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DNC08: A Sista’s Voice from the Convention Floor

Started by baratunde aka jack turner · 10 months ago

I got a temporary floor pass from the crack blogger/cat herder DNC team and wandered into the fray with my friend Laura Packard about 30 minutes ago. It’s crazy down there! The energy is literally electrifying. It’s hard to focus on anything — it’s really loud and crowded. People buzzing everywhere. You almost have to [...]
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  • Jill: She's a winner!!! A visionary since May 2007!! She never veered or was swayed by billary/bull!!! And she lived in Harlem where that pair wanted to take over!!!
    GO CORDELL CLEARE!!!! Nice find, Jill!!! :>) :>)
  • Wonderful! I'm glad to hear the energy on the floor is good! I heard that 44 percent of the delegation is minority and 24 percent is African American.
  • You rock

    She rocks

    I'm jealous

    But, happy as hell JJP is there and representing!
  • Thank you for getting video of someone I want to hear from....someone relevant whom I don't get to hear from on TV.

    I'm a white chick who grew up in Canada hearing my family talk in that "respectful" way about "articulate black people" without understanding the condescension in that. I wish that hearing from peeps like Cordell was an *average* moment on MSM. But blogs like yours are making that change. And an Obama presidency will hopefully make this a more typical moment.

    Thanks from the heart, heather
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