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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: Gunder

Chris Wallace..I was ready to break out into "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" ROTFLMAO!!!!!


3,141 posted on 07/27/2004 8:03:43 PM PDT by arbee4bush ( I expressed myself forcefully and felt better after I did it-VP Cheney)
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To: Hildy

Yes, I did................LOL.........unreal!


3,142 posted on 07/27/2004 8:03:51 PM PDT by Howlin (Free the 2000 Millenium Report!!!!!)
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To: adam_az

Heard that... he's a lurker!


3,143 posted on 07/27/2004 8:03:55 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: shellylet

Like I said: Foster Brooks in drag.


3,144 posted on 07/27/2004 8:03:59 PM PDT by rintense (Free the Soxdox!)
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To: Howlin


This FOX panel is not being kind.

Let me know what Chris Matthews says... I can't stomach any more of MSNBC.


3,145 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:00 PM PDT by Gunder
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To: cake_crumb
"They quited right down whenshe got tot eh mystic core of memory from ancient battlefields to living hearts schtick"

Her speech left me laughing too hard to type. That should have been :

"They quieted right down when she got to the mystic core of memory from ancient battlefields to living hearts schtick"

3,146 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:02 PM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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Chris Wallace.. "I expected her to break out into Don't Cry For Me Argentina at the end of her speach"


3,147 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:03 PM PDT by killjoy (Democracy spawns bad taste)
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To: Windcatcher

His will should have given it all to the GOP.


3,148 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:07 PM PDT by doug from upland
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To: DocRock

Don't be shocked to see Muslim reading the crap Koran at the Repub convention either.


3,149 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:09 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: pulaskibush
The better angels of our nature!

Lincoln.

3,150 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:11 PM PDT by Petronski ("surburb...server...sirburb...servant...burp...suburb")
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To: Petronski
Exorcist Part IV.V The Return of the Oracle subtitles in five languages
3,151 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:13 PM PDT by SunnySide
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To: Senator Pardek; rintense
In all candor - I shut that garbage off to practice. Was it a wise move - or does she bespeak knowledge and wisdom?

It was, um, quite...interesting...

3,152 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:14 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Which FReeper likes to threaten to beat up women?)
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To: Peach

Oh dear, he's going to be having them shouting, "America is evil, imperialist, and warmongerers"

Oh wait...


3,153 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:19 PM PDT by vezke
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To: vikingchick

Brit was trying to be kind--OMG what a horrendous speech.

Chris Wallace just said he thought she was going to break out in a chorus of Don't Cry for Me Argentina! LOL


3,154 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:20 PM PDT by Tarheel (The Old North State - First in Flight)
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To: cyborg
Could you just share some excerpt's of your friends email? Pretty please...
3,155 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:20 PM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)
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To: CFC__VRWC
Willie Brown just said "She's a real mother...."

So what's with the half-a-word?

3,156 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:24 PM PDT by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: arasina
I think I hear some background music: "Don't cry for me, Argentina."

YOU CALLED IT! CHRIS WALLACE JUST SAID THAT!
3,157 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:24 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State Republican Party office and VOLUNTEER!!!!)
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To: CaptRon

Chris Wallace doesn't get it either. Expecting her to begin singing "Don't cry for me Argentina!"


3,158 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:25 PM PDT by OneLoyalAmerican (A Fireman in the NAVY was promoted more times than Lieutenant junior grade John F'n Kerry.)
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To: Howlin

I don't get MSNBC - somebody keep us updated about Matthews bomb. (Maybe he meant Teresa bombed. Or is bombed.) LOL


3,159 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:26 PM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Graymatter

Chris Wallace was great......


3,160 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:26 PM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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