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Jack and Jill Politics: Democratic National Convention - Thursday Night Open Thread

  • Jay · 1 year ago
    Just WOW! Obama kilt (yes i said it) it!

    Gov. Richardson made my head hurt from laughing..."He [McCain] may pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we'll pay for his flip-flops"

    Hotness!
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    Well- after tonight McCain is officially Obama's B#!#ch.
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    "8 is Enough."
    - Barack Obama

    I hope their doing a bumper sticker/magnet.
  • sdg1844 · 1 year ago
    I love how he looked straight in the camera and told America he would REDUCE TAXES for 95% of American families. Then he said, y'all don't hear me and repeated it AGAIN! He had that fiyah in his belly. He and Joe are ready to to whup some ass and take some numbers.

    Let the games begin!
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    Did yall see Barney Smith's testimonial on C-Span?

    " I need a president who is going to put Barney Smith before Smith Barney."

    Cute play on words.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    It's just brilliant how they've utilized the average Joe.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Yes and he needs to take Pam on the stump with him.
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    I'd like to drop DIck Cheney in that crowd and let them have at 'em.
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    I think I have been moved enough to make a donation..

    And I just got an email begging for money. Its a sign!
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    I'm only surmising, but I think if you missed Jennifer Hudson, tune into the TVOne coverage. I'm not saying for sure that they will cover it, but it's probably a safe bet that they'll run it over there.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    rikyrah: In the absence of TV ONE, a Tivo, and any other 21st Century technology - other than my computer and a TV with CNN,C-SPAN and PBS, I was able to re-see everything from last night! :>) :>) It was played over several times.

    Also, thank you for the reference to the quality of videos on the Jed Report!! :>) :>)
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Comcast doesn't offer TVOne in my market. (Downstate Illinois).
  • Lilytiger · 1 year ago
    I saw her on C-span. Look for it on Youtube.

    Sigh, can I tell you I took today off because it has been so emotional for me. I have been doing the ugly cry and I look like shit.

    God bless this country, let us continue to grow to a true America where all men,all women all people are EQUAL.

    It would be great if we could round up all the great pictures and videos of this convention and have it in one place where we could always access it.
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    I needed to be off. It was super hard for me to be focused today. They had the nerve to have an optional event this evening. I could NOT do it.
  • JJai · 1 year ago
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Lilytiger: Mr. Obama will have much of this on his site, among others! :>) :>)
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    It's already on Yutube.
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    Her rendition of the national anthem <strike>war song</strike> was superb.

    Thanks so much, rikyrah, for your kind comment on my Daily Kos diary.

    Now I've got to take care of some bidness regarding my girl, Mrs. Michelle Robinson Obama.

    Dear Mrs. Obama,

    You are a lovely woman, well-educated and a great asset both to <strike>President-Elect</strike> Sen. Obama and the black community.

    However, I am compelled to give you a few important fashion tips.

    First of all, please go to UDefineU: Where the woman is the artist of herself. After joining, please review the Fundamentals of Style Guide.

    Just in case I'm being a little too subtle, let me tell you this: colorful florals ain't a good choice for you. Not purple florals, not red florals, and certainly not short-sleeved red and black floral dresses with rear bows and sashes. The dress you wore on The View was stunning, as were the outfits you wore all week until this evening, when you should have out done yourself since it was an exceptionally historic night. Instead, you came out in one of the ugliest dresses you've ever worn, other than that purple floral monstrosity you wore publicly for the second time last Saturday. This is the big time, Mrs. Obama, and it's time for you to dress consistently as if you recognize this.

    Another thing: Please, please either buy Taryn Rose or some other couture designer flats OR wear dressy shoes that have at least a tiny heel, since the flats you wore today made your feet look way longer than they should.

    You are impressive; were it not for you, I wouldn't be voting for your husband. But you need to step it up considerably when it comes to your manner of dress. NO MORE: pea-green short sets, navel exposing teeny shirts, or FLIP FLOPS in public; as First Lady these are inappropriate to wear before the electorate. Hire yourself a stylist or at least use a free personal shopper at the better department stores (i.e., Nordstroms). In re stylists, even if he offers you his services for free, avoid Andre Leon Talley like the plague!). You must do better as you're representing your husband and every black woman in the US, perhaps even the world. You claim to be a clothes horse so wear the clothes, don't let the clothes (and shoes) wear you, and stop wearing those hideous florals as well as clothes in colors that don't agree with anyone's coloring.

    With very best wishes and much affection. . . .
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    This is all so overwhelming. I really can't believe it.
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    I got my new voter registration in the mail today. YEah!!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    nickwah22: YAAAAAAA U!! :>) :>)

    Fired Up!! Ready to participate in the PROCESS!!! :>) :>)
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    my 2nd presidential election. hopefully i am on the winning team this time =P
  • Val · 1 year ago
    well you know what to do nickwah22 - ROCK the vote and help us bring this baby home. :-)
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    Let Him use you, Jennifer! That's all right! *rears hand back with handkerchief in it and snaps it at the computer screen*

    oh and..Chitown stand UP!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    kristaphere: LOL! X!) :>) :>) :>) "Let Him use you!!" LAWD HA'MERCY!!!! :>) :>) :>)
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    Honey if I hold my peace tonight the ROCKS will cry out...;-)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    kristasphere: "Never will a rock cry out in my place; He's worthy of all my praise; Never! Never! I just came to glorify! I just came to magnify! I just came to praise the Lord!"

    Where is my choir robe!!! :>) :>) :>)
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    between y'all and Tim Kaine I am about to catch the holy spirit!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    JJai: This is a good thing!!! Amen!!! :>) :>)
  • parker404 · 1 year ago
    Tim Kaine seriously thought he was at Jackson Memorial Baptist in the SWATs. I was not ready!!
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    I love the hope video
  • Liza · 1 year ago
    I cannot believe this is happening. I have stocked up on tissue as well as my boyfriend(yes, he expects to be crying)

    That little old lady reminds me of my grandma every time she sees Barack on tv. She never thought this would happen and she has to always sit down just thinking about it.

    Very touching.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    rikyrah: O.K. I'm getting ready: finger exercises, cleaning the keyboard, oiling the remote control,clearing the telephone lines [cain't NOBODY have an EMERGENCY], liquid libations [diet root beer] and snacks!! :>) :>)!!!

    Bring it!! :>) :>) :>)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    I have to REPLY to myself. Didn't I say that my telephone line should be kept clear??

    Guess who I got a call from?? Loraine - a childhood friend who lives back East!!

    She wanted ta know what time Mr. Obama was going ta speak 'cause she had ta make a grocery run!!!

    "Whycome" she couldn't Google the DNC schedule? She's not quite in the 21st Century. So, I have ta cut her some slack!! :>) :> ) :>)


    Whew! Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!! :>) :>)
  • Val · 1 year ago
    HAH. LOLOL you should have told her if she wants to communicate she needs to log on to JJP
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Val: LOL! :>) :>) When I was there, I SHOWED HER the blog!!!

    She said: UH-HUH!!! That's nice!! :>) :>) :>) I jes let her get back to her SOAPS!! :>) :>) :>

    Whew! Shaking her head & laughing Deep Breaths!!! :>) :>)
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    lol, I love you greenlady!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    JJai: Back atchoo!! :>) :>) :>)
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    John Legend, will.i.am and J Hudson's record sales will probably go through the roof. Thats a plus!
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    Kristasphere's "Spinning in the Grave Right Now" list Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan ....Add on.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    kristasphere: Bull Connors; Gov. Faubus. all deceased KKK people!! :>)
  • parker404 · 1 year ago
    John Harvard, the slavetrading "minister" for whom the university was named. Would he ever think the school he founded would prepare a mixed-race Black man to lead this country?

    Thomas Jefferson is real upset now, too. He's regretting not just claiming Sally Hemmings and sending one of his red-headed mulatto offspring to the White House.
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    How can anyone in their right mind vote for McCain??? It's not even close. GO OBAMA!!!!!
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    **Waves At My Peeps**

    I implore you to go read, rec and tip my diary, Land That I Love on Daily Kos! It's worth it, and there's even a picture of me included!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    99% Sure: I went there!! :>) :>) Nice ta meetcha!!! :>) :>)

    REALLY INSPIRING!!!! :>) :>) Thanks for sharing!!! :>) :>)
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    I know I can depend on my JJP peeps.

    Thank you, GreenLady, TruthSeeker, Lilytiger! Y'all are about the only ones who have visited. Even popular diarists who are encouraging people to try to get it on the rec list are going unheeded.

    But ain't nothing spoiling this night.

    Lilytiger, you saw last night's too? I was too wiped out with the emotions of yesterday after HRC made the acclamation to even monitor my diary post.

    I love y'all....

    Now we've go win the election.

    Oh and one last thing - I love me some Stevie but he needs to be letting that old hairline that starts at the crown of his head go now. It ain't right, it just ain't right. Let it go, Stevie. Just let it go! :)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Lilytiger: U R a NUT!!!! LMAO!!!!! :>) :>) :>) :>)
  • Lilytiger · 1 year ago
    Me??

    LOL
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    ABSOLUTELY U!!! The Stevie Wonder hairline . . .

    BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! :>) :>)
  • 99 Percent Sure · 1 year ago
    That was me, GreenLady.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    99% Sure/Lilytiger:

    Please accept my APOLOGIES!! I read 2 fast!! :>)

    Darn that "speed reading class!" :>)
  • Teacher · 1 year ago
    I read your blog. You are so blessed to get to be there making history. Thanks for representing! I'm glad you're there. The rest of us are there in spirit. I hug you.
  • Lilytiger · 1 year ago
    I followed the link but I have never done Kos so I don't know what to do. I do know that I copied your post from last night and saved it on my laptop. It is the shorter version of this so I saved this one too.

    I don't know if I have read a more heartful and sad yet hopeful piece. I have read many posts here that slay me. I just want to say that I am happy no grateful to be your witnesses. I am humbled. I am inspired. I am moved.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Beautiful!
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Here's Will.I.Am and John Legend:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoE6864ToRk
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    barry4obama! HEEEEEEEERE'S Michelle!!!! :>) :>)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    OH Pat Buchanan: SHUT UP!!!!! :>)
  • Val · 1 year ago
    GreenLadyHere - switch to CSPAN to get rid of the commentary. It will calm your bloodpressure. Trust me.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Thanks, Val: That's why I oiled up my remote control!!! :>) :>)
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Have to co-sign. Had it on C-Span for 2 hours now...not a twitch to be found . :)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    MOVE MOUNTAIN!!! [Standing up in my choir robe!!!] :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    LOL
  • Val · 1 year ago
    Stop spying on Americans
    and support the womens right to choose
    stop torture
  • Val · 1 year ago
    WOW look at all those people
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    YAHOOOOOO
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    TruthSeeker: And the Repugs CAIN'T get/pay 10,000 people to come to their Party next week!! They are trying ta bus people in!! :>) :>) :>)

    Whew! Pitiful Deep Breaths!! :>) :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Ha! I bet they don't even want the free bus trip!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    TruthSeeker: TRUTH!!! :>) :>)
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    They better go to some college campus and pay those kids $50 a piece....students will fake it for a day if you pay'em and maybe throw in a pizza.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    YEP!! :>) :>)
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Top Black Donors See Obama’s Rise as Their Own

    By MICHAEL LUO
    Published: August 28, 2008


    DENVER — When Gordon Davis, a top fund-raiser for Senator Barack Obama, made partner at his white-shoe law firm in New York in 1983, it was a vastly different world for aspiring black professionals like him.

    At the time, there were just five black partners at major law firms in New York, Mr. Davis recalled. That group had a tradition of taking each new partner out to an intimate congratulatory lunch. Today, more than 200 take part in the ritual at the Harvard Club.

    The change over just a few decades offers a glance at the advances that have enabled a cadre of black elites like Mr. Davis to emerge as a force in the most successful fund-raising operation in presidential campaign history.

    Mr. Obama’s acceptance of his party’s nomination on Thursday, on the 45th anniversary of the speech by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington, signifies a powerful moment of arrival for blacks. But the milestone is especially telling for this upper-crust group, which has mobilized like never before to raise mountains of cash to power his campaign.

    “There’s a sense of not only pride but of a point in the culture we’re a part of, the society we’re a part of, that this is different,” said Mr. Davis, now a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf. “It’s a measure of how far we — and I don’t mean just black people — how far this country and the business world have come.”

    There are 57 blacks out of the roughly 300 people on the Obama campaign’s national finance committee. Each member commits to collecting at least $250,000, a formidable task that typically requires deep business networks, something relatively few blacks had until fairly recently.

    The list of top Obama bundlers includes John W. Rogers Jr., the founder of Ariel Investments, the country’s first black-owned money management firm; William E. Kennard, the first black chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; and Mr. Davis, who drove across the country 45 years ago as a newly minted college graduate to take part in the March on Washington, and went on to serve as the first black parks commissioner of New York City and the first black president of Lincoln Center.

    Mr. Kennard and Mr. Rogers are among a half-dozen black bundlers who have raised more than $500,000 for Mr. Obama, putting them in a select group of just three dozen fund-raisers.

    Most of Mr. Obama’s major black donors are new to big-money political fund-raising, but there are signs that at least some could go on to become players in Democratic circles. Some, for example, have already begun flexing their muscle by raising money for politicians who endorsed Mr. Obama early on.

    At 67, Mr. Davis is something of an elder statesman for the group. Most are part of a younger generation that has benefited from the new vistas opened by the civil rights movement but had not participated directly in those struggles. Like Mr. Obama, they have learned to navigate white-dominated fields, climbing through the ranks by earning approval not among fellow blacks but among whites. Yet they remained keenly aware of the sanctums that were still inaccessible.

    Now they have witnessed a breakthrough at the highest levels of the political realm, a culmination in many ways of the long struggle for acceptance that many of them have spent their professional lives waging.

    “When you grow up living in a white corporate world, there’s always a part of you that thinks, ‘Gee, if I sold out,’ or ‘How can I do this and also stay true to myself and true to my own identity,’ ” said Jeh Johnson, another top fund-raiser and New York lawyer who today serves as the informal chairman of the group of black law partners.

    Of Mr. Obama, Mr. Johnson said, “Here we have a guy who’s running for president and managed to do it in the political world and managed to do it so well.”

    When Mr. Johnson became the first black partner in 1994 at his firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, he was part of a wave of blacks earning the same distinction at other major New York firms. What was happening in law was unfolding elsewhere in corporate America, on Wall Street and in other rarefied circles, with blacks finally penetrating the ranks of money and influence in increasing numbers.

    “This is now a situation where many of us have arrived at a certain level — lawyers, doctors, professional people,” said Ralph Dawson, who is in charge of African-American donor outreach for the Democratic Party and is himself a black law partner. “And all of that is coming together around this very special individual.”

    Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of Mr. Obama and one of his most trusted advisers, pointed out that her experience had been vastly different from that of parents’ generation. Her father, who was the first black medical resident at his Chicago hospital, was asked to enter through the back door on his first day of work, she said.

    “There hasn’t been the kind of overt, in-your-face discrimination my parents experienced,” said Ms. Jarrett, who is now the chief executive of one of the country’s largest real estate firms.

    Nevertheless, stories of slights, or a nagging sense of “otherness,” are prevalent even among this accomplished group.

    Mr. Kennard, who was general counsel to the F.C.C. before he became chairman in the Clinton administration, recalled his first day on that job. He deliberately went in early to his new office. When he arrived, a secretary asked in a snippy voice whether she could help him.

    “There was just a tone in her voice, ‘You’re really not supposed to be here for an appointment that early,’ ” said Mr. Kennard, who more recently became the first black partner at his private equity firm, the Carlyle Group, and who sits on the board of The New York Times Company. “I said, ‘Well, yes, I’m the new general counsel.’ Her jaw dropped and she said, ‘You’re the new general counsel?’ ”

    Indeed, for all of the signs of progress, there remain feelings of frustration about what has not been accomplished.

    Mr. Rogers, who was a crucial early supporter of Mr. Obama when he first ran for the Illinois Senate, and helped connect him to others in the black business community, said he looked around at his industry and still saw few black faces at the highest levels.

    “I think the good news is, once Barack is elected,” Mr. Rogers said, “he is going to be a beacon of hope for all of us.”
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    it's Stevie!
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    AND TAKE 6!!!!!!!!!
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Go Stevie!! Hey, Rachel Maddow can jam! LOL She got SOUL
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    My sister called. She's getting ready for tonight. We both talked about how Mama would feel about this, and where she'd be sitting watching it. But, I know she's watching it with Daddy and all the rest of the ancestors.
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    heartwarming.....
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    I'm feeling mother in the crowd with the black church hat on.
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    @rikyrah yeah I was thinking my grandmother, who passed last summer, would be saying "he sure is a handsome young fellow".
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    I know it sounds sappy, but I get a smile on my face everytime I look at the crowd, because, well,

    IT LOOKS LIKE AMERICA
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    I was thinking the same thing. That crowd is beautiful, just all creeds and colors, all united as one....its breathtaking.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    It is Rikyrah, it's the REAL America, not the one the pundits and republicans envision- IT'S OUR TIME - OUR TIME IS NOW.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    msmartin: AMEN!!! :>) :>)
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    GORE GORE GORE
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    rikyrah: Permit me ta add his music:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONF0zJz2Oo
    Aquarius [Let the Sunshine In]

    Lawd Ha'Mercy! Give me a little edumencation and I act like a craz-ee person!! :>) :>)

    "I Got the Music In Me" [have ta look this one up! :>) ]
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Whoever is in charge of music is ON IT. I love the selections!!

    LET THE SUNSHINE! LET THE SUNSHINE IN! THE SUNSHINE IN!
  • Val · 1 year ago
    Gore - "I believe in recycling, but that is ridiculous".
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Gore - another person who found his voice after he lost
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Democrats are NOT playing.
  • Val · 1 year ago
    we can't afford to lose this election TruthSeeker.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    The way the Repubs have been fretting over the last 3 days......I was sure McCain was going to show up in a wedding dress.
  • Val · 1 year ago
    ROTFLMAO
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Don't laugh too hard...he still just might.
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    GORE IS ROCKING THE HOUSE
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Excellent comment from Huffington post:

    when you want your car to go forward, put it in 'D'
    when you want your car to go backward, put it in 'R'
    just like our country.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Go head Al.
  • Michelle · 1 year ago
    Anyone have links to static pictures of the crowd there? Please?

    I don't have video capacity

    Sorry if it's linked somewhere and I missed it.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Blue-eyed soul. I love it!
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Blue-eyed soul. I love it!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    WOWWWW! Michael McDonald is amazing.
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Micheal McDonald.....Doobie Brothers...What's Happening...Rog and ReRun....ReRun sneaking a recorder into the concert...ReRun gets caught...
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Oh my god!! There are thousands of people gathered in Times Square watching on the screen!
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    Where did you see that?
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    cnn.com live coverage. They have it streamed to the screens in Times Square. It was amazing to see the sidewalks crammed with people watching while Michael sang...
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    stunning
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Begalia said people are offering thousands of dollars to get into the stadium.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Yeah...they were scalping the tickets for 4000 on ebay. The O campaign said they were cracking down on them by disabling the barcodes on those tickets.

    I also heard the campaign distributed 20,000 more tickets than the 75,000 and there are still people lined up outside to get in. The fire marshalls are trying to find spaces to allow as many people as possible to get in.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Probably republicans trying to raise money for McCain's campaign.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    LOL!!
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    ROFLMAO!!!
  • Quanli · 1 year ago
    These are exciting times! Al was really good...
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    OBAMA YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT!!! THE BIG GUNS!!!!!
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Doing it big!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    delfinajones: CO-SIGNING!!! BIG TIME!!! :>) :>)
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Tribute to Retired Generals!

    Wow look at all the brothas and sisters
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    part of me can't stand this military stuff, but the other part knows that servicemen and women have given to Obama 6-1 over McCain, and there's a reason for that. we love this country too, and I'll be damned if we'll let them wrap themselves AGAIN in the flag.
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    AMEN!
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    John King and Anderson Cooper are really trying to shit on this party. Poor fellows - I know they are sick to their stomachs.
  • andyfrombrooklyn · 1 year ago
    well brokaw is doing his share to undermine over at msnbc. and this pompous ass is moderating one of the debates. ar least keith is around to needle him. i don't know how you can watch cnn. i get worked up within a minute but then again that was what happened on msnbc too. so at least they will be quiet during the speech.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    msmartin: YEP!! SUCH HATIN' !!! :>) :>)
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Ok...is it me or is Joe Bide adopting Obama's walk? He walked out all cool and what not....
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    He's got the walk now...
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Texas/delfina: Now he "SWAGGIN' !!!! [Hope he doesn't think that he has to start SAGGIN'!] :>) :>) Givin' daps! Sayin' "Hey bro!" Wearin' a grill! Growin' and pickin' his 'fro! And learning the electric slide {Miranda}! :>) :>)

    LAWD HA'Mercy!!! :>) :>)
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Oh, he has MUCH SWAGGER!
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    Ya'll chicks are a trip. Ya'll trying to make Joe Biden into T.I.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Webb: Yeah! And we'll call him - drum roll please - -

    "Biggy Jo Bi"

    LAWD Ha'Mercy!!!! :>) :>) :>)
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    ANYONE watching C-span?

    did you just go DAYUM when they did that panning shot of Invesco?

    wow
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    My god...look at the crowd! It gives me chills.

    To show the perversity of the right wing...they are trying to turn O's following into a negative....WHO ARE THEY KIDDING!!
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    They are so afraid-----he has no negatives so they are trying to spin his positives
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    TruthSeeker: "WHO ARE THEY KIDDING!?"

    NOT EVEN THEMSELVES!!! THEY ARE JUST HATIN" :>) :>)
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    Don't be surprised. I've already started drinking. We should enjoy tonight...b/c tomorrow, the Republicans are going to start slinging the BS hot and heavy.

    The election is 11/4...Let's enjoy tonight, but let's be sober...the election is 11/4.

    There's a lot of work to be done, contributions to be made, and sleep to be lost.

    The Clintons were easy. Anyone who saw the Rick Warren Forum should know these mofos gonna be doing some hokey shty to win. Let's not get it twisted.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    let us enjoy this
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    They talked about the Berlin and Oregon crowd, if people really cared what they said then the crowd would stop showing up. But no, you have people still waiting outside the stadium trying to hear this man's message.
  • Val · 1 year ago
    watch CSPAN Truthseeker. No commentary.
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    Are you all seeing CSPAN in high-def? I'm on Comcast and the only option for seeing it (in HD) is CNN-HD.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    amen
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Roland Martin has some NICE PICS!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONF0zJz2Oo

    ENJOY!!! :>) :>)
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Roland has been having so much fun this convention, it's pitiful that he actually got paid for it. lucky SOB
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    I love Roland! He deserves it for always being a voice in the storm over the primary season.
  • Justin Pugh · 1 year ago
    This is absolutely a moment that I never thought I would see and I'm 24 years old. Listening to my grandmother who is 76 tell me she never thought it would happen, makes my heart warm with hope.

    I'm past the tears because around every corner I've been moved to tears. Obama wasn't given this nomination, he won this nomination and because of that this makes it that much more better!
  • Val · 1 year ago
    Justin - I had one of my triplets on my lap and she asked me who was Dr. Martin Luther King. I told her and she asked what are slaves and where did they come from. I told her that as well and then I talked about where we came from, gave her some information I felt she could handle (she is seven) and told her the story of how people came together to fight against against slavery and helped in our struggles to obtain rights and freedoms. I gave her the kid level overview of our history. then she asked how does this relate to me today?

    I sat down with her and showed her a picture of Barack Obama. I explained, in America, because people came together -- like the ones we saw on TV tonight, and fought for equality -- she can be anything she wanted to be. Proof positive was Barack Obama, our next president of the United States. If she worked hard and studied hard -- the sky was the limit.

    She then asked me how did
  • Val · 1 year ago
    meant to delete the last line.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    why r u making me cry?
  • Justin Pugh · 1 year ago
    You look at that crowd and you tell her, this is what happens when you reach for the stars, but also what happens when you work hard and become a good person in your society.

    Obama has become my hero, not because I'm a young black man, but because I'm a young black man that loves people and if Obama can pull this thing off, I believe in my heart he will be about people.

    This is a moment in time I'll never forget!

    Thank you for the story...

    That is the story of America!
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    That's beautiful. The day is coming when children of color will no longer be limited by color.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Webb: AMEN!!! WELL SAID!!! :>) :>)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Justin: CO-SIGNING!!! :>) :>)
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    we all need to gather at the virtual altar to pray for Barack and the execution of his speech tonight and as always the safety of he and his family
  • Val · 1 year ago
    I am with you. Praying now.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    JJai: I am with you 2!! AMEN!!
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    The MSM is already making comments about Obama's Speech. I really "dislike" that shyt. It's like people telling you what the movie is "about" before you see it.
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    I had to turn because they were spoiling it for me!
  • Noelani · 1 year ago
    Hi JJP! So happy to read everyone in good spirits! I agree with those of you who have said that we should enjoy tonight. It's a historic moment. Who would have thought, indeed?

    This is World history in the making! I have my children, right here besides me waiting for Barack to speak. Kiddie cocktails for them and Mimosas for mommie!

    Yay!!!
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    This lady is great
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    Pam said, "I can't do it!"
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    loves her!
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    I just can't do it!
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    These regular joes are brave- I'd be scared to talk in front of the crowd.
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    hey u guys i just got in the crib.....did my baby michelle bernard appear yet?
  • Val · 1 year ago
    lol
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    yeah and she is looking good tonight, too!
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    You are so wrong for teasing him like that
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    earlier. you're just going to have to wait until after the speech
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    barry4obama: I gave U a "shout out" about 2 - 3 hours ago - homie!!! :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Well George Bush, you really f*cked it up this time.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    The perfect song!!!!!!!! Ain't No Stopping Us Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    msmartin: It's taking a long time to post; but I had this ready! :>)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tox2PBP3mOg
    McFadden & Whitehead!!

    ENJOY!!! :>) :>)

    Now where did I put my MP3 player?? :>) :>) :>)

    Oh! wait. . . . . I don't have one!! I don't even know what they look like!! :>) :>)
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    T-minus five minutes...
    Can you all imagine what Barack is feeling right now?

    I promise you this...He "ain't scurred!" Gotta Love Him!
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    throngs of American flags boogying to Aint no Stopping Us Now.

    how utterly American.

    the visuals tonight are stunning.
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!!
  • nickwah22 · 1 year ago
    I can't hang. I am about to pass out. I slept through Tuesday night's speeches, I barely made it through Biden's speech yesterday. I guess I'll have to rely on the internet videos tomorrow. I hope next time they have it on the east coast

    SIDE NOTE - Michelle's edges are BONE STRAIGHT.
  • Val · 1 year ago
    butterflies in my stomach. OMG!!! This is real
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Rikyrah,

    I have a request.....can you do a best moment or best one liner post from the convention?
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    sure. will be up later
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    his baby pictures are always so cute
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    So sad his mom can't see him today...
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    She's watching
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    AMEN!!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    XANADU!!! Now I will post the WORDS! This is the heart of this song!! [But I'm not that fast. Have patience, please. :>) :>) Thanks! ]

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA
    XANADU

    ENJOY!!!! :>)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Here are the WORDS to XANADU. They are descriptive of this moment!!

    http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/bladesofglory/xa...

    Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu Lyrics

    (Jeff Lynne)
    A place where nobody dared to go
    The love that we came to know
    They call it Xanadu

    And now, open your eyes and see
    What we have made is real
    We are in Xanadu

    A million lights are dancing
    And there you are, a shooting star
    An everlasting world and you're here with me
    Eternally

    Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
    In Xanadu
    Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
    In Xanadu

    Xanadu your neon lights will shine
    For you Xanadu

    The love, the echoes of long ago
    You needed the world to know, they are in Xanadu

    The dream that came through a million years
    That lived on through all the tears
    It came to Xanadu

    A million lights are dancing and there you are
    A shooting star, an everlasting world and you're
    Here with me eternally

    Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
    In Xanadu

    Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu




    ENJOY!! :>) :>)
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    HOME RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    Watch yaself preacha! Put ya weight on it now! Talk about it!
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    B's playing the dozens on McCain now.
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    "John McCain likes to say that he'll follow Osama Bin Laden to the gates of heel, but John McCain won't even follow Osama to the cave he lives in..."
    - Barack Obama

    For me, that's the Money$$$-line thus far.
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    Yezzir.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Webb: I'm there 2!! :>) :>)
  • kristasphere · 1 year ago
    Whoo where's Stevie to lay some licks on the Hammond B3 now?
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    kristaphere: Had my choir robe on the whole time!!! :>) :>)
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    OMIGOD HE IS HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK AGAIN AND AGAIN
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    FOLKS GET OUT THE CHECK BOOK- GOTTA SEND SOME GREENBACKA DOLLARS TO OABAMA
  • Val · 1 year ago
    knocked it out of the park baby!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Lilytiger · 1 year ago
    So great. So amazing. So happy!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!! Whoooo! Hooo! :>) :>)



    Brooks And Dunn, Only In America Lyrics
    Looking for Brooks And Dunn tabs and chords? Browse alphabet (above).

    Artist: Brooks And Dunn
    Song: Only In America
    Album: Steers And Stripes Brooks And Dunn Sheet Music
    Brooks And Dunn CDs


    Complimentary “Only In America” Ringtone

    Sun coming up over New York City
    School bus driver in a traffic jam
    Starin' at the faces in her rearview mirror
    Looking at the promise of the Promised Land
    One kid dreams of fame and fortune
    One kid helps pay the rent
    One could end up going to prison
    One just might be president

    Only in America
    Dreaming in red, white and blue
    Only in America
    Where we dream as big as we want to
    We all get a chance
    Everybody gets to dance
    Only in America

    Sun going down on an La. freeway
    Newlyweds in the back of a limousine
    A welder's son and a banker's daughter
    All they want is everything
    She came out here to be an actress
    He was the singer in a band
    They just might go back to Oklahoma
    And talk about the stars they could have been

    Only in America
    Where we dream in red, white and blue
    Only in America
    Where we dream as big as we want to
    We all get a chance
    Everybody gets to dance
    Only in America

    Yeah only in America
    Where we dream in red, white and blue
    Yeah we dream as big as we want to


    [ More Brooks And Dunn Lyrics ]
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    I am so proud of him.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Barack: E N O U G H!!!!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Well, Barack took my foot and shoved it right into my mouth.

    He kicked ass!!!!!!!!!

    This is the Barack I know!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    John McCain, ....you're f*cked.
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Well.....somebody is really gonna get the brunt of his temper tonight...that's for sure.
  • malletgirl02 · 1 year ago
    Obama's speech was amazing. Not just inspiring, but full of policy details. If anyone still thinks he is just "hope and change" they were not listening, and are a lost cause. Shakespeare's sister blog I am looking at you.
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    best line of the nite...chris matthews: my critics have been getting on me for saying that he inspires me...well the hell 2 my critics!!!!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Did you just see that woman on CNN....she has her chin on her hands with a far off look and shaking her head back and forth slowly.

    I don't think she'll ever be the same.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    I saw her. The look on her face was like, ' I never thought I'd live to see this day'.


    She's not alone.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    took it to him
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    AMEN!!! and AMEN!!

    Notice how still 70,000+ people can get when joined in ONE purpose!!

    How ECUMENICAL!!!!

    Truly, Lord Have Mercy!!! :>)
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    More like 90,000!!
  • andyfrombrooklyn · 1 year ago
    believe it!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    BORN IN THE USA: Whooo! Hooo! :>) ::)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIekamBDiAw

    ENJOY!!! :>) :>)

    LAWD: This DJin' isn't easy!!! :>) :>)
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    can't wait till they show my baby on msnbc
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    barry: U R adorable!!! :>) :>)
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Dude, come on!

    I don't want to read about you stalking Michelle
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Gergen: It was a symphony. It was a masterpiece! He was formidable. Moral outrage!!

    Yes!!!
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    He'll pulled that rabbit out of his hat and by God they are calling it a rabbit.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

    Republicans: it's a wabbit!
  • JJai · 1 year ago
    See, I see it as opposite. He seems IMHO, pretty nuetral. So, when he placed his stamp of approval on the speech I exhaled.
  • D. · 1 year ago
    "Yes, we can."

    Can we really? I don't know.

    But even if we try and fail, we'll be the greater for trying.
  • RobM · 1 year ago
    Did you just sign on for Obama?
  • TRW · 1 year ago
    Huh? D are you caught up in the Obama euphoria...why are you talking in code?
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    @ D - your lack of faith disturbs me...(using my invisible Darth Vadar kung-fu grip)

    LMAO!

    Serious though, just go ahead and cast that vote for Obama. Otherwise it'll be wasted on McCain
  • Michelle · 1 year ago
    What do you mean, D?
  • D. · 1 year ago
    I'm neutral, at this point.

    I don't agree with all of Obama's ideas, and I'll have to reconcile that before I can say I'll vote for him.

    But I see in him a chance to find a common ground....and that might be a chance worth taking.
  • Michelle · 1 year ago
    D -- For what it's worth, I don't agree with all of Obama's ideas myself. Ideologically he is way too moderate for me. Ideologically I am a flaming crazy-a** radical beyond most people's imaginings.

    But I am finding that ideas/ideology aren't as important to me as I have thought. It's kind of shocking to me actually. And I am only saying this about myself -- specific to my own perceptions and life experiences/

    Anyway. D, as long as you are clear and thoughtful and solid and okay in yourself in how you cast your vote and why, I myself personally would support what you choose to do with your vote -- whatever it is. (this is kind of why I would suck at trying to convince people to vote how I wish they would, but that's where I'm at).

    Thank you for answering my question.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    there's a 17 year old on C-Span right now. I just wanna cry listening to him.
  • parker404 · 1 year ago
    Yeah, I turned away from him.
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    I missed that..

    What was he saying???
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    he was a caller, he was informed in why he was supporting Obama. just him being 17, watching this, calling C-Span.
  • Teacher · 1 year ago
    Well, future President Obama delivered the best political speech of my lifetime. He brought his A game and proved, once again, why he is where he is. He is the hope the dream of our ancestors. His convention was phenomenal and unprecedented in the history of political conventions. My only complaint is that there was not enough of his extended family shown at the end. I was really looking forward to seeing the diversity. But in general, it has been a very deep, spiritual and (dare I say) cathartic experience for me. He got his unified party. He took his message to the masses. He has thus far done history proud.

    KOOL AID FOR EVERYONE!!!!!
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    sitting here waiting on my baby 2 come on msnbc
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    THANX GREENLADY!!!!
  • jed · 1 year ago
    It was a good speech for the faithful, but I doubt it swayed many from among the undecided.
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    You are absolutely, wrong.
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    There are no undecideds....Just under-reporteds.
  • Lilytiger · 1 year ago
    Heee!
  • delfinajones · 1 year ago
    WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Castellanos.....!

    "Whoever didn't get picked for Republican VP today, maybe is a lucky Republican."
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    I'd like to see HOW they can make a negative ad out of that? He even challenged them on that whole "celebrity" attack.
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Ali had more mercy than Obama had tonight, he just beat DOWN McCain.
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    lol.....texas_girl let me have my moment!!!!...lol
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    ok. But I'm watching you...
  • Teacher · 1 year ago
    Paul begula is gushing! The haters have been doused in kool aid. Where's my lighter! Hey D! Have a little. It tastes great!!
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    DAMN DAMN DAMN my baby is looking GOOOOOOOD in that green.......make me wanna put her on a plate and sop her up with a biscuit!!!!!!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Another LINE: "I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to take a chance on a 10% change!!! " [Hope I got that correct!!] I just know I liked it when he said it!! :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Yes!

    He looked confident, and focused, and ready for business when he said that!
  • jelana · 1 year ago
    One of my favorite lines as well!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Jessica Yellin interviews 3 women...

    She says...I have some Hillary supporters here....and they all chime in: "FORMER Hillary supporters."

    The Black woman looked visibly moved....maybe someone will post the clip on YouTube.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    amen...thought they were gonna start some #(*$
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    That black woman, she said I wanted to see this. She said, I wanted to see that father, that man....

    She had an amazing little speech there herself.

    Now it occurs to me...I wonder if some black women who couldn't bring themselves to support O, did so because when they look at him, all they see is every black man who's every hurt them or let them down. I wonder if they just couldn't bring themselves to have faith in Barack...to believe, again.
  • E · 1 year ago
    Barack Obama did everything he needed to do tonight. He gave specifics on policy, he answered all of McCain's personal attacks, he showed he can throw a punch without being mean-spirited. This man is the real deal. His family looks like America, like my family. This is the future; I only hope America has the courage to not turn back, to go forward.

    I can't wait for the debates.
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    AP doesn't have any pictures up yet of Obama. I'm going around from newspaper to newspaper. anyone have a place where there's a lot of pics?
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Well they better put some up because they damn sure won't have any to take of him later. Did you see how he was up on Michelle, whispering in her ear? Its so on tonight.
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Icebergslim always come through...she has her diary up with pics.
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    Boy that michelle bernard is a beauty 2 behold!!!.......i'm sorry my peeps, but that woman there is gorgeous and intellegent.....like samuel l. jackson said in long kiss goodnight "that type of fine right there u can see coming from around the corner, u got time 2 comb yo hair"
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    Get a room!

    LMAO!
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    barry: We've had this talk B4!! STEP AWAY FROM THE TV!! :>) GO AND TAKE A SHOWER!! :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Campbell Brown: How can the Republicans compete with anything that happened here tonight. They're competing with a Hurricane!
  • Teacher · 1 year ago
    Biden seems so happy as well, practically giddy. I pray that he can hang with Pawlenty in the debates. Republicans tell their lies with authority. They don't show any outward guilt while spinning their distortions.

    We need to pray for America to select maturely, soberly.

    I found C-Span!
  • Webb · 1 year ago
    Are we sure it's Pawlenty?
  • pjamma · 1 year ago
    Considering no one cares enough to camp out in front of his house (like with Biden) we won't know till tomorrow.
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    "They say you're on your own...that you have to pick up your boot straps, even if you don't have any boots. You're on your own."

    - Sen. Obama
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Jay: Loved this one 2! :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Ben Stein is having a meltdown on Larry King...LOL
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    I'm sorry green lady and jay i just can't help it
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    I wonder if O was faking them out this whole time? Was O playing dead???
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Yep.......he baited these micky-ficks and they walked straight into his trap. He has them cornered. Notice how he made sure everybody's comments this week in their speeches praised McCain's service and called him a friend, then they ate him up. They have made it virtually impossible for the GOP to attack Obama's character without it LOOKING exactly like that's ALL they can do. It is absolutely the most manipulative thing I've ever seen. He has made their ONE strategy completely TRANSPARENT. Now they have to talk about policy which is what they clearly dont want to do. DAMN....OBAMA IS THE SHYT!
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    LOL.

    That's what Ben Stein is whining about....Obama is just a typical Chicago politician.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    TruthSeeker: After one of "McAncient's" ads, Mr. Obama said, J. M., is this all you've got?? That was the biggest BAIT [and challenge that he could issue.]

    Like a "puerile" [forgot who I stole this from :>)] child, "McAncient" kept coming out with more and more ads!! Just what O needed, in order to see all of M's "cards"!!

    Perfect "rope-a-dope"[a la Mohammed Ali]/chess strategy!! :>) :>)

    Having shown his "hand", Mr. Obama NOW knows what "chess piece" he need ta move! This "game" had to be carefully TIMED!!

    OUR TIME IS NOW in very many ways!! :>) :>) :>)

    IMHO :>) :>)
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Yes!!!

    hahahahahahahahah!
  • Jay · 1 year ago
    "...Well I got news for you John McCain. We ALL love this country." Mother&%@*@)!

    - Sen. Obama
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    Jay: YEP!! :>) :>)
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    I posted it earlier. But you must check out Icebergslim's diary with pictures

    such a great moment.
  • barry4obama · 1 year ago
    MICHELLE BERNARD MICHELLE BERNARD MICHELLE BERNARD MICHELLE BERNARD!!!!.......THATS IT I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, I'M GOING OUTSIDE FOR A WALK AND TRY AND GET THIS WOMAN AND THIS GREAT SPEECH OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxxsADrTlYc

    Sing Sam!! A Change Gone Come
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    I couldn't take my eyes away this whole primary season. It felt like something amazing was about to happen - like this world was never going to be the same, and I had to pay attention.

    A change gone come.
  • icebergslim · 1 year ago
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    icebergslim: YES YOU CAN!!! WOW!!! These are GREAT!!! :>) :>)

    THANK YOU!! :>) :>)
  • Texas_Girl_in_LA · 1 year ago
    Keith just brought up something. Is the RNC really thinking about postponing their convention due to the hurricane? If so, he mentioned the irony of Paster Dobson praying for rain on Obama's big night.

    Now, I was checking the weather in Denver everyday, but if this is true...hhhmmmm....
  • TruthSeeker · 1 year ago
    Yes, they did put that on their website for people to pray for rain. They took it down after there was an outcry...said it was humour.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    They prayed for rain and drummed up a hurricane - evil bastards.
  • msmartin · 1 year ago
    The Republicans may cancel their convention and hold it on a smaller level town hall style. Fineman said Barack hurt them tonight. They can't match what he did and they are not even going to try.
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    OFF THE SUBJECT:

    Well! Well! Well! O.J. in the news!!!

    http://www.newser.com/story/36007/ojs-kid-decks...
    Kid Decks Him In Brawl Over Girl

    The "kid" is his daughter!!!!

    Hmmmmm???
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    From the WashPost:

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/?...
    Obama Claims Historic Nomination

    Great pic!! Positive/supportive article! :>)
  • GreenLadyHere · 1 year ago
    From The Daily Voice:

    The Man of the Hour
    http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/08/clintons...

    2 great pics!! :>) :>)
  • rikyrah · 1 year ago
    Found this in the comments section at Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog:

    Looking at the scene with Barack, Michelle and the girls waving to the crowd, I was touched. As a black man, a husband and a father. And when he turned from the crowd to give his boo a squeeze he whispered something to her and she sort of swooned. I hope he said, "Girl, you betta stop playin' and have those chirren in bed by the time I get back to the hotel. Don't be fakin' like you sleep, neither. I'm the Commander-in-Chief up in herre, and, baby, don't forget the pumps." LOL.

    BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA

    hilarious.
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    I said the same thiing!! LOLOL!! Oh you cant tell me it wasn't on last night! LOL
  • Val · 1 year ago
    RAOTFLMAO. I thought the same thing. Instead I figured he said - drop the kids off at your Mother's. LOL
  • s · 1 year ago
    "If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone who people should run from."

    Obama just showed his hand. He has no record, and thus will hope that running against Bush by linking him to McCain will be enough. We shall see.
  • Micheline · 1 year ago
    Look at the work he's done in the Illinois State Senate.
  • Val · 1 year ago
    sssssnnnnnnaaaaakkkkkeeeeeeee. He was referring to John McCain
  • Miranda · 1 year ago
    Its enough....didn't you hear? eight is enough.