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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Tribute to the fabulous women speakers at the DNC!
Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus
Jennifer Granholm
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Gabby Giffords
Sandra Fluke
Caroline Kennedy
Elizabeth Warren
Jill Biden
First Lady Michelle Obama
yellerpup
(12,253 posts)Thanks for posting this. Those gals burned down the house!
NBachers
(17,108 posts)And all the women in the audience- whatever their shape, size, age, preference, or nationality- they sure put the buzz in my blood.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Really, the most thematically coherent and best produced I've ever seen.
It was like ... Buttah!
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)large as that event and have it run so smoothly. DWS deserves praise!
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)Jennifer had me laughing, applauding, and cheering!
Michelle had me tearing up in reaction to her heartfelt presentation. She also had me bursting with pride!
Iris
(15,653 posts)jimlup
(7,968 posts)I've got to make a point to watch Jennifer Granholm's as I'm proud to say that she's my former Governor.
longship
(40,416 posts)Sister Simone Campbell held our consciences.
Jennifer Granholm held our outrage.
Gabby Gifford held our hearts.
Sandra Fluke held our sense of equal justice.
Caroline Kennedy held our sense of history.
Elizabeth Warren held our sense of economic justice.
Jill Biden held our educational imperatives.
And, Michelle Obama held the soul of an entire nation.
I couldn't have come up with a better list. These women embody the essence of the Democratic Party. Let nobody doubt it.
R&
Lilly Ledbetter held our sense of equal pay for equal work.
Tammy Duckworth held our sense of gumption & can-do-ism despite difficult odds.
longship
(40,416 posts)I am a huge Tammy Duckworth fan. And Lily Ledbetter.
I will punish myself for these oversights.
I deserve it.
Thanks for your contribution.
I am tempted to post this as a thread. Probably too late.
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)Michelle Obama: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/04/160578836/transcript-michelle-obamas-convention-speech
Jill Biden: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80888.html
Elizabeth Warren: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/transcript-elizabeth-warrens-democratic-convention-speech/story?id=17164726
Caroline Kennedy: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80872.html
Sandra Fluke: http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-election/sandra-fluke-s-speech-full-text-from-the-democratic-national-convention-20120905
Gabby Giffords: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/gabby-giffords-leads-pledge-allegiance-dnc/story?id=17176895#.UEqS1a5kcaM
Jennifer Granholm: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/jennifer-granholm-speech-democratic-convention_n_1863181.html
Sister Simone Campbell: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19467402/dnc
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Thank you!
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)They were all awesome! They proved that "Democratic women are the life of the party!"
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)I hope everyone enjoys ....
I love them all and am so proud of them!
Spazito
(50,332 posts)I applaud them all!
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)I applaud them all, also!
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)She was impressive. Intelligent, rational and had a keen sense of the political world around her. I know that she is a former republican that changed to democrat once she got to view real war, but democrats need people like her running for office.