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Convention Thread

by BooMan
Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:25:58 PM EST

Don't go caking on the makeup.

Convention Thread | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Dodd looked horrible last night.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:27:53 PM EST

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Was Rendell intentionally invoking Howard Dean's 2004 YEAARGH speech at the end there?

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:37:10 PM EST

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I overuled myself and just turned it on and...I'm sorry but it looks like a mix...oh wait, Javier what's his name just said "my friends" (wtf)...a mix between the Oscars, a foreclosure opportunity infomercial, and an Oprah on the road segment, with cheesy piped music in between.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:44:54 PM EST

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With this lineup it looks like y'all will be counting on Clinton just to save this sorry affair from ignominy.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:47:08 PM EST
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you just missed Dennis K. He had people fired up.

by BooMan on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:48:19 PM EST
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day late and a paycheck short...
the story of my life

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:53:47 PM EST
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I've been away overnight and today: Did I miss the

No Roll Call of delegates on the Convention floor?

from The Independent, UK - Wednesday August 27, 2008

Party leaders act to stop Clinton supporters spoiling coronation

The Democratic high command has taken extraordinary measures to prevent a public split breaking out on the floor of the party's convention in Denver as delegates move to endorse Barack Obama for president later today.
After backroom manoeuvring, there will be no roll call of delegates on the convention floor, during which disaffected Hillary Clinton delegates hoped to show their fury with Barack Obama on national television. Instead the roll call will take place away from public view in hotel breakfast rooms across Denver.
Mrs Clinton, who has agreed to the terms of the deal, has instructed her aides to work closely with the Obama campaign to stifle any public outbreaks of dissent on the convention floor and has urged her supporters to unite behind her former Democratic rival. Last night she was given unprecedented access to the podium for a losing candidate.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:00:15 PM EST
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See, I view dissent as a sign of inherant healthiness. Raucus debate is a good thing. Defiance is a good thing. It hones the final messagfe to a fine point.

Not that I believe there's much that's going to come of this event.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:04:14 PM EST
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we had plenty of dissent during the primaries.

Imagine a Coke commercial where people kept interrupting to say that Pepsi would have been better.

That kind of dissent can drive people to drink Sprite.

by BooMan on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:07:23 PM EST
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I'm a Pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:23:54 PM EST
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heh...l'd rather be the doctor

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:33:30 PM EST
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Good call! My viewing and listening fortunes just changed for the better :o)

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:38:03 PM EST
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A Thinkprogress find:

Hagel and 8 other GOP senators will take a pass on RNC Convention.
Along with Hagel, the following conservative senators are also taking a pass: Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ted Stevens (R-AK), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Wayne Allard (R-CO), and John Sununu (R-NH). Roger Wicker (R-MS) is undecided about whether he will attend.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:50:26 PM EST

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Strange, I wonder why Larry Craig would want to avoid the Minneapolis / St. Paul airport...

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 07:56:40 PM EST
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it could have been a toe-tapping good time.

by BooMan on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:09:33 PM EST
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You know, I had almost forgotten about this one.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:17:18 PM EST
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I'm watching Governor Granholm MC a panel of (I guess what's supposed to be) average Americans in a version of the Dating Game. Is this what anyone who aspires to political service has to look forward to having to endure in the future?

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:45:03 PM EST

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yes.

by BooMan on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:55:34 PM EST
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the crowd behind MSNBuchananC is hysterical. They keep booing each time Pat throws up his punditry.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 08:55:19 PM EST

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Mark Warner appears to have ignored the makeup advice.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 09:43:31 PM EST

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Schweitzer totally upstaged Warner's keynote.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Aug 26th, 2008 at 10:36:40 PM EST

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