LIVE THREAD: DNC Convention - Day 2

6/27/04

[So Cal Rocket]

Tuesday, July 27
A Lifetime of Strength & Service

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

4:00 pm  Call to Order
The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention

Invocation
The Reverend Ernest "Gunny" Branch
Sermon on the Mount, Baptist Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts

Presentation of Colors

Pledge of Allegiance
Steve Daniels
Carl Junction, Missouri

National Anthem
Jim Garrity
President, Local Firefighters Union 1691
Boston, Massachusetts

Platform Approval
 
Representative Robert Matsui
U.S. House of Representatives, California

Lois Murphy
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania

The Honorable Allyson Schwartz
Pennsylvania State Senate
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania

Jim Stork
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida

Patty Wetterling
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota

Elizabeth Cavendish
Interim President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

The Honorable John Tanner
 U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee

The Honorable Linda Sanchez
U.S. House of Representatives, California

The Honorable Nita Lowey
U.S. House of Representatives, New York

The Honorable Diana DeGette
U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado

The Honorable Earl Blumenauer
U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon

The Honorable Jon Corzine
United States Senate, New Jersey

The Honorable Nancy Farmer
Treasurer of Missouri
Candidate for the United States Senate, Missouri

In Memoriam

The Honorable Tom Carper
United States Senate, Delaware

The Honorable Adam Smith
 U.S. House of Representatives, Washington

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois

Deb Callahan
President, League of Cbnservation Voters

David Passafaro
President, Boston 2004 Host Committee

The Honorable Douglas Palmer
Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey

James Hoffa
President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

The Honorable Joe Manchin III
Secretary of State, West Virginia
Candidate for Governor, West Virginia

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas

Denise Stokes
AIDS Educational Consultant
Ellenwood, Georgia

The Honorable Donald Plusquellic 
Mayor of Akron, Ohio

The Honorable John Baldacci
Governor of Maine

The Honorable Diane Denish
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico

The Honorable Jeff Bingaman
United States Senator, New Mexico

Performance by Peter, Paul and Mary

Reg Weaver
President, National Education Association

The Honorable John Dingell
U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan

The Honorable Kwame Kilpatrick 
Mayor of Detroit, Michigan

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

7:00 pm  Gavel In by "Gavel In" Contest Winners
Kristen Turner, age 13, Boston, Massachusetts
Steven Ruperto, age 18, Moon, Pennsylvania

Kids for Kerry
Representatives from Kids for Kerry, Boston chapter
Nubia Smith Whitaker, age 12, will speak on their behalf

Benjamin McKenzie
Actor, "The O.C."

City Youth Dance Ensemble

Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Actors
 
 The Honorable Bennie Thompson
 U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi

 Dr. Maya Angelou
 Poet and Activist

 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Members

 Freedom Singers: "This Little Light of Mine"

The Honorable Mike Honda
U.S. House of Representatives, California

The Reverend Dr. James Forbes
Senior Minister, Riverside Church, New York, New York

Gavel to Order
The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen
Former Governor of New Hampshire

National Anthem via satellite from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona
Michael Enis and Alicia Chiles
The anthem will be sung in the traditional Tohono O'odham language
 

The Honorable Edward Kennedy
United States Senator, Massachusetts
Honorary Chair, Democratic National Committee

Satellite feed from Chicago, Illinois

The Honorable Richard Gephardt
U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri

The Honorable Tom Daschle
United States Senate, South Dakota
Democratic Leader

Satellite feed from Des Moines, Iowa

The Honorable Carol Mosley-Braun
Former United States Senator, Illinois 
 

9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

9:00 pm  The Honorable Howard Dean
Former Governor of Vermont

Satellite from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona

Christie Vilsack
First Lady of Iowa

The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona

The Honorable Richard Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois

Keynote Speaker
Barack Obama
Candidate for the United States Senate, Illinois

Satellite feed from Chicago, Illinois

The Honorable Jim Langevin
U.S. House of Representatives, Rhode Island

Ron Reagan

Kids for Kerry Founder Ilana Wexler
Age 12
Oakland, California

Performance by Children's Voices of Greater Boston

Chris Heinz

Teresa Heinz Kerry

Finale

Benediction
Imam Yahya Hendi
Muslim Chaplin, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Adjournment

[EllaMinnow]

I thought your governor was a woman.

[Petronski]

Napolitano sounds like that Will Ferrell character on SNL who COULD NOT MODULATE THE VOLUME OF HIS VOICE (IT WAS A DISABILITY...A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION).

LOL

[bvw]

1984.

[mylife]

the desert dyke

[Dog]

What is going on with FR ...it is like Groundhog day on this thread.

[SerpentDove]

TALKING POINTS! GET YER TALKING POINTS HERE!!!

After David Gergen came out with the "sloppiness" defense of The Honorable Samuel Berger, we must always refer to him as "Democratic Operative David Gergen."

TALKING POINTS! GET YER TALKING POINTS HERE!!!

[Boomer Geezer]

Oh my god this woman has a mans voice.

Butch Napolitano -- notice the "Janet Reno" haircut?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

She's channeling Nancy Kulp?

[AmericanMade1776]

HEALTH CARE COST HAVE GONE UP, DUE TO THE LIKES OF AMBULANCE CHASERS LIKE JOHN EDWARDS.

[Choose Ye This Day]

After we got back from our Cancun vacation, my wife & I sat down at our $2500 kitchen table, in our $400,000 house, turned down the sound on our satellite TV ($50/month), and wondered how we could afford to pay our health insurance premiums.

And it's all Bush's fault!

[New Perspective]

[tapatio]

John Kerry knows the daily struggles?Bwahhahahahahaha!Now that is funny!

[mylife]

yup.

[don-o]

Swear - from the audio. I was sure it was a queer man

My bad.

Note to self: Check into diversity/rehab camp

[Gritty]

She is sounding like Dick Gephardt... "...we were all sitting around the dinner table one night after the kids went to bed trying to figure out how we were going to pay our health insurance premiums..."

Let her try and explain how all those illegal sneaking across her southern border are driving our premiums through the roof!

[BobS]

"Dean's speech went over like a fart in a bath tub. In fact, 2 yr old temper tantrum comes to mind."

I wanted to see a fart in Church, but he let me down. I even opened a beer for his speech:( ... There's still hope with Teresa. Let's see:)

[whatexit]

Oh, I forgot one - Girl sells her bike for $100 to give to the camp-ifeelyour-paign. Kerry buys $8000 bike.

[Petronski]

Speaking briefly as an economist, why do leftists always assume that spiraling health care costs will stabilize under single payer, when in fact one single payer with a legal obligation to buy health care services only provides additional incentive for further price spirals?


Why are leftists such bloody determined liars? (rhetorical question)

[CounterCounterCulture]

Open question: How does Arizona elect this dyke before California elects one (Grayout Davis doesn't count)

[marajade]

"Janet gets a pretty warm reception."

Janet who spends three times the amount of money in this year's budget on all day kindergarden vs. pay raises for state workers. Janet who has not yet suggested that labor unions have bargaining rights with the state on behalf of state workers but who makes a huge speech before a big labor union with Sen Kerry in CA.

That Janet?