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DNC Open Thread and Semi-Live Blog #2

by Soonergrunt|  September 5, 20128:45 pm| 76 Comments

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Sister Simone Campbell from the Nuns On The Bus–I learned in a (relatively liberal) Catholic school, that you don’t mess with the Nuns.  They’ll fuck you up.

Governor Jack Markell, Delaware speaking now.  This guy needs public speaking training.

Don’t know who this is.  She’s doing great, though at 8:00 PM CT

Small Businessman, Bill Butcher talking about the American Recovery Act, 8:05 PM CT

Kamala Harris, CA Attorney General, 8:07 PM CT

And now a video about the DREAM Act, 8:13 PM CT

Benita Velez, of San Antonio, TX 8:14 PM CT

Cristina Saralegui, hispanic TV personality, 8:20 PM CT “Romney would turn Medicare into a book of coupons”

Austin Wiggan, Founder and retired CEO of Carmax Incorporated. 8:27 PM CT

Video about the Auto Industry bailout, 8:30 PM CT

Karen Somebodyorother, 2nd generation Auto Worker from Ohio, 8:32 PM CT

Bob Kane, President, UAW, 8:35 PM CT

It looks like Sandra Fluke got pre-empted.  Charles Johnson just pointed out that she was supposed go ahead of the auto bail out thing.

Republicans and the Debt–Rep.Chris VanHollen, going after Paul Ryan hammer and tongs. 8:52 PM CT

They just brought out victims of Bain Capital.  Fucking AWESOME! “What I fault Romney for is for making money without a moral compass.”  “Romney and his partners shut our company down.”  “When Romney and Bain took over the mill, they loaded it up with millions of debt.”

Sandra Fluke, 9:00 PM CT Standing Ovation. Three standing ovations.

Jim Sinegal, Founder and CEO of Costco, 9:08 PM CT

Elizabeth Warren, 9:15PM CT

First Night of the conventions viewership goes to DNC.  4 million more than RNC.

Paul Ryan requested Obamacare cash for his district.

 

 

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  1. 1.

    Randy P

    September 5, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Just for that extra does of schadenfreude, has anyone seen any TV ratings comparing the two conventions?

  2. 2.

    MikeJ

    September 5, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    Hey soonergrunt, I know you just post and don’t run the place, but could you ask JC about adding a next and previous post link at the bottom of the page? Certainly make it easier to tell when a new thread comes up.

  3. 3.

    WereBear

    September 5, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    I love this nun.

  4. 4.

    Soonergrunt

    September 5, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    @Randy P: Saw on Twitter that DNC has HUGE lead by the numbers over RNC
    And that’s with Pro Football tonight. GO BRONCOS!

  5. 5.

    mark

    September 5, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    nothing new to say, just wanted to be a part of the new thread.

    also, still pissed cole is MIA on convention coverage.
    so there

  6. 6.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    @Randy P: Supposedly 26 million watched the first night for Dems, vs 22 million for Repubs, but I’m assuming that’s just the 10:00 hour rather than the whole thing.

  7. 7.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 5, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Wow, I’m glad I turned this on to catch Sister Simone. The better angel of my nature hopes that Timmeh Dolan’s fat-coated heart doesn’t explode at the sound of this obstreperous woman talking about feeding the poor and comforting the sick.

  8. 8.

    Anoniminous

    September 5, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    1st night of DNC bests RNC in TV ratings race:

    The Nielsen Co. said about 26.2 million people watched the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C., where the first lady was the featured speaker.

    Last week, Nielsen said 22.3 million watched the first night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla …

  9. 9.

    Quinne

    September 5, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    I love her! Fantastic speech.

  10. 10.

    Paula

    September 5, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    NPR remarked that one of the big differences between the RNC and the DNC is that there are a bunch of kids @ the DNC.

    He had no idea why (or so he said).

    I’d hazard a guess that most parents would be hesitant to bring their kids to a place where there might be a bunch of concealed weapons.

  11. 11.

    Suffern ACE

    September 5, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    I will not give up this thread for the similarly named thread that has stomped on it. No one likes a bully.

  12. 12.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    @Suffern ACE: No one likes a bully who doesn’t read his own blog.

  13. 13.

    jl

    September 5, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Cole hungover maybe?

  14. 14.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    The governor of Delaware is not knocking it out of the park.

  15. 15.

    MikeJ

    September 5, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    The governor of Delaware is not knocking it out of the park.

    This is possibly the most unsurprising sentence ever written in English.

  16. 16.

    Soonergrunt

    September 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    @Suffern ACE: And yet, this thread shall live on.

    Srsly, the only reason I made a new one was to make room for the live blogging. I’ve never done this before. Cut me some slack, will ya?

  17. 17.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    Markell actually reminds me: if people haven’t gotten a chance to read the new Taibbi piece on how Romney made his money, it’s just brutal.

  18. 18.

    Violet

    September 5, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    How was Hickenlooper?

  19. 19.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    blah blah blah small business blah blah blah. When do the prime time speakers come on?

  20. 20.

    aimai

    September 5, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Deval and Rahm are both killing David Brooks and Mark Shields on the channel that I’m watching. If only I weren’t speaking metaphorically. David brooks is so bootlicking he might as well have a riding boot attached permanently to his lower lip. What a cringing Uriah heep of a man. And as for Mark Shields? If he doesn’t have premature dementia there’s no excuse.

    aimai

  21. 21.

    MikeJ

    September 5, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: Does he say that Romney made $27 trillion dollars?

  22. 22.

    xyzxyzxyz

    September 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    I just watched a conversation between Judy Woodruff and Julian Castro during PBS’s coverage of the DNC. She actually asked him that if the democratic party is a “big tent” party, is there room for people who are pro life? Castro tried his best to answer the question, but Woodruff kept pushing the point that somehow the democrats were not reaching out to pro life voters. Of course, it never occurred to her that pro choice covers just that….your choice. Go ahead, chose not to have an abortion…your right. Ugh. The discussion continued until the talking heads on the coverage team (including fucking Bobo) were in agreement that the vastness of middle america has a much more complex view on reproductive rights that either party reflects. A pox on both your houses was the upshot. I immediately turned off the TV and headed to the liquor store. I need a drink to get that crap out of my head.

  23. 23.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    @Soonergrunt: suggestion – include a time stamp with your updates.

    @Violet: Hickenlooper was light-years ahead of the governor of Delaware or the small business administrator – the B team, maybe.

  24. 24.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    Okay, Sullivan needs an intervention

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    Could Elizabeth Warren Cost Obama The Election?

  25. 25.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    @MikeJ: Nah, but the story about KB Toys was pretty interesting.

  26. 26.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    @Violet: He had good news about the growth of craft brewing.

  27. 27.

    Suffern ACE

    September 5, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: No. Next question.

  28. 28.

    ding dong

    September 5, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    They said Frank. Nutter and some other people got scrapped to keep on time.

  29. 29.

    Violet

    September 5, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: From that post:

    Warren will probably lose in Massachusetts she is so gratingly smug.

    WTF? Gratingly smug? Huh?

  30. 30.

    Anoniminous

    September 5, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    @Soonergrunt:

    First Cole forgets his pants and now Soonergrunt wants his slacks cut.

  31. 31.

    Mary G

    September 5, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    I put in the last thread – ABL’s Twitter says they can’t get into the convention hall. Possible credential problems? She is demanding that they let the tiny black lady in.

  32. 32.

    MikeJ

    September 5, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    @Violet:

    WTF? Gratingly smug? Huh?

    Read that as, “has lady parts.”

  33. 33.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Craft Brewer: I know you’re not supposed to endorse a competitor, but this time I’m going to make an exception. good line.

  34. 34.

    Robin G.

    September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    @aimai: It’s beautiful. David Brooks is slime and he’s making our guys look amazing.

  35. 35.

    mark

    September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    ooo! cali attorney general is gorgeous!

  36. 36.

    Mary G

    September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Andrew, your misogyny is showing.

  37. 37.

    Violet

    September 5, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    @Mary G: What? Noooo! Nobody put ABL in a corner!

  38. 38.

    Elizabelle

    September 5, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    Kamala Harris, California AG.

    For the defense.

    Knows a thing or two about leadership.

  39. 39.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    @Mary G: Sillivan’s misogyny is always showing. That fucking tory piece of shit should still be in the “Mock” category.

  40. 40.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    @Mary G: Well, in Sully’s defense, he should know gratingly smug when he sees it… oh…

  41. 41.

    trollhattan

    September 5, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    @mark:
    Why yes she is, thankyavermuch. Is she speaking actual words? She pops up on our teevee machines a lot here and I forget to listen. Smart money has her aiming at higher office. Gov if Jerry forgos term the fourth or Boxer’s seat.

  42. 42.

    RoonieRoo

    September 5, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    It’s not just Sully’s misogyny showing when he talks about Warren. He also has deep hatred of poor people. Warren pushes his buttons big time and is one of those politicians who forces Sully to drop his mask and truly show who he is.

  43. 43.

    Emma

    September 5, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    @Violet: Sullivan dislikes ladies. Unless they remind him of the nanny he wanted to have as he was growing up. His worship of Mrs. Thatcher is a tell.

  44. 44.

    Violet

    September 5, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    @MikeJ: Except he worshiped Thatcher, so it’s not completely about lady parts. I can’t figure exactly what the issue is.

  45. 45.

    mark

    September 5, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    WHY THE FRACK WERE ABL AND COLE TRYING TO GET IN 40 MINUTES AGO??????? THE CONVENTION STARTS AT 5 P.M. EASTERN TIME!! seriously, what the hell are they thinking they are doing out there????? they missed gabby douglas, emmanual clever, videos, nancy pelosi, the 12 (9) democratic female senators… the list goes on and on.

    The ones they should want to see are the ones on before 8, the speakers for the democrat volunteers! The primetime speakers are tempered for primetime coverage!

    what the hell else are those two idiots doing all day long in charlotte anyhoo??? SERIOUSLY

  46. 46.

    Mary G

    September 5, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    Oy vey, now Sullivan is saying that Sister Simone’s speech “cheapens religion to associate it with such a partisan event.”

    This Twitter is going to give me a heart attack.

  47. 47.

    FlipYrWhig

    September 5, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: I was gonna say. About the only person more gratingly smug than Sullivan is Niall Ferguson.

  48. 48.

    TaMara (BHF)

    September 5, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: I’ve been sitting here, how the hell did I miss Hick? Next thing you know I’ll be so absorbed in Balloon-J that the Big Dog will have come and gone without me noticing.

    p.s. Soonergrunt, can’t believe JG walked all over your thread. I can relate. ;-)

  49. 49.

    trollhattan

    September 5, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    @Emma:
    Thatcher’s a man, baby!
    /A. Powers

  50. 50.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: I dunno, there’s something about Matt Continetti that makes me wanna give him a serious swirlie…

  51. 51.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 5, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    @Mary G: Sillivan is going to be a mess after this is over. At least half of the speakers today have been women.

  52. 52.

    trollhattan

    September 5, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    @Mary G:
    He did NOT. Somebody needs to crush the Tory fuckwad under a boulder. Is that civil?

  53. 53.

    mark

    September 5, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    am i wrong to actually LOVE the soundtrack the dems have used these last 2 nights between speakers? i know, just snippets, but still its awesome. someone should compile a cd

  54. 54.

    Mary G

    September 5, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    News from ABL:

    We gave up and decided to go to McCormick’s. ::throws up middle fingers at no one in particular:: #ABLC #DNC2012 #ABLCWG2012
    Expand

    Reply
    Retweet
    Favorite

  55. 55.

    Soonergrunt

    September 5, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    @TaMara (BHF): I’M NOT GIVING UP! I’M GONNA HOLD ON TO THIS THREAD AND COLE CAN HAVE IT WHEN HE PRIES IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! Or when he deletes my admin account. Or I get bored. Whatevs.

  56. 56.

    Hal

    September 5, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    I’ve never felt more sorry for a fake ass Tea Tard before in my life. Soledad O’brien and friends eviscerate Amy Kremer who is painfully horrific.

    http://jezebel.com/soledad-obrien/

  57. 57.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    Did they only get credentials for the first night? Are there restrictions about the times they can get in? I’m confused now about the nature of the credentials they have and what the rules are.

  58. 58.

    elftx

    September 5, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Christina Saralegui (sp?) is absolutely fantastic…it took a Latino to tell it straight…Good on Her !!

  59. 59.

    rikyrah

    September 5, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    I think the President coming tonight is why the hall is closed earlier than people thought it would be

  60. 60.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: From what I gather, they clamped down security because of Obama’s surprise visit, and now are letting people in again? Not sure.

  61. 61.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Heh. “Don’t boo. Vote.” Nice.

  62. 62.

    trollhattan

    September 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    “Don’t boo, vote!”

    Love this woman.

  63. 63.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    @trollhattan: Jinx

  64. 64.

    trollhattan

    September 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:Jinx!

  65. 65.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    @trollhattan: Just give up, I’m faster

  66. 66.

    trollhattan

    September 5, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink:
    I think at this point, some sort of interweb singularity takes over.

  67. 67.

    calliope jane

    September 5, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Cristina (Saralegui)!!! WOw. Very cool.

    “Don’t boo. Vote!”

    She talks of the dreamers. And ends with talking about voting (and voting registration, too). So great.

  68. 68.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 5, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    @Comrade Nimrod Humperdink: Women I have known would suggest that this is not always a good thing.

  69. 69.

    Comrade Nimrod Humperdink

    September 5, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Well now, I wasn’t talking about that…

  70. 70.

    Suffern ACE

    September 5, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    @Mary G: Didn’t we just go through 24 hours of listening to the right wing faint that God needed to be invoked on a party platform? Or did I miss pread those posts on Facebook that stated that if His name wasnt in the democrat’s book, their names wouldn’t be in the book He keeps in heaven.

  71. 71.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 5, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    @Soonergrunt: You fuckers made me join twitter. There will be consequences.

  72. 72.

    Soonergrunt

    September 5, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Twitter is simple. Disconnect brain, begin typing.
    It’s very much like commenting on Balloon-Juice, come to think of it.

  73. 73.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 5, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    @Soonergrunt: At the moment, I am just following people. Twitter suggested I follow Nicki Minaj.

  74. 74.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    September 5, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: what’s your twitter handle?

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 5, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: Tweeted you.

  76. 76.

    gbear

    September 5, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    @calliope jane:

    “Don’t boo. Vote!”

    Obama was using that line in his labor day speech. He used it often enough that the crowd would shout out the ‘VOTE!’ response line.

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