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You've gotta start training for the Olympics!!! :>) :>) :>)
On the real: Praying for YOU and your family!!!! :>) :>)
Oh yeah: Co-signing on Biden! :>) :>)
BWA HA HA HA HA HA
ROTFLMAO!! :>) :>) :>)
Just got it on my Tivo.
PS- anyone just see Donna Brazile getting the makeup hookup on CNN?
I'll feel so blessed to have seen it live. I loved seeing that young African American man with tears in his eyes. If this wasn't catharsis, nothing will ever be enough. HRC was tearing up to; but for other reasons I presume.
We don't know anyone's heart but I do know this - Senator Clinton did what she needed to do, and she did it well all day yesterday and then today. It was planned that she would issue the acclamation and she did it well, even started out with let's elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States. The fact that she only had 341.5 delegates to his 1559.5 proved Jonathan Alter's point that he made a few weeks ago - that if they went to roll call, she would lose most of the delegates she'd won during the primary.
But she did well, and we need to give her her props and move on. As I told them on Daily Kos, I respect her again so now they have my permission to help her retire her campaign debt. :)
She did good, she did well.
I was a youngster during the marches, during the assassination of first JFK, then Malcolm X, MLK, Jr. and RFK and I can still remember where I was and what was happening during each murder as well as when the Voting Rights Act was passed; I have personal stories about Jim Crow and segregation in Alabama. I remember the colored and white fountains, being snatched up by my maternal great grandmother when I was 5 as I attempted to sit next to a white woman on the bus.
I could go on because I have a testimony about segregated schools, freedom of choice, busing, the whole nine yards - German shepherds, water hoses, Bull Connor, Dr. King in the Birmingham jail - yet I never thought - never even considered - that we would have a viable black candidate for the US presidency in my lifetime. Even as a writer, I never even fantasized about it
From a child, I was taught patriotism to love my people and my country in spite of the degradations, yet I have to say, I've never loved my country as much as I do now, no matter what happens in November.
As for Senator Clinton - she did good things yesterday and today, and there was a feeling of authenticity to her and we all ought to cut her some slack for that alone.
Thank you
The man who called the roll call vote from Mississippi looked exactly like my father just before he passed.
I fell apart.
Continue to be strong! He is proud of YOU!! :>)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9luQ-yerVc&feat...
ENJOY!!!!!! ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!! :>) :>)
Congrats Obama!!! On to November!!!
I think I'm going to need some valium on election night.
I also felt so proud of those states who proudly announced their Native American Tribes (I'm Ottawa)....it was so neat.
Anyway.....on the reality side....please pay attention to Obama's website and make sure your friends and family do also... We have a ways to go and the website is asking people to make phone calls to undecideds in other states AND if you can volunteer in swing states.......PLEASE......PLEASE .......PLEASE!!!!!
We cannot get complacent!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm at his site EVERYDAY!!! THANKS for the encouragement!!!! :>) :>)
Much LOVE to the Ottawa's!! :>) :>)
take care!
Hillary, you did a good thing.
Now let's get to work! Obama /Biden '08!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2lS283bmKM
Can't understand
why we treat each other in this way
Taking up time
With the silly silly games we play
We've got our love
And no matter how it's said or done
We are one, no matter what we do
We are one, love will see us through
We are one, and that's the way it is
Sometimes I feel
That we try and make each other sad
The things we do
How we make each other feel so bad
We've got so much
We could all be having so much fun
We are one, from the very start
We are one, deep down in your heart
We are one
And that's the way it is
I Can't understand
why we treat each other in this way
Taking up time
With the silly silly games we play
We've got our love
And no matter how it's said or done
We are one, no matter what we do
We are one, love will see us through
We are one, and that's the way it is
LAWD HA'MERCY!!! :>) :>) :>) :>)
6:50PM Est.!!!
No more presumptive...IT'S OFFICIAL.
God Bless You/JJP!!!!
GOD BLESS MR. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!!! :>) Whoooo! Hooo!!!!! :>) :>)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEUKW99ohuw
ENJOY!!!!! :>) :>)
Whew!!! Ecstatic Deep Breaths!!!!! :>) :>) :>)
Sooooo, I thank JJP for introducing me to this "other world" AND I thank the JJP FAMILY of bloggers for all your assistance and your patience and for "speaking" to this amateur! :>) :>) :>) :>)
Whew! Tearful Deep Breaths!!! :>) :>) :>)
WE HAVE JUST WITNESSED AN EPIC MOMENT IN HISTORY!
Get ready ya'll we have work to do.
Obama/Biden 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was absolutely beautiful! This is a very special moment. To see tears of JOY . . . to see happiness instead of the divisiveness we've seen for months . . . seeing tears of joy at the realization of this historic moment . . . It's a beautiful thing!
I hope ya'll set your tivos. Because this is something I plan to show my grandchildren one day.
Obama is our nominee.
Props to Hillary for what she did today. I gotta give props where props are due. She came through today.
Now that the drama's over (hopefully . . .lol) . . .
LET'S WIN THIS THING!!!
No more doubts. No more drama. No more second-guessing. It's time to WIN!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08!! YES WE CAN!!!!!
It was very touching.
And Eugene Robinson made me tear up again be cause he was tearing up talking about what this means to him.
And even Big ol' meathead Joe Scarborough gave a good commentary (okay it was one step above "some of my best friends are black") but for him that's HUGE. Go MSNBC.
LAWD HA'MERCY!!!!! :>) :>) :>)
U R WILD!!!! :>) :>) :>)
Ain't no Mountain High Enuf- Inner Life
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nifuyo
HA!!! Well, guess those "wagon wheels" just fell off and that Dark Sith is headed over the PRECIPICE!!!! Wheeeeeeee!!!! :>) :>)
Happy landing!!!! :>) :>) :>)
Rep. Kendrick Meeks!!
STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE RATTLERS!!! FAMU! FAMU! FAM-GOT DAM-U!!!!!!!!!
Part of me wonders if they were clapping so long because this speech officially ends the Clintons drain on the national spotlight.
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Much less focused on himself and his administration than I expected.
I am hardly ever here. I am currently ill. I have been watching the convention from my hospital bed and I wish I could have gone to Denver as I planned. Michelle Obama made me cry, Hillary made me happy and Clinton so far sounds really good.
I keep changing from channel to channel because I find that the cable news networks have too much punditry. They are ruining it for me.
Go to PBS. They do a good job of shutting up.
Get well.
If you can't get C-Span, then here's the best choices:
MSNBC, then CNN, then Fox as a last resort.
I join our nation in congratulating him and his supporters in achieving a significant milestone in the history of all Americans.
OK, Kerry just introduced the great uncle war hero and I am tearing up to see he & Michelle hugging. They are Black & White & they are family.
I can't believe CNN let the Cryptkeeper buy ad time with his scurrilous ad. They are bastards.
He is whistling, singing, snarking and giving an update each minute he goes over 10 minutes.
Was she a plant or was she really that delusional?
LOL
folks caught her. I know this is harsh, but she's lucky she didn't get bumrushed afterwards.
she was pathetic.
It was not even for Hillary's chances in 2012.
You can love him, but do not forgive him! And for real, do we really forgive black people like that (not speaking about Michael Jackson, R Kelly...) but how about OJ. No one has forgive him!!!! Right?
And I am Black and have been through tooooooo much to be so fickle!!!
NO WAY! NO HOW! NO BULL!!!
Did I say NO!!???? :>) :>) :>)
I actually thought in the beginning when he used the term "life experiences" that was a dis. "Life experience" is one of those terms one uses to supplement for other work experience. I thought he was being slick. I could be wrong though, he later concluded he was ready, Though, I am sure there is an ad already out that parses the phrase.
LoL, we're going to start seeing caucasians act like us, by claiming celebrities as their family, like with my family: "Don't you know that Patti LaBelle is our cousin???"
Then I realize that Lynne Cheney has already claimed Barack Obama as a cousin...dayum them cheneys are sneaky.
I can see the increase in the jewish vote. and the "simpson dope" moment for McCain.
Barack WILL win the November election.
Wow! his speech is REALLY good!!!
Barack's Uncle Charlie is there....the one who was at Buchenwald....who the Repubs tried to say Barack lied about.
Not this time, man, not this time
The nomination made me feel this way: first I want a kiss and then I want it all.
Speaking of leadership, I feel kinda proud how O keeps encouraging the politicians to take the high road. It seems like he is rubbing off on them. Even in their criticism. they aren't as ugly as the repugnantans. He is influencing his elders in a positive way.
Biden will back him up. Kerry, the Kennedys, and the rest of us believe in him, but he's got to do this primarily on his own.
thank god for blogs!
i think that knowing full well what he was getting himself into (and having the courage/self-confidence to proceed anyway) is what has sustained him and enabled his success. the man was PREPARED!
I am so with you
In all serious, McCain's smile scares the living daylights out of me. I swear to you, it really freaks me out.
I'm the one who -- wait a minute -- anyway, I've been around JJP for a while, since the primaries and the old site. I don't have a patent on the name though. Obviously.
Shouldn't matter ... doesn't matter .... it's just, I myself don't get crushes on men. So reading that comment from another Michelle was interesting.
Otherwise I'm happy to see more Michelles here.
/self-involved commentating
Biden was kind of fine when he was young. His sons aren't bad looking either.
Michelle was crying when Beau told the story about his Mom and sister.
...but I think we're all gonna look back (regardless of the outcome of the election) and WISH that Barack and Hillary could've worked this out...Obama-Clinton would have been PURE FY-YAH!
no thank you.
Barack is not going to have a co-president. Joe Biden will not be a co-president (or shadow president like Cheney). Hillary Clinton would have not been a co-president.
You're giving the Clintons way too much credit. If they were that powerful, they would have won the nomination.
Obama deserves the chance to win or lose on his own - that's why no Hillpatine.
Just like he deserves the chance to succeed or fail on his own as President - another reason no Hillpatine.
They would have been nothing but trouble. A distraction that our next PRESIDENT did not need.
I get that sometimes you have to swallow your pride in politics and do things you don't want to do and work with people that you don't want to work with. But those memos are more than that. They say a lot about the tenor of her campaign. AND. . .Penn helped both Clintons write their speeches so clearly they still feel he is a political ally. Sorry, I would rather see Barack lose on principle then to sell his soul for the presidency. Some things are NOT worth it.
But then again, he has the regular guy thing down for real. If he gave a better speech the regular guys wouldn't have trusted him... I see myself as regular but I learned this year I was a late sipping so and so from the primaries.
Oh! Michelle's genuine tears to Beau's intro was priceless. I was crying with her...
people will sell anything.
I am excited. I am sitting here trying to figure out how I can take Friday off before the holiday. I am going to be emotionally spent and sleep deprived Friday morning after Obama speaks.
Bill has an Obama sign!!
Here comes O!!!
I am sure all will be on stage Thursday.
I've been watching the convention straight through since 9pm, it was great. I was laughing, crying, shouting, and all those good things. I love politics, the game of it all, and the possibility of it as well. Pres. Clinton was his usual self, very charming and endearing and I enjoyed listening to him. I feel the same about him as I always have, so, no real hatred for him. Just disappointment. Still, fun to watch.
We had a string of great speakers, my home state (IL) showed up and represented with Tammy Duckworth. How'd y'all like her, she's a spitfire and not afraid to tell it like it is. I've always enjoyed listening to her speak. She is a FIGHTER, and I respect that deeply. And Kerry was great, why wasn'r he more like that when he was running. He might have had more of a fighting chance. WHy do they all become so passive when they're running for president?! People want the passion.
I was confused, CSPAN noted that Richardson was supposed to speak, I was disappointed I didn't see him. Hopefully sometime this week something works out. I didn't know Barack was gonna be there, so I was thrilled. And did you see Michelle's face :) Awww, that was sooooo sweet, all that love. *sigh* I truly love politics again! Yeah it's package emotions and whatnot, but...I dunno, it's a good game if you play it for the people and not yourself.
Michelle had a "that's my BABY!" look when she saw Barack walk out!!!
JJai: You're right, they both looked like they were loving their husbands. I have a feeling they are going to be great together beside their husbands. I can see them calling their husbands out if they get out of pocket. It's feel good to have some strong female backup in the Oval Office.
And the youngest, bless his little heart, seemed to think "Grandad, it's too many people out there. Don't let me go!!"
I am certain they were proud beyond words.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08!
loved how he said "i love you, man" to barack when he came out!
is it okay that i thought that was funny...?
Ohh well.
I vote Yeah.
But, then, I think I'd vote yeah if Michelle turned up in a burlap sack.
Bill and Hillary look like they are divorced friends. So sad.
ENJOY!!!!! :>) :>) :>)
It occurs to me that this was brilliant for the older Jewish community in Florida that is mistrustful of Obama. It's kinda ironic, 'cause there were a lot of black soldiers who liberated the camps. Many who were in the concentration camps said that the African American soldiers were particularly kind....sharing their food etc.
And, I've seen at least half of the CBC.
The Afterparty has been worth it because of yesterday's Charles Barkley interview. Haven't seen tonight's show.
If McCain announces his VP on Friday, he will have done it on the anniversary of Katrina. Is he purposefully trying to say screw what happened?
Gustav
27 Aug 2008 11:41 pm
The hurricane could make landfall in New Orleans Monday night just as George W. Bush is addressing the RNC. Where is John Hagee when you need him?
There's something very karmic about this, if it goes down this way.
Funny how they were praying for rain for Barack's speech, huh? I hope the Dems don't come with the boyscout nonsense, and really use this against the Repubs.
Nagin said earlier tonight, there's no shelter of last resort. EVERYBODY has to evacuate. So, if worse comes to worse at least there won't be the loss of life.
Keeping my fingers crossed that Dems will use this as a teaching tool to remind Americans of what happened in Katrina. I hope they put out an ad.
QUESTION: "Whycome" you weren't posting between 5:00 p. - 8:00 p.m.?? :>) :>)
I'm busy catching up now!!! :>) :>) :>)
Kerry: Great!!!! Biden: Well done!!! bull: Good sound bites! Did what he had ta do!!
Oh My GOODNESS!!! :>) LOVED Mrs. Obama's dress - neckware!!!! :>) :>)
WOW
Thursday...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
I wonder also, if Barack had a mourning period. Walking on the beach barefooted, and tucking a flower behind Malia's ear.....I wonder if he felt the loss of a very simple existence. I wonder if he felt a pang for a private life they very likely will lose? Their house, their beds, the neighborhood, friends.
So, did anyone notice the song they were playing when Bill came out? Fleetwood Mac:
Naughty, naughty Obama Campaign!
Then Michelle's eyes were so cool...I know ugly stuff is going on behind the scenes. I know Michelle's not going to like Bill first, because of the blowjob thing...and the other petulant stuff is the last straw.
Best line from Bill's speech:
"America is a place called HOPE"
Saw Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba and Chevy Chase, Spike Lee, Mohammad Ali in the crowd.
I knew Spike Lee was there - he had a funny interview yesterday on MSNBC. Had a great Obama t-shirt on.
Everyone delivered, but John Kerry stole the show. And it was quite a show to steal.
That's all for now.
Really sentimental!!! :>) :>)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2L4iPvdIk
We Are Family - Sister Sledge Whoooo Hoo!! :>) :>)