Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

He really is that stupid.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Giving up is unforgivable.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

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  21. 21.

    4jkb4ia

    Michelle is absolutely killing this and is a better speaker than Julian Castro. She has a much better story than Ann Romney.

    (WTF is Lance Lynn coming in for?)

  23. 23.

    4jkb4ia

    Michelle is absolutely killing this and is a better speaker than Julian Castro. She has a much better story than Ann Romney.

    (WTF is Lance Lynn coming in for?)

  25. 25.

    jgaugust

    Michelle pointing out that success does not just mean profits and that it comes from everyone.

    SUCK IT GOP! FOUR MORE YEARS!

  26. 26.

    jgaugust

    Michelle pointing out that success does not just mean profits and that it comes from everyone.

    SUCK IT GOP! FOUR MORE YEARS!

  27. 27.

    Elizabelle

    “That the truth matters.”

    Valuing everyone’s contribution and treating everyone with respect. Even the janitor.

  29. 29.

    Turgidson

    Love these little digs at Romney’s lies and the demented worldview he wants to put upon the rest of us.

    Go ahead and have another spin trying to demonize Michelle, GOP. Go ahead, I dare you.

  33. 33.

    mai naem

    I do believe Miz Obama is striking back at Robme/Lyin’s crap about class warfare and wealth envy and welfare queens. Take that Repugs.

  35. 35.

    MikeJ

    Honesty matters! Everyone in the hall recognized it as a jab. Wonder about the talking heads. Except Tina Weymouth. She fucking knows.

  36. 36.

    4jkb4ia

    “We learned that the truth matters.” To quote someone, that, ladies and gentlemen, is a shiv.

    (Lynn got demoted to the bullpen a few days ago.)

  37. 37.

    dance around in your bones

    Jehosaphat – FLOTUS is knockin’ it out of the park.

    Genuine, passionate, devoted, just fucking great.

    You go Michelle!

  38. 38.

    Baud

    Why is Michelle talking so much about Barack? Shouldn’t she be using this time to set herself up for 2016?

  39. 39.

    YellowJournalism

    Love this woman. I think years after her husband’s presidency, we will see her as an influential voice in America, although not necessarily in politics. And that’s not a bad thing.

    Uh oh! She just spoke about women making choices over their own bodies! How many fainted just now?

  40. 40.

    Soonergrunt

    So young, so in love, and so in debt!
    I remember those days. Both me and my wife, and my when I was a kid and my dad was going to school on the GI Bill.

  41. 41.

    Quarks

    On a purely shallow note, Michele Obama is doing a great job of convincing me that eating vegetables is great for skin and muscle tone. Also, great dress.

  42. 42.

    Turgidson

    Michelle is killing it. Totally partisan but so gracefully delivered.

    Go ahead, GOP. Try to demonize her. DO IT. I dare you. Assholes.

    She’s punking Romney and his Gilded Age baron wannabe bullshit something fierce.

  43. 43.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Baud: Hah!
    I’m biased, of course, but I gotta think even tote-baggery ‘independents’ are struck by the difference in tone between Charlotte and Tampa. Andrew Sullivan is probably fainting from Michelle’s hectoring partisanship.

  44. 44.

    ? Martin

    As usual, she’s killing it. The ‘real men work hard and sacrifice for their families’ is lethal. Romney never worked hard. Everyone knows that. He always knew he had a few million dollars he could call on to solve any problem.

  46. 46.

    El Cid

    When they were so in debt when they were first married, why didn’t Obama just sell off some of his stocks in order to pay the bills?

  47. 47.

    jl

    @Baud: Funny, I was just going to say that the country would probably in better shape over last several terms if the FLOTUS took over after the dude got the votes (though that is unfair to Barack).

    Michelle, 2016! The bench is deep indeed.

  48. 48.

    Comrade Mary

    @MikeJ: Tina Weymouth? From the talking heads?

    Michelle sounds great and, on a very shallow note, the pink dress and sculpted arms are to die for.

  51. 51.

    The Dangerman

    @Baud:

    Shouldn’t she be using this time to set herself up for 2016?

    I think Michelle in 2016 would rock, but Hillary might have something to say about it.

  55. 55.

    gf120581

    This is strange. Every speaker is mentioning the President’s name over and over and over again. It’s like they’re actually proud of him. I thought, watching the RNC, that you were supposed to treat your nominee like the leperous orphan with syphillis that you keep locked up in the cellar.

  63. 63.

    Ash Can

    A beautiful, scary smart Chicago neighborhood girl on the national, and world, stage. And owning it. She makes me so proud I could cry.

  64. 64.

    Legalize

    Love how she is subtly punching Willard / Ryan in the face. And everybody gets it. There will be winger tears tomorrow.

  67. 67.

    MikeJ

    @Comrade Mary:

    Tina Weymouth? From the talking heads?

    It was what my people call a “joke”. Of course my people have low standards.

    (a play on “talking heads”and “talking heads.”)

  68. 68.

    Elizabelle

    “Values Voters” might enjoy Michelle’s speech, if they drop their preconceptions.

    Amazing speech. Knew she was good but this is even better than expected.

    “Doing the impossible is the history of this nation.”

    Take that, we can’t do anything — the debt, the debt — weasels.

  70. 70.

    YellowJournalism

    Nice tie-in of “moving forward,” as well as a slight nod to 11th-dimensional chess with the long game reference.

    This woman’s voice is like a firm comforting hug a parent gives before sending you off to a life-changing step.

  72. 72.

    RinaX

    Oh dear, it appears there will be a shortage in the supply of fainting couches available after tonight.

  74. 74.

    mai naem

    I am watching CSPAN this convention has just so much color!!! You go from a veiled woman to a black guy with a VFW hat to hasidic jews to a turbaned sikh man to a black woman with african headwear to old happy white guys. So different from Tampa.

  77. 77.

    jl

    I am not good at understanding mechanics, but she got this speech memorized, or a telemprompter whiz, or they got it in front of her?

    Sorry for downer technical question, but amazing delivery. Did she ad lib some?

  82. 82.

    artem1s

    Castro… not a sprint, or a marathon but a relay.

    Michelle… playing the long game.

    think there is a narrative developing.

  84. 84.

    Xj27b/6

    Crushing the optics. Killing with the rhetoric.

    The constrast expertly illustrated.

    Flotus A++, would buy again!

  86. 86.

    Violet

    “Being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.” That’s the line of the night. Amazing.

  87. 87.

    WereBear

    The First Lady was incredible… and this was after several other speakers had the crowd roaring, too.

    Like I always say: my favorite First Lady, ever.

  90. 90.

    LanceThruster

    I wasn’t keen on the tune in the background when she exited. Don’t know what I’d prefer though.

  91. 91.

    MikeJ

    Can the Red Sox please sign Michelle Obama now? When you’re losing to the Mariners something is very, very wrong.

  93. 93.

    Elie

    All Real all the Time —

    The crown on an evening of FAN-fuking-tastic speechifying —

    righteous, filled with passion and 100% Jin-U-Wine —

    My chest is puffed out with pride too deep to brag —

    I just feel it down to my toes

  95. 95.

    YellowJournalism

    Fox News actually tried to subtlety (yeah) make a TelePrompTer jab at her speech because there was nothing to criticize. And they’re basically saying the speech sucked but her delivery didn’t. Desperate!

  97. 97.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    David Gergen: If they have two more nights like tonight they could break this race wide open.

    He was agreeing with Carville who had just said it was a great night, now Ari Fliescher is dumping all over it saying that things that play well in a “partisan” atmosphere don’t play well with voters.

    I can only get this on CNN, unfortunately.

    Now Carville has had enough and is tearing Fleischer a new one. Really angry. That was fun.

  98. 98.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Jeezus, that was as kick-ass as anything I’ve ever seen. Made me cry, made me smile, made me shout out, brought me to my feet. Michelle is just awesome. And her husband just got another fifty bucks from me.

  99. 99.

    dance around in your bones

    I don’t think I have ever, in my lifetime, seen a President’s wife give such an effective and moving and motivating speech.

    Just incredible.

  100. 100.

    LanceThruster

    Something brash and upbeat?

    James Brown – Living in America?

    Too urban?

    Tom Petty – American Girl?

    That she is!

  101. 101.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    How can two of the best speechifiers I’ve ever heard be married to each other? What are the odds?

  104. 104.

    slag

    @TomLevenson nails it:

    No comparison, actually. Romney is an empty vessel; what you saw tonight was a fully realized human being.

  105. 105.

    Dennis G.

    That was a bucket of awesome sauce. I don’t think I’ve heard a better speech in year.

    The bar is set pretty damn high for her husband.

    Mittens must be changing his magic underpants about now…

  106. 106.

    Violet

    Sully shows a Tweet from Glenn Thrush (whoever that is) who said that the wait staff on the convention floor were cheering Michelle. Didn’t see staff cheering anyone at RNC.

  109. 109.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Bostondreams: Yup, I was wrong.

    Oh, here comes Chuck Todd to concern-troll…. I’m wrong again, Todd is acknowledging the difference between the pure negative aginnerism of the RNC to the positivity of the DNC

  113. 113.

    Elizabelle

    C-Span: delegate interviewed on best line of the night:

    “When he goes through a door, he won’t shut it.”

  114. 114.

    Louise

    That was fantastic. She had me standing in my living room, alternately misting up and yelling, “hell yes! Take *that* you bastards!!” The dog is still trying to figure out what is going on.

  117. 117.

    Violet

    MSNBC showing photo of Pres with daughters watching Michelle. So cute! And OMG how grown up is Sasha!

  118. 118.

    Socialist Sherrif Bart

    @YellowJournalism:

    We see what a speech without one looks like, arguing with an empty chair…

    (long time lurker, love the entertainment and political insight on this blog)

  121. 121.

    slag

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Todd is acknowledging the difference between the pure negative aginnerism of the RNC to the positivity of the DNC

    This distinction just keeps getting greater and greater every year. Reps all fear and loathing…Dems mostly peace and love. Though they’re hitting even more notes so far this year, it seems.

  122. 122.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    I watched the speeches on the cspan livestream. The odd thing I noticed though, was the right wing commenters on the twitter stream below the video, half of which kept saying some version of the idea that based on their values, all these people would be Republicans. Every time somebody talked about their parents or whoever busting their asses for years and years to improve their lives, being honest and decent and all the other stuff you hear at these conventions, these guys all acted as if conservatives OWNED those values somehow. Seems as though thirty years of welfare queens and limosine liberals has created entire generations of folks who really truly believe that Democrats are all about letting people live high on the hog on a government check from cradle to grave. It’s not hyperbole to these folks. That some of them now serve Congress continues to scare me.

  123. 123.

    Spaghetti Lee

    Wow. When you’ve lost Chuck Todd…and, er, Ross Douthat…and Andrew Sullivan…whatever. Rommers is fucking doomed, is what I’m saying here.

  127. 127.

    Culture of Truth

    She was crazy good.

    andersoncooper: “I’ve never heard such a well delivered speech by a first lady ever”

  129. 129.

    Brachiator

    Well. That was some excellent stuff.

    I didn’t expect to see Mrs Obama take it to Mittens and Ryan like that. The truth matters.

    I bet they didn’t see those jabs coming. But they felt them.

    @Violet:

    Sully shows a Tweet from Glenn Thrush (whoever that is) who said that the wait staff on the convention floor were cheering Michelle. Didn’t see staff cheering anyone at RNC.

    Now, that is telling.

  130. 130.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    Howard Fineman must be the designated concern troll on MSNBC tonight. Everybody else, including Chuck Todd, are acting like fans who just saw Jimi Hendrix at Monterey.

  131. 131.

    Elizabelle

    oh shut up. Howard Fineman about “the enthusiasm gap” and Democrats’ problem with the ground game.

    Un fucking believable.

  132. 132.

    mai naem

    @Dennis G.: And Ann’s probably stomping her $2000 pumps on the floor having a fit screaming at The Help – “How come the speech coach didn’t have me talking like that?” “Who wrote my speech?” ” I want them fired! Now!” “Mitt, you said, you like firing people! Fire them!”

  133. 133.

    Culture of Truth

    Mitt flip-flops to get elected, Obama boldly gets the job done.

    “Being president reveals who you are.”

  134. 134.

    jl

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:

    What did they say when the speakers tonight explained how their specific policies supported their values, in concrete and terms, with real world stuff, like logic and examples?

    Or did that aspect even register with them after the GOP flim flam?

  136. 136.

    Ash Can

    @TaMara (BHF):

    So glad she’s our Mom-in-Chief.

    Something tells me that when Sasha and Malia grow up, they’re going to be kicking ass, and taking names but not prisoners. I can’t wait.

  139. 139.

    Violet

    Erikkkk son of Erikkkk, showing class as usual:

    Erick Erickson @EWErickson
    __
    First night of the Vagina Monologues in Charlotte going as expected.

  140. 140.

    bootsy

    So amazing. Sublime.

    I just can’t imagine anyone ever delivering a speech that well. Reagan, for example, always seemed somewhat phony, even in his ‘greatest’ moments. He was practiced, but hollow. Michelle was poised, but warmly emotional. It probably helps that she wrote it. The more I think about it, the more brilliant it seems.

    Was watching PBS, I was glad that I got to hear Mark Shields make the correct observation that MO took apart Romney’s and GOP’s whole Obama-Not-An-American theme without even mentioning them. That’s how great the speech was, it got me to semi-respect a member of our horrible media.

    Then, I hurried to turn the TV off without having to hear that jelly-bellied cowardly bastard BoBo Brooks. Just made it in time.

  141. 141.

    arguingwithsignposts

    No offense to all the Michelle love (I’m listening to the speech right now, and it’s very good), but I don’t want an Obama dynasty any more than a Clinton or Bush one. The Dems seem to have a much deeper bench. Let some others have a crack at it.

  142. 142.

    jl

    @Elizabelle:

    ” Democrats’ problem with the ground game. ”

    What the hell? Did you hear him right? Ridiculous.

    @arguingwithsignposts: my comment Michelle 2016 was not entirely serious. But, hey, a deep bench is deep bench, that is a fact. Srsly, HRC would give Bid Dawg a run, and Laura would have been better than Dub, if the stress did not get her smoking herself to death.

  144. 144.

    Hill Dweller

    Chris Hayes was right when he said MO never mentioned Willard’s name, but she completely eviscerated him.

  146. 146.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    My wife and daughter were dabbing tears from their eyes and smiling at the same time. IOW, the First Lady was a hit…

    right in the heart.

    That Barack dude is one lucky guy to get a woman like her.

  147. 147.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    @jl: Several of them kept bitching about the poor bond holders left holding the bag after the auto industry bail out. Shit, if you have to pick a loser, I would’ve picked the bond holders too. Assholes.

  149. 149.

    Randy P

    We don’t have TV, but we heard it on the C-SPAN feed. Riveting. We need these people so bad, I’m just drained and left with this one-word prayer. “Please… please… please…”

    I know both sides like to use the “biggest election of your life” rhetoric. But I felt it tonight. There is so much at stake. Please… please… please…

  150. 150.

    dance around in your bones

    @Shawn in ShowMe:

    Howard Fineman must be the designated concern troll on MSNBC tonight. Everybody else, including Chuck Todd, are acting like fans who just saw Jimi Hendrix at Monterey.

    Heh. That’s what it felt like to me – hearing/seeing Jimi for the first time. It was like a rip in the space-time continuum.

    Gawd-damn, she was just that good.

    So, Michelle just drank Anne’s milkshake, and Romney’s, too!

  151. 151.

    Elizabelle

    @gwangung:

    Loved Shawn’s “designated concern troll” re Fineman.

    Maybe “trouble with the ground game” is what GOP is feeding media to cover their hoped for voter suppression measures.

    We just got a local Obama office, and they’ve emailed that they’re canvassing DAILY.

  152. 152.

    mainmati

    FLOTUS was awesome. Yes, she was a little getting into the adoring wife biz but I guess that was the drill. Point is that she is an outstanding speaker and intellect. Also seriously hot. Just sayin’

  155. 155.

    Person of Choler

    “Mayors of LA, Chicago; Govs of MD, RI, and IL; this is supposed to instill confidence?”
    as twittered by David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog

    Further, from the same:

    “It’s like the Bankrupt Government League All-Star Game”

    Finally, the man again:

    “Believe it or not, these are the people they WANTED to speak.”

    This is some great entertainment and I thank the DNC for providing inspiration for it.

  156. 156.

    jwb

    @gwangung: They have to. Otherwise their polling models that show the race even fall apart, revealing the actual 5% or so gap. Still don’t know what will happen when all that ad money drops starting next week. On the other hand if Obama gets a bounce out of this, the media may have no choice but to drop the pretense and go for the kill on Rmoney.

  157. 157.

    Randy P

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: (not to you, but to the commenters you reference) Really, assholes? Republican values are “after you go through the door, you don’t slam it behind you but help pull someone else through”? Really? It’s about helping other people? It’s about not how much money you make, but what a difference you make? Honesty matters? Really? REALLY? Which Republican candidate has been spinning those tunes, please?

  158. 158.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    Is there a stream of any of msnbc’s coverage? all I’m finding is clips from previews or of speeches

  159. 159.

    Drunken hausfrau

    Dang…how do they keep this up? I sure hope the big dog is up to it tomorrow.

    I hate being on a winning team too early….

    Please fsm let this be a beginning… Not a premature climax.

  160. 160.

    Drunken hausfrau

    Dang…how do they keep this up? I sure hope the big dog is up to it tomorrow.

    I hate being on a winning team too early….

    Please fsm let this be a beginning… Not a premature climax.

  161. 161.

    aimai

    @Violet:

    I know! Just what I said to Mr. Aimai! She totally changed, over this summer, from a cute little tween to a raging teenager. Little sexpot. I’ve got two daughters the same age as the Obama girls and its a lightning transition.

    aimai

  162. 162.

    Nina-the-first

    Well, Willard, what you (or your li’l underling campaign staff) saw tonight cannot be bought, nope. Not something you can pretend to own either. So how does that feel, Willard? And Ryan, no matter how “fast” you can “run,” you can never hope to catch up with being real.

  166. 166.

    HRA

    She aced it! I have never gotten misty eyed at any other convention speech EVAH! Class, presence, heart and much more to this lady.

    Loved her dress, too!

  169. 169.

    Elizabelle

    Now Michael Steele is quoting Howard Fineman on the Democrats’ enthusiasm gap.

    Which we all noticed tonight, in Charlotte.

    Steele assures us those Republicans are enthusiastic to vote.

  175. 175.

    jl

    So we get a double barrel of ticket speechifying on Thursday? Is that usual, or something new for ratings?

  176. 176.

    Soonergrunt

    Jill Biden’s twitter:
    @JillBidenVeep: I want to be like Michelle Obama when I grow up. #dnc2012

  177. 177.

    Another Halocene Human

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: That’s because the Democratic party is at heart a centrist, conservative party that isn’t afraid to embrace social change in order to improve the lives of ordinary people. That’s why the lefties are always disgruntled. A lot of their ideas do drift into the mainstream but fundamentally, the Dems aren’t their party.

  179. 179.

    Lawnguylander

    @LanceThruster:

    It was Beyonce and that was her way of dropping the mic and walking off the stage, as someone said on Twitter. Can’t remember who.

    I say the Democrats are going to end up with a too big to steal lead by the time this convention is over. Obama’s going to make the roof fly the fuck off on Thursday night.

  180. 180.

    suzanne

    She was amazing. Just tremendous.

    I’m not ashamed to say I’m a little turned on after watching that.

  181. 181.

    Suffern Ace

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: The GM bond holders and PE firms belief that they would have gotten more in bankruptcy, that there may have been a market for their crap in 2008/09 when capital markets were kaput Is the stab-in-the-back myth the energizes the right wing capitalists. It didn’t matter that the front had collapsed and there were no more reserves.

  182. 182.

    Ed in NJ

    @jl:

    Actually, it’s because the NFL is kicking off the season tomorrow, and they want to make sure someone is watching. As much as I enjoyed tonight, many, many of us will be skipping tomorrow’s festivities to watch the Giants eviscerate the Cowboys.

  183. 183.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    @Another Halocene Human: As a lefty, I’d agree with that. Which is part of why the Republican attacks have always seemed baffling to me. But I vote for Democrats, because when I have two options, and only two options, I’ll take the one that will do less damage or improve things a little over the one that will actively work to destroy what’s left of the country economically and complete the transition to ‘world’s richest banana republic.’

  186. 186.

    Ash Can

    @aimai: What makes it all the more amusing is that you can totally see the prez going all overprotective daddy on her.

    “All right, Miss Malia, tell me ALL ABOUT that young gentleman who phoned you last night.”

    “I’ll be happy to, Daddy, if you tell the Secret Service guys to stop referring to him as ‘roadkill.'”

  188. 188.

    Cacti

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:

    Seems as though thirty years of welfare queens and limosine liberals has created entire generations of folks who really truly believe that Democrats are all about letting people live high on the hog on a government check from cradle to grave.

    And despite the Repukes claiming to love “meritocracy”, every 4 years they serve up another scion of life-long privilege.

    Meanwhile, their hatred burns like a thousand suns for real time examples of American meritocracy, like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

  189. 189.

    DCLaw1

    Add me to all the voices gushing over that speech. Truly masterful. Then it’s Clinton tomorrow, and Biden and, of course, Obama Thursday. Relentless.

  190. 190.

    Person of Choler

    @Spaghetti Lee:

    There’s a political grave yawning for somebody, perhaps my team, but there’s much laughter on the way there and this lineup of flat broke quacks is providing a good supply of it.

    Cheers.

  191. 191.

    gwangung

    And despite the Repukes claiming to love “meritocracy”, every 4 years they serve up another scion of life-long privilege.
    __
    Meanwhile, their hatred burns like a thousand suns for real time examples of American meritocracy, like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

    Yes, yes, THIS.

  192. 192.

    MikeJ

    @Suffern Ace:

    The GM bond holders and PE firms belief that they would have gotten more in bankruptcy,

    The entire point of bankruptcy is to tell creditors to get bent. Judges tell the people who are legally first in line for money to fuck off every single day.

  195. 195.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    Political creatures on MSNBC discussing the political future of Michelle Obama. Don’t those folks understand when these eight years go by, it’s back to date night and watching their kids play volleyball in high school and college? Barack and Michelle are doing the White House thang ’cause we need them to, not because they’re political junkies.

  196. 196.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @Ed in NJ:

    I wonder about that…I think the Obama campaign isn’t worried about losing NY/NJ or winning Texas, so maybe they don’t mind that loss. If it was Steelers-Broncos, for example, that would be problematic. (I’m being facetious.

  197. 197.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    @Cacti: that’s because being poor is a punishment to be borne in silent shame. If the poors learn them some letters and numbers, get a suit and tie, and then they just let ever’body in and trash the place. AND IT’S NOT THEIR PLACE! I didn’t pay taxes just so some passel of trailer trash/hillbillies/blahs/messicans could someday be my BOSS! Oh, sorry…

  199. 199.

    Cacti

    @DCLaw1:

    Add me to all the voices gushing over that speech. Truly masterful. Then it’s Clinton tomorrow, and Biden and, of course, Obama Thursday. Relentless.

    In baseball slang, the DNC has a “murderers’ row” of prime time speakers lined up.

    Sometimes you got it and sometimes you don’t, but in 2012, the DNC has an embarrassment of riches in speechifyin’ talent.

  200. 200.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @SarahT:

    Fox News Tomorrow: “Can a man whose wife can’t control her own hair REALLY be trusted with the Presidency?!!?!”

  205. 205.

    Elizabelle

    @ChrisNYC:

    heard her too.

    Dimwit. She’s concerned about coal miners; I get that.

    And then she talks about how she can’t afford healthcare with ObamaCare (really?) and she’s worked 42 years and is going to have to sell her house (because of healthcare problems).

    And the Republicans are going to do anything for her?

    She’s aggrieved that (per her) only JFK, Reagan and now Romney have come to West Virginia. (And we know how coal miners had to show up, without pay, for a Romney event.)

    Low information; sad to dismiss her but WHO would spend precious time on a state full of commenters like THAT?

  206. 206.

    ChrisNYC

    @gwangung: This is, indeed, the entire thing. Because being white and male and connected and able to spout the proper stuff is the ticket. So they get the stage and they just don’t have the talent to follow thru, because they don’t need it to win the stage. Still amazes me that Romney’s campaign thought that winning that wreck of a primary meant anything.

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    Another Halocene Human

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: wow, the bond holders are kinda supposed to get wiped out first, I mean that high interest rate ain’t free, baby.

    These assholes think they’re all Rmoneys and shouldn’t ever be exposed to any risks.

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    Elizabelle

    @ChrisNYC:

    She was not bright, but sounded more despairing than racist.

    Maybe somebody can suggest that she write in Virgil Goode for West Virginia.

  211. 211.

    redshirt

    @Cacti: Yes! Clinton and Obama are perfect examples of the “American Dream” come true, to the max. Poor nobodies who, by skill alone, climbed all the way to the top. An inspiration to everyone, everywhere, through all of time. And yet the Repukes – the so called “patriots” – nominate nothing but Princelings these days, weak willed scions of wealth. It would be richly amusing if not so literal.

  212. 212.

    ChrisNYC

    @spiffy: Yes. My fondest C Span memory is a caller who insisted that paying for the gas for the eternal flame on JFK’s grave was responsible the entire debt problem. U S A! U S A!

  213. 213.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @ChrisNYC:

    My fondest C Span memory is a caller who insisted that paying for the gas for the eternal flame on JFK’s grave was responsible the entire debt problem.

    Bwahahaha. And she probably votes! (now I weep)

  217. 217.

    Another Halocene Human

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: If history has taught us anything, there’s more room and energy for change when conditions are improving, not when they’re deteriorating. Er, positive change. You can always have some nationalist shit go crazy and have a Balkan War happen.

  218. 218.

    jl

    @ChrisNYC:

    ” Caller on c span, “I’m not a racist but what about the Caucasians.” Oh yeah! ”

    She was on a bathroom break for Strickland and O’Malley or what? What part of Ledbetter did she not get?

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    pseudonymous in nc

    As Oliver Willis noted last week, the Romneys sold some of their stock portfolio to pay for college; Barack and Michelle Obama finally paid off their student loans in 2006. (And that was only because Barack’s books sold by the truckload after 2004.)

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    Elie

    I think that what I will always remember about Ann Romney’s speech pattern is the term she has used more than once:

    ” You people..”

    Its the “tell” on her character… its the reveal about her…

    Not only does that statement cut like a knife to any brown person – no – actually ANY person hearing it — but it reveals her character — her profound ignorance. No truly classy person has that phrase in their easy access brain.Certainly no politician or wife of one. That it comes so quickly to her tongue says tons about how she sees the world and relates to it.

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    Suffern Ace

    @ChrisNYC: It doesnt help that they are so talking pointed in their speeches that their delivery comes off like Henny Youngman. Not bad, but more of a routine than a speech. I know they are looking for a sound byte and don’t know where it will come from. And because they can’t give speeches they constantly complain about the “lecture.”

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    Gemina13

    I started out watching Michelle Obama’s speech with excitement and ended up wiping my eyes when she finished.

    Damn, that was one hell of a speech. A fearsomely intelligent, loving, active, and eloquent woman–small wonder her husband gazes at her with that sweet, goofy smile every time. He adores her. Who wouldn’t?

    I’m proud to have Michelle Obama as my First Lady.

    And Erick Erickson can get fucked sideways with a rusty chainsaw.

  227. 227.

    Elie

    @Suffern Ace:

    Good speeches relay deeply held thoughts and convictions. A good political speech also has to connect those thoughts and convictions in a real way to the experience of the audience. Words alone – talking points — do not make a good speech. Without a root in meaning — it is very difficult to connect. And the first connection a good speech makes is with its owner — the speechmaker. If that link isnt there, there can be no link to an audience..

    The Republicans have taken their individuaslism and exceptionalism to its maximum expression and now have a hard time connecting the thoughts of individuals to meaning with their audience — except for anger and hate/resentment. Those feelings, however, don’t bring people together with positive energy like we saw tonight. Anger and resentment are meant to drive off and to isolate — to suppress and repress. Not to build…

    The Republicans have revealed who they are — an old man insulting an empty chair now seems even sadder and more pathetic though honest…

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    Tim I

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty! Michele 2016 and 2020. I don’t think Malia will be old enough to run in 2024, but she and Sasha can have their own 16 years whenever they’re ready.

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