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Democratic National Convention - Monday Night Open Thread

Started by baratunde aka jack turner · 10 months ago

Key Speaker tonight: Michelle Obama.

Let’s cross our fingers that the rumors of a Ted Kennedy sighting are true.

Let the show begin!
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217 comments

  • nickwah22

    10 months ago

    RE: Ted Kennedy

    CNN says he will be there but they aren't sure if he will speak. A speech is written but he might not be strong enough to make it.

    We'll see.
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    I heard he said he thinks this will be his last convention.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Just his presence is AWE INSPIRING!!!!! :>) :>)

    God Bless him and his family!!! :>) :>) What a trooper! :>) :>)
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  • OSIRIS1906

    10 months ago

    Why did Daddy Yankee come out in support of McCain ? What a frakking sell-out !!!
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    I thought I was hip, but I dont have a clue who Daddy Yankee is....however, I have been privy to the lyrics of some song that is quite...errr.......well, no words can describe it.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Miranda: I don't even pretend ta know him! :>) Over to Google!! :>) :>)
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  • Marvy

    10 months ago

    He's a reaggatone artist who had that song Gasolina that was inescapable a couple of years ago. And no, I don't know what he was talking about either. lol
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Marvy: Could ya sing a few bars?? :>) :>) :>) JK!! :>) :>)
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  • Marvy

    10 months ago

    I wouldn't do that to you lovely folks - I like it here. 8)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Marvy: O.K. I watched the clip[below] from nickwah22! :>) :>)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    Hold up.....I just watched that video...and just who the hell is McCain's campaign manager? Who? Is it that they know the mainstream media doesn't care who endorses McCain? I swear, Jenna Jameson could endorse McCain and he'd fly to do a press conference with her and no one would say a word.

    McCain even mentioned the song "Gasoline"....but his old azz said "Gasolina"....LOLOL.....
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  • nickwah22

    10 months ago

    According to him its because McCain has done a lot to support immigration. I wonder what he thinks of McCain's Cuba stance. I think its ironic that old ass McCain wants old ass Castro to drop dead lol.

    vid of Daddy Yankee..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1sV7ZkzQYU
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    nickwah22: What a REVEALING video!!!!
    1. People were whispering in his ear regarding staging, like LIEberman whispered in "McAncient's" ear regarding THE CORRECT ANSWERS!! :>) :>

    2. "McAncient" was getting a vicarious, erotic rush from watching that semi-elderly "rock star" hugging and kissing those YOUNG, NUBILE, did I say YOUNG, teenage students!! :>) :>) :>)

    3. He stated ONE POLICY TOPIC - IMMIGRATION!! But He also stated that he likes all of "McAncient's" policies. Could ONLY articulate ONE!!!! :>) :>)

    4. Said that he was a man of few words: YEP!!!! :>) :>)

    Way funny!!!! :>) :>)

    Thanks, nickwah22!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • Elevated

    10 months ago

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  • nickwah22

    10 months ago

    I wish i was still in college so my shirt could get some face time. Surely can't wear this to work!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    nickwah22: you could wear your shirt UNDER your dress shirt!! Then when you take a break, you could go into Superman mode!!! :>) :>) :>)

    Heck!! No one could doubt you!! You might hurt them with your SUPER POWERS!!!! :>) :>) :>)

    Whew! Kryptonite Deep Breaths!!! :>) :>)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    THANK YOU LUKE RUSSERT. For the first time.....I mean for the freaking FIRST time, on TV, someone actually made the point that people under 30 generally DO NOT HAVE LAND LINES!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE NOT POLLED!!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Miranda: Just said this to my daughter - as I spoke to her in her house ON HER CELL PHONE!!! :>) :>)

    She said that she might try to find some pollster, call him/her on her CELL PHONE, so she can participate in the POLLS!!!! :>) :>) :>) :>)

    Whew! 5 bars up Deep Breaths!!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • B-Serious

    10 months ago

    FYI . . . if you get tired of the pundits, just flip the channel over to C-SPAN.

    Good ole' reliable C-SPAN . . . No talking heads, just a camera filming the event. You get more music and funny shots of people dancing/having a good time. You also get a lot less Clinton drama and dumb a*s questions from the cable media.
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  • nickwah22

    10 months ago

    TVOne says they will be focusing on the CBC over the next few days.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    nickwah22: THAT should be REAL interesting!! :>) :>)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    B-Serious: Thanks! :>) :>) JJP RULES!!!! :>) :>)
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    Thanks, Believe it or not CNN.com has live streaming of several viewpoints. The band is fantastic and that black woman in the band can belt out a song like you wouldn't believe!
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  • nickwah22

    10 months ago

    I don't understand how this woman from the CBC is talking about how she is on Hillary's team until she releases her delegates. When she dropped out of the race in JUNE wasn't that enough? Hell, when Hillary and Bill had all of that -ish to say about how 'our' vote didn't count, wasn't THAT enough?
    Is it just me!?
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    nickwah22: With humility, I'll refer you to a post that I made yesterday [Sun.] on THIS very subject!! Check it out!! :>) :>)
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  • Honey01

    10 months ago

    Jimmy Carter is coming on. Just wanted to say right quick I am feeling a little dejected.

    The Clintons are getting exactly what they wanted. It feels like the Clinton Convention. Immediately following Pelosi's speech, Ann Curry asked her a series of no less that five questions all centered on Hillary. NONE on the actual candidate. Pan to the next idiot reporter interviewing Schumer, first two questions on Clinton. Still none on the actual candidate. .

    Hopefully, ,after I see T. Kennedy and Michelle my mood lift.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Honey01: Heads up, Honey01!!! We're here for ya!!! :>) :>)

    Try C-SPAN for a diversion. Also, watch Baratunde!! :>) :>)

    Hang in there!! :>) :>)
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  • Honey01

    10 months ago

    Thanks (hugs). I am watching Claire McCaskill on C-Span now. I flip back to MSNBC just to make sure I don't miss another Rachel moment.


    She just laid it down again on Pat "racist" Buchannan". The crowd was eatin' it up. At one point Buchannan used the words "poor gal" when talking about Michelle's bio., I thought Eugene Robinson was going to check him. But no luck.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    My pleasure!! I was just saying to my sister, Eugene talks a different story in his editorials! He's, sometimes an "attack dog!" On TV, less so!!
    Hmmmm! Disappointing!!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Try PBS. They are not too bad.

    They are interviewing President Carter. My heart is going out to him. His mind is all there, but you can see age is catching up with him.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    I love Jimmy Carter. His heart is so big. He's talking about the history of racism and some touchpoints of racism over the years. He said he sat down in front of the TV and cried when Obama gave his speech on race and that he believes his election could represent an end to racism. Jimmy is way more optimistic than me, but optimism is what's needed to end it.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: Great interview!! :>) :>)
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  • 99% Honest

    10 months ago

    just read that CO police arrested two men and are investigating it as a possible assassination attempt...now i understand his decision not to be in town unnecessarily.

    http://www.denverpost.com/technology/ci_10300246
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Scary.

    Everybody say a prayer tonight and every night throughout Obama's campaign and presidency.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: Amen and Amen!!! :>)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    99%Honest: Thanks for this info! :>) :>)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    rikyrah: My sister [Detroit] just called [5:41p.m., CA.] and said that NEITHER MSNBC nor CNN are carrying Mr. Obama's sister's speech!! she's watching it on TV ONE!!

    Hmmmm????
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    PBS and CSpan are carrying ALL speeches. The networks are only carrying what they wanna carry.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Thanks, Miranda! :>) :>) I'm there!! :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Maya [last name I don't know], Barack's half-sister is on now. She's beautiful and has a great speaking voice, but she was reading the teleprompter so diligently. It would have been nice if she'd told a cute little story about them or something. Could have been better.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Watching JJ, JR right now on C-SPAN!!! [5:46 p.m. CA]
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    He definitely made up for Nancy and Maya. He made it clear why we're here.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Jesse Jackson, Jr. is following in his dad's footsteps. Giving a great speech.

    I am watching this on PBS. So far, not too much about Clinton, although that ASS David Brooks was unnecessarily critical of Nancy Pelosi's speech, saying she just gave a Democrats vs. Republicans speech, not a great, this-is-why-you-should-vote-for-Obama speech. Dumbass, this is the DEMOCRATIC Convention-- not just Obama's political life is on the line in November!!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: I tell you, their THERAPY is NOT working!!! ALL-O'-THEM!!! :>) :>)

    CFO-signing on the JJ,JR. speech!!! :>) :>)
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  • nickwah22

    10 months ago

    he is speaking on TV1 right now.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    Rachel Maddow GETS IT!!!! She is awesome. THANK YOU RACHEL.

    YES...THESE PUMAS (or whoever they are) ARE POST-RATIONAL, YOU CANT MAKE SENSE OUT OF NONSENSE!!!!
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Miranda, she is truly awesome. I excpected her to be on her best behavior tonight since they're playing to a national audience, but she is still not letting Pat Buchanan's bullshit slide. "Post rational", I love it.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    She needs to copyright the word "post-rational"....thats the nicest most politically correct way to describe crazy azz women who are chemically and hormonally imbalanced to the point of insanity.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Miranda: ANNNND - their THERAPY ain't working!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    LOL....nope it ain't. I mean at the point these so-called "hillary supporters" are, no therapy or pills will work. They are at strait jacket, rubber room status.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    LOL! :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Hey! Don't make fun of the PUMAs! All 20 of them . . . . ;)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    You aint lyin...but that 20 keeps getting air time and its just ridiculous to keep asking them what they want and to keep engaging these fools. Hell, I wouldn't go up to Grady's Psyche Ward and ask the criminally insane for their thoughts on educational reform, why the hell talk to these nitwits who keep screaming "we dont know obama, he's a christian socialist muslim jihadist terrorist who's name played backwards on a old record player sounds like Lucifer!1"
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Lol.
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    this is hill-arious (stolen from a KOS poster)

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/25/115715/...
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  • Honey01

    10 months ago

    Dang, I missed my girl Rachel. I turned back as she was going off.

    I wubs her. I just found out she was a Rhodes Scholar. She is brilliant, but so right on.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    My non-serious take for a moment.

    Nancy Pelosi surely knows how to put on her fly suit and work the carpet, does she not? She looked great.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    This is the LOOK that billary was trying to achieve for the past 19 months!! :>) :>)

    Neva did!!!! :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Have you seen the news crawl on MSNBC saying " Cindy McCain is flying to Georgia to assess the civilian casualties."

    Huh?
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    You beat me to it!! I was just about to post the same thing....What the HELL????
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    delfinajones: WHY NOT!!??? She's got the MEDS from HER CABINET!!!! Wink!! Wink!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Haaaaaahahahaha!!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    O.K. I get it!! billary just wants ta have a picture taken with Mr. Obama -holding their hands up -together, so she could LOOK LIKE she was selected as VP!! :>) :>) :>)

    LAWD, I hope this doesn't happen!!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Right on Caroline!!!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Caroline Kennedy is JUST the WINNER!!!! :>) :>)

    She's all over Mr. O!! Whooo! Hoo! :>) :>)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    My goodness, Joe and Rose Kennedy have some seriously strong genes.....you can spot a Kennedy from a mile away. They all have the same features down thru the great-grands.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    YEP!!!! :>) :>)
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    She really is GreenLadyHere. Just a beautiful, gracious soul. She is genuinely excited about Barack.
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    Assasination attempt on Obama?!?!?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/25/obama-...
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Did you notice Maria Shriver is there by herself? She is always by Arnold's side but he is nowhere to be found now. If they have such an evolved relationship he should be there.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    delfinajones: Ummmm, I think that it's call DE-volution!!! :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    The Dems are not impressing me with their party planning. This thing has to pick up--my mind is wandering.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Conventions are never that exciting. I think they are doing okay. They started out with the slow, less exciting speakers (Pelosi, Maya), then really kicked things off with Jesse Jackson. It's been getting better and better.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: ANNNNNND BETTER!!! UNCLE TED!!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Who else is about to cry with the Ted Kennedy tribute?
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  • Lilytiger

    10 months ago

    Raises one hand while the other one wipes a tear away.
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    I'm done. Simply done. Can't hold them back
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    He's a hard core Democrat and he's coming out hard core for Obama. This thing is looking better.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! UNCLE TED!!!!!!! Whooooo!!!! Hooooo!!!!!
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    Ok, tears are in my eyes now.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    I'm in tears watching the tribute to Senator Kennedy. He looks so good. I'm praying for God's soldier.
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  • OSIRIS1906

    10 months ago

    I could hear McCain thinking to himself i(n the voice of Darth Sidious) "Good,Good..all is going according as I have foreseen !!!" as Daddy Yankee had all the teen girls swooning.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    HOPE RISES AGAIN! AND THE DREAM LIVES ON!!!!


    MUSIC PLEASE: Still the One!!!!!! :>) :>)


    Pass the tissues!!! :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    I hope he makes it to Obama's inauguration.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    ABSOLUTELY!!! :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    He looked really strong. I think he'll make it.
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    I feel for Caroline. She's lost her dad, her mom and her brother. Ted stepped in and was there for her each time. Now he's seriously ill.
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    I'm watching TVOne's coverage too...
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Senator Kennedy really believes in Barack.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Yes, he does!
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    Obama Asks DOJ To Block Terrorist Ad, Investigate Donors
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/25/obama-...

    Watch the Obama Response Ad:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/25/obama-...
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    TruthSeeker: YES WE CA!! - on the ad!!! :>) :>)
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  • s

    10 months ago

    Why does Obama want everyone to continue to talk about this?

    "Yes, we’re friendly, but it’s ancient history and I denounced what he did, so what’s the big deal about socializing with, um, an unrepentant terrorist?"

    Set aside the fact that Obama was a boy when Ayers was setting bombs; today Ayers is an unreconstructed hard-left radical with dramatic views on education and society - as he explained to Hugo Chavez during a speech in Venezuela in 2006, "La educacion es revolucion!"

    Obama worked for five years with Bill Ayers on education reform while they were both with the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Are we being asked to believe that, just as Obama initially claimed to have been unaware of Jeremiah Wright's views, he was also unaware of Ayers current radicalism?
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    So, Obama is supposed to not even know people who have different ideas than he does?
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    Did McCain give back those Chiquita banana dollars yet?
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  • Monie

    10 months ago

    Go look up the racist, separatist writings of John Mccain's pal, Richard Quinn, who McCain has paid over $180,000 to his consulting firm. After that, maybe we can have a REAL discussion about associations. Do some rearch for once.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    GO GET 'EM BARACK!! His position is absolutely right-- that ad is not an issue-advocacy ad and needs to be limited. Cool.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    I think Senator Kennedy was really saying stop this Clinton bs right now. Obama is our hope for a better future for our country. I really believe he came out to remind folks that Barack is what's best.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    msmartin: As far as the clintons, didn't Uncle Ted just -

    "WALK ON BY!" [Dionne Warwick] :>) :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Amen!
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    I got that message too- hope the Hilltards were listening.
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  • Nquest

    10 months ago

    I was both expecting and hoping (hell, almost begging) for him to make a very overt All-Star rap call to stop the "SELF-DESTRUCTION!"
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Is John King getting paid each time he says Clinton tonight?
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  • andyfrombrooklyn

    10 months ago

    john king is an ass. i admire your courage for watching cnn. poor john king doesn't get to love his computer map again until november. i hate to think how much he gets paid to be the doofus that he naturally is. keep it stupid!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    andy: Co-signing! :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    MSNBS is less nauseating- switch over
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  • Lilytiger

    10 months ago

    Rachel Maddow is a GODDESS. She has pushed McCain out the house and she had seven to chose from!
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    hahaha!
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    I'm sick of that mofo.
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Uh Oh- Chris Matthews started bringing up the Cosby family and Obermann cut him off.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    This Leach guy is about to put me to sleep. He's got good lines, but his delivery is so . . . Republican. Zell Miller gave a much more passionate, effective cross-party speech (unfortunately).
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: Yeah, but, you gotta give him props!!! :>) :>)

    Wonder if any Dems. will be speaking at the REpug Convention?? Heck!! Some major Repugs sent a NEGATIVE RSVP!!! :>) :>) :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Only Dems speaking will be those few PUMAs. Of course, they seem to have all given money to Republican candidates in the past.

    Uhm hmm!
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  • Admiral_Komack

    10 months ago

    I liked Jim Leach.
    I applaud the man's courage in just standing there.
    I know it wasn't easy, but he did what he thought was right.
    From what I can remember about him, he wasn't a Tom Delay type Republican (LOUD).

    What I found out about Jim Leach (Congresspedia) :

    "Legislation Leach authored spanned the gamut from creation of an international AID’s Trust Fund to debt relief for the world’s poorest countries; from authorization of an IMF quota increase to making the Peace Corps an independent federal agency; from requiring the federal government to use soy ink to prohibiting internet gambling; from restraining federal employee growth to redressing certain Holocaust asset losses.

    "The legislation he is perhaps best known for is Gramm-Leach-Bliley which is considered one of the seminal pieces of banking legislation of the 20th century, second in import only to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.

    "After attending Princeton, the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins, and the London School of Economics, Leach entered the United States Foreign Service and served as a delegate to the Geneva Disarmament Conference and the U.N. General Assembly. In 1973, Leach resigned his commission in protest of the Saturday Night Massacre when Richard Nixon fired his Attorney General, Eliot Richardson, and the independent counsel investigating the Watergate break-in, Archibald Cox.

    "After returning to Iowa to head a family business, Leach was elected in 1976 to Congress where he came to be a leader of a small band of moderate Republicans. He chaired two national organizations dedicated to moderate Republican causes – the Ripon Society and the Republican Mainstream Committee. He also served as president of the largest international association of legislators – Parliamentarians for Global Action.

    "Leach serves on the board of several public companies and three non-profit organizations – the Century Foundation, the Kettering Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and formerly served as a trustee of Princeton University.

    "Leach holds eight honorary degrees and has received decorations from two foreign governments. He is the recipient of the Wayne Morse Integrity in Politics Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award from Johns Hopkins, the Adlai Stevenson Award from the United Nations Association, and the Edger Wayburn Award from the Sierra Club. A three-sport athlete in college, Leach was elected to the Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and the International Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    RACHEL MADDOW IS MY SHERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Jealous. I don't have cable.
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    tonight it a small highlight in a oasis of ridiculousness..... just catch it on youtube or huffington post
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    I don't know if this is what they're referring to:

    Rachel talks about the Hillary delegate that appears in the McCain ad. This supporter doesn't know McCain is for overturning Roe v. Wade, and "Post Rational" Hillary supporters:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eG9eb9J3IKo

    Rachel talks about McCain using the POW card..very short clip:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=HQsiRm5_e80
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Pat Buchanan is such an asshat.
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    cosign!
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  • Lilytiger

    10 months ago

    She's greeeeaaaaat. Claire is on C -span right now! We got some good women, who needs Hillary.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    I'm watching Gov. McCaskill!! She's on FIRE for O-MAN!!! :>) :>)

    Got all the talking points!!! Whooooo! Hoo!! :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Okay, Claire McCaskill needs to be stumping for Barack on a daily basis. She is good. And so cheerful and smiley! :)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    PREACH REV!! PREACH!! TELL IT!!
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    Rev Eugene Rivers is in the pulpit and tapping the mic y'all....the mothers of the chuch fanning and humming.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    I don't quite like him!! :>) :>) He is, for real, arrogant!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    I didn't either but tonight he took it back down by the river side.....
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Hmmm, Michelle daddy was kind of fine.
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    CSPN2 has a nice video on Michelle and her family--well done
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    It's playing at the convention. It's on PBS and ABC. Ann Curry and Katie Couric apparently think their big heads are more interesting.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    "HATED THEM!" :>) :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Just noticed that--I better stick to CSPAN
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    delfinajones: I'm there!! :>) :>)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    YEP! :>) :>)
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Michelle's mom has me crying again.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    Me too.....
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    I thought it was just me. Just the look on her face....you understand it.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Yes, I do.
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  • Webb

    10 months ago

    That video had POWER. It is as good as anything I've ever seen come out of a political convention.

    On a side note: the "Latest DNC Video" imports are coming through as gobble-D-goop and i'm on a high-speed cable connection...would really LIKE FOR THE AUTOPLAY option to be disabled.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    It was wonderful.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Webb: 1. YES! :>) :>)

    2. SAD! :>(
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    I was wondering if it was my connection... the live feed comes through choppy and the sound is garbled.
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  • Quanli

    10 months ago

    The video was GOOD!
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Her brother is doing a good job too
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    wonderful job.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Michelle is good. I have tears in my eyes just watching her. If I was in her shoes I would be leaking mascara left and right!
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    She's beautiful and graceful...
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  • Lilytiger

    10 months ago

    God bless Michelle, she is one heck of a woman, a human with an incredible heart and intelligence. And I like the dress, too.

    Teary eyed again.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    SHE IS DOING IT!!!

    Go Michelle!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    I'm giving a Standing Ovation for Mrs. Obama!!! :>) :>)

    Love the dress and hair!! :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Her mother looked so proud..made me tearful
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    TELL YOUR STORY!!! Whoo! Hoo! :>) :>)
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    I never thought I'd live to see this day- amazing moments are happening as we
    breathe
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    I can't breathe...
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    SHE"S AMAZING!!!!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Preach Preacha!!!! :>) I'm still STANDING!!!! :>)
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    I wish I could get one of those Michelle signs. :)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    WHO'S CRYING???!!

    *raises hand*
    Me!
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    me!
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    me!
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    The girls are adorable. They look fabulous.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Me, I'm crying again.
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  • Lilytiger

    10 months ago

    I know you are having some kind of problem with posting but I am digging the tripplw posts here and elsewhere, they seem to drive home your message even more.

    :-)
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Thanks. I've been having a terrible time. Not only am I triple posting, I have to wait for ever for the page to load each time I make a comment.

    It's tedious, but I love the JJP fam and conversations so much, I keep fighting.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Me, I'm crying again.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Me, I'm crying again.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    Their girls are beautiful. But I think they are going to have to clamp down on that oldest one. She is probably going to get real full of herself in the next few months.

    HOW CUTE was the little one! "Hi, Daddy!"
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    I'm crying too. Who am I kidding?
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    PASS THE TISSUES!!! :>) :>)
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  • Honey01

    10 months ago

    Man, she was good. As I was listening to her, I could not help but think about my own Dad who died from cancer. I hope her speech does what is intended, and allows people to see themselves in the Obama's.

    Sasha was too cute! "Hi Daddy".
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Honey01: Comforting thoughts on the loss of your father. :>)
    Remember the good times! :>)
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Michelle broke my heart when she said everyone wants the affirming hug of a father.
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  • s

    10 months ago

    A beautiful woman, a beautiful family, a beautiful moment.

    She would be a wonderful first lady.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    s: Well! Well! Well! Well! :>)
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  • s

    10 months ago

    I know... you find it hard to believe that I can actually like people with whom I may disagree.
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  • TRW

    10 months ago

    Well slap me twice and call me Susie....I never expected to read that type of post coming from S.


    Wow.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    What the . . .!!!
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  • Texas_Girl_in_LA

    10 months ago

    Thanks for saying that...because it was a great moment.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY NEGATIVE PUNDIT SAYS!!!! :>) :>)

    SHE WAS GREAT!!! {Taritac} THE END!!! :>) :>)
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    She was good. She did exactly what she needed to do.

    I was so mad at that ass wipe David Brooks-- "I wanted to hear more about what Obama is like on a day-to-day basis."

    GTHOH

    What was supposed to say? "Well, first, Barack slaps the snooze button a couple times, then he wakes up and tries to give me a little something. Then he gets up and goes to the bathroom. After he finishes wiping his ass . . ."

    Then the other PBS pundits chimed in saying that Michelle and the girls really gave us the sense that they are a real family like everyone else, that they really love each other.

    Give me a break.

    Sometimes white people seem to really think we are aliens.
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  • The Caped Composer

    10 months ago

    David Brooks is not a shining specimen of "white people in general"-- he is barely a shining specimen of the human race to begin with! I have no idea how a complete idiot like him ever got into a position of being a public commentator. He is a tool's tool's tool!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    The Caped Composer: Co-signing!! Hated him! :>) :>)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: "sometimes white people seem to really think we are aliens!"

    I AM SOOOOOO CO-SIGNING!!!! Your EXAMPLES are so ON POINT!!!! :>) :>)

    YES WE CAN!!! :>) :>)
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    Well, I think the McCain's are aliens. I dare you to tell me that Cindy doesn't look like that alien in "Mars Attacks" that was disguised as a woman. I couldn't figure out why everytime I saw them, I kept thinking of that same movie when the aliens blew up Congress...now I know why.

    Art imitating life.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=XDAaTzccCik
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    TruthSeeker: LOL X10 :>) :>) :>) :>)
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    I honestly never thought I'd see the moment. Never. I'm still stunned.
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    Was the Dark Sith looking for lightening? He said something positive about a Black woman.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    I thought about you as he was speaking. He really couldn't say anything bad about that speech she was awesome and her hair was laid too. The girls were cute and they really love their father. I loved them tugging to get the mike to talk to Daddy.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    rikyrah: How do you have a HIGH A or A+. An A is an A!! No parsing needed!!! :>) :>)

    Whew! Educational grading Deep Breaths!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • angee

    10 months ago

    He admitted tonite he was going to ride Barack's coat tails for everything its worth. He knows where the power is.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    anfee: He wasn't even subtle!! Just out there!! :>) :>) :>)
    Wish he would be so BOLD to speak FOR Mr. Obama!! :>) :>)
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    She spoke about that Invisible Black America.
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    Watching the DNC After Party.
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    Listening to Jim Clyburn and Bev Smith on the radio. Bev calls the PUMAS - Kamikaze Women and says they need to get to steppin'. - LOL
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  • Angela

    10 months ago

    Michelle was fantastic! Got a little teary eyed, I was so proud of her
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  • angee

    10 months ago

    I cried. It just made me feel so pride.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Michelle Bernard is speaking the truth again. Kennedy passed the torch on to Barack Obama.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Michelle Bernard has an overwhelming amount of respect for Michelle Obama. It's about time someone stood up for Michelle Obama.
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  • msmartin

    10 months ago

    Michelle Bernard has an overwhelming amount of respect for Michelle Obama. It's about time someone stood up for Michelle Obama.
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  • Town

    10 months ago

    Unfortunately the TV got flipped to FOX, where the host Megyn Kelly complained about Michelle's dress blending in the background and then this other guy told all about how the Puma people were largely uninterested in Michelle's speech.
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  • taritac

    10 months ago

    They'll be guzzling pitchers of haterade all night.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    taritac: Sorry that it can't be "spiked"!!! Oh, wait. . . . . .It is!! It contains HATE!!! :>) :>)
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    Ha! The Repubs are having a meltdown on Larry King. Bitter, jealous...
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    There goes Michelle Bernard again! I'm telling you, Obama needs to give her a job. She continues to talk better of him than 85% of the so-called Democrats.
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  • Honey01

    10 months ago

    Michelle Bernard is fiyah!
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  • BlackButterfly

    10 months ago

    Okay...I've dryed my tears and gained my composure. Michelle Obama was fabulous!

    Growing up as a black kid, if you're lucky you have people around you to teach you about the people that look just like you who've made great impressions and great contributions in the world to make it a better place--because that information wasn't available in the history taught in schools!

    But to be alive during an epic moment in history such as this one has overwhelmed me more than I thought possible. Deeply honored to be experiencing this moment in time.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    I am on such a high tonight.....Michelle did that...she laid it down...she was a QUEEN.....and I just don't think Malia and Sasha can be more precious. Lord I just pray for this family and feel so incredibly hopeful right now.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Dr. Rachel and Chris Matthews BOTH shut down Pat Buchanan!!!

    STEEEEEEE-RIKE!!!! 10 pins down!!!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • Honey01

    10 months ago

    I NEED TO GO TO BED! I just can't. I don't wanna miss any of Rachel's smackdowns.

    Rachel just called Buchannan out on the Rethug's intolerance of gays, and just people who are not like them in general! She mentioned the cultural wars of 1992. She was hot.

    Then Chris told him there was no Christian Democratic party, or litmus test in response to Buchannan saying the Michelle did not discuss "Chrisitianity".

    Best believe the MSNBC execs will be having a talk with them to calm them all down.
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  • Admiral_Komack

    10 months ago

    I think the convention was great.
    I liked Caroline Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Jim Leach, Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama, and, of course Barack Obama.

    I think tonight's part of the convention was meant to humanize Barack Obama.
    I think they succeeded.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Admiral: YEP! :>) :>)
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  • s

    10 months ago

    Of course he's human. He's likable. He has a beautiful, accomplished loving wife and family.

    Conventional wisdom seems to be that the Obama's need to convince us that that they are 'normal Americans.' I don't think that's necessary.

    Americans need to be made to feel confident that he has the experience and judgment to lead. Is he ready? That's it. Period.

    Bashing McCain. Choosing Biden. Michelle as a keynote speaker. None of these strategies imbue Obama with experience and judgment and will do nothing to allay those concerns.



    I really don't know what will...other than time.
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  • Town

    10 months ago

    Over on Kos, they're saying that Caroline Kennedy laid the smackdown on Wolf Blitzer earlier tonight. When he asked her why they didn't vet Hillary, she allegedly said "Oh, you know a lot about the process, don't you?"

    When he said "Well why don't you walk us through it?" she replied, "I'm not walking you through anything. That's a confidential process."

    LOL
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Town: Yaaaa! Down for the count!!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • rikyrah

    10 months ago

    Wish someone would youtube is.

    Amen for the bitchslap of Blitzer.
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    I am emotionally spent....I can already tell I might need to call in on Friday because I'm sure Barack will have me worn out from crying. I can't even go to bed now and its two hours past my bedtime.lol
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