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Convention Thread

by BooMan
Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:37:20 PM EST

I try to watch the cable coverage but my stomach is too weak.

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I'm just one guy watching at home on C-span, so what do I know, but I thought that tonight was GREAT!!! Clinton, Kerry, Biden all gave great speeches, passionate, hard-hitting. And when Barack came out on stage at the end and flashed his million-dollar smile I saw a confidence that you rarely see in a democrat.

Of course, tomorrow Richard Cohen will explain that it was really all a failure, so I'd better log off now and enjoy it while I can...

by rae on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:10:19 PM EST

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MSNBC has been pretty good tonight, aside from Scarborough bullshitting about being "colorblind".

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to you country.

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:43:00 PM EST

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You're not missing much.

Not with Tweety asking Mike Murphy and Harold Ford if the convention is going well, with Murphy expecting an McSame upset win and Ford saying McSame is motivated 110% and telling some story about the old guy gashing his head in on a helicopter door frame in Iraq and being tough and shit.

Murphy's now basically saying the Democrats who don't like Barack are explained by the unfortunate fact there's racism out there, unlike the Republicans.

Ford at least called him out and said everyone will come through in the end because McSame is Bush and they've hated the last eight years.

I dunno.

Big Dog's about due on.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:43:52 PM EST

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Perhaps I am fortunate to not have cable. I only have my computer, so I am forced to watch on Cspan. Poor, poor me...

I hope Luam is having a good time!!

by rae on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:45:12 PM EST

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CNN and MSNBC were both making my blood pressure spike(especially that asshole John King). Then I found that I have PBS in HD! Hooray!!!

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by halo0 (philiott at gmail dotcom) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:17:02 PM EST

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Took the advice of ericy and fabooj and tonight we tuned into CSPAN. Whew! What a difference. Thanks to both of you for reminding us we do have a choice.

by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:55:46 PM EST
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Slick Willie is nailing it!!

Blue Tidal Wave

by Mac G on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:24:08 PM EST

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Yeah! God damn Bill Clinton gives a good speech.

by rae on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:25:22 PM EST

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I knew he had it in him.

by BooMan on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:40:31 PM EST
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Now if he can just keep from undermining Obama in snide comments for the next 10 weeks.

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:27:03 PM EST

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So Fox News goes to Karl Rove and Sean Hannity for comment, it is just laughable. "Thanks but No Thanks!" was killer a line.

Blue Tidal Wave

by Mac G on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:30:23 PM EST

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I gotta admit. Bill sucked it up and did what he needed to do tonight, he flat out said Barack Obama was indeed ready to be President, coming from a President.

He did it when it counted and passed the torch. He kicked McSame's ass. He even sold Joe Biden.

Now will it hold?

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:33:52 PM EST

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Damn, Kerry is ripping McCain/repubs a new one and only CPAN is showing it.

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:45:16 PM EST

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GOD BLESS C-SPAN!! Without it America would be completely in the grip of Fox censorship of all DNC events. With C-SPAN I have a real time front row seat for the entire convention.

It's still a mystery to me how Fox was given the main broadcast feed out of the Pepsi center. Am I missing something or did the DNC sell out to the highest bidder?

by parvenu on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:56:16 PM EST
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I couldn't believe MSNBC blabbed over the beginning of Kerry's speech, showed maybe the middle third, then just cut him off so they could blabber some more of the same tired bullshit. That's when I convinced my fellow watchers to flip over to PBS. I'm told CNN didn't show it at all, and who cares about Fuxxnews?

And of course the broadcast networks didn't show anything at all before the Biden hour.

Bush is "the first President to admit to an impeachable offense." --Former Nixon counsel John Dean

by DaveW on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:41:45 PM EST
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Clinton and Kerry ripped into McCain. Good stuff.

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by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail.com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:48:50 PM EST

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I can't wait to see Biden rip McCain a new a--hole. :)

by CabinGirl on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:51:37 PM EST
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I was very impressed by Kerry's speech too. Much better than I remember him.

by rae on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:50:26 PM EST

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Oh Shit, BO in da House!!

Blue Tidal Wave

by Mac G on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:58:04 PM EST

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Bill Clinton did well. I have to say, as a Democrat, this is the best night I've had in many, many years. I have a hope that I haven't felt in my entire life, that maybe we really do have a chance to climb back up the cliff from which our Democracy has been dangling, to reclaim a future stolen from us 40 years ago. Maybe. Just maybe, we can get back on track and become the country that fulfills the promise of its birth. I think tomorrow will be something incredibly special. The fact that Obama's speech falls on 45th anniversary to the day of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech is already giving me chills. I've been a basket case this week, fighting back tears through many speeches, afraid to dream myself. But I want to dream again. I want to think that things can get better, and not simply worse. And I think no matter what happens they WILL get worse for a while yet. But if anyone can turn this around, I truly believe Obama and his well-picked VP of Biden can. And if the Clintons really mean what they say, and will pull together, if this party can really pull in one direction, for once, we could be looking at an amazing, and positive, future. Here's hoping.

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by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:42:18 PM EST

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