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LIVE THREAD: DNC Convention - Day 2
6/27/04

Posted on 07/27/2004 11:47:43 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dncconvention; kerry; kerrythewrongstuff; obama; tedkennedy; thewrongstuff
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To: All

America will never have this lady for her First Lady

She is selling multi cutralism and diversifying America out of existance

She is a foreign invasion

2,521 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:29 PM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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To: Political Junkie Too

GMTA


2,522 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:36 PM PDT by Hildy ( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
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To: don-o

What... is ....she..... talking......about?


2,523 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:42 PM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (--waiting for something witty--)
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To: incindiary

What is she talking about..


2,524 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:46 PM PDT by Dog (EVERYONE, Please check your socks for inadvertent documents.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

yUP She sure is! Sheesh


2,525 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:46 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: cmsgop
She is such a deficit for Kerry. (as if he was not bad enough)
2,526 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:46 PM PDT by AZamericonnie ("Any compromise between good & evil only hurts the good & helps the evil")
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To: RightWingMama

Teresa, you're such a bore and a wierdo. Because of this, Bush will win. So, thank you.


2,527 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:46 PM PDT by Vision Thing (Nuance is for girlie men.)
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To: cyborg

No matter how hard she worked, Mandela was still jailed.




Oh Lord, she risks her well being on the craggy heights of hubris.


2,528 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:50 PM PDT by Petronski ("surburb...server...sirburb...servant...burp...suburb")
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To: killjoy
The only time she speaks fast is when she says a foreign word.

Would that be a word spoken in English?

-PJ

2,529 posted on 07/27/2004 7:40:59 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: killjoy

Marlene Dietrich on Quaaludes.


2,530 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:05 PM PDT by EllaMinnow (Joe Wilson is a big fat LIAR.)
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To: mass55th

YES...she said she was going to say a few words about JFK.....but....guess there isn't much to say....LOL


2,531 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:10 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Tonight, I think I convinced a 19 year old woman to vote REPUBLICAN...YIPPEE. 7/26/04)
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To: killjoy

YAWNS....


2,532 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:11 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: Lurking in Kansas


I think this is why the major networks aren't covering the convention tonight. Right here.


2,533 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:11 PM PDT by Gunder
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To: Political Junkie Too

Her "social democracy" is code for that Soros crap.


2,534 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:11 PM PDT by palmer (Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
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To: Piranha

Sorry, typing too fast, got excited, will proofread next time!


2,535 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:15 PM PDT by alwaysconservative (Kerry votes against what he believes because he doesn't believe in believing his beliefs. Steyn)
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To: longtermmemmory

I think she said something about taking a stand for something. Uh, paging John Kerry!


2,536 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:17 PM PDT by GnL
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To: LisaMalia

This is Gonna Be a Nightmare!


2,537 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:20 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life.............)
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To: Petronski

Can someone please post a picture of Laura?


2,538 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:21 PM PDT by kcar (www.TheUNsucks.com)
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To: mylife

Yes.....I.......am reading........what.........is.....in.....front.......of.........me......


2,539 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:21 PM PDT by mhking (John Kerry & Al Gore: Cut from the same tree.)
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To: kabar

I was hoping Kennedy would be on later so I could break out the wine and make him easier to understand.


2,540 posted on 07/27/2004 7:41:23 PM PDT by Terriergal (""Woe to you...Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!"Matthew 23:23a,24)
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