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Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Republicans in disarray!

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

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

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Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

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

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

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  3. 3.

    Unabogie

    This is the night Romney gets left in the dust. There’s no way people choose that privileged bully over Obama.

  6. 6.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    I feel like I am going to Dan Larsen’s World Series game in 1956 and knowing what is going to happen. After the last 3 nights The President is going to ace this.

  7. 7.

    Burnspbesq

    The CBS coverage should be sponsored by the American Dental Association, cuz it’s making me. Grind my teeth.

  13. 13.

    Corbin Dallas Multipass

    Twice tonight I have heard Joe Biden talk about Barack Obama’s back.

    “Spine made of steel”

    “Backbone that’s a ram rod”

    I’m excited for more.

  15. 15.

    Comrade Mary

    Did he just hug the DJ? BACK OFF, BITCH, HE’S MINE.

    Boy, he’s greyer. And another great dress on Michelle.

  20. 20.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    *Someone’s* got a LOT of air under his wings tonight, and I suspect he will know how to make use of it.

  30. 30.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    A quick bit of comic relief from Tbogg’s twitter feed (I’m multi-tasking)

    Briefing Room ‏@briefingroom
    Palin: Kerry ‘diminished himself’ with ‘pot shot’ at me http://bit.ly/TtABvh
    Retweeted by TBogg
    Expand
    Reply Retweet Favorite
    10m edroso ‏@edroso
    Best KLo tweet ever! RT @kathrynlopez: i wish dems would stop talking about mitt’s dad #dnc2012
    Retweeted by TBogg

  37. 37.

    Bootlegger

    “Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.”

    The man is back on his game.

  45. 45.

    Smiling Mortician

    Have a cold? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.

    Boom!

  49. 49.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Take two tax cuts and call me in the morning! President Obama scores like Michael Jordan from the top of the key!

  52. 52.

    YellowJournalism

    That lady was rockin that red hat!

    I honestly feel like when he is speaking to the camera, he’s speaking to each individual American. The look on his face is firm yet sincere.

    Loved the “take two tax cuts” joke. Joke was silly but the delivery was awesome.

  54. 54.

    Louise

    This is a strong open, because he’s getting the basic message out immediately to those who might not hang around for the whole speech. Plus, “feel a cold coming on?” Good stuff.

    I still want to know what David WATB Brooks said after Biden. Because apparently I’m a masochist.

  55. 55.

    freelancer

    The shot on NBC of Gabby waving the flag with her left hand while her right hand is drooped is making me well up.

  56. 56.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    @Bootlegger:

    He’s lying! He’s lying!
    Oh, wait, that was last week.

    Le’me guess — the crowd shots tipped you off?

  59. 59.

    Baud

    Whoa

    Ramesh Ponnuru ‏@RameshPonnuru

    Let’s face it: Obama is right that some righties prescribe tax cuts as solution to any conceivable problem.

  61. 61.

    Soonergrunt

    Tweet from Joe Scarborough just now”
    @JoeNBC
    Game. Set. Match. Democrats crush Republicans in convention wars.

  64. 64.

    Corbin Dallas Multipass

    wtf was the cutaway from when he was staring at the camera to a slow zoom in on the north dakota sign

  65. 65.

    Arclite

    So far, so good. BO is really focusing on his accomplishments, while promising to keep it going. It’s his standard speech, but coming on top of everything else, it’s working.

    Wow, “Global Warming is not a hoax.” Didn’t think he’d go there.

  66. 66.

    Bootlegger

    Natural gas? I understand WHY he’s saying it, but it is impossible to ignore all of the fracking pollution.

  69. 69.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Yeah, we’re all just skills retraining away from living the good life. They didn’t buy that one.

  72. 72.

    Anna in PDX

    ..and students, you’ve gotta do the work.

    I like that, reminding people that getting help to get a college education actually means getting help so that you can work, hard.

  75. 75.

    jl

    I like they way they are repeatedly hammering important themes, but with a different tone in each speech. As said in previous thread: Olympic fencer, lead pipe artist, and now inspiration and with a little humor.

  78. 78.

    Louise

    I was disappointed in “clean coal,” but he won me over with “climate change is not a hoax.” It’s sad that I feel so grateful that our President states a scientific truth.

  82. 82.

    dmsilev

    Interesting to compare this with Clinton’s speech. Both Obama and Clinton know their stuff cold, are smart as hell, and are gifted speakers. Their styles are very different though. Clinton’s speech was almost like a conversation; this is almost like a sermon.

  84. 84.

    TaMara (BHF)

    I am a true Obot. But this is kinda like bringing out the pumpkin pie after the big turkey dinner. I’m stuffed and thinking maybe dessert should be a bit later.

    That said, Obama rocks.

  85. 85.

    mai naem

    Ann and Mitt Romney’s third night of drinking. Alcohol. They even had to send The Help to get some more scotch and vodka and merlot and pinot gris and ofcourse lots of white wine. Very white whine.

  89. 89.

    Jay C

    And relentlessly positive and upbeat: we CAN do this; we CAN do that; and make our lives better.

    WTF do the Republicans offer to match this.

    Oh good: more foreign policy, i.e., a reminder that BO actually HAS one….

  90. 90.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    Oops. “Time warp” became “mind warp”. I kind of like it though.

    Edit: On reflection it was probably a mixing of “time warp” (in the text) and “mindset”.

  92. 92.

    Louise

    “My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy.”

    And that’s not all — holy crap. He’s taking them to the mat. GO BO!

  94. 94.

    Comrade Mary

    Hee. “R & R are new at foreign policy.” “You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.”

  96. 96.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @1badbaba3:

    Why the hell is Grifterella watching?

    Todd can’t figure out which end of the batteries in the remote goes which way?

    “My opponents are… new… to foreign policy” They are fucking smacking RR around. I love it.

  98. 98.

    Bootlegger

    “My opponent and his running mate are, new, to foreign policy”
    “Still stuck in a cold war, mind war.”

    He’s going to slaughter Romney on foreign policy. Even the polls show a rare thing, the Dem president more trusted on foreign policy.

  106. 106.

    jl

    @Louise:

    “My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy.”

    No one can call the Democrats mean now. That is being very charitable towards a crowd that is still warning about the Soviet Union.

    See, Dems is nice!

    Now, take the gloves off, Barack, and bring out the brass knuckles, in a dignified Presidential way, of course.

  111. 111.

    tam

    There have to be new speechwriters working this year. I don’t remember previous Dem conventions being so sassy.

    Of course, I love it.

  113. 113.

    ? Martin

    @Louise:

    I was disappointed in “clean coal,”

    Well, with so much of our electricity production tied up in coal, it’s nearly impossible for us to switch away from it in any reasonable period of time. While we do that, we might as well improve it as much as we can.

  116. 116.

    Smiling Mortician

    Yup, the prez is bringing it. No worries about him being overshadowed by any of the excellent speeches that led up to this moment.

  117. 117.

    Anna in PDX

    He said “creator”! Where did I hear that it was a Republican lie du jour that he avoids quoting the Declaration because he does not like to say “creator”? Idiots.

  118. 118.

    dmsilev

    “Borrow money from your parents”

    It’s like a top ten list of RomneyGaffes. How long until the dog-on-car reference?

  123. 123.

    Bootlegger

    @jl: As I said, I understand why he said it, but some son-of-a-bitch in a regulatory (i.e. executive) position needs to pull back the covers on the pollution and…wait, what is this, this “citizenship” of which he speaks? I thought we were all a bunch of rugged individualists who don’t need gubmint!

  125. 125.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    This is the way to frame it. Citizenship. Obligation to each other, not government as some disembodied thing owing anything to anyone. To each other.

  129. 129.

    catatonia

    Obama didn’t even need to mention that he was the guy who got Osama. He just said R/R are neophytes.

    The “national security issue” ain’t the Repubs ace in the hole anymore. No sir. And Obama put the shiv in with panache.

    I guess that’s “Chicago politics.”

  134. 134.

    Arclite

    @dmsilev:

    Interesting to compare this with Clinton’s speech. Both Obama and Clinton know their stuff cold, are smart as hell, and are gifted speakers. Their styles are very different though. Clinton’s speech was almost like a conversation; this is almost like a sermon.

    Yeah, it’s so nice to listen to super smart people speak (and Clinton did half of his totally off the cuff) after 8 years of GWB.

    The Dems are leaving nothing on the table. This convention is so well run, that if they lose, they’ll have no regrets.

    I don’t agree with everything Obama has done, but he’s done a lot I DO agree with, and he obviously cares about doing his utmost for this country in a fair and sound way. There’s just no one better to vote for to do the job. No one even close.

  139. 139.

    Agoraphobic Kleptomaniac

    We’re too the point now where the defense tomorrow will only consist of “well, he can give a good speech, but teleprompters.”

  141. 141.

    Louise

    “….or any of those groups that they say we should blame for our troubles.”

    That is what I’m talking about. He’s making me teary. He’s making me mad. He’s bringing it. GO BO.

  143. 143.

    LanceThruster

    It’s struck me how moving the diversity of the crowd shots are. It’s not some Rovian gimmick (not that Turd Blossom could pull off the impossible anyway), but a clear picture of dedicated, hard working people toiling to make things better for all of us.

    Sincere thanks.

  144. 144.

    suzanne

    Our HVAC is broken and I’m not allowed to watch the speech until it’s fixed and my husband can watch with me.

    SHIT SHIT SHIT.

    You act like there’s something wrong with John Singer Sargent pictures, Doug. He’s the best painter to do one of the official Presidential portraits.

    I’d love it if Obama got someone like Eric Fischl or Richard Pousette-Dart to do his official portrait.

  151. 151.

    Soonergrunt

    “You’re the reason Daddy drinks, you know”
    He went kinda dark there for a moment, didn’t he?

  153. 153.

    dmsilev

    Wow. In one sentence, we got gay rights, right to choose, voting rights, and one or two others. Someone just made DNC Bingo.

  163. 163.

    spiffy

    All the speeches (with a couple of exceptions) were off-the-charts fantastic at this convention.

    If this can’t convince the public to give this man another 4 years, then I don’t know what will.

    I hate to use the cliched sports references here, but Obama is hitting this motherfucker so far out of the park it’s bouncing off cars in the parking lot.

  165. 165.

    jl

    Nice also the Dems are emphasizing a very positive sense empowerment in the big Dem speeches. Nice to put that up against victimization and bitterness from GOP.

    I see sense now in Clinton an Biden going light on foreign policy. Leave it for the President, signaling he is ready to go head to head with Romney on that.

  174. 174.

    Mnemosyne

    @some guy:

    raising that cap even higher? but do you really think that’s what O meant by “strengthening” ?

    Didn’t you even read the deficit commission report that he was referencing?

    Oh, wait, let me guess — you’re one of the Harold Camping types who’s totally convinced that Obama is going to kill Social Security no matter how many times he fails to do it on the date you were convinced it was going to happen.

  177. 177.

    hilts

    Politico Asswipe John Harris hits a new low

    “There is a particular category of the 2012 race to the low road in which the two sides are not competing on equal terms: Obama and his top campaign aides have engaged far more frequently in character attacks and personal insults than the Romney campaign.”

  183. 183.

    Bootlegger

    @spiffy:

    I hate to use the cliched sports references here, but Obama is hitting this motherfucker so far out of the park it’s bouncing off cars in the parking lot

    How about, ramming the ball down their throats? Or, rejected into the cheap seats? Or, cross-checked into the boards?

  185. 185.

    1badbaba3

    @Humanities Grad: Like Usain Bolt, he always ‘seems” to to slow out of the blocks, but almost before you realize it, he has pulled ahead and dusted off another. And does so in a way that makes you wonder how the fuck he did that AGAIN.

    He’s the best I’ve ever seen. Kinda makes me wish I could go back and see Linclon. ‘Course that’d be a little tricky what with that whole “slavery” thing.

  187. 187.

    mai naem

    I know this is shallow but damn, this is seriously the hawtest family in the WH since JFK and Jackie.

  188. 188.

    Lurking Canadian

    The Dems are leaving nothing on the table. This convention is so well run, that if they lose, they’ll have no regrets.

    This, exactly. Win or lose, they are swinging for the fences. No more defensive crouch.

    And Romney is somewhere with an icepack on his jaw. Some of those one-liners are going to leave a permanent mark.

  193. 193.

    LanceThruster

    I don’t believe in Sky Daddy, but I really wished anyone invoking the Almighty would add “God bless the planet and the people of the world.”

    A president is a world leader and “grace” is supposedly available in infinite portions. It’s a pretty cheap bone to throw the rest of humanity.

    Minor quibble that could be directed at anyone.

  194. 194.

    Bootlegger

    @hilts: Do they have a machine with a view into an alternate reality? Attacking the president personally is ALL the Reps did in their circle jerk.

  195. 195.

    JPL

    Is anyone watching PBS? David just gave a glowing review but said he was disappointed because it was big enough. ..

  198. 198.

    spiffy

    @hilts:

    Tbogg is reposting Jennifer Rubin’s tweets where she is whining about how “bad” Obama’s speech is and what a “dud” it was. It’s hilarious.

  199. 199.

    magurakurin

    god the wankers at MSNBC (admittedly the best of the bunch). They prepared their comments before the speech and they’re going to make them, regardless of the content of the speech. I mean, did Chuck Todd even listen to the speech? Dick.

  203. 203.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    Well, that just brought out my old fundie instincts. Don’t think my hubby has ever heard me let out an AMEN like that.

    Terrific choice of music immediately after.

  206. 206.

    Mnemosyne

    @LanceThruster:

    Meh. But I will say that one of the things I like about Obama is that he never says, “God bless America.” He always says, “God bless the United States of America.”

  207. 207.

    JCJ

    I am currently screaming “FUCK YOU!” at Timothy Dolan. What a piece of shit. New York state with gay marriage is “just like North Korea.”

    Go fuck yourself with a cactus you piece of shit!

  211. 211.

    eric

    favorite tweet: We’re gonna need to make a Hawaiian birth certificate for Jennifer Granholm, aren’t we?

    lol so much win

  212. 212.

    ChrisNYC

    Well, made me cry. First time for that from a modern speech. Everything about why I love him and agree with him. Citizenship. You did that. Like in that old “mosque” at GZ press conference — “It’s not them and us. It’s just us.” And I love love love that he had the guts to reclaim it all from the pitiful wingnut jibes.

  213. 213.

    Cacti

    Wait a second, he said the Brits were our closest allies.

    How dare he insult Israel like that?!

    Israel is always there when they need us!

  214. 214.

    Mnemosyne

    I wish God loved me enough to shoot a lightning bolt at Timothy Dolan’s ass on his way out of the stadium.

  215. 215.

    Mary G

    So classy, complete silence and respect when that pig Cardinal Dolan is praying. And he’s talking about taking care of the poor. Heads are exploding all over America.

  216. 216.

    dance around in your bones

    Man, the hamsters are getting tired tonight running the wheel for this blog.

    I got some kind of wet substance leaking out my eyes multiple times tonight. I noticed many people in the audience who had the same problem.

  217. 217.

    some guy

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    raisnig caps, good. solves problem. I am guessing O , however, is nodding toward “responsible strengthening” as code for indexing and age -eligibility.

    but who knows, vagueness sounds “responsible”

  225. 225.

    Corner Stone

    @? Martin: I’m not sure. Do you think you’re insulting me in some way?
    Because I like some good ol’ sex and don’t get off on snuff films like firing my poor team members who just “aren’t cutting it”.

  229. 229.

    jl

    @Mnemosyne:

    “God bless the United States of America.”

    I like that too. But if the GOP gets desperate enough, they will try to turn that into some kind of a gaffe.

  231. 231.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Regarding the ground game, I would just note that our small town, the county democrats’ office on the town square was opened a couple months ago and it was lit up tonight with people in there watching the speeches. There is no GOP office on the town square at present.

  233. 233.

    FormerSwingVoter

    Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

    I have tried – God have I tried – to remain cynical about everything even remotely related to politics, if not life in general.

    But after watching that speech, I can only say one thing: I love this President.

  236. 236.

    Patricia Kayden

    Loved that Obama’s speech was rousing but also very substantive. Hope the job numbers are good tomorrow to cap an awesome week for Democrats.

    And looking forward to more photos/videos from ABL/JC. This was fun.

  240. 240.

    Burnspbesq

    @Mary G:

    So classy, complete silence and respect when that pig Cardinal Dolan is praying. And he’s talking about taking care of the poor. Heads are exploding all over America.

    There’s a seminar on paying lip-service to actual Catholic values that all new Cardinals have to attend. Apparently Dolan paid attention. Or maybe he really doesn’t see the disconnect between his words and his actions.

  241. 241.

    LanceThruster

    @Mnemosyne:

    I think the phrasing this time was “And God bless these United States.”

    Like I said, not a real world big deal. I also remember Wavy Gravy invoking *all* the gods, and Elvis…and I forget how, threw a bone to the rationalist too.

    I consider the God stuff required ceremonial language (look at the God and Jerusalem BS), but I still would like it off the fvcking money as it is a LIE (i.e. either acknowledge I as a citizen have no trust in any god or gods, or simply admit I am not part of the WE).

    Just my $.02. I wouldn’t withhold my support over it, just think that one day that mindset will “evolve” as well.

    And like I said, why the fvck not let the world know we care about them too?

    This goes against the very traits of Mitt “Me, me, me!” Romney.

    Reality has a rationalist bias. We’ve learned to be patient.

    “PRAYER: It’s the least you can do. Really.” ~ LT

  246. 246.

    dance around in your bones

    @1badbaba3:

    I hope MORE people get this leaky thing out their eyes listening to Obama and his peeps.

    It’s GOOD if it’s catching ;)

  249. 249.

    japa21

    Well, if the election were held tomorrow, and all voters were required to watch both conventions, Romney might just win…Utah, if he was lucy.

  252. 252.

    ChrisNYC

    It’s a fucking mystery how Howard Fineman covered the 2008 campaign and apparently missed the whole “it’s not me, the change is you” stuff. He just said that it’s a clever reworking.

    I mean — Howard, dear, the whole organizing and registering voters and inspiring people to action thing, that was the fucking point, as was pointed out REPEATEDLY. I’m sorry but he needs to not be a pol reporter if he watched that campaign and thought that Barack Obama was literally the change, personified.

  254. 254.

    Bostondreams

    @Patricia Kayden:

    Loved that Obama’s speech was rousing but also very substantive. Hope the job numbers are good tomorrow to cap an awesome week for Democrats.

    I suspect that he has already seen the numbers, and his speech may have been a bit different if they were worse than ok. IMHO

  256. 256.

    WaterGirl

    @Comrade Mary: I flipped Dolan the bird the moment he was announced and came out on stage, leaving my finger in the air until he asked us to bow our heads.

    At that point the little girl in me who went to catholic school until 8th grade thought I should bring my finger down. But I tuned out his boring benediction — loved the one by the young girl last night, though — and then brought the finger up again the moment the prayer concluded.

    I understand bringing Dolan in so the Rethugs can’t say that Dolan doing the benediction for the Rs means that god is on their side.

  261. 261.

    Some Loser

    I want to punch Jon Stewart in the face. Seriously, he just has to shit on the Democrats.

    I’m going to watch Colbert Report.

  262. 262.

    ruemara

    I got to say thanks to, um, Punchy(?) over at Political Carnival for ripping those mpegs of the speeches and alerting us here (how do you do that, email me, it’s professional curiosity thing) so I can send that to my well meaning-but tv-free friends.

  263. 263.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Anya:

    Is there a claus in Chris Matthews contract that he must always mention JFK and Tip O’neill?

    Chris is 70 years old. He doesn’t even know he’s doing it.

  265. 265.

    burnspbesq

    @japa21:

    Well, if the election were held tomorrow, and all voters were required to watch both conventions, Romney might just win…Utah, if he was lucy.

    That assumes all voters are capable of recognizing and will vote in their own best interest. The reality is that Romney will carry at least 20 states. That’s his worst-case scenario.

  266. 266.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Anya: He’s pretty predictable, and obsessive, but in a lot of ways he’s the unrestrained id of that working class white male, only with a genuine sense of racial and social justice.

    I was struck today, listening to Tweety in the car, how utterly re-seduced he was by Bill Clinton. As someone whose political junki-tude grew all through the CLinton years through impeachment and the aftermath, in the late 90s Tweety hated Clinton almost as much as I hate Bush.

  269. 269.

    spiffy

    @burnspbesq:

    For the last couple of days I have been in an argument with a wingnut acquaintance who insists New York is “in play” for Romney. He also thinks Romney can win California.

    Yes I think he might have been dropped on his head as a child.

  271. 271.

    Mark B.

    @spiffy: Texas will go Democratic before New York votes for a Republican. And I think it will only take 8-12 years for Texas to switch.

  273. 273.

    burnspbesq

    @spiffy:

    Wow. Romney carrying New York and California is even less likely than Duke going undefeated and winning the BCS championship.

  274. 274.

    Comrade Mary

    Apropos of something or other:

    just another one of those nights I needed
    stayin up late one more night to piece it
    all together now, all together now
    I’m gonna ride this out

  276. 276.

    jimmiraybob

    @MikeJ:

    The Australopithecus vote is just about all he [Romney] has going for him.

    I like to think that Australopithecus, in general, was smarter, more empathetic and more progressive than “the base.”

    Well OK, there was the TeaParty Australopithecus contingent that thought thinking and moving out onto the savannah was going to offend the gods, but it was a small group.

  281. 281.

    Humanities Grad

    @spiffy:

    Yes. New York is so much “in play” that Nate Silver only gives Obama a 100% chance of winning the state.

    And California? Don’t get me started! Obama’s odds of taking California have fallen all the way to 99.9%! It’s a wonder that Romney’s campaign isn’t already flooding both with millions in SuperPAC cash. Talk about a missed opportunity!

  285. 285.

    Anya

    The Airing of Grievances on Festivus will be very long. I am disappointed in you people (front pagers) for not live blogging the convention. But DougJ and Cole will get the most. I am working on my list now.

  286. 286.

    spiffy

    @Mark B./Just Some Fuckhead/burnspbesq/Humanities Grad:

    At first I thought he was just trolling me, but, no he was serious.

    There is a certain segment of wingnut who honestly thinks Romney will win this in a landslide.

  287. 287.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    I feel sorry for Malia and Sasha’s future men in their lives. Boy are they going to have a difficult time measuring up to Ol’ Dad.

    Damn I’m proud to be an Obama supporter, as are my wife and daughter!

  288. 288.

    Comrade Luke

    @LanceThruster:

    From some hack on Twitter:

    @NYCVixen: Once again the crowd shots at the #DNC are a cross between a welfare office, LGBTQ center and attendees at a Memphis block party. #DNC2012

    That’s what the right thinks of diversity.

  289. 289.

    1badbaba3

    @spiffy: Ask them if they would be interested in buying some “land” in “Idaho” or “Florida”. Perhaps a lovely bridge for the missus.

  292. 292.

    dance around in your bones

    @Comrade Luke: From some hack on Twitter:
    __

    @NYCVixen: Once again the crowd shots at the #DNC are a cross between a welfare office, LGBTQ center and attendees at a Memphis block party. #DNC2012
    __
    That’s what the right thinks of diversity.

    OMFG.

    @1badbaba3:

    Amen. Now if only the lamestream media would show more of that instead of all those angry awful teabaggers.

    See above – it’s all about your perception and tribal beliefs, no?

  295. 295.

    dance around in your bones

    @LanceThruster:

    I guess you are right – I’m speaking from a familiarity with (Mexican) Spanish.

    Actually, us gringos used to say Saludi Patootie! Heh.

  296. 296.

    Mnemosyne

    @Anya:

    There’s a t-shirt I keep getting ads for that says, “The Last Thing I Want To Do Is Hurt You … But It’s On The List.”

  297. 297.

    hilts

    @CaliCat:

    Molly Ball makes Howard Fineman look good.

    Ball’s reaction to Obama’s speech: “The president, that legendary orator, vaunted crowd-mover, well-known sweeper-away of audiences in general and political conventions in particular, gave a warmed-over rehash of his stump speech, right down to the exit music, Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care of Our Own,” that generally plays him out at campaign events. The theme — stop me if you’ve heard this one — was hope.”

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    WaterGirl

    @TaMara (BHF): Wow. She really does seem like she was drunk or high, but the reception was amazing. But maybe she just has a LOT OF ENERGY because all those republican bankers and businessmen just told her entire state to take a hike.

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    Spaghetti Lee

    @Comrade Luke:

    Ha ha, welfare! Because, get it, black people! Because they’re all lazy unemployed bums! Man, this conservative humor is just so cutting-edge I can’t even handle it.

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    Mandalay

    @Anya: @Anya:

    Is there a clause in Chris Matthews contract that he must always mention JFK and Tip O’neill?

    Yes, and he is always careful to refer to JFK as “Jack”, and his brothers as “Bobby” and “Teddy”, since he is such a close friend of the family (in his mind).

    There is also a clause in his contract requiring him to tell Howard Fineman he is “so smart” at least three times a week.

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    LanceThruster

    @dance around in your bones:

    I asked my Mexican day laborers (the guys who helped me move) how to do the toast from “Boardwalk Empire” (“to the lost”).

    We now toast when they come by regularly to help my keep making improvements (and mostly with still settling in)…

    [hoisting glass] “Los Perditos!”

    They’ve helped me gain a newfound love for tequila shots, and they like my cooking (we eat well).

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    karen marie

    @WaterGirl: She was governor at the time of the auto bailout and had a lot riding on it happening and succeeding. I’m sure she is thrilled with Obama beyond belief.

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