LIVE THREAD: DNC Convention

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

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

Platform Approval

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

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

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

Elizabeth Cavendish
Interim President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ron Reagan

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

Morris is full of it.

What liberal poll is he talking about.

Be prepared folks. The libs know that a few weeks after the convention...maybe even sooner...their candidate will slide. And one of their only hopes is that Republicans give up and decide it is not going to matter if they vote. That is what they did in 92. The liberal media types reported every dem lie about the economy and other things...with out making any effort (and the smallest effort would have been suffice) to see if the claims were true. They showed liberal skewed polls, etc. And quite a few Republican Voters stayed home.

And they are going to go even further with the liberal BS this year.
Just look at the Networks. They are not going to carry the Dem. Candidate's wife's speech! They have nixed their plans to cut into broadcasting to show it.
THEY SHOWED HILLARY GIVING AN INTRODUCTION! Yet they won' show Tereeeezuh because they are afraid it will hurt Kerry.

The opening of the Rat Convention started with the 2 Big Rats making their Grand Entrance. What an insignificant group of characters strolling across the stage to Bash Bush and spread their well worn lies. You know they are in desperation mode when they drag President Goober across the stage and he lectures GW on the economy and Foreign Affairs. What is it day 9,500 since President Reagan freed his hostages, yeah we need his lectures. Then the much awaited arrival of BJ and Senator Clinton, weird? He had to be the most amazed man in the house to find that he had the pit eating out of his hand. The fractured unity of this convention is utterly sad. But, hatred is a powerful emotion.

The stormy sea of rabid delegates was truly disturbing by their foaming hatred of President George W Bush. They are billing this as an optimistic message, but there is no optimism only the tired Taxes on the Rich and Hatred of America. Oh, they are trying to wrap it in flowery language and the key catch phrases but when you peel at the onion you can tell what they want is more taxes and our troops wearing Baby Blue helmets. What makes these extremists believe that we can trust an organization that is completely corrupt and full of terrorists, the UN that is.

The Rats waited with bated breath as The Wicked Witch of NY came out to introduce “The 42nd President”. Her screech was full of Unilateral, Pre-emptive, Worst Economy since Clinton, Recession, job loss, Universal Health Care. It fell as flat as her sunken chest. What is it about Old Lesbians being Soooooo angry, aren’t they supposed to be gay?? Then she introduced BJ W/O saying HUSBAND or him saying WIFE, which brought America right back to their complete dysfunctional arrangement. Weird.

Then came on the Greatest Impeached Democrat President of all time, BJ clinton. On and on he went about all the things that Yaaaawn is going to do because he was on a little boat in Viet Nam for 4 months, then fought for North Vietnam for 4 years. The final Captain of the Boat line was so predictable that BJ could not have written that cliche’. Yeah, Blood & Guts Kerry, heck W spilled more blood in his fighter jet than Yaaaawn did with 3 Purple Hearts. BJ was real long on what a great world this will be if only they are back in power but very short on specifics or how. How hard is it to give a speech when your words have NO meaning? He did say that strength and wisdom are not exclusive, which means that Kerry will return to negotiating with Yasser and every other terrorist on the planet begging them for Peace. He was very insulting to Our Allies such as Britain, Australia, Pakistan, Poland, and the other 25+ countries that see the value of our war. How can a Party endanger our alliance and our troops for votes??

Why does the Minority Party hate W so much? It is simple really, he stands for everything they resent. He loves the Lord Jesus Christ, and that is unthinkable to an Atheistic Party that worships the Sacrifice of the Unborn to their Centralized Gummit. He loves America and it’s gift of Freedom to all peoples and individual destiny. He is the opposite from the party that will tell you what you will receive from the trough and when, what and how much. Finally, he loves the military which represents strength, safety and domination of the World. How can they not hate W with every fiber of their being if he loves God, Family and Country. Add to that and the fact that they are out of power and you have a rabid hatred. We are witnessing the screech on their way to the Ash Heap of History.

So they are going to peddle their lies that this economy is NOT the fastest growing economy in the World next to Iraq. They are still trying to peddle the lie that there was NO connection between Al Queda and Saddam even though two Democrat Commissions have verified it and that Wilson/Moore Lies were lying. These people continue constructing their shack on thin ice and when our Convention comes around these lies will be melted under the heat lamp of Truth.

Pray for W and The Truth

I compiled this from a collaborative effort over on another thread. Here are some of the more humorous ones:

TOP 19 THINGS YOU WON'T HEAR BEING SAID AT THE DEMOCRAT NATIONAL CONVENTION

1. The truth

2. The whole truth

3. Nothing but the truth

4. Darn! I forgot my Daisy Razor! Anybody have a spare?

5. I'm a stay-at-home Mom!

6. Well, yes, there are some minority applicants, but that doesn't matter because hiring the most qualified person is the important thing.

7. So, anyway, my husband was on a hunting trip and....

8. So I yanked the bottle of bleach out of little Johnny's hand and spanked his butt hard.

9. What are Birkenstocks? Never heard of 'em.

10. I just don't trust those little Volkswagen Bugs

11. "Last Sunday, at church...."

12. Ms. Reno, you have too much make up on.

13. "So my boss told me I was fired because I did lousy work. I didn't take that lying down. I was on the phone to my lawyer right away! I asked for suggestions on how I could improve my work so that I could succeed in my next job. My lawyer is pretty successful, so I thought he could offer good advice..."

14. My SUV gets 28 miles to the gallon

15. Barbra Who?? Susan Who?

16. Well, but you know that the U.S. is a republic, not a pure democracy....

17. Yes, but the popular vote doesn't count. It's the electoral votes that count.

18. "Sheesh, that guy is an absolute EMBARRASSMENT. Wish he would just get off the stage and quit reminding everyone about himself. He was IMPEACHED for goodness sake! What a stain on the Party...."

19. So 10 years later, I wonder how he is, but I'm sure his adoptive parents are giving him a good life....

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I see us sitting in Howlin's kitchen, rather like Martha Stewart's old show. We could drink coffee, peruse newspapers and the computer (sort of like C-SPAN) and make catty comments about democrat dress (a la Joan Rivers). Personally, I think we could have a great show!