Live Thread: DNC Convention DAY ONE (Live now on C-SPAN)

OMG! Now these pricks are trying to use 9/11! Bastards!

2,841 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:14 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Which FReeper likes to threaten to beat up women?)

2,842 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:14 PM PDT by killjoy (Democracy spawns bad taste)

Did anyone hear Ann call Jimmy Carter "Pale Face"?

Yeah, she was referring to that Lone Ranger joke in reference to Jimmah's claim to winning the Cold War.

2,843 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:17 PM PDT by Tribune7

To: A Citizen Reporter; All

Is there any streaming video online besides C-Span? I'd rather hear the commentators than listen to the dreadful filler music.

2,844 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:20 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (There are but two parties now, Traitors and Patriots. -- Ulysses S. Grant)

Richardson is horrid......how can you like him?

2,845 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:21 PM PDT by nopardons

2,846 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:22 PM PDT by OXENinFLA (Proud member of the VRWC......."Digital Brown Shirt" Division)

To: NYC GOP Chick; All

I've got a question. Has any of the major speakers for the Dems, yet said anything in support of our troops. Has anyone of them taken the time to thank the troops yet for all they do to keep us safe?

2,847 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:36 PM PDT by mass55th (We are The Knights Who Say "Ni!" No! Not The Knights Who Say "Ni!" The same!)

Mexican Spanish has the best insults.

2,848 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:37 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)

To: NYC GOP Chick

Why is she back up there? She's already graced us with her appearance once!

2,849 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:41 PM PDT by Howlin (Free the 2000 Millenium Report!!!!!)

Teresa's Ted K tirade
By David R. Guarino/ Herald exclusive
Read Guarino's Road to Boston Blog
Monday, July 26, 2004

Teresa Heinz Kerry, years before becoming a Democrat, railed against the party's ``putrid'' politics, said she didn't trust Sen. Edward M. Kennedy [related, bio] and angrily called the liberal lion a ``perfect bastard.''

In comments published in a little-known 1975 book about political wives called ``The Power Lovers: An Intimate Look at Politicians and Their Marriages,'' Heinz Kerry lashed out at the senator she'll share the primetime convention stage with tonight.

``I know some couples who stay together only for politics,'' Heinz Kerry said at the time. ``If Ted Kennedy holds on to that marriage (to ex-wife Joan) just for the Catholic vote, as some people say he does, then I think he's a perfect bastard.''

Heinz Kerry, then married to Republican Sen. H. John Heinz III of Pennsylvania, said she ``didn't trust'' President Richard M. Nixon but added, ``Ted Kennedy I don't trust either.''

The combustible and ever-quotable Heinz Kerry said of Democrats, ``The Democratic machine in this country is putrid.'' Excerpts of the comments appeared in The Boston Herald American in January 1976.

Coming a day after Heinz Kerry was caught on camera telling a reporter to ``shove it'' when the reporter questioned her on statements made in a Boston speech, the remarks could undercut Democrats' ability to showcase a positive message at the convention.

Kennedy's office dismissed the comments as water under the bridge and said the two get along famously now _ regardless of what Heinz Kerry has said in the past.

``Over the years, Sen. and Mrs. Kennedy and John Kerry [related, bio] and Teresa Heinz Kerry have developed a deep friendship and strong mutual respect,'' Kennedy spokesman David Smith said in a statement to the Herald.

``A 30-year-old quote dug up by the Republican attack machine made long before they became friends is irrelevant.''

Heinz Kerry's spokeswoman also said the quotes' age makes them irrelevant.

``You are talking about statements that are more than 30 years old. A lot has changed since then,'' said Marla Romash, a senior adviser to Heinz Kerry.

But it isn't the first time quotes have emerged in which Heinz Kerry targets the legendary Bay State senator.

In an interview with The Washington Post in 1971, Heinz Kerry declared, ``Ted Kennedy I don't trust, like I don't trust Nixon, although I think Nixon's done a helluva lot better than I thought he would.''

Just last year, Heinz Kerry said she regretted the comments she had made to the Post regarding Kennedy.

Romash noted the number of times Heinz Kerry has campaigned with Kennedy and said Victoria Reggie Kennedy will host a luncheon for Heinz Kerry this afternoon at the Museum of Fine Arts.

``There's a very good relationship now,'' Romash said.

She said Heinz Kerry stood by her comments about the Democratic machine, saying state Democratic parties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania at the time were ``a big problem,'' Romash said.

``I think there are a lot of people who would say there were problems in state parties in Pennslyvania and New Jersey,'' Romash said. ``Those problems don't exist anymore.''

2,850 posted on 07/26/2004 7:05:44 PM PDT by Quilla

Al Gore is going to the "middle". I'm ready for a scream!

This is the edited speech folks.

2,851 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:21 PM PDT by pulaskibush (Now I know and don't know, and knowing and not knowing is half the battle- GI Kerry!)

To: feinswinesuksass

Remember the signs last time?

TIPPER ROCKS!!

2,852 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:21 PM PDT by Feiny (I can resist anything but temptation.)

To: AZamericonnie

I know he didn't and I was under the impression that the U.N. was founded for the sole purpose of addressing situations just like Kosovo, yet they fail everytime

2,853 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:46 PM PDT by MJY1288 ("KERRY" & "EDWARDS" ARE TWO "JOHNS" THAT NEED FLUSHING!)

To: A Citizen Reporter

Andrea Mitchell: "Clinton wrote his book at Chappaquidick."

Everyone else: "Huh?"

2,854 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:47 PM PDT by GnL

Breaking: FReeper Analysis of Hillary's Speech - ALL ABOUT HILLARY
[FReeper Exclusive, as usual Drudge may follow ;-) ]

ANALYSIS OF HILLARY CLINTON's SPEECH TO THE DNC CONVENTION [7/27/4]:
INSTANT FREEPER and QFN ANALYSIS

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Can YOU guess what percent of Hillary Clinton's DNC speech
are on the Candidate John Kerry, and what percent are on HER ROYAL HIGHNESS?

Here is the exclusive first analytic result: Guess first, spoiler to follow.

There were a total of twenty eight (28)comments involving the Candidate Kerry,
Her Royal Highness Herself, the Democrats assembled (Royal "we") and her loving husband, Bill Clinton.
Here are the results of the distribution of comments, and the proof by actual excerpts:

THE WINNER: THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK
39.3% of Her Royal Highness' comments were on : Her Royal Highness,
and ONLY 10.7% were on Sen. Kerry.

ROTFLOL

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10.7 % of Her Royal Highness' comments were on Sen. Kerry - 3 Kerry's
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John Kerry will renew that promise.
John Kerry will give America something else, a great vice president. I've served with John Edwards. He's smart, he's energetic, he's empathetic. And he understands the challenges that hard- working Americans face in their daily lives.
He (John Kerry) will lead the world, not alienate it. Lower the deficit, not raise it. Create good jobs, not lose them. Solve a health care crisis, not ignore it.

39.3% on of Her Royal Highness' comments were on Her Royal Highness
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11 Self-serving Comments on Hillary
I want to say a few words about the next great Democratic president, John Kerry.
I hope no American ever has to witness a sight like that again.
I know it changed me. And every day now, as a mother, as a Senator, and as an American
I worry about whether we are acting as wisely as we can to protect our country and our people.
I saw first-hand the devastation of 9/11.
I have the pleasure of introducing the last great Democratic President.
I know a great leader when I see one. And so does America.
I visited Ground Zero right after we were attacked.
I know a thing or two about health care.
I felt like I was standing at the Gates of Hell.
I'm optimistic

42.9% of Her Royal Highness' comments were on the Royal "We"
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12 We's
We need John Kerry. John Kerry is a serious man, for a serious job.
We meet at a moment of great peril, but also of great hope. Together
We need to take care of our men and women in uniform who risked their lives for our country.
We need to increase our troop strength, raise their pay, and provide veterans, the National Guard, and Reserve with the benefits they're entitled to.
We need to lift the ban on stem cell research, and find cures that will help millions of Americans.
We need to fully equip and train our firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians -- our first responders in the event of a terrorist attack.
We need to secure our borders and our ports, as well as our chemical and nuclear plants. We need to reorganize our federal government to meet the new threats of these times
We need to make sure that homeland security is properly funded and that resources go to the areas at greatest risk.
We need to rededicate ourselves to the task of providing coverage for the 44 million Americans who are uninsured and the millions of others who face rising costs.
we can widen the circle of opportunity for all Americans, transcend our differences and divisions, and give our children a safer and more secure future. That's the promise of America. And
we face a new threat.
We've been through our share of challenges as Americans, from a Civil War to a Great Depression to World Wars and more.

7.14% on the Impeached adulterous Bill Clinton
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2 Comments of Her Royal Highness' comments were on Bill Clinton
(Bill) still spends his days working to empower the powerless, promote racial, religious, and ethnic reconciliation, inspire young people to citizen service, and bring life saving medicines to people living with HIV/AIDS around the world
. (Bill) showed Democrats how to win again. And so will John Kerry.

2,855 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:52 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Re: Protection from up on high, Keyser Sose has nothing on Sandy Berger, the DNC Burglar)

They're milking 9/11.

2,856 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:53 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Which FReeper likes to threaten to beat up women?)

To: A Citizen Reporter

MSNBC: Bush/Cheney signs over Fineman's shoulder. And now behid Will Brown. Good coverage.

Who took the flip-flops?

2,857 posted on 07/26/2004 7:06:57 PM PDT by angkor

She's done.

I have no further comment.

A woman who lost family on AA 11 up now.

2,858 posted on 07/26/2004 7:07:02 PM PDT by cyncooper ("We will fear no evil...And we will prevail")

To: CounterCounterCulture

Time to exploit 9/11

She failed big time at honoring those lost on 9/11

2,859 posted on 07/26/2004 7:07:05 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)

Okay.....I'm projectile vomiting now. I can hardly see my computer screen.

2,860 posted on 07/26/2004 7:07:13 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Free Brigitte Bardot.)

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