Posted on 02/02/2007 9:26:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Yesterday was the first cattle call of the Democratic presidential campaign and -- holy cow! -- these candidates can moo.
"Each candidate has been given seven minutes to speak," announced Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean before the first of six Democratic candidates took the stage at the Hilton Washington. He further announced that an "official timekeeper" will hold up warning and "time's up" signs. "After 10 minutes, wild gesticulations will take place," he threatened.
This quaint exercise in Democratic Party discipline lasted about, well, seven minutes. The first candidate, Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.), took the floor for 20 minutes and 15 seconds, ignoring Dean's hovering, the removal of Dodd's image from the projection screens, and the fact that he drew applause for saying "Let me conclude." Former senator John Edwards (17:40) wasn't far behind, trailed by Sens. Hillary Clinton (16:12) and Barack Obama (15:30).
The closest to the limit was Rep. Dennis Kucinich (12:38), but this was probably because the audience treated his appearance as a chance to start conversations or to visit the restrooms. "Can you hear me in the back?" Kucinich called above the din. "Because I can hear you."
Now in control of Congress, Democrats were eager to demonstrate that they could make the trains run on time yesterday. They started the proceedings with an ROTC color guard. And Dean sternly read out the ground rules. "Each candidate was given the opportunity to play 30 seconds of music and can have up to 100 campaign signs evenly placed around the room."
But the Democratic National Committee is not exactly a precision drill team. The first speaker, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, wasn't ready when his time came to speak. Clinton, for her part, showed flagrant disregard for Dean's sign restrictions; her supporters hoisted about 300.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
You think that is bad...tomorrow, they have even more speakers...
Biden, Vilsak, and a couple of others that are running.
Starts at 9:00 AM on C-span.
Supposedly, Pres. Bush is also supposed to speak at this convention tomorrow...and then he and Pelosi are supposed to have a press conference afterward.
I have to say...after reading this column by Milbank...and presser with Bush and Pelosi together, has just got to be irony on top of irony, hilarious.
Exactly, if the Democrats cannot hold their promise to speak for only seven minutes, then why would they be faithful in anything they do once they have the White House?
"After 10 minutes, wild gesticulations will take place," he threatened.Screamin' Howie should find wild gesticulations pretty much second nature.
Darn, I have to see if the grass is growing for most of the day
Reference the SHEDevil's intention to nationalize the oil companies.. look what I found .. the Skerry's have quite a chunk of change invested in oil:
Organization |
Action |
Date |
Notes |
Value |
|
John Kerry (D-Mass) |
Bpg Investment Partnership VII |
Purchased |
121905 |
N/A |
$250,001 to $500,000 |
John Kerry (D-Mass) |
Bpg Investment Partnership VII |
Purchased |
Dec 5 2009 |
N/A |
$100,001 to $250,000 |
John Kerry (D-Mass) |
Bpg Investment Partnership VII |
Purchased |
Feb 5 2011 |
N/A |
$100,001 to $250,000 |
And had a bunch before they sold HERE
Just goes to prove that this is the party that knows no rules.
This was exacly my thought when I read the article. If Dean meant to be taken seriously, why did he allow the blather to go on and on and on...?
Democrats will pass mountains of laws WE must live by but they exempt themselves from having to play by ANY rules - even simple ones.
Omama's purpose is to get more people registered....guess which ones?
the New Mexicans (pun intended) will be registered by their Gov. Bill Richardson.
Watch for a Clinton/Richardson ticket. With Obama endorsing Hillary, that covers the North and Midwest. Richardson's crowd will bring in most of the West.
I propose another solution. Envision a timer controlled trap door. The speaker stands on the trap door and has a rope around his/her neck. At EXACTLY 7 minutes the speech will end - one way or another.
On a side note, I was always told the rules to public speaking were: be sincere, be brief, and be gone. They apparently broke all three.
"maybe he`s going to be the VP."
Not likely. Obama is a Christian. A real one. He also has morals.
That won't mix well with Hellory.
I am not impressed. Did anyone else notice Joe Biden wasn't present? Had he been there, he would have talked longer than the rest put together; he routinely generates enough hot air to float a balloon.
Of course, he'd have to go first, otherwise he'd plagiarize from all who spoke earlier.
He's speaking today
http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp
DNC Annual Winter Meeting The Democratic National Committee holds its annual winter meeting, "Strong Leadership for America's Future." This is the final day of the three-day event. Speakers include DNC Chair Howard Dean, Sen. Joseph Biden (DE), Governor Bill Richardson (NM), and others.
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