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The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

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This chaos was totally avoidable.

All hail the time of the bunny!

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Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

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DNC Open Thread

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I was stuck in traffic on the way home, so I heard several speeches at DNC on the Sirius satellite radio in my car.  The firefighter from Ohio said good stuff, but his delivery was that of a firefighter from Ohio and not a politician, which I suppose was the point.  Harry Reid was awesome.  There were no reports of a fat guy from West Virginia streaking or an Angry Black Lady from California whacking people with an axe handle.

I’ll check in later after I watch the season finale of Breaking Bad on DVR.

What are ya’ll’s impressions of DNC so far, and let us all know how you’re tuning in.

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  1. 1.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    I am watching on MSNBC. And the last episode of Breaking Bad contained the most cringe inducing 2 minutes of television I have ever seen. Enjoy.

  2. 2.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    The Dems are fired up and ready to go. And I mean fired up and ready to go. We are so going to kick ass this year. I am hopeful for a reelect of POTUS, keeping the Senate and taking back the house. I so want to see Nancy Smash take the gavel back from Orange Julius.

  4. 4.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I just found out the guy that won the West Virginia Democratic primary for President was snubbed.

  5. 5.

    thruppence

    Listening to (not watching) MSNBC while I try to get ceiling speakers stuck in a hole too small for them.

  7. 7.

    mamayaga

    Amazing how persistent those Kennedy genes are — you’d spot this kid as a member of the clan from a mile away.

  8. 8.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Angry Black Lady from California whacking people with an axe handle.

    Lester Maddox was reincarnated as ABL?

    Oh my!

  11. 11.

    Patricia Kayden

    Watching C-span. Loved Harry Reid’s speech too. Too bad that he probably won’t run again after his term is over. Also loved the women of Congress (Pelosi, Maloney, etc.). Loved when Maloney started shouting “Where are the women”. Got the crowd going. Looks like fun.

  12. 12.

    PsiFighter37

    Gotta miss Ted Kennedy. I do believe he would’ve enjoyed helping Obama taking down Mittens.

  14. 14.

    different-church-lady

    There were no reports of a fat guy from West Virginia streaking or an Angry Black Lady from California whacking people with an axe handle.

    Looking forward to detailed descriptions of how Cole managed to break his collarbone while trying to remove the tags from his new shirts.

  16. 16.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Wow, my internetz got an upgrade from last week. It seems I have color on my monitor again.

  17. 17.

    General Stuck

    So far, in my lifetime, this convention is starting as full throated embracing mainstream dem party principles without so much as a whiff of apology for those basic ideals.

    With no homage paid, or with an undercurrent of republican light we’ve seen in recent decades, up until Obama took office as presnit. It is in your face all the color and hue and culture, of a multicultural society we claim to be. Showing our pragmatic liberal freak flags flying high.

    so far

  19. 19.

    PsiFighter37

    I like how in the Teddy tribute, they included a clip that said (I’m paraphrasing from memory) “I’m not going to shy away from being called a liberal”.

    Damn straight, no reason to act like being a liberal is a bad thing.

  21. 21.

    Sly

    @Mary G:
    “Multiple-choice” on important issues and unwilling to disclose important documents. It’s probably a coincidence that the DNC aired those two sections.

  22. 22.

    Elizabelle

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    From your lips to

    …. the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s noodly appendage.

    My mom is praying Nancy Pelosi is House Speaker again. Can’t come too soon.

    And keep that morose hound dog face from Kentucky morose.

    Harry Reid, for the win.

  26. 26.

    SteveinSC

    @Anya: Finest thing I ever heard was Kennedy on the floor of the Senate. the Old Lion thundered out: “What is it? What is it about working men and women that Republicans find so offensive!?” It was right up there with fucking William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech. Fuck every Republican who ever lived. Drag out Madame Le Guillotine and let’s fucking rumble.

  30. 30.

    arguingwithsignposts

    ahh, the sloppy wet kiss to Israel.

    ETA: CSPAN cameras cutting to Rev. Jesse Jackson during the Wexler speech for quite a while. THAT wasn’t intentional, no way.

  32. 32.

    hep kitty

    I’m kinda liking switching back and forth b/w msnbc and cspan, since Tweety was just chatting with Reid now.

    (sorry for double post, dunno whah happen)

  33. 33.

    gogol's wife

    @Waldo:

    Me either. That’s why I need Balloon Juice. I get it in a refracted version that I can just about take. I’m easily embarrassed and made nervous by this kind of stuff.

  37. 37.

    Anya

    @SteveinSC: We need someone to take Teddy’s place. I don’t feel anyone at the senate is as uncompromisingly liberal as he was. Maybe Sherrod Brown.

  38. 38.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    I just flipped on Fox and some dude was interviewing Michael Dukakis. They also have a running national debt ticker in the bottom right part of their screen.

  39. 39.

    geg6

    Teddy schooling Mittens was pure fucking gold. They’re openly mocking him. Loved it! Miss him! The Lion of the Senate indeed

  40. 40.

    jl

    I watched a few minutes and decided to turn it off. I am conflicted. Ken Salazar, front man of UN takeover Kenyan soshulist human hating fad alternative energy hapless hippy dippy fool/evil genius sending us back to living in holes and gnawing on bark and roots?

    Or evil crypto fascist corporate front man for big oil, fake clean coal, mountain top removal and general destruction of the plaent earth, for money, just money, that’s all, nothing but money.

    Can’t be anything in between, that would be too complicated.

    Maybe I have a hangover from corporate media coverage and GOP convention, which have perhaps stupified me even more than I usually am. I will take a breather, clear my head and tune in later for the greatest FLOTUS ever. And that is pretty great, since recent FLOTUSes have often been better than their he man presidentin’ deciderer in chief spouses.

  41. 41.

    hep kitty

    Okay, our women can smile without looking like they’re going to crack their faces.

    (in my best Robert Shaw: “republican wimmen’s eyes, the’ like a doll’s eyes, don’t seem to be livin, until she bites ya”)

  44. 44.

    Publius39

    @Anya:

    OMG! The dems had Teddy Kennedy debating Romney.

    My favorite quote was the last part of Teddy’s rant on Romney’s flip-flopping:

    “If you give this guy two more weeks, he would probably vote for me!”

  49. 49.

    jl

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    Win. But then the pitch for the dupe vote was for the TV audience only? Maybe so. The conventioneers were bigots willing to pay the price for going back to their non existent fantasy 1950s.

    What I watched of the GOP convention made me think of rubber chicken dinners, and a perhaps mythical Laurel and Hardy conventioneering movie. They make a movie about going to some convention? Been so long since Sat morning reruns were good.

  53. 53.

    Waldo

    @gogol’s wife: My sentiments exactly. I still cringe every time I think about Kerry’s ham-handed salute in ’04. What was the line? “I’m John Kerry and I’m just following my handlers orders.”

  57. 57.

    Chris

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    Yes, but what I find truly impressive is their ability to pander to bigots of all stripes. Even now, in their most dominionist phase yet, I’ve met gay Republicans who vote Republican because of Skeery Hajjis, and Muslim Republicans who votes Republican because of Skeery Fagz – both apparently oblivious to the fact that the majority of their pals would lynch them without a second thought if they could get away with it.

  60. 60.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    @gogol’s wife:

    I get uncomfortable with the maudlin tributes as well. But what would make me even more uncomfortable is not to have them. These are people they dedicated their lives to fighting for the values of the party and they deserve to be honored at the convention.

    And you better believe that if there is an afterlife, Ted Kennedy loves that his beatdown of Romney was broadcast on the big screen. Couldn’t be more relevant.

  62. 62.

    hep kitty

    @rdldot: Yeh, I saw ‘She who has to see Alan Greenspan naked’ and switched back to CSPAN

    Sorry about that y’all. Sometimes I’m just mean.

  63. 63.

    gogol's wife

    @Shawn in ShowMe:

    I agree with you completely. I’m happy it’s going well. I just can’t watch it in real time. But I did follow Nellcote’s link to the Ted Kennedy tribute, and it was great. Great to have (young, handsome) Romney saying so clearly he supports Roe v. Wade. Romney actually looked somewhat human in that clip, which seems to support some people’s hypothesis that he actually believed what he said back then. His rictus-like grin now is because he doesn’t believe a word he is saying.

  64. 64.

    Robin G.

    Watching on PBS. Loved the content of Reid’s speech, but I think he was weaker than a lot of these other speakers. They’re lighting it up, in my biased opinion.

    Knee jerk: if Joe Kennedy III’s got a brain in his head and no more than a few skeletons in his closet, he’ll run for president one day.

  65. 65.

    Dennis SGMM

    Watching the convention on a link provided here. No pundits, just coverage. Love seeing the faces, the faces of the country as I’ve seen it. The Dems seem to be coming out fighting for a change and I loved the invocation of Hubert Humphrey.

  66. 66.

    hep kitty

    @Waldo: Ugh! I forgot about that. What an awful fucking campaign and Kerry was awful. I hated voting for him.

    I still can’t forgive the Dem party for that one. And I’ve forgiven them for lots of shit.

  69. 69.

    Robin G.

    @mamayaga: Rybak is sleeze, but he can give a speech.

    What is Nancy Keenan doing here? Ugh. Couldn’t there be someone else doing this speech?

  71. 71.

    PurpleGirl

    I have the OFA live stream open. It’s been a choppy and jumping between speakers but I like not having the commentary from news broadcasters.

    I’m eagerly awaiting Michelle Obama’s speech.

  75. 75.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Waldo:

    My sentiments exactly. I still cringe every time I think about Kerry’s ham-handed salute in ‘04. What was the line? “I’m John Kerry and I’m just following my handlers orders.”

    Kerry was such an awful choice. He was pretty much already the nominee when I showed up to vote in the primary that year. The Democrats at the polling place were gushing over him and I told them I was unhappy with the choice and they’d come to regret it.

    But the fix was in. Salon had already done hit pieces on all the Democratic primary candidates except Kerry. The Kerry piece was basically a knob-slobbering job.

    I was a Wes Clark supporter, BTW.

  76. 76.

    hep kitty

    @gogol’s wife: I really don’t know much about Asperger’s but I read speculation that he might have it or some form of that. Perhaps it wasn’t as bad back then? Maybe some of our informed readers can enlighten.

  81. 81.

    hep kitty

    BTW, Clint Eastwood has 7 kids by 5 different baby mamas. What if the DNC had some celeb up there with those kinds of family values as a featured speaker? Even worse, what if he was blah!

  82. 82.

    PsiFighter37

    @Anya: If Elizabeth Warren doesn’t pull out the race against Scott Brown, I think we have our challenger against Scott Brown in 2018.

  85. 85.

    Nikita

    Oh man, Tammy Duckworth should have taken a breath and let that U.S.A. chant build. She totally missed a moment.

  87. 87.

    Publius39

    @Sullivan Hyde: I don’t think that Atkins is concern trolling, I think that he’s acknowledging the fatal flaw in the Occupy movement; they want to change the system, but they don’t want to participate in the system. That’s the key. I agree with almost all of the Occupy plank(there is a fringe anarchist wing in there), but you can’t change shit if you don’t either pull the lever, or run liberal candidates. I think it is a very reasonable critique.

  88. 88.

    hep kitty

    I can’t believe she is running against that shitstain Walsh. How can there be any contest? Too lazy to google the poll numbers.

  89. 89.

    Publius39

    @hep kitty:

    Walsh was fucked after 2010 because the state re-wrote his district. He can’t win in the district, and he has little chance of winning in any of the surrounding districts. See you later Dead-Beat Joe.

  91. 91.

    hep kitty

    Is it just me? I seem to remember the visual of the RNC convention floor and I’m looking at the same thing now on the teevee. I don’t remember RNC conv’n floor being packed like it is here. I remember lots of blue empty spaces. But I guess it was all delegates so maybe I was hallucinating. I’m always thinking that. Well, I was after the RNC conv’n. This is bringing me back to reality a little bit

  94. 94.

    redshirt

    Let’s not bad mouth Kerry too badly. He’s a good man and a great Senator for the state of Mass. He’s just not Presidential material, even though he looks the part. That doesn’t mean he’s terrible – very few are made to be President. Praise FSM that Barack Obama is one of them.

    I did not enthuse about voting for him either, though I was totally bummed I didn’t get to go to the victory party in Copley Square.

    I was for Dean. He was a good candidate, undid by ratfuckery. Bush even focused his State of the Union on him, which was totally lame but showed the strength of Dean’s candidacy, at the time.

  96. 96.

    Hungry Joe

    We’re only halfway through Season 4 of “Breaking Bad,” so reading these posts — even looking at Facebook — is like hop-skip-jumping through a minefield. I’m hoping that neither Castro nor Ms. Obama will divulge any key plot points tonight.

  99. 99.

    jl

    @Robin G.:

    Strickland does political sledgehammer well.

    I assume he won’t apologize when Mitt whines about negativism and meany meany insultisults.

    Strickland have a family business? Srickland Hammer, Industrial Presspunch and Piledriver Co? I like it.

  101. 101.

    jl

    I like the back handed compliments to Romney on ObomneyCare. Hope some one can explain to the worthless corporate pundits what the Dems are talking about.

  102. 102.

    PurpleGirl

    I’m liking the crowd shots, showing how diverse the Democratic Party is — crazy glasses with flag stars, to flags and hats with buttons.

  103. 103.

    hep kitty

    @Johngcole Sebelius is so boring I feel like I an in a high school calculus class in a 90 degree room with a hangover #makeitstop #scotchplease

    @cassandra_pony

  105. 105.

    dance around in your bones

    Breaking Bad was breath-taking Sunday night. I can’t wait to see what limits Bad Walt goes to breaks next year.

    The DNC is pretty good so far – waiting for FLOTUS to knock it out of the park in a few. She fucking rocks.

  109. 109.

    4jkb4ia

    It’s official. Baltimore and FTFY are tied for first. This is a high level of awesome.

    (US Open night session cancelled as the Roddick-Del Potro tiebreaker was starting)

    (Julian Castro is doing a nice job)

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