2016 Postmortem

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts) Tue Jul 26, 2016, 06:43 AM Jul 2016

Winners and losers from the first night of the Democratic convention WAPO

Winners
* Michelle Obama: An absolute home run. Period.
* Bernie Sanders
* Stephanie Rawlings-Blake: The mayor of Baltimore
* Sarah Silverman

Losers
* Debbie Wasserman Schultz
* Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts Senator had a tough task — following Michelle Obama
* Cory Booker
* Al Franken
* Susan Sarandon: Yes, she was adamantly with Bernie Sanders during the primaries. But if you are going to go the convention, try to have a little fun!
* Randy Quaid: Man. What the genuine hell is going on here?
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/25/winners-and-losers-from-the-1st-night-of-the-democratic-convention/

If Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker or Al Franken were losers, then the first night was a home run.

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Winners and losers from the first night of the Democratic convention WAPO (Original Post) liberal N proud Jul 2016 OP

A SHIT report. Warren, Booker, and Franken were GREAT. RBInMaine Jul 2016 #1

I think if those were the losers, then it was a out of the park home run. liberal N proud Jul 2016 #2

I only watched from 7PM CDT til the end on PBS TexasProgresive Jul 2016 #3

If they WAPO had to go to those people as losers, then it was a win all around liberal N proud Jul 2016 #4

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)

1. A SHIT report. Warren, Booker, and Franken were GREAT.

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 06:46 AM

Jul 2016

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts)

2. I think if those were the losers, then it was a out of the park home run.

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 06:48 AM

Jul 2016

TexasProgresive

(12,159 posts)

3. I only watched from 7PM CDT til the end on PBS

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 06:54 AM

Jul 2016

My take is that it was win-win all the way. It was almost scary how well everything and each speaker fit together into a seamless garment covering all in unity. I certainly disagree with the WAPO opinion that Sens Booker, Franklin and Warren were losers. This is the 1st political convention that was entertaining, informative and really more than a pep rally that I have ever viewed. My only hope is that yesterday's success will be built on each day of the convention.

It was YUGGGGGE!

And I loved the Sarah Silverman/Al Franken "bridge" to Paul Simon and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I guess we don't have to steal the good music.

liberal N proud

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4. If they WAPO had to go to those people as losers, then it was a win all around

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 06:58 AM

Jul 2016

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