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DNC 08: FLAWLESS!!!

Started by baratunde aka jack turner · 10 months ago

Piggy-backing off of rikyrah’s post. Here’s the video to match the transcript.

You are looking at a WINNER.

 

You couldn’t have asked for more.

The brotha was so impressive. Strong. Focused. Determined.

Within minutes of his speech, the GOP started floating rumors of a postponed republican convention. ... Continue reading »

28 comments

  • Jay

    10 months ago

    Why was I hearing Bernie Mac's voice throughout this speech... I ain't scared of you mother#@#@&!...??????

    Awesome!
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    LMAO!!!!!!!
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Jay: LOL! :>) :>)
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  • Scott

    10 months ago

    Uh, the GOP mentioned it yesterday morning about postponing. Look it up.

    I would say you're still a bit high from the Obama evangelical event. He said nothing of consequence except his old stand-bys "hope," "change" and "John McCain is George Bush." We saw how he was at a loss when Russia invaded Georgia and got a good look at how he would mishandle international crises.

    Lastly, does anyone even consider how elitist that backdrop was last night? Even Dems were mystified he'd go so high key.

    There's months to go and Obama will get crushed by McCain in the debates. He's still an empty suit so put down the Kool-aid and take a wide view.
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  • D.

    10 months ago

    Upon further review, the backdrop was appropriate. It came off as a view of a state capitol to me.

    High key, yes; over the top, maybe. Elitist, no.
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  • andyfrombrooklyn

    10 months ago

    you are stupid
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  • JJai

    10 months ago

    shut up.

    You can't rain on my parade; despite all the rain dances you and the rethugs did last night, lol!
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  • MsKitty

    10 months ago

    There will be some crushing in the debates alright...
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Uh oh. I smell pooh again. NO QUARTER has a nice diaper waiting for you.
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    While Larry Johnson straps your diaper: the columns echo Dr. King's speech. Check historic photos and you will see columns. Obama was very detailed--the top 5 percent are going to see big tax increases- take your fingers out of your ears. Russia did not invade Georgia--sequence is wrong. Georgia killed over 1000 pro- Russian Georgians in Ossetia and then Russia moved in. By the way--one of McCain's top advisors is a lobbyist with the Georgians. Omigod you must have the runs. What a smell!!!!

    You are entitled to your opinions but not your facts.
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    Russia did not invade Georgia--sequence is wrong. Georgia killed over 1000 pro- Russian Georgians in Ossetia and then Russia moved in. By the way--one of McCain's top advisors is a lobbyist with the Georgians.

    thank you
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  • s

    10 months ago

    I disagree with you about the backdrop. Up close think it looked more like a room divider at a Marriot Courtyard.

    Out with the new, in with the old 'politics'. Attacking your opponent more forcefully may be 'new' for modern Democrats but Americans have 'seen it all' and can recognize it in an instant.

    For viewers just tuning in, hoping to see the inspiring optimism of the American dream coupled with bi-partisan, forward thinking solutions his "Eight is Enough' slogan did not invoke the humor and charm of the popular "slice of Americana' sitcom, but instead exposed a slightly restrained Peter Finch ( Network), "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take in anymore' anger that is seething from the soul of every netroot in America.

    This was typical Democrat fodder full of promises and 'I feel your pain' platitudes that may work when combined with 'folksy' charm of Bill Clinton, but without the compelling, pained, introspective empathy that Clinton can turn on like a spigot.

    Audacious. Indeed. He came across as quite indignantly, "How dare the Republicans call into question my thin resume. How dare I be called out for my conflicting policy positions on everything from FISA to public financing to gun control. How dare John McCain criticize my foreign policy judgement and my opposition to the surge. How dare they look at my liberal voting record on abortion, gun control and gay marriage. I'm right. He's wrong. Case closed."

    He is applying for the most important job in the world, and those who oppose him are not supposed to question him? Absurd.
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  • andyfrombrooklyn

    10 months ago

    you are stupid too
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  • TruthSeeker

    10 months ago

    cosign
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    I see--one more paid blogger by the McCain campaign.Don't focus on McCain sitting on his A## for the past 26 years--instead come up with imaginary attacks on Obama. Snore....you are too transparent.
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  • kristasphere

    10 months ago

    If they'd have playes PSA by Jigga? whooooooooooooo
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  • andyfrombrooklyn

    10 months ago

    the speech was incredible. it was the climax. the pundits had to sit and listen for a long time. they could not interupt with their naysaying and propaganda. the excellent video about obama that preceeded the speech paled in comparison to the real thing. it was rivetting. a man stood and spoke for a long time in his own words and the whole country listened. this was the real deal. history in real time.
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  • Shaw Kenawe

    10 months ago

    Scott,

    You cannot dismiss the impact this remarkable man has had on politics in America! Everywhere he goes he draws thousands and thousands. There's a reason for this. People are hungry for a real leader, one with brains and charisma--and most important, judgment.

    Sen. Obama is a once-in-a-lifetime politician. Your remarks and the remarks of the Republican pundits today reek of envy.

    Reports last night were that John McCain couldn't get 10,000 to come to hear who his running mate will be. Obama got 8 times that, and would have had more if there had been more room.

    Thank goodness he's one of us. Plus, he has one hell of a brilliant, gorgeous wife and two adorable daughters. I've never been so uplifted by a candidate in my life!

    Obama/Biden '08!!
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  • JunePearl

    10 months ago

    I needed some time to process what a wonderful occasion just took place last night. Yes, the singers were good, the atmosphere was so positive and celebratory, Michelle and family looked great (did y'all see her mother's outfit? She looked SHARP), and the speakers were wonderful.

    But at the end of the day, I was just amazed.

    I never thought I would see this day. I NEVER thought I would see this day. I am currently in the midst of reading Roots for the first time. The timing could not be more perfect. I kept thinking last night about how many people could not even IMAGINE this taking place; of the blood, tears, grief, violation, rage, and bitterness they had to swallow. And look where we are. Even if he goes no further towards the White House, look at where we as a people are NOW. I was watching it, and I was just amazed.
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  • chris chambers nat turner

    10 months ago

    Indeed...but in the words of "The Wolf" in "Pulp Fiction": "Let's not start s---king each other's d--ks quite yet." McCain's going to chose a white female VP. That will siphon votes. Plus the Nuremburg Ra;lly in the Twin Cities will be the perfect dog and pony show for the non-yuppie non Wired magazine reading set.
    Would have been nice to the Governator and Colin Powell to the DNC to counterbalance that nebbish Lieberman, but of course we are in the realm of the "new" politics. Hire Carville and Penn...FAST...
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    While TV cameras weren't watching, "ordinary guy" Barney Smith — part of the convention's "American Voices" segment — brought mile-high stadium to its feet.

    He told his story of losing the Indiana factory job he'd held for 30 years and then said America needed a president who paid more attention to "Barney Smith" not "Smith Barney."

    The crowd leapt to its feet chanting "Barney, Barney!"
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  • Miranda

    10 months ago

    CNN Analysis of the Speech:

    DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- This summer, the McCain campaign tried to make the presidential race about a handful of words, like "celebrity" and "elite."

    On Thursday, as he accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Barack Obama added a few new words to the mix, all drawn from his personal experience: food stamps, scholarships and loans. It's the language of the working class, and it's turf John McCain can¹t compete on.

    "I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks that celebrities lead, but this has been mine," Obama said.

    The problem for the McCain campaign is simple: The more successful it has been in spreading the meme of Obama as an unqualified celebrity candidate, the easier it has become for the Illinois senator to exceed expectations.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/analysis...
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  • delfinajones

    10 months ago

    Friend when they say elitist-- it is part of the Rethug strategy to attack Dem strengths.Obama was raised by a single mother--McCain came from a privileged background, went to elite schools, dumped one well to do wife when he bagged a millionaire. He has not met a lobbyist he didn't like and has spent 26 years shoveling money into his friends pockets.

    But this pooh covered troll attacks Obama as elitist.
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  • Elevated

    10 months ago

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  • Carlos

    10 months ago

    Just saw this:

    Obama's speech seen by 38 million viewers
    The Associated Press
    2:49 PM EDT, August 29, 2008
    NEW YORK - Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people.

    Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final " American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year. Obama talked before a live audience of 80,000 people in Denver.

    His TV audience nearly doubled the amount of people who watched John Kerry accept the Democratic nomination to run against President Bush four years ago. Kerry's speech was seen by just over 20 million people.

    Obama's audience might be higher, since Nielsen didn't have an estimate for how many people watched Obama on PBS or C-SPAN Thursday night.
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    Carlos: Just heard this 2. !!!!!!!

    Great DATA!!! :>) :>) Love it!!! :>) :>)
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  • GreenLadyHere

    10 months ago

    B-Serious: DING! DING! DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!! :>) :>)

    Great post!! :>) :>) :>)
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  • s

    10 months ago

    "For this election isn’t about the past or the present, or even the pluperfect conditional. It’s about the future, and Barack Obama loves the future because that’s where all his accomplishments are." Ouch.
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