind

Just another communist speaker at a communist rally.


6 posted on 07/29/2012 4:58:58 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
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To: SeekAndFind

stupid rises to the top in the Dem Party


7 posted on 07/29/2012 5:01:58 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wouldn’t be surprised, the rats are notorious for doubling down on their mistakes, they think being unapologetic makes them look like they’re never wrong. If something really starts hurting them, they just ignore it until the complicit MSM sends it down the memory hole.


8 posted on 07/29/2012 5:02:10 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: SeekAndFind

Must watch video: 'Nazi Party? Adolf Hitler... You Didn't Build That!' sez President Obama

9 posted on 07/29/2012 5:03:33 PM PDT by Zakeet (Liberalism - Ideas so good that you have to be forced to accept them)
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To: SeekAndFind
Whatever bluedogs left in the party will be in their home state during this clusterfornication.
10 posted on 07/29/2012 5:06:02 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: SeekAndFind

My guess on this is that the strategy is to bolster Warren against Scott Brown in MA. Every Senate seat is important.


11 posted on 07/29/2012 5:19:13 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SeekAndFind

The “You Didn’t Attend That” Superdelegates will not show up at the “You didn’t build that” Charlotte Convention Center and Carolina Pathers football stadium for the Fauxchahontes and Biden (You may have written it) speeches.


12 posted on 07/29/2012 5:42:34 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: All


13 posted on 07/29/2012 5:52:17 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: SeekAndFind
The ultimate article on Barack Obama and why he does not deserve to be reelected:

http://tinyurl.com/73u2fky

14 posted on 07/29/2012 7:13:53 PM PDT by grundle
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To: SeekAndFind

They are betting the casino that there are now more Gov workers and out-of-work workers who are bitter enough to take at their bait, if for no other reason, to make everyone else as miserable as they are... hell would pull heaven down if it could... hold everyone hostage till they consent to be happy... C.S. Lewis paraphrased...


15 posted on 07/29/2012 7:36:54 PM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: SeekAndFind
Honoring Warren is an insult to native Americans.


16 posted on 07/29/2012 8:27:39 PM PDT by garjog
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To: SeekAndFind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfnLOZ9Fcg


17 posted on 07/29/2012 11:05:40 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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