Democrat National Convention- LIVE THREAD - Day 3

www.demconvention.com ^ | 08.27.08 | WakeUpAndVote

[WakeUpAndVote]

SanFranNan will be starting off with the roll call vote. Speaches for nominating both Clinton and Obama will be made. I have a feeling that the tonight's entertainment will be good, instide and outside. If you have pics or clips of the freak show, please post them!

[edzo4]

No sh!t I made it!

[Bigg Red]

Did anyone else notice the embrace between Bill Clinton and Rebecca Gwatney?

1) The hug was overlong.
2) She looked uncomfortable and looked down when they parted.

I am willing to bet Clinton made a pass at her or even worse.

PS: I am a lady, so please keep all responses clean.

[conservativeinferno]

1. What time is Slick Willy speaking?

2. Is the roll call going to be held on the floor?

[wolficatZ]

 

Fox News a few minutes ago sucking up bigtime to "Rage Against the Machine" with a fawning puke puff piece....

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State Radio opening Rage show now #DNC08

24 minutes ago from web

Fans playing hackysack in Denver Coliseum while waiting for Rage show. #DNC08 32 minutes ago from web
Kansas gov. Cathleen sebelius and 13-year-old who suffered bad car accident get standing ovation at health care forum at denver performi ... ... about 1 hour ago from web
Rage concert at Coliseum free, but $10 to park. #DNC08 about 1 hour ago from web
Fans begin to fill Denver Coliseum in anticipation of Rage Against the Mach ine. #DNC08 about 1 hour ago from web
Al Sharpton at conventio center to speak to African American caucus. about 1 hour ago from TwitterMail
Blog: Blogosphere: Kucinich's DNC speech going viral: The buzz: Better and stronger than the k.. http://bit.ly/1ID41b about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed
Blog: Mad Voter: Corporate- funded conventions = hypocrisy: Talking tough on issues like campa.. http://bit.ly/2Jg04P about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed
Blog: Hillary-Obama-Drama No More?: Well, she did it! Short of physically promising to take eac.. http://bit.ly/22t7ai about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed
Code Pink protester Alicia Forrest, arrested on "interference" charge for asking police why they were arresting another protester, is ... ... about 2 hours ago from web
Lonely parking guys - on Tuesday the price for a space at Colfax and Speer $20. Today - $10. #DNC08 about 2 hours ago from web
Annette benning and tim daly at earl's #DNC08 about 2 hours ago from web
Blog: Get Tougher Than The Rest: Mark Warner's speech needed a spine transplant, writes Amy Su.. http://bit.ly/3LYEcG about 2 hours ago from twitterfeed
John Kerry addresses California delegation over breakfast. about 2 hours ago from TwitterMail
Blog: Day 3: DNC Podium Schedule, Aug. 27, 2008: 2008 Democratic National Convention Podium Sch.. http://bit.ly/1oBpVE about 2 hours ago from twitterfeed
Blog: Waiting for change:             This election is suppose to be about the youth; their rec.. http://bit.ly/1tZlWN about 2 hours ago from twitterfeed
Iraq war vets in Denver say they want more specifics from Obama and McCain on how they'd improv... Read more at http://tinyurl.com/6ov99v about 3 hours ago from TwitterMail
Jill Biden joins Michelle Obama on early morning community service stint with war vets and fami... Read more at http://tinyurl.com/59auvp about 3 hours ago from TwitterMail
No access to Civic Center Park; it was entirely surrounded by chain-link fence at 2:30 a.m. this morning. #DNC08 about 3 hours ago from web
Presidential perks? No way. Carter and wife Roslyn on breakfast buffet line ...he likes bacon. #DNC08 about 3 hours ago from web   (wiki)   Rage Against the Machine The band are advocates for the release of former Black Panther and Death Row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal for whom they wrote and recorded the track "Voice of the Voiceless" for their 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles. The band performed at a benefit concert with all proceeds donated to the International Concerned Family And Friends Of Mumia Abu-Jamal, and de la Rocha spoke before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in support of Abu-Jamal.[67] The band also raised funds and awareness for life-sentenced political activist Leonard Peltier, and documented his case in the video for "Freedom". At a 1993 Lollapalooza appearance in Philadelphia, the band stood onstage naked for 15 minutes with duct tape on their mouths and the letters PMRC painted on their chests in protest against censorship by the Parents Music Resource Center.[68] Refusing to play, they stood in silence with the sound emitted being only audio feedback from Morello and Commerford's guitars. The band later played a free show for disappointed fans.[69] Tom Morello was arrested for civil disobedience in October 1997 during a union protest by garment workers and their supporters against the use of sweatshop labor by Guess?.[52] Billboards subsequently appeared in Las Vegas and New York featuring a photograph of the band with the caption "Rage Against Sweatshops: We Don't Wear Guess? – A Message from Rage Against the Machine and UNITE (Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile Employees)."[52] Some other controversial stands taken include that of the music video for the song "Bombtrack", in which RATM expresses support for the Peruvian guerilla organization Shining Path and their incarcerated leader Abimael Guzmán. Over its career, the band played benefit concerts for organizations such as Rock for Choice, the Anti-Nazi League, the United Farm Workers, children's care organization Para Los Niños and UNITE.[52] 1994 saw the band organizing Latinpalooza, a joint benefit concert for the Leonard Peltier Defense Fund, and Para Los Niños. The band also raised funds for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico, Women Alive, and played at the Tibetan Freedom Concert on more than one occasion.[52] Album liner notes contained promotional material for AK Press, Amnesty International, the Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru, the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, Indymedia, Mass Mic, Parents for Rock and Rap, the Popular Resource Center, RE: GENERATION, Refuse and Resist, Revolution Books, the Rock & Rap Confidential, and Voices in the Wilderness. When the band headlined Reading Festival on 22nd August 2008, they came onstage to the sound of a prison klaxon, dressed in orange prison jumpsuits with black sacks over their heads. They remained silent onstage for several minutes until being led to their instruments and starting Bombtrack. This is presumably a protest relating to Guantanamo Bay. Zach de la Rocha also repeated his 'trial George Bush for war crimes' speech during the song "Wake Up", but also cited Tony Blair as a criminal, telling the crowd: 2008 Republican National Convention On Sept. 3rd, 2008, Rage Against the Machine is scheduled to play in Minneapolis at the Target Center, on the second day of the Republican convention.[65] ..and yadayada...

[mass55th]

Thanks for day 3. I've got to drive to Albany and meet my son and his girlfriend who are returning from Europe this evening. I'm hoping I can watch the Toon tonight, along with the great comments I know will be on this thread. See you all later.

Ping for later enjoyment.

[NormsRevenge]

Day 3

WHOO HOOOO!

Them street protesters must be getting purty game by now.. whewwwweee.

[BurbankKarl]

roll call at 5pm Eastern.

[WakeUpAndVote]

Sorry, didn’t know.

[NormsRevenge]

Any word on current number of protester arrests in Denver?

We should be getting up there pretty good after Bill Clinton starts a riot tonite. ;-)

[Molly Pitcher]

Hello, and thanks for the thread. Supposedly, there was a roll call problem...whether it would take place, and how complete it would be ...Has that been "solved"??

I suppose before Hillary gets too many votes, they have to stop it, and nominate O by "unanimous" acclimation?

[edzo4]

no problem I thought it was funny, the original pics are in this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068965/posts

[WakeUpAndVote]

Going by what their web site says, it’s on.

[JFC]

anyone listening to scanner? Something going on at Pepsi Center

[kingattax]

did anyone else love the speech last night by 'lily ledbetter', the lady who said she got screwed by the goodyear tire plant in alabama by not giving her equal pay and is suing them ?

i thought she gave a better speech than hillary and she is easily the highlight of this circus. if obwana had picked her for VP he would have won by 20 points

[Mr. Binnacle]

Howard Wolfson on Fox saying he won’t be lectured on how to be a good democrat from Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews. He said that it is unfortunate that a good network has been taken over by the likes of these two.

[Carley]

What a dufus. Who sits that close to a big screen TV?

[Carley]

Oh dear, hope it’s just an altitude problem and no one is seriously ill or hurt.

[EBH]

Something about a white van and red jetta. Older male about 50ish. Shutting doors in about 10 minutes at coliseum.

http://co.scanamerica.us/index.php?county=Denver

[JFC]

yes, shutting doors for some reason. There seems to be a lot going on in Denver today. Scanner has me interested!

[WakeUpAndVote]

I put on my hazmat suit and went over to DUmmyland. They classify pumas as a subspecies of Freeper troll. I didn't know they hated Hillary that much.......