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Democrat National Convention- LIVE THREAD - Day 2
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| 08.26.08
| WakeUpAndVote
Posted on 08/26/2008 11:54:33 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
Line up for tonight. TornadoAlley3 was kind enough to start it yesterday and is handing it over to me. Pop up the popcorn! Adult beverages are optional but, after last night they may be needed.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; aflcio; catharsis; democrateconvention; greatpumpkin; markwarner; obama; orangepantsuit; seiu
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To: angelcindy
Did anyone notice Chelsea introduced Hillary as Hillary Rodham Clinton...? Does anyone think Barack will be introduced as Barack Hussein Obama...??
To: knarf
Oh that’s right. She was supposed to release her delegates.
1,822
posted on
08/26/2008 8:15:16 PM PDT
by
Canticle_of_Deborah
(Repentance is a contract with God for a second life - St. John Climacus)
To: retrokitten
She is NOT done running.Nope :)
To: tina07
Yeah she does, the American taxpayer!
To: ken21
she sounded sarcastic, if not angry. Well, I don't blame her, she did sound angry & why not? They made her say those things & she doesn't buy into BO as president anymore than she buys into Bill's faithfulness!!
The way Bubba was smiling, I have a feeling they still have something up their sleeve!
1,825
posted on
08/26/2008 8:15:39 PM PDT
by
blondee123
(NO-BAMA for President in 2008!!!)
To: longtermmemmory
“FREE STUFF”
“My fellow members of the Bolshevik Revolution, we must take from those bourgeois bastards so that all may have what they DESERVE!”
To: freepersup
When Obama gets his ass beat in the general Hillary can say hey, don't look at me. I did the best I could do for the second rate candidate and don't forget I told you he couldn't beat McCain.
1,827
posted on
08/26/2008 8:15:44 PM PDT
by
kempo
To: STARWISE
Huma is back at the hotel room making the martinis.
1,828
posted on
08/26/2008 8:15:48 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: All
Krauty and Chris Wallace are up next on Fox as to the weak speech
1,829
posted on
08/26/2008 8:15:49 PM PDT
by
LegalEagle61
(If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
To: defconw
I somehow did not post ...for Obama in my post.
That speech sucked for Obama. The rats make us all stupid.
1,830
posted on
08/26/2008 8:15:59 PM PDT
by
defconw
(Were you in it to?................................ROFLMAO!)
To: plain talk
1,831
posted on
08/26/2008 8:16:25 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: AGreatPer
“Final words from her: “Thank You And God Save”.
Save what?”
The Queen!
1,832
posted on
08/26/2008 8:16:26 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: mass55th
1,833
posted on
08/26/2008 8:16:26 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: dfwgator
I still think also that Hillary is making a deal for Senate Majority Leader.
Very possible. If Obamalamadingdong wins, she may do that. I think if he loses, though, she will be running in 2012.
To: WakeUpAndVote; All
Live blogging recap. Here we go again
all times are central. 6:05 - Jim Doyle just cited his little childs quote that Obama will work hard; granted, his child has more experience than Barack Obama. Hehe. 6:06 - Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia (brought to you by Robert Byrd) 6:08 - Manchins American Dream story. 6:09 - West Virginians value hard work, patriotism, and faith in God
they do the heavy lifting the economy
[they have] a PhD in life
and they cant afford four more years like the last eight. 6:10 - And let me guess
West Virginian values match up with Barack Obama. 6:11 - God bless America 6:11 - Hillary Clinton video; the Obama camp actually took her off her sedatives; introducing female senators. 6:12 - The ever beautiful Barbara Mikulski at the podium; talking about how women are
and get things done just like the Democrats when they take back the White House. 6:13 - Equal pay for equal work; too bad her statistics ignore the higher paying hazard-duty jobs men take in greater numbers. 6:14 - I say a smart woman deserves better pay at a job than a lacking man who cant perform as well. 6:15 - Barbara Boxer (absolutely beautiful) at podium; shes a capable speaker. 6:16 - Protect our environment
not like this is McCains message as well. 6:16 - When it comes to the United States Senate, 60 is the new 50″
aaawwww!!!! No more gridlock!!!! 6:16 - the Senator roll continues; Mary Landrieu of Louisiana at podium. 6:17 - America deserves a better FEMA and president to serve the people and not a bureaucracy (spelled right?) 6:18 - Senator Blanche Lincoln at podium. I had the biggest crush on her niece when I was a Senate Page; we were going to go fishing in the Potomac but she sadly had to go home early. Sorry for the unneccessary information. 6:19 - Lincoln: reform medicare. 6:20 - Debbie Stabenow of Michigan at podium; keep jobs in America and screw the middle class with higher prices and standards of living. I agree that the Bush McCain policies have screwed working Americans; their free trade agreements arent even free trade. 6:22 - Maria Cantwell of Washington at podium; make American energy independent. Not like both candidates are advocating for energy independence or anything. 6:23 - Claire McCaskill of Missouri; good speaker; the Democrats will be more fiscally responsible than the Republicans. I doubt the McCain administration will look kindly upon frivolous spending as the Bush admin did. 6:25 - Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota. My Democrat friend Liz who interned for the senator said Klobuchar had to hire a speaking coach when she began her public office career; Klobuchar needs to get her money back. 6:26 - President should look after the middle class not the privileged class; too bad Obamas total household income tax would disenchant the middle class to grow any higher. 6:27 - Ladies of the senate all on stage. 6:28 - Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania at podium; hes a good guy; tonights theme on bashing Bush and the Republicans continue. 6:29 - Bashing Republican energy plans; bashing big oil. FYI ExxonMobil has only 3.8% share of the market for the top 100 oil companies not including the dominance of the state-owned oil as the true big oil. The five big US oil companies make up only 15% of the oil private sector as well. 6:31 - John McCain has always been against renewable energy; actually, I think both him and Obama fell into the special-interest ethanol trap. 6:32 - The only thing green in McCains energy plan are the tax cuts for big oil. Point taken. Corporate welfare is stupid; the market should rule. 6:33 - Replace every drop of oil
in just ten years. Will invest in auto industry and will give tax cuts for people who buy hybrids. Isnt this McCains platform as well? 6:34 - Question: whats going to happen when America becomes energy independent and the unstable, oil states go bankrupt? Who will be blamed? Most likely blame America. 6:36 - Rendells a dynamic speaker. 6:37 - Break time. 6:42 - Had to come back to say that Rep. Xavier Becerra just compared Barack to Cesar Chavez. 6:43 - Tell me with whom you walk and I will tell you who you are. Maybe he should apply that to standard to Barack Obama. 6:44 - Im really hungry but John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, just came to the podium. 6:45 - Reading straight from the prompter; gonna go get some food; be back in a bit. 6:46 - So how about guaranteeing a secret union ballot there John? 6:47 - Okay, Im actually taking a break now; be back in a bit. 7:47 - Back. 7:49 - Tonights scripted session of Americas Townhall session just ended. Went to dinner at the right time. 7:50 - Mayor Jim Whitaker of Fairbanks, AK at the podium. 7:51 - Whitaker is a registered Republican endorsing Obama; hes being so dramatic about it. 7:51 - His reason for the endorsement: I might be a Republican but Im an American first and foremost. 7:52 - My guess is that Whitaker wanted some air time; still, he does sound sincere. 7:53 - Shouldnt allow energy policy to be shifted by hostile dictators says Whitaker. 7:55 - Gloria Craven (fired textile worker from NC) making Americans feel bad and need to vote Democrat; has a nice southern American blue collar appeal. 7:55 - George Bush told us that we should just go to college. 7:56 - Living off of husbands social security. 7:56 - Used to be a time in America where you thought the people in government would look after the people like me. YES!!! Time for another New Deal or Great Society! We need a politician as exemplified in Gabriel Over the White House. 7:58 - Nancy Floyd of Oregon (NTH Power Founder who has worn a tool belt); built very first wind farms in country. 7:59 - Need new leadership in Washington with new thinking that wont fall victim to partisanship and inaction says Floyd. 8:01 - Dont be a wimp
say it: n-u-c-l-e-a-r power. 8:02 - Barack Obama will stop global warming. God
? 8:04 - With all this talk about jobs moving overseas, I wonder where Obama stands on H1B Visas? 8:05 - Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas at podium; more American Dream of Barack Obama. 8:06 - Hit on McCain for not being able to keep track of his homes; John McCains version of Dorothys line: Theres no place like home, or a home, or a home, or a home
. 8:07 - Barack Obama will not write off rural America. He cares about the Heartland. A true American! Usual end tax breaks for wall street and give them to main street. 8:08 - Reward those companies that stay at home says Sebelius. What if a company moves overseas and creates numerous, higher-paying management jobs in America? 8:09 - The only thing McCain wants to renew is the Bush administration. 8:10 - We cant bring about positive change without ending the politics of the past and partisan bickering. Wait
wasnt she just bashing Republicans? 8:11 - Federico Pena (former Denver Mayor). 8:13 - Still dragging on about energy policy and the need for change; I bet this energy rhetoric will perfectly mirror the GOP Convention. 8:17 - Representative Nydia Velazquez of New York at podium. 8:18 - She just said that Bush doesnt allow women to invest on a federal level. What is she talking about? 8:19 - Yes, Ms. Velazquez, women do earn more degrees than men. Title IXs unintended (or was it) consequence. 8:20 - More wall street versus main street. 8:21 - Why Barack is better for small business: tax cuts, health care plans, and the necessary tools. 8:22 - Si se puede! Votar para Barack Obama! 8:23 - Bob Casey Jr. at podium
revenge time? 8:24 - I wonder if hell justify Obama and the DNCs platform on abortion. 8:24 - Looks like its going to be the standard, dismal economic message and need for Obama to fix it all. 8:25 - Barack Obama will lead us, heal us, and help us rebuild. 8:26 - More Barack Obama: the family man of American values. 8:27 - Casey on Obama: hes one of us. 8:27 - Shout out to Joe Biden from Scranton, PA. 8:28 - Quoting Senator Clinton to support Barack Obama. 8:28 - Obama and Casey have an honest disagreement over abortion but Obama allowing Casey to speak shows how he doesnt seek to divide us but bring us together. 8:29 - John McCain votes with George Bush over 90% of the time. Thats not a maverick; thats a sidekick. 8:30 - Crowd chanting four more months. 8:33 - SIgn in the crowd: When Women Vote, Democrats Win. 8:41 - Democrats showing us their groovy dance skills. Almost as fluid as their fiscal policy. 8:41 - Mark Warner, keynote speaker, at podium. 8:42 - Nice choice for Obama in trying to win over Virginia. 8:43 - Mark Warner: the American story. 8:46 - What is this fair shot. Equality of opportunity or equality of outcomes? 8:48 - This president never tapped into our greatest resource: the character and the resolve of the American people. 8:48 - Should have gotten off foreign oil after September 11th so those terrorists wouldnt have received any more funding. Haha! This is an absolute falsehood. Groups like Al Qaeda and Hamas grew to their largest and spent the most money when oil revenues were at an all time low. The Septemeber 11th attacks only cost al Qaeda five hundred thousand dollars. We still need to move away from foreign oil to be more sustainable but this illogical cop-out that Warner, other Democrats, and other Republicans have been pushing is amusing. 8:51 - In four months, we will have an administration that actually believes in science. 8:52 - If we rebuild our military
still hurting from those Clinton cuts, eh? 8:54 - Give the tools that every child needs to succeed. If those kids do better, we all do better. Doesnt matter if youre Republican or Democrat. Were all this in together. I love how the Dems tonight bash Bush and the Republicans just slightly, so they can still pull off the were all in this together. I wonder what Carville will think of this strategy? 8:56 - In the global economy, you shouldnt have to leave your home town to find a world-class job. 8:58 - Citing Thomas Jefferson, the founder of our party; Im sorry, I didnt know the Democrats of today were libertarian thinking. Could have fooled me with all the protectionist, sentimental rhetoric. 8:59 - His keynote address really falls short compared to what I was expecting; not that moving. 9:01 - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland at podium. 9:01 - Strickland literally reads off the teleprompter 9:07 - McCain is four more years of Bush 9:07 - All of McCains policies are stuck in the past. 9:08 - George W. Bush came into office on third base (reference to joke about Ws father) and Bush stole second. 9:11 - Time to bring our troops back and our jobs home. Its time for Obama! 9:11 - Mass gov Deval Patrick at podium. This is the guy who paralleled Obamas call for hope and change during his own run for office. This is the guy whose rhetoric wounded up in Obamas speeches. This is the guy that excited his state of Massachusetts with great promises and calls for change but ended being a disappointment. And that opinion is actually from my Democratic friend from Massachusetts. 9:14 - We can bring about change as done before exemplified by FDRs America says Patrick. 9:15 - Key is education says Patrick. Need to fix and fund No Child Left Behind says Patrick. How about we scap it says I? 9:19 - Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana at podium. 9:23 - Schweitzer just said what he remembered growing up was a crucifix in the house and a picture of President Kennedy on the wall. Haha! I love this religious pandering the DNC Convention is doing this year. 9:25 - Can we afford four more years? 9:25 - Schweitzer is giving the Republican-bashing, Pro-Obama pump speech of the night. 9:29 - I swear, if I hear big oil one more time tonight and the speaker not referring to state-controlled oil companies
9:30 - Schweitzers sporting 9:30 - Schweitzers right about not being able to drill our way to energy independence but something is better than nothing. 9:31 - Obama taps all energy sources
except nuclear. 9:33 - The delegates are waving some amusing signs: McCain = Same Old, Same Old. 9:34 - Schweitzer is getting the crowd a-goin. 9:36 - Thats it baby! Lets go win this election! God bless America! (exit Schweitzer stage left). 9:37 - Hillary Clinton get-excited video! She was able to play with the boys and win their respect. 9:38 - This video might inspire previous Hillary supporters on the convention floor. 9:41 - Chelsea Clinton on the page looking absolutely stunning. 9:42 - Enter Madame Hillary Rodham Clinton. 9:44 - The signs everyone is waving have Hillarys signature in bold and www.hillaryclinton.com. If you go to the site, it still asks you to be a supporter. Its not too late folks
9:45 - Shes a proud a lot of things but forgot to mention wife. 9:46 - I bet she wants people to go to her website and retire her campaign debt. 9:46 - The time is to unite as a single party with a single purpose. Were on the same team. Aawwww
thats not what I wanted to hear. 9:48 - No way. No how. No McCain. Zing! 9:50 - I remember the Marine
. And I remember the Marine who took a picture with you and crossed his fingers. 9:51 - From my supporters
to my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits. 9:55 - From ending discrimination to promoting unionization including union discrimination against right-to-work employees and those wanting a secret ballot. 9:56 - Were you in the campaign just for me or were you in it for that young marine and others like him? Were you in it for that young boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all those people in the country who have been invisible (these last eight years)? 10:01 - Praising Joe Biden. And Joe, will be supported by his loving wife JIll as I event still support Bill. 10:02 - More, more, more Republican bullshit says Hillary. 10:02 - John McCain wants to privatize social security. Hopefully, Barack Obama will allow for a pull-out option as well before its too late. 10:03 - Who knows if George Bush or John McCain will be in Minnesota next week because theyre so similiar. 10:05 - Harriett Tubman quote to get the crowd goin; keep going message. 10:06 - Before we can keep going, we have to get going by electing Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. 10:07 - Feels like And Im proud to be an American might start playing any second. 10:09 - End Madame Clinton. 10:09 - She has come a long way with her public speaking skills. 10:10 - Closing prayer. And bless our earthly savior, Barack Obama. Take home message: 1. 4 more years bad. 2. 4 more months good. 3. Bash silly Republicans and Big Oil. 4. But then immediately call for American unity in both Republicans and Democrats working together. ***There were some nice zings tonight. The highlights would definitely have to be Schweitzer and Clintons speech. ****I dont know yet if Ill be around tomorrow night; my plans arent definite yet. Sweet dreams yall!!!
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posted on
08/26/2008 8:16:32 PM PDT
by
TexCon
("Strike while the iron is hot, and make it hotter by striking"-Oliver Cromwell)
To: HAL9000
Now we know why the one with the Hoover nose looks so happy.
To: Jaguarmike
“History will vindicate Bush.”
I believe that, too.
To: Miss Didi
They’re cutting out like rats; At our convention last time, they had to kick us out.
1,838
posted on
08/26/2008 8:16:44 PM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Does Obama know we see his internal memos while they're still being corrected?)
What the hell is MO wearing? Who dresses this woman? Yikes.
1,839
posted on
08/26/2008 8:16:52 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
I heard “deeps dog” but I’m dyslexic.
1,840
posted on
08/26/2008 8:17:11 PM PDT
by
kallisti
("Whenever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.")
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