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Wednesdays

(17,412 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:02 PM Sep 2012

DNC LIVE THREAD # 3 We Love You Teddy

(Cali seems to be away for now, so I started this new thread)

Watch the DNC live here:

http://www.c-span.org/DNC/Live/

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****DNC LIVE THREAD # 3**** We Love You Teddy (Original Post) Wednesdays Sep 2012 OP

"Swiss Bank Accounrts never built an American bridge!" nolabear Sep 2012 #1

LOL, yep Wednesdays Sep 2012 #2

Well after Chris "Governor Soprano" Christie's peformance at the RNC rocktivity Sep 2012 #3

Deval Patrick blew him out of the water though. nolabear Sep 2012 #4

I guess so. But it's a different style. Quieter but sincere and intelligent. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #6

Everything's better...even the music is miles better than last week Wednesdays Sep 2012 #5

Good God Almighty, the Dems are coming out swinging. No lies, truth nc4bo Sep 2012 #7

Watch...the 'pugs will be calling the truth "an unfair advantage" Wednesdays Sep 2012 #10

You owe me a keyboard! Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #17

Yes!! SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #16

"Backbone" Patrick... nolabear Sep 2012 #8

Julain Castro... nolabear Sep 2012 #9

Oh, he's really good...I've seen him before Wednesdays Sep 2012 #11

Weren't they involved in some kind of identity scandal? rocktivity Sep 2012 #13

Yeah but it was BS. Not worth anyone's worry. nolabear Sep 2012 #19

Knowing Shrill O'Loofah-lafel rocktivity Sep 2012 #26

Texas is looking mighty proud right now. nolabear Sep 2012 #12

his spirit is there bdamomma Sep 2012 #14

Yup Wednesdays Sep 2012 #25

Will.I.Am tweets tonight's going to be a goodnight DNC2012!! SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #15

This Castro guy is pretty cute. And he's killing. vanlassie Sep 2012 #18

Love these chants! They make for awesome soundbites! NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #20

OMG Devon Patrick!! PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #21

"Romney has undergone an "EXTREME MAKEOVER!!" vanlassie Sep 2012 #22

Thanks so much Wednesdays! Yes we do. cali Sep 2012 #23

No prob, I saw you hadn't been online for a while Wednesdays Sep 2012 #24

Wonderful speech! Man, I can't take much more! nolabear Sep 2012 #27

Ahhhhhhhhh Michelle!!!! nt nc4bo Sep 2012 #28

Who's she wearing??? rocktivity Sep 2012 #29

I don't know but this woman is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt nc4bo Sep 2012 #30

A friend of mine has been following conventions for 40 years... cynatnite Sep 2012 #31

Bang! Zoom! To the moon, Queen Ann! rocktivity Sep 2012 #32

It's no effort for her, 'cause she's the real deal Wednesdays Sep 2012 #36

I hope no one has gotten me wrong rocktivity Sep 2012 #51

This is a BRILLIANT trump of the MS, the "ask your parents for a loan", the attack on women. nolabear Sep 2012 #33

Okay I'm crying like a baby here. And I'm not a pushover. nolabear Sep 2012 #34

So much more PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #35

Yes. From the heart. She is amazing. What a night of superstars. zonkers Sep 2012 #37

note perfect note perfect note perfect - the whole thing grantcart Sep 2012 #38

Success is not about how much money you make... nolabear Sep 2012 #39

Somewhere , in one of her 5 mansions, Ann Romney is weeping. likesmountains 52 Sep 2012 #40

LOL, and even if you found the right mansion Wednesdays Sep 2012 #43

Ann SHOULD be weeping -- but NOT because she's always been rich. rocktivity Sep 2012 #53

LOL they just cut to a guy with CRUSH in his eyes. nolabear Sep 2012 #41

Michelle is awesome! tawadi Sep 2012 #42

Holy shit. I am just blown away. nolabear Sep 2012 #44

Michelle is just plain rocking it. She has real passion,nothing fake here. likesmountains 52 Sep 2012 #45

Anne who? Michelle just made Mrs. Romney pointless. apnu Sep 2012 #46

Pic of Obama and kids watching Michelle on TV apnu Sep 2012 #47

It's going to take me an hour or 2 to come down off this cloud LOL! nt nc4bo Sep 2012 #48

Me too. By week's end I'll be a puddle! nolabear Sep 2012 #49

Wow PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #50

Loved DNC Night #1 ellisonz Sep 2012 #52

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

1. "Swiss Bank Accounrts never built an American bridge!"

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:03 PM

Sep 2012

Amen. He does good make-up speech.

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

2. LOL, yep

Reply to nolabear (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:05 PM

Sep 2012

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

3. Well after Chris "Governor Soprano" Christie's peformance at the RNC

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:06 PM

Sep 2012

I was less than enthralled by the tone of Cory Booker's speech. (Then again, they're BOTH from New Jersey.) But he seems to have lit a fire under the other speakers!

rocktivity

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

4. Deval Patrick blew him out of the water though.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:07 PM

Sep 2012

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

6. I guess so. But it's a different style. Quieter but sincere and intelligent. nt

Reply to nolabear (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:08 PM

Sep 2012

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

5. Everything's better...even the music is miles better than last week

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:07 PM

Sep 2012

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

7. Good God Almighty, the Dems are coming out swinging. No lies, truth

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:08 PM

Sep 2012

using real people with real, heart felt emotions.

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

10. Watch...the 'pugs will be calling the truth "an unfair advantage"

Reply to nc4bo (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:10 PM

Sep 2012

Grateful for Hope

(39,320 posts)

17. You owe me a keyboard!

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:16 PM

Sep 2012

One of the funniest things I have read here tonight!

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)

16. Yes!!

Reply to nc4bo (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:15 PM

Sep 2012

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

8. "Backbone" Patrick...

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:08 PM

Sep 2012

Whooee!!

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

9. Julain Castro...

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:09 PM

Sep 2012

I sense another barn-burner!

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

11. Oh, he's really good...I've seen him before

Reply to nolabear (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:12 PM

Sep 2012

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

13. Weren't they involved in some kind of identity scandal?

Reply to nolabear (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:13 PM

Sep 2012

rocktivity

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

19. Yeah but it was BS. Not worth anyone's worry.

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:19 PM

Sep 2012

Okay maybe Bill O'Reillly's.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

26. Knowing Shrill O'Loofah-lafel

Reply to nolabear (Reply #19)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:25 PM

Sep 2012

He probably claimed that the plan was for Joaquin to stand in for Julian.

rocktivity

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

12. Texas is looking mighty proud right now.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:12 PM

Sep 2012

YeeeHaaa!!! If I had a cowboy hat I'd wave it!

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)

14. his spirit is there

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:14 PM

Sep 2012

hard thinking its been 4 years ago he was there.

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

25. Yup

Reply to bdamomma (Reply #14)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:25 PM

Sep 2012

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)

15. Will.I.Am tweets tonight's going to be a goodnight DNC2012!!

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:14 PM

Sep 2012

vanlassie

(5,689 posts)

18. This Castro guy is pretty cute. And he's killing.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:16 PM

Sep 2012

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

20. Love these chants! They make for awesome soundbites!

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:19 PM

Sep 2012

(And Twitter trends. )

PoliticalBiker

(328 posts)

21. OMG Devon Patrick!!

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:20 PM

Sep 2012

Devon presented a speech comparable to Obama did in the DNC speech that got him noticed
The energy was incredible
We need more like it
Backbone is right
The left need to stand up for what WE believe in

vanlassie

(5,689 posts)

22. "Romney has undergone an "EXTREME MAKEOVER!!"

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:20 PM

Sep 2012

cali

(114,904 posts)

23. Thanks so much Wednesdays! Yes we do.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:20 PM

Sep 2012

Go Julian.

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

24. No prob, I saw you hadn't been online for a while

Reply to cali (Reply #23)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:21 PM

Sep 2012

You can start the next threads.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

27. Wonderful speech! Man, I can't take much more!

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:28 PM

Sep 2012

Oh hell YES I can! Bring on Michelle!!

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

28. Ahhhhhhhhh Michelle!!!! nt

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:39 PM

Sep 2012

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

29. Who's she wearing???

Reply to nc4bo (Reply #28)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:42 PM

Sep 2012

Last edited Wed Sep 5, 2012, 05:53 PM - Edit history (1)

On edit: Tracy Reese (American designer), $500.

rockivity

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

30. I don't know but this woman is stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #29)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:42 PM

Sep 2012

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

31. A friend of mine has been following conventions for 40 years...

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:43 PM

Sep 2012

and she said this was the best one she has ever seen. She's tough to impress, too.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

32. Bang! Zoom! To the moon, Queen Ann!

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:46 PM

Sep 2012

Michelle wins the humanizing stakes hands down!

rocktivity

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

36. It's no effort for her, 'cause she's the real deal

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #32)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:50 PM

Sep 2012

The other side is just plain phony.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

51. I hope no one has gotten me wrong

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #36)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:13 PM

Sep 2012

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I don't hold it against Ann that she has known nothing but wealth and privilege, and I don't have a higher opinion of Michelle simply because she hasn't. The difference between them is a matter of -- well, how AWARE they are that MOST people do NOT live lives of nothing but wealth and privilege!

rocktivity

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

33. This is a BRILLIANT trump of the MS, the "ask your parents for a loan", the attack on women.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:47 PM

Sep 2012

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

34. Okay I'm crying like a baby here. And I'm not a pushover.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:49 PM

Sep 2012

PoliticalBiker

(328 posts)

35. So much more

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:50 PM

Sep 2012

respectful and enlightening than anything the RNC could ever have done
4 MORE YEARS!!

zonkers

(5,865 posts)

37. Yes. From the heart. She is amazing. What a night of superstars.

Reply to PoliticalBiker (Reply #35)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:53 PM

Sep 2012

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

38. note perfect note perfect note perfect - the whole thing

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:55 PM

Sep 2012

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

39. Success is not about how much money you make...

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:57 PM

Sep 2012

It's the difference you make in peoples' lives.

Indeed it is. Indeed it is.

likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts)

40. Somewhere , in one of her 5 mansions, Ann Romney is weeping.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:58 PM

Sep 2012

Wednesdays

(17,412 posts)

43. LOL, and even if you found the right mansion

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Reply #40)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:01 PM

Sep 2012

You'd still need a roadmap to find her room.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)

53. Ann SHOULD be weeping -- but NOT because she's always been rich.

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Reply #40)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:35 PM

Sep 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021270263#post51

rocktivity

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

41. LOL they just cut to a guy with CRUSH in his eyes.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:58 PM

Sep 2012

Can't say I blame him.

tawadi

(2,110 posts)

42. Michelle is awesome!

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:59 PM

Sep 2012

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

44. Holy shit. I am just blown away.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:03 PM

Sep 2012

Just blown away.

likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts)

45. Michelle is just plain rocking it. She has real passion,nothing fake here.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:04 PM

Sep 2012

apnu

(8,758 posts)

46. Anne who? Michelle just made Mrs. Romney pointless.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:04 PM

Sep 2012

apnu

(8,758 posts)

47. Pic of Obama and kids watching Michelle on TV

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:05 PM

Sep 2012

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/7934362048/in/photostream

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

48. It's going to take me an hour or 2 to come down off this cloud LOL! nt

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:08 PM

Sep 2012

nolabear

(41,991 posts)

49. Me too. By week's end I'll be a puddle!

Reply to nc4bo (Reply #48)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:10 PM

Sep 2012

Hell, I'm a puddle now!

PoliticalBiker

(328 posts)

50. Wow

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:10 PM

Sep 2012

Wow!

As an Independent, Wow

Not only is she the wife of an incredible President, she is a shining star in her own right
I'm not one prone to emotionalism from political happenings, but OMG, Michelle is awesome!

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)

52. Loved DNC Night #1

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:21 PM

Sep 2012

You know what the contrast between this and the RNC is, we know we are winning, they know they are losing. GOBAMA!

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