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We’re at a bar instead of trying to find the Wonkette party. Just too tired and this place has scotch.
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trollhattan
When’s closing time?
Maude
Enjoy. Tell us all about the convention tomorrow.
beltane
Not a single dud speech the entire evening. Wow.
Violet
Where’s the photo of you and Reggie Love? Did you put your hand over your face?
Ed Dane Defender of Donuts
Party on Cole! Party on Balloon Juice!
arguingwithsignposts
I want someone to take the crowd shots from the DNC and the RNC and do a video mashup of the difference in the crowds.
mai naem
Why doesn’t Michael Steele just switch parties already? He is not a republican. It’s so freaking obvious he was a Repub only because he would be a big fish in a small pond.
Dexter
Butt hurt and whining will be epic tomorrow.
Drunken hausfrau
Oh, how I envy you… I am toasting you… In my drunken suburban home…
Flotus rocked, Catro kicked ass, Durval was dishy, I love me some Lily and Elaine… Tonight will be hard to top!
Cheers!
mai naem
@arguingwithsignposts: You mean eggshell to ecru vs. white sugar to dark chocolate
LanceThruster
Huzzah, John Cole!
shoutingattherain
Your professional Left. From FDL tonight:
Inspiring stuff. I’d rather be in this canoe, thankyouverymuch.
LanceThruster
Gov. Strickland (D-OH) is schooling the Chuckster.
Brian R.
Hell of a night.
Donate if you haven’t, folks. Dems need money on the ground to keep up with the Koch Brothers avalanche.
mai naem
Uh Oh, Governor Strickland’s going there. The welfare ad is subtle racism. And he’s not apologetic for his speech. Chuck Todd is trying not to faint. Strickland’s offers him some smelling salts.
Brian R.
@shoutingattherain:
Jesus, FDL. Can we just send in the SEALs to rescue TBogg from that shithole of asshattery?
jl
Ok fine. Of all the blogs to snub, pick Wonkette. Whatever. Will be fun reading about BJ at W, if they notice. But I doubt they will.
arguingwithsignposts
@LanceThruster: I also want someone to create a video mashup of all the smackdowns going on in the commentariat. I hear the louisiana skull smacked down someone on CNN earlier too.
Soonergrunt
Jill Biden’s twitter:
@JillBidenVeep: I want to be like Michelle Obama when I grow up. #dnc2012
Culture of Truth
Asses Were Kicked
Violet
@mai naem: That was hilarious to watch. Rachel was cracking up. “Chuck asking himm, ‘Are you sure you want to punch Mitt Romney that hard?’ Ted Strickland saying, no, hold on, I forgot my brass knuckles. Here, let me do it again.” Bwahahaha!
Robin G.
That was fun to watch. It was just genuinely fun.
jl
@mai naem: Can’t watch it now. But will watch for a clip of ‘Piledriver’ Strickland on youtube. If it’s good, will probably be there. So thanks for heads up.
PsiFighter37
Please do not forget that Deval Patrick totally schooled tonight.
That is all.
Hawes
What did ABL think of NBL?
jl
@shoutingattherain:
So, FDL has a dream candidate ready to win in 2012, right? Who is it?
US Presidential elections, how do they work?
Soonergrunt
@shoutingattherain: That’s because you live in this universe. Good on you for recognizing that.
danielx
Try the Balvenie 15 year single barrel…
arguingwithsignposts
@jl: Gawd, the rageaholic left were infesting TBogg’s blog yesterday so much he put up a special rainbow unicorn thread just for them.
WereBear
Hey, if we’re going to stack up “Proud to be a Dem” against “Too Bad You’re Not a Repub”…
I am ready now.
jl
@PsiFighter37: I think Patrick was pol who gave the best speech, no doubt, followed by Strickland. But they all did what they needed to. I think even the MD gubernator added something, though looks like with a lot of help and a goofy gimmick, which I thought was a good goofy gimmick for the first night of a convention.
Joshua Norton
Dude. The Wonkette party is waaaaay more important than some tired old political convention! You should have rested up.
JustAnotherBob
We might have seen the 2016 President-Elect tonight.
Many excellent choices. One had on a nice dress….
dance around in your bones
Darlin’ , you belly up TO the bar.
Have a few shots for me ;)
¡ Disfrutale, cabron !
jl
@Joshua Norton:
I srsly doubt Wonkette gives a shit, but would be fun to read them chew up BJ blog because of a snub.
Odd for a loyal BJ commenter who rarely comments elsewhere, mabye, but I am a BJ commenter and that’s how I roll, dammit.
jl
@JustAnotherBob:
Mobama/Ledbetter 2016. That would be fun.
aimai
I am just so sick of the naysayers and the purity trolls at this point. The god damned country is on the line once again and they act like if they just avert their eyes until the next episode someone else will come along and save the heroine tied to the railroad tracks.
Michelle’s speech was massively sentimental–brilliant but sentimental–but one part that went straight to my heart because I know its true is that she and Obama have had to face the reality that literally millions of people in this country are suffering and are looking to the government, personified in Michelle and Obama, to fucking do something. Getting those letters, night after night, and seeing those people on the campaign trail is an earth shattering, crushing, burden. I really thought she was going to tie it all together with the image of her father getting out of bed with the pain of his MS and, in a sense, she did. But she didn’t draw the parallel explicitly. Obama has to go to bed every night and get up every morning with the burden of making a good decision, within a system which has thwarted his best intentions almost every time. The emotional strength that that takes and the toll it takes on most families is unbelievable. And yet they are doing it. And they are doing it with incredible grace.
aimai
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@mai naem: the gossip is that other Goopers weren’t even speaking to Steele, like no “hello” in the hotel lobby, in Tampa, and on TDS he sure sounded like he hated his party. On MSNBC he’s 90% loyal partisan.
I wonder if Steve Schmidt gets the same cold shoulder.
slag
Just tried to watch more of Ann Romney’s speech for the sake of comparison. Holy shit. Cheerleading sorority girl on steroids. I have to give it a G! And an R! And an A! And a T! And an I! And an N! And a G! Gooooooo GRATING! (and sometimes boring)
arguingwithsignposts
@JustAnotherBob: I will repeat what I said on the thread below: I am no more interested in an Obama dynasty than I was a Clinton or Bush one. The Dems have a deep bench, let some others have a crack at it.
Washington is too much of a damned company town as it is.
PurpleGirl
@jl: Remember Cole and ABL spent some time last night out with Rebecca and some guy from Wonkette.
LanceThruster
@arguingwithsignposts:
The Daily Show and Colbert have great editing crews.
Lawnguylander
@shoutingattherain:
Have they worked out yet how putting Elizabeth Warren right before Bill Clinton proves that Obsma hates her and wants her to lose?
Culture of Truth
This is what I said before, Ann Romney was only good for an amateur. But I said before that Michelle would be great and she was.
Spaghetti Lee
@arguingwithsignposts:
I agree. With nothing personal against Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton or anyone else. They’re great success stories. Let’s give someone else a chance for their success story.
jl
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: It’s bidne$$ for them. They are pros. Older than the oldest profession on earth.
Rey
Deval Patrick
FLOTUS
Julian Castro
Woooowwww!
I’m so proud and ready to go!!!!!
PurpleGirl
@arguingwithsignposts: I agree. And with people like Deval Patrick and Julian Castro, we don’t need to depend on a family dynasty.
Ann Rynd
Michelle: My first reaction was, “holy shit, what a speech.” if she was a criminal lawyer she could make any jury acquit. How did she learn to make a world class speech like that? Also, she looked gorgeous, the dress was good. No sleeves to piss off the Rs. I’m ready to vote for her in 2016.
Nina-the-first
Well as long as we keep getting the word out, the tweet to motivate, the post to remind, the comment to agree with, the voter registered (NY last day to register is 10/12/12)… Make the fun you’re having tonight also be working to GOTV, mkay? You’ll feel better in the morning, really!
LanceThruster
@aimai:
Well said.
? Martin
These speeches so inspired me, that I just trimmed 15 seconds off my best mile time. I celebrate with a lovely piece berry pie and some ice cream. If I can shave off another 15 seconds, I’ll add another mile. Bring it Elizabeth Warren and Bubba!
/not fat, but not in shape Martin
MikeJ
@Rey: How can you leave Strickland out of that list? He killed.
LanceThruster
I missed Harry Reid and there’s not much talk about his slot other than he mentioned the tax returns again.
What other highlights of his turn?
TooManyJens
@? Martin:
Call it 30, and you’ll be eligible to run for VP.
(But seriously, way to go!)
Ash Can
Cole, dance around in your bones is right. You belly up TO the bar. Unless there’s something you haven’t told us.
Anya
Luke Russert is an idiot. He tweeted: Dems =heart, Repubs = head. Really?
Cole, can you please punch him in the mouth for me. I promise to pay the bail money and hire a good lawyer for you.
Culture of Truth
Are we deciding the 2016 election tonight? Because some people have been drinking.
dance around in your bones
Oh, and I have to say that someone did a nice job with Debbie Wasserman Shultz’s hair…it looks great now.
? Martin
@TooManyJens: 30 seconds? Get real. It’s hard enough to run a 3 minute mile, let alone a 2:45.
hhex65
I, for one, am glad that the painter Susan Rothenberg played a small part in this memorable evening.
KG
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I half expected Michael Steele to be one of the secret Republicans that was going to speak this week
TooManyJens
@Anya:
Wait, I saw this episode. Willow is the spirit and Buffy is the hand.
Mnemosyne
I missed all of the teevee coverage, but I’m hoping that iTunes will post all of the speeches for free like they did in 2004 and 2008. My laptop is not handling video well right now, especially streaming video.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Anya: That little twerp’s smugness drives me up a tree. He really thinks he got his job on his qualifications. His pumpkin head is jammed up his self-unaware ass.
Culture of Truth
Luke = dick
ChrisNYC
Oh go to the Wonkette party. Newell is a national internetty treasure. Pitch perfect that man.
Violet
@Spaghetti Lee: I just want the best person for the job. I’m thrilled that the family members of current and past leaders are so talented we can consider them for the job. That’s not nepotism. That’s seeing talent. It’s up to them to decide if they want to run, but I don’t want to rule them out–or in–just because of who their family is.
I don’t want a dynasty because inevitably the talent and skills diminish down the line. But I’m open to considering relatives. They just have to show they’ve got the goods.
? Martin
@dance around in your bones: Agreed. All the speakers looked great tonight. My wife, who isn’t very political, was completely, utterly taken with Tammy Duckworth. She was just speechless hearing her story. I expect she’ll be asking me to fill her in on the rest of the speeches when she returns from rehearsal.
LanceThruster
@LanceThruster:
And it appears I missed Tammy Duckworth too. She is all kinds of awesome.
jl
@Anya:
That, my friends, is original and deep ‘analysis’ product.
That guy would make a good gravel pit foreman.
Edit: sorry for insulting gravel,and gravel pits, and gravel pit foremen. Horse stables have something more fitting to shovel out, and looks like this guy can do it on schedule too. That is hard bitten reporting it out.
feebog
Did not get a chance to see Castro or the First Lady, had a block meeting to attend. But I did catch Deval Patrick. I was completely blown away. And yes, I know this election is far from over, but I can’t help think about 2016, and what an awesome bench the Democrats have; Patrick, O’Malley, Sebilius, Castro, Booker, Comuo, Brown, Whitehouse. A lot of good folks, there, some better than others, but a very deep bench.
WaterGirl
I know Kay really likes and respects Gov. Strickland, but I have hated him ever since the Hillary Clinton “shame on you, Barack Obama, shame on you!” episode where Strickland looked terrified and was nodding right behind her on stage while she publicly scolded Barack Obama.
Having said that… Wow. Strickland was awesome tonight and I totally get why Kay likes him so much. Time for me to let go of that grudge from the past. Just saw him with Chuck Todd. No apologies from him. Not quite sure what Chuck was thinking while they spoke, but Chuck’s body language almost had him rolling over and showing his belly. My impression, at least.
Lawnguylander
@arguingwithsignposts:
Everybody doesn’t really have a shot at growing up to be president. That was never true. Out of 300 million + of us it’s only ever going to be one of us at a time. It’s not like two people with the same last name getting to be president is robbing millions of their opportunities to be president. So an Obama gets to be president again over some governor or senator, over some equally ambitious but less talented politician. She wouldn’t be taking the job away from some regular Joe who just can’t catch a break. And it’s not like having the same name as a former Democratic president guarantees anyone the job, does it? I just hope that if Michelle Obama does run one day and someone like Julian Castro turns out to be a better, smarter candidate than her, we won’t have another PUMA like bunch of fools running around embarrassing themselves. I don’t think that’s the kind of thing that would be hilarious a second time.
BGinCHI
I predict Oprah is the celeb final night speaker.
She’ll talk to an empty couch, but then Tunch will stretch out on it and then she’ll give everyone in the convention hall a new Ford Focus.
Violet
@TooManyJens: Paul Ryan Marathon Calculator.
Soonergrunt
@LanceThruster: You should’ve seen the consevatwitterers. They all went apeshit about her.
Talking some heinous shit.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@BGinCHI:
You think Invisible Willard will jump up and down on it?
TooManyJens
@Violet: I saw that! I have Paul Ryan to thank for my 1:40 half-marathon PR.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Soonergrunt: Between Duckworth and MO and a guy named “Castro”, I was thinking Limbaugh is going to be spewing some filth tomorrow for Brave Brave Sir Willard to call words he wouldn’t have chosen.
Spaghetti Lee
@Violet:
Given these two times, Ryan reduced his time by 27.5%,
The Number…I can’t escape it…
? Martin
@Spaghetti Lee: Wingnut miles are free.
BGinCHI
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: He’ll jump up, but he’ll wait to see what the crowd thinks about coming down.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Lawnguylander: I agree completely.
Shawn in ShowMe
Howard Fineman whines about how few Obama yard signs he’s seen in Virginia but neglects to mention how well Virgil Goode is polling there.
gwangung
But that’s not the major part of the ground game (and in fact, is probably the least effective). Doorbelling/canvassing? Phone banks? What about those?
Some Loser
The difference between the two national conventions is startling. If they continue like this for the next two days . . . I think we may have to send all the Republican voters to a psych wards; they’d have to be insane vote for a Republican like Mitt Romney against the Democrats.
? Martin
@Shawn in ShowMe: [Edit: in 2008] We started putting out Obama yard signs during the primaries. For incumbents, you don’t usually start that effort until after the convention. The first political signs of any type went up last Monday around here.
ChrisNYC
@Shawn in ShowMe: So sad for Obama. Lucky he’s beating Romney by three points in VA.
Spaghetti Lee
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
If I can just go off here for a minute because I’m feeling all pumped-up. It’s easy to forget about how awful Limbaugh is because he’s been around for so long and he’s such a baseline for the GOP id. I should stop getting so angry at his antics for that reason-it’s not like he’s going away. But I can’t. He is the fucking worst. He is the rotting, putrid core of the GOP’s three-decade hatefest. His longevity only makes him more horrible. He’s like a bloated termite queen nestled inside a five-story mound of shit of his own creation. All the horrible wingnuts that have come after him are basically his children: he is the one who brought that vile shit into American politics, and Malkin and Coulter and the rest are just bathing in it. He is just so awful. It seems unjust, on a karmic level, that someone so awful could be continually allowed to exist. His continued existence is the best argument for a cold, uncaring universe that I’ve ever seen.
I don’t like wishing death on people. I’m not trying to be all high-and-mighty, I honestly don’t. When Breitbart died, I was a bit subdued and got to thinking that maybe I’d been to hard on him. Not Limbaugh. Death is too good for that grotesque sack of pus. Numbers 1 and 2 on my Election Year Wish List are a second Obama term and a Dem congress. But number 3 is that the vicious old scab on the ass of politics works himself into such a hateful, horrible lather that his heart explodes right in the middle of broadcasting his evil garbage. I hope he lives long enough to see Obama get re-elected, and then he can go straight the fuck to eternal Hell.
Sorry, had to get it off my chest. Can’t fucking stand that guy.
Violet
@Spaghetti Lee: Ha! I didn’t pick that up when I saw it. Hilarious.
jl
@WaterGirl:
That pissed me off too, but people have to let go over junk that happens in primaries.
One thing I will say, though, is that even though both Obama and HRC pulled stuff that pissed me off during the primaries, I don’t recall either of them going over a line where permanent damage was done (and I don’t blame HRC for the PUMA nonsense). Can’t say the same thing about the GOP, and even though it has taken decades, if our lucks holds up and we work, their prima dona addiction and ruthlessness will ruin them politically.
LanceThruster
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Invisible Obama will tell invisible Willard to shove his own fist up his pampered 4ss.
jwb
@? Martin: Bumper stickers started sprouting here just before the GOP convention. So far Obama is wiping Mittwit, even in my GOP-leaning neighborhood. I’ve seen a total of one Romney bumber sticker, on a Toyota minivan decked out with lots of Jeebus paraphernalia. Obama stickers are everywhere. No yard signs yet of either stripe, though lots of local election signs are now up.
BGinCHI
@Spaghetti Lee: You know that fucker respects Obama more than he does Romney. He just can’t admit it.
He’s an actor playing a part but now he’s stuck to it. NO ONE could be that pathological who wasn’t also clinically insane.
LanceThruster
@Soonergrunt:
I can’t even imagine what on earth they’d attack her regarding.
Sick pukes all.
slag
@Anya:
Maybe Twitter doesn’t allow enough characters for him put the word “big” in front of both of those.
jl
@Spaghetti Lee: Limbaugh may be inside an obscure Buddhist hell already, and fated to go from bad to worse for many kalpas. So, take a deep breath and don’t worry too much about your understandable, let us call it, irritation, with the old bloated drug addled whatever he is.
JCJ
This tweet from TBOGG may be my favorite…
Tammy Duckworth lost her legs while piloting a Black Hawk helicopter in Iraq. Paul Ryan once drove the Weinermobile. #DNC
— @tbogg via web
LanceThruster
@dance around in your bones:
I liked her hair much betterer, also too.
Btw, that reminds me…what mention (if any) will Israel get with the DNC?
BGinCHI
@slag: Luke meant his head, or dickheads.
All his tweets should have a label that warns people that he’s a fucking idiot.
LanceThruster
@JCJ:
American hero, meet American zero.
Mark S.
Does anyone need any more reason to hate Chuck Todd?
What an incredibly douchey thing to say.
Citizen_X
@dance around in your bones:
Yes, you do. And sometimes you then end up belly up AT the bar. Or, more likely, under it.
Violet
@Spaghetti Lee:
You’re so easy on him. Do you really want him to go so quickly? Don’t you really want him to have a stroke? The kind of stroke where he lingers and lingers for years, trapped inside himself without the ability to communicate and dependent on others to take care of him. Where he can’t enjoy all that money. Where his wife leaves him because his care is going through his money so fast there’s not going to be anything left to make it worth sticking around. Where he loses the ability to speak or when he does try to speak the wrong words come out and he can’t make himself understood at all. He can’t dress himself, can’t drive and basically just exists from day to day. For years.
A friend of mine’s parent is going through this right now. He’s not rich like Limbaugh and they are just about to have to go to Medicaid because the money is almost gone. Limbaugh’s money would last longer, but trust me, from watching my friend go through this, the money doesn’t last long at all.
I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, not even Limbaugh.
BGinCHI
@JCJ: I’d add: Anne Romney drives two Cadillacs.
PurpleGirl
@feebog: Not Cuomo, please, not Andrew Cuomo. He’s a slime worm… he’s a DINO. The only reason I voted for him for governor was that the Republicans had put up that lunatic from Buffalo.
jl
@BGinCHI:
” NO ONE could be that pathological who wasn’t also clinically insane. ”
Rush may be clinical, IMHO.
I think these reactionary dudes have problems, I seriously do. All the way from Savage to Rush even to the bullying thug, Mornin’ Joe. Sumpin ain’t working right, someplace, not saying where, mind you.
jgaugust
@LanceThruster: Take a look at TheBlaze chat replay (if you can stomach it). It’s…umm…something…
BGinCHI
@PurpleGirl: I think he meant Perry Cuomo, the singer.
spiffy
@Mark S.:
Chuck Todd is more vile than people like Erick Erickson and his ilk. I don’t expect anything from stains on humanity like Erickson, I expect more from Chuck Todd.
Of course, that’s my problem right there. He and Luke Russert are just as douchey as Limbaugh, etc.
BGinCHI
@jl: All about the Benjamins, in order to service the Johnson.
Citizen_X
@Anya:
Well, give him a little bit of a break. That’s a moron’s way of saying, “Dems: know how to make a speech. Repubs: not so much.”
suzanne
Do you have pants?
LanceThruster
@jwb:
On my commute on CA 14 (Antelope Valley to LA) the few Romney stickers are on individual small business trucks (nice of them to warn me who not to patronize). Many more Obama stickers on regular people cars (and the high desert votes pretty conservative according to the result breakdown).
Easily 5 to 1 if not double that on stickers.
jl
@Citizen_X: Shovel it brother Luke, shovel it out! Shovel out that insight, Amen!
LanceThruster
@jgaugust:
I will when I steel my nerve. It sounds vile.
FlipYrWhig
@Shawn in ShowMe: Yeah, that was fucking crazy, although it seemed that the craziness had something to do with something Mark Warner had told him. My take on the “enthusiasm” question is like the inverse of Fineman’s point: Fineman thinks the speakers were urging people to work because they’re worried about disillusionment; I think it’s much more likely that they’re worried about overconfidence.
Spaghetti Lee
@suzanne:
Of course he does! Didn’t you get the news?
jgaugust
@LanceThruster: That place is a cesspool of hate and ignorance. Then again, I expect nothing less from the Beckerheads.
FlipYrWhig
@Anya: Yup, Republicans are all about the stone cold facts and the unbiased exercise of cool reason.
slag
@BGinCHI:
Honestly, though, being the untainted synthesis of nepotism and hedonism that he is, is it a surprise to anyone that he appreciates Republican head?
PurpleGirl
@LanceThruster: A representative from Florida (Wechsler?) gave a speech around 7/8 PM and talked about how much of a friend Israel has in Obama and passed on comments from Israeli leaders.
asiangrrlMN
The whole night was awesome. From Duckworth (Asian American women, REPRESENT!) to Ledbetter to Patrick to Castro to the FLOTUS, it was lights out. Plus, so much joy from the delegates – it was a sight to see.
Compare and contrast with the dour (white) visages we saw last week. What a difference. I’m so jazzed, and this is only day one!
arguingwithsignposts
@Lawnguylander:
I respectfully disagree. Both the first Clinton and the first Obama had tremendously appealing stories out of relative nowhere (leaving aside the Ivy League connections). Yes, it is robbing at least a few people of the chance at the donations it would take to be president.
Hell, look at all the air Jeb Bush sucks up on the GOP side of things. And you can add the Cuomos and Kennedys to the equation for good measure.
And re: the PUMAs, that shit wasn’t funny the first time around.
ETA: I’d also be all for someone being president who didn’t graduate from Harvard or Yale. Those are few and far between too.
BGinCHI
@slag: Someone needs to ask Luke how much coke he did in college. After he laughs and changes the subject we tell him to take some time off and go back to school.
PurpleGirl
@BGinCHI: That would be Perry COMO.
bemused
I just watched Lilly Ledbetter vid. She was great. I loved the camera shot of Biden leaning forward listening to her and grinning from ear to ear.
BGinCHI
@asiangrrlMN: Get your ass over to Levenson’s last thread and tell us who you’ve hugged in the world of famous. Don’t hold out on us.
suzanne
@Spaghetti Lee: Oh thank FSM!
Luke Russert, aside from being a tool, looks like he has a terminal case of sour grapes. FLOTUS was undeniably wonderful.
LanceThruster
@jgaugust:
Everything I clicked there wanted some $$$.
Suffern Ace
@Anya: Oh that’s original. I’m sure he thinks his father made that distinction up. The way Ryan thinks his daddy invented all those sayings that he cribbed from football coaches.
BGinCHI
@PurpleGirl: If Mario says it’s fucking Cuomo then it’s Cuomo. You got a problem with that?
Maybe you think it’s Lago di Como? How’d you like to take a swim with the fishes? In Lake Cuomo.
Ce una buffa.
LanceThruster
@PurpleGirl:
That’s a pretty good counter to the Obama hates Israel meme the right (and Zionists) push.
Mary G
Meanwhile, the lead story on memeorandum is all about how there’s no mention of God in the Democratic Party’s platform. Our “liberal media” at work. Ugh.
PurpleGirl
@BGinCHI: The singer was Perry COMO. Not the same family as the Cuomos. I know the difference. And I stand by not caring for Andrew at all and not wanting him in national politics.
jl
@FlipYrWhig:
On ‘enthusiasm’
Interesting TPM post on an interview with Barney Frank at convention. Excerpt:
“Unfortunately, from the very beginning, look, look at the contrast. George Bush came to us on the Democratic side in late ’08 and said, we’re in a crisis, we need your help — and we gave it to him, very openly, very fully. Then Obama comes in to try to deal with the terrible situation he inherited from bush and the republican media went into full partisan attack. [Senate Republican Leader] Mitch McConnell announcing his number one goal was to defeat the president. I don’t think in the end the timing, unfortunately, would have helped a great deal.”
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/barney-frank-in-crisis-time-dems-worked-with
This is so old fashioned and out of it and non kewel and non savvy, you will all make fun of me. But in terms of getting shit done, one angle I have not thought of is that the Dem pols might be extremely savagely apeshit pissed off about what Frank talked about. They got their chance for payback with a very good ticket that is very able and very eager to open a big can of whoop ass for a campaign. That might charge them up too.
Marshall at TPM caught this interview and pointed out that angle.
Ash Can
@BGinCHI: Actually, I don’t expect the Dems to do any kind of empty-furniture/celeb routine at all. Why give the Repubs the lead on anything? I look for a wisecrack or three in passing, but not a whole routine.
slag
@bemused: She WAS great! And not just because she gave a great speech, but because she also personified Democratic perseverance and eventual success. She not only helped shove that door open, but she made sure to hold it open for those coming up behind her.
BGinCHI
@PurpleGirl: Sigh. It was a joke. I get it. Cuomo not the greatest. And from a NY governor quite a shock.
I know you know the difference.
jl
@Mary G: Yeah, well, you know what Jesus in the Good Book says, pray loudly on the street corners and in front of the churches where all can see you, and you will have your reward.
(/snark tag here for anyone don’t know Jesus was being sarcastic)
And, I guess the woman pastor at the end did not count, because…. woman?
dance around in your bones
@Citizen_X:
As long as Cole doesn’t end tits up under the bar.
Figuratively speaking, of course.
mai naem
@slag: I went to Luke Russert’s tweet account. His tweets are the equivalent of a nine year old little girl putting on her mommy’s clothes, mommy’s too ornate jewelry, mommy’s five sizes too big black pumps along with mommy’s make up applied with a spatula. The little girl think she looks like a proper young lady but everybody else around her knows how idiotic she looks but humors her. That is Luke Russert.
Suffern Ace
@Violet: No. I want him to go quickly and comically. As comically as possible. So they’ll talk about it for years. Dying of some venereal disease that wasn’t diagnosed in time because it’s normally found only in pigs. Or mauled by vicious rabid pangolins.
BGinCHI
@Ash Can: You aren’t gonna move many Fords with that attitude. Now get out there and sell!
Srsly, they don’t need a celeb, since they have one running for prez and it’s killing the GOP. How many celebs has Romney been seen with in private? Fucking zero.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Ash Can: I figure look for Betty White on Craig Ferguson, which was her main outlet before she was everywhere, or somebody to do a Funny or die segment
asiangrrlMN
@BGinCHI: Yes, SIR! I have no idea what this means, but your wish is my command.
::hustles flat yellow ass to Levenson’s thread::
BGinCHI
@mai naem: My 9-year-old nieces would wipe the floor with Luke. They’re twins, but I think they could outwit him separately.
The prophet Nostradumbass
From the “You’re not helping” department: Baseball’s home run king supports Lance Armstrong.
BGinCHI
@asiangrrlMN: Content, now with more Rickman! You’ll see….
Spaghetti Lee
Any sort of Eastwoodian skit from the Dems would be, in my opinion, an awful decision. It would be the number one way for the media to duck out of covering the actual issues and give them a shiny object to bat around for three weeks. Maybe one winking joke by Obama himself in his speech, and that’s it.
LanceThruster
@PurpleGirl:
Here’s some details on Israel in the Dem Party platform.
LanceThruster
@Spaghetti Lee:
I concur.
Spaghetti Lee
@Suffern Ace:
I like your style.
GxB
@Suffern Ace: Four words: Two wetsuits, one dildo
Violet
@Suffern Ace: How about if he has a stroke on air, while the video is rolling, and starts saying truly crazy stuff. You know, like, “Romney is an idiot and Ryan is worse. I’m really gay and pork rent boys in the Dominican Republic. You people are a bunch of idiots and rubes and I love taking your money.” And it just keeps going and he can’t stop. Until blood starts spurting from every orifice while he he squeals like a pig and a rabid dog rushes in the studio and starts tearing him apart. And in the chaos, his studio staff forgets to turn off the live feed.
Too graphic?
slag
@BGinCHI: Speaking of Oprah, I just watched a (CBS?) clip of her friend, Gayle, sighing that poor Mitt Rmoney can’t catch a break in this election because he’s so rich and so white. Because, as history has shown, America really hates rich white dudes. Someone tell me…Why is this woman on teevee again?
Violet
@Spaghetti Lee: I think Obama would be best served by playing it straight. Let the lower key surrogates be the ones to mention Eastwood’s stunt, like Kal Penn did tonight.
BGinCHI
@slag: Fat stacks of cash.
jl
@Spaghetti Lee:
I agree. Obama’s tweeted response was just right: The chair is occupied, and we have people in our fricken chairs who you can talk with, thank you very much. So I doubt they will go in that direction.
Ribbing them about the lameness of he Eastwood gag, that is fair game if not overdone.
I hope they play it straight, I think that is what will impress people after the GOP fakey pretend garbage, with the all the goofy ‘secret’ code talk wingnut winks and nods and dog whistles and random air horns and arrogant japes.
Edit: I think the GOP relied to much on the “will you get a load of these guys, har har har! ptich that just assumed everyone agreed with them. Sort of like they assume their boys will wipe the floor with Obama and Biden at the debates. It is just sooo obvious right!
RadioOne
On day one of the DNC, I think Michelle Obama, Julian Castro, Deval Patrick, Ted Strickland, and Corey Booker did way better than anyone else did all week at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Loving this convention so far.
Violet
@slag: Isn’t she on their updated morning show? I think I’ve seen her there.
slag
@BGinCHI: I guess she really gets people who get by with a little help from their friends.
bemused
@slag:
I was beat so I nodded off and missed most of the speeches but luckily woke up in time to watch our awesome FLOTUS. I’ll have to catch up with the other speeches I missed in the morning. This convention is already seriously messing with my normal (or abnormal) schedule of work and sleep.
hhex65
@Mary G: Well, Dems are sticking with the whole “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” thing– boring.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Soonergrunt:
Wingers are upset because Tammy will always be more of a man than they ever will. Go easy on them, their testicles haven’t dropped.
They never will, thus their envy.
Ash Can
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Either or both would be delightful, to be sure, but I can’t think of any celeb who wouldn’t be totally upstaged by the candidate himself. So I can see some celeb showing up, but not as some sooper seekrit special guest, and not reprising the empty-chair bit — ’cause they don’t need the former, and they’re happy to let the GOP own the latter.
freelancer
I saw the tail end of Michelle’s Speech, and was floored and moved. I went back on c-span.org and caught up on what I missed. Love Cory Booker, Lily Ledbetter, Tammy Duckworth, but I’m ready to phonebank for Julian Castro.
Motherfucker brought the house down.
slag
@Violet: Dunno. It was a group sigh in which she was involved, of course. Some old white guys and her.
There was also a book about the selflessness, generosity, and asceticism for which Mormons are so well known tossed in there somewhere. Come to think of it…maybe it was an Onion piece.
patroclus
My first reaction to the beginning of Michelle’s speech was that it was the same old story about the Obama’s early years that I’d heard before and why wasn’t she making political points? But then, she began to make human points that were perfectly set up by the intro. And then, she just started soaring rhetorically, making tremendous points about Romney without ever mentioning him. And, I thought – wow! – this is pretty effective! And then, she just kept going higher and higher on the rhetorical scale, and her selling of her husband was just spot on.
And then, the crowd, who had been listening intently, leaning forward because she was so conversational, really began to get into it. And she had them, and TV viewers in the palm of her hand. What an arc! What a speech! I began to tear up and was on my feet cheering when it ended.
Best speech by a FLOTUS ever. This will surely help. If the rest of the convention is as good as tonight, I expect a big bounce in the polls.
bemused
@Violet:
Ha! There’s a t-shirt I was tempted to get when I was in a murder mood, “Feeling Stabby”.
@Spaghetti Lee:
I’d love it if Obama sang but I suppose that would be over the top, :)
Suffern Ace
@jl: They have nothing new. They’ve been calling the dem convention a freak show since the 1990s. They’re phoning it in if you ask me.
Ash Can
@Odie Hugh Manatee: And keep in mind that Tammy Duckworth is running against Deadbeat Dad Joe Walsh, in a district that she pretty much owns. Fish, meet barrel, meet BLAM.
asiangrrlMN
@BGinCHI: I can’t even…I’m so jealous of aimai! ALAN RICKMAN! Kill me now.
@Spaghetti Lee: Kal Penn mentioned it in his speech. I think it’s enough.
The FLOTUS to the POTUS: Better bring your A game, son.
rb
@Violet: I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, not even Limbaugh.
Hear, hear. I’m not superstitious, but please, don’t even say it. It’s just too awful.
slag
@asiangrrlMN: I was surprised too. Especially that she hadn’t brought it up sooner, given the, surprisingly huge, overlap between Alan Rickman’s fanbase and that of fat, cranky, white cats.
ChrisNYC
From The Corner:
“a friend from back home texts me: cheers went up at the Chilis he’s at in bucks county, pa for michelle”
When you’ve lost The Corner…
(Yes, PA is in the bag. Just going for general fervor.)
Yutsano
@BGinCHI: First. Lady. Sandra. Lee. Nothing should terrify you more than that. And ur ebil for tormenting wifey like that. :)
Mike in NC
The “enthusiasm gap” bullshit from the Villagers is very tiresome.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Yutsano: The Food Network idiot?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@rb: I always said that if I could put a curse on George W Bush, it would be perfect lucidity and a long life.
Suffern Ace
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Yes. I shudder to think what state dinners would be like.
rb
@patroclus: Indeed, it was subtle and expertly done.
Nick Confessore called it “A ferocious attack on Mitt Romney disguised as a heartwarming tale about Barack Obama.” Spot on.
asiangrrlMN
@slag: Inorite? It’s not like I haven’t mentioned him a time or
a milliontwo. So cool for her, but so OHMYGODICANTBELIEVEITSNOTME! for me.@Yutsano: He flat-out set. me. up. How you be, hon?
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Suffern Ace: They could have a Kwanzaa Cake.
freelancer
@ChrisNYC:
Go on to http://www.270towin.com/
and try to make Romney win without Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Romney would then have to sweep Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.
This election is going to come down to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Forida. We will know the winner by the time Mountain Time closes their polls.
patroclus
@rb: Exactly. Whoever Nick Confessore is, I agree with him totally.
Yutsano
@The prophet Nostradumbass: I’m sorry, but I don’t need a “cook” on Food Network showing me what I know exactly how to do when I’m being lazy. Plus her voice drives me up the wall.
@asiangrrlMN: He haz cute kidlet tho, so it’s not all negative.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Still, it was a cold, cruel thing he did to me.
::side eye to BGinCHI::
piratedan
well perhaps we should cut Ms. Wasserman-Schultz a bit more leeway since this was essentially her show….I know that she’s taken her lumps on this blog as we’ve questioned the DNC game plan and when and where they’ve spent their cash but tonight showed that she has a pretty good grasp of what will resonate with America and brought a nice mix of erudite and heartfelt in front of America tonight. Lets hope she does as well with her lineup tomorrow night.
Violet
@rb: I truly wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I understand people who feel they want others to suffer. I’ve felt it at times myself. But I could never wish something like that even on my worst enemy. And having watched my friend deal with it and all the myriad of challenges, the family strain, the financial strain, not to mention the challenge of watching your parent struggle like that. It’s just so hard. I would not want anyone to have to deal with it. Even Rush Limbaugh. I have nothing but admiration for my friend.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Yutsano: What, you think I actually watch that hideous show?
aimai
@asiangrrlMN:
It just happened like ten days ago after a party at a friend’s house. Totally unexpected or I would have been bringing it up every day for the last ten years.
aimai
Lawless
Thanks for the Makers
LanceThruster
@Soonergrunt:
I still haven’t seen The Blaze comments on Ms. Duckworth, but here’s Jesus’ General showing how they treated the FLOTUS.
If they were in the same room, they would have hurled peanuts at her.
asiangrrlMN
@aimai: Still, totally jealous, but how cool for you!