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
The Flip Flop people that Stood behind Matthews the other night were just on FNC being interviewed
They were cut off .. Kerry is on now
Awwww, shoot... I would have liked to have seen that :-)
Just what America needs .. a dysfunctional couple in the WH. YUK!! One couple was enough!
And her roots were showing.
All that money and can't brush that awful hair!
All that money and can't get a hairdresser!
The cut them off to watch Kerry on the Ferry Boat
This is like watching paint dry
BORING!!!
I agree - boring!! He sounds like a little kid in a school play.
Yikes! You are right. Thanks for pointing this out. However, I assure you that more hideous things will grace the podium of Fleet Center tonight.
"Read my lips."
You have to know Braille.
Ya thing? To me, his speech has been one big cliche.
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Some things never change, Especially when Totus does all the talking.
That woman in post# 607 must be one of Obamas many stepmothers. Forgive me if that was a racsist comment.
Maya Angelou...stepmother to libs everywhere, so to speak
This thread is very interesting in light of what has transpired in the nearly six years since, so I thought I'd post a reply and bump it.
Bumping thread for historical recollection.
Starts at Post 1673: "Obama is up now."
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