No eight paragraph block-quotes, no John Singer Sargent pictures, no (hopefully) a blog that can’t stay up. Just an open thread.
Bring it.
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No eight paragraph block-quotes, no John Singer Sargent pictures, no (hopefully) a blog that can’t stay up. Just an open thread.
Bring it.
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MikeJ
Think his intro music will be “Let’s Stay Together”?
Valdivia
woo hoo fired up ready to go.
Unabogie
This is the night Romney gets left in the dust. There’s no way people choose that privileged bully over Obama.
Corbin Dallas Multipass
Oh, DougJ, don’t you know? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq08yOneY_0
John M. Burt
Romney got no convention bounce at all.
I predict that tonight the phrase “convention catapult” will make its debut.
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.
Burnspbesq
The CBS coverage should be sponsored by the American Dental Association, cuz it’s making me. Grind my teeth.
raven
The pigs are gonna have a fit behind beating the Bin Laden shit to death.
arguingwithsignposts
There’s that Hopey Changey thing!
YellowJournalism
ABC isn’t too bad
freelancer (iPhone)
#Team Fuck Yeah
arguingwithsignposts
@Burnspbesq: It’s your own damned fault for not watching CSPAN.
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.
Anoniminous
Interesting. They keep bringing up Bush. Not crudely but there always is a zinger attached.
Comrade Mary
Did he just hug the DJ? BACK OFF, BITCH, HE’S MINE.
Boy, he’s greyer. And another great dress on Michelle.
raven
U2
Corner Stone
Are they playing The Fray?
Mowgli
Relax, he’s got this.
Omnes Omnibus
Bring it home, Barack. Bring it home.
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.
YellowJournalism
Oh my how the girls have grown.
Would it be wrong to stand up and clap in my living room?
Anna in PDX
No John Singer Sargent pictures? Denied!
Ed in NJ
@John M. Burt:
But Reuters already posted that there has been no bounce for Obama…
…seriously
http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINBRE88513B20120906?irpc=932
Narcissus
Those Obama girls are going to break a lot of hearts when they’re older
Corner Stone
@Anna in PDX: I’m wondering what the fuck he’s babbling about. What special in-code have I missed in the last 48 hours?
Dave
LOLOL, John Singer Sargent
PsiFighter37
Solid start so far.
Bootlegger
He’s lying! He’s lying!
Oh, wait, that was last week.
Violet
@Narcissus: Hilarious. Sasha doesn’t want to go to school tomorrow. That face!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
A quick bit of comic relief from Tbogg’s twitter feed (I’m multi-tasking)
Bootlegger
“I saw that basic bargain slipping away.”
Word.
dmsilev
I think I saw a teleprompter. We can stop listening now.
Anna in PDX
@Corner Stone: I figured it was like a backhanded compliment to Tom Levenson, the art blogger around here.
Valdivia
oh yeah!
Cassidy
That was awesome.
Mnemosyne
“Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.”
Bootlegger
“Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.”
The man is back on his game.
freelancer
Goddamn.
“Take two tax cuts, and rollback some regulation and call me in the morning.”
Corner Stone
@dmsilev: Teleprompter? He’s no Ted Cruz, that’s for sure.
Comrade Mary
Hee. “Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts and call me in the morning.”
dmsilev
“Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call me in the morning.”
Heh
Anoniminous
Good. He’s hitting their economic policies.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
class warfare! Hurt feelings on Wall St!
freelancer
@Mnemosyne:
Buy me a Coke. (Zero of course)
Smiling Mortician
Have a cold? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.
Boom!
Catsy
“Have a cold? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning.”
Lulz. Win. And so true.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
Damn, the man is deft.
Bootlegger
Apparently that line hit home.
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!
Soonergrunt
Transcript of President Obama’s speech, as prepared, HERE
Catsy
Okay, I think the clear consensus of the commentariat is that the tax cut line was gold. :)
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.
gbear
Check and see if he has any of his speech points written on his right palm…
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.
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.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
@Bootlegger:
Le’me guess — the crowd shots tipped you off?
Bootlegger
@Mr Stagger Lee: Pull-up jumper? Drive, 360 finger-roll? Take off from the top of the key and dunk?
Yeah, I think its the last one.
Corner Stone
@Bootlegger: You think? You think? You think? You think?
Baud
Whoa
Mnemosyne
Well, they said the Democrats would want it to be a “choice” election …
Soonergrunt
Tweet from Joe Scarborough just now”
@JoeNBC
Game. Set. Match. Democrats crush Republicans in convention wars.
arguingwithsignposts
Climate Change is not a hoax!
Baud
WHY WON’T EITHER SIDE TALK ABOUT ISSUES?????
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
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.
Bootlegger
Natural gas? I understand WHY he’s saying it, but it is impossible to ignore all of the fracking pollution.
Smiling Mortician
@Baud: Seriously? Bizarro world.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Neither side does it!
Just Some Fuckhead
Yeah, we’re all just skills retraining away from living the good life. They didn’t buy that one.
dmsilev
@Mnemosyne: I was noticing that.
El Cid
@Mnemosyne: I think it’s cool how literal that was made.
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.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Corbin Dallas Multipass: natural gas under our feet and wind (power) at our backs
Eljai
I believe, I believe!
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.
Bootlegger
I heard that George Clooney is hanging around backstage with an empty chair…just in case.
Mowgli
We did.
We did.
He’s dead.
Nice and simple.
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.
1badbaba3
@Jim, Foolish LiteralistWhy the hell is Grifterella watching? Doesn’t she have a poorly attended teabilly rally/tractor pull to haunt?
Mnemosyne
@Anna in PDX:
The two people that CSPAN cut to at that line were Dr. Jill and Sasha.
gbear
Unlimited Convention Cache
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.
jl
@Bootlegger: Sorry, some things have to what. I don’t care. Mitt wins, everything will ‘fracked’.
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.
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.
Steeplejack
@Corner Stone:
I think he was snarking at Levenson (paintings) and Anne Laurie (“eight-paragraph block-quotes”).
JPL
omg. .he is mocking myth romney
Anoniminous
This is a “Presidential” Speech.
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….
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”.
PsiFighter37
Starting to crush on Romney here.
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!
dmsilev
Oh, snap. #Romneyshambles lives!
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.”
RinaX
No he didn’t bring up Romney insulting the Brits! Love it!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@1badbaba3:
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.
Mr Stagger Lee
SMACK!!!! SMACK!!!!! Romney feeling the slap
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.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
Whoa — straight to the ‘nads on foreign policy.
? Martin
@Baud: Whoa indeed.
Mary G
My opponents are…new to foreign policy, oh, SNAP!
Just Some Fuckhead
So negative. There shall be no joy in joyville.
Mnemosyne
“Nation-building at home.”
JPL
Gotta say David Brooks jowls are going to be on the floor after this one…
Mnemosyne
Ah. Sweet, sweet class warfare. Plus a “Medicare voucher” slam.
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.
Anna in PDX
Never turn Medicare into a voucher. Thanks.
Humanities Grad
Seemed a bit sluggish at the start, but he’s hitting his stride now.
mai naem
@Bootlegger: Al Franken’s there just in case Clooney isn’t feeling up to it.
some guy
responsible steps to strengthen Social Security?
ok.
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.
Omnes Omnibus
@JPL: I would be very happy if people would stop fucking talking about that man’s jowls.
? Martin
@Louise:
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.
Louise
Oh YES. “Take my opponent’s advice and borrow money from your parents.” BOOM.
Soonergrunt
“take my opponent’s advice, and borrow money from your parents”
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.
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.
dmsilev
“Borrow money from your parents”
It’s like a top ten list of RomneyGaffes. How long until the dog-on-car reference?
Cassidy
This has been a 1st round beat down.
Cassidy
This has been a 1st round beat down.
LanceThruster
@Louise:
I like that!
Anya
Someone should check on Bobo. Is he still standing?
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!
Just Some Fuckhead
I just saw a sign that said HIS PANIC. Maybe they mean Romney or Ryan?
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.
Omnes Omnibus
@Soonergrunt: Stone cold.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
“See, Bubba, I know how to do this, too”
1badbaba3
@dmsilev: You know who else gave sermons?
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.”
JPL
@Omnes Omnibus: okay..you are definitely correct. At this point ..he is having to run to the bathroom..
Soonergrunt
@Omnes Omnibus: so nicely done, that one. The knife looked almost painless, going in.
arguingwithsignposts
Obama tl;dr – game on, muthafucka
Mnemosyne
@some guy:
And your problem with raising the FICA cap above $106,000 is … ?
Arclite
@dmsilev:
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.
Bootlegger
@mai naem: I’ll bet Al Franken would actually be very funny at that kind of bit. Dirty Harry, not so much.
Mary G
Preach it, Brother Barack!
Elie
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
This
And the call to citizenship….
The HEART of his message
This is about YOU — YOU are the heart of change!!!!
Jay C
“Not about me … about you”
way to go
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.”
Mowgli
So elegant– turning it back to WE, to YOU.
Letting America own the accomplishments.
Brilliant.
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.
eric
It should end win a Sean Connery voice over: That’s the Chicago way.
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.
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.
Corbin Dallas Multipass
“Yes we did!”
mai naem
@1badbaba3: Rush says Jeremiah Wright.
Comrade Mary
I’m actually ever so slightly teary. A little.
OK, it’s gone now, but I did feel it.
Tripod
Why does the GOP hate America?
jl
@Bootlegger: I sympathize, but best chance to make an impact is for Dems to win bigger than expected, then make your case after the election.
arguingwithsignposts
@dmsilev: It would actually be unfair to compare the two. Their styles are so not the same.
Soonergrunt
“You’re the reason Daddy drinks, you know”
He went kinda dark there for a moment, didn’t he?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Louise: amen
dmsilev
Wow. In one sentence, we got gay rights, right to choose, voting rights, and one or two others. Someone just made DNC Bingo.
JPL
So is this his best speech ever? I really didn’t know how much I accomplished.
Just Some Fuckhead
@dmsilev:
You did!
Bootlegger
@jl: Sure. Sigh.
some guy
@Mnemosyne:
raising that cap even higher? but do you really think that’s what O meant by “strengthening” ?
Kathy in St. Louis
@Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn: Have to laugh at that one. It certainly is a different looking crowd, sort of like America really is today.
Bootlegger
“…he/she/they give me hope.”
Nice touch
Valdivia
hope citizenship, hell yeah.
mai naem
The business one taking cuts and perks is aimed at Mistah Romney.
Omnes Omnibus
@some guy: What do you think he meant? Don’t hint around; say it.
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.
Corner Stone
The examples kind of make me cry a bit.
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.
Bootlegger
I like the new one-word campaign slogan, “Forward”.
JPL
@Corner Stone: this
Narcissus
I have the sudden urge to volunteer and donate.
Omnes Omnibus
And he passes Politics 101; he asked for our votes.
MikeJ
Obama’s Al Green impersonation was preaching, not singing. Awesome.
David Koch
Wow, that was short.
leaving everyone wanting more.
Eljai
Bruce Springsteen – We take care of our own! Oh, oh, oh. I’m in.
Jay C
@spiffy:
…and then bouncing back into the park so he can smash it back out again…
Mnemosyne
@some guy:
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.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
Kid can give a talk. I predict big things.
Omnes Omnibus
@Bootlegger: Very Wisconsiny.
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.”
rikyrah
Rocking it to WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN!!
arguingwithsignposts
Bruce Springsteen song? Chris Christie must be fuming.
Corner Stone
Springsteen. Hmmm…
The Dangerman
Opening with u2, clsoing with Bruce; excellent.
TaMara (BHF)
“We are all in this together”
Fuck ya!
I’ve lived by a Bruce Springsteen quote my adult life: Nobody wins unless everyone wins.
Bootlegger
@spiffy:
How about, ramming the ball down their throats? Or, rejected into the cheap seats? Or, cross-checked into the boards?
Willie Stark
The peroration was effective. Very MLKish.
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.
JPL
@Narcissus: then do it..
mai naem
I know this is shallow but damn, this is seriously the hawtest family in the WH since JFK and Jackie.
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.
Louise
Damn I’m proud to be a Democrat.
Mr Stagger Lee
We take of our own! which version do we want President Obama’s or Mitt RobbMe’s?
Burnspbesq
Obama for three… Swish!
Mnemosyne
I just realized that Barack and Joe color-coordinated their ties.
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.
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.
JPL
Is anyone watching PBS? David just gave a glowing review but said he was disappointed because it was big enough. ..
Culture of Truth
Jennifer Rubin @JRubinBlogger
“I’m shocked it was this bad”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@hilts: mighty white of him
Politico is the worst of Broderism metastasized
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.
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.
LanceThruster
@Mr Stagger Lee:
But, but, but…Ayn Ryan says selfishness is a virtue.
Comrade Mary
Shitwad Dolan is coming out. Fuck you, shitstain.
? Martin
@Corner Stone:
Watching porn again?
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.
Violet
@Narcissus:
Oh, me too. Me too.
jl
This is getting fun. What is the big speech tomorrow. I want to hear Ledbetter kick some GOP ass again.
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.”
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!
TaMara (BHF)
@TaMara (BHF): And then he walks out to Springsteen. Of course. Win.
PsiFighter37
@Culture of Truth: Drinking Rubin’s tears the night of November 6th might get me more deliriously drunk than I’ve ever been. I cannot wait for that hack to shove it.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Comrade Mary: Are you really praying when yer reading it? How does it work?
eric
favorite tweet: We’re gonna need to make a Hawaiian birth certificate for Jennifer Granholm, aren’t we?
lol so much win
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.
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!
Mnemosyne
I wish God loved me enough to shoot a lightning bolt at Timothy Dolan’s ass on his way out of the stadium.
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.
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.
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”
Anya
UGH. Did they have to give the enabler of child rapists a platform?
1badbaba3
@Bootlegger: When your list of fail is longer than the list of accomplishments then blame- it -on -the -black -guy becomes the new default setting.
Elie
@ChrisNYC:
Amen
spiffy
@Anya:
The only bad thing at this convention.
TaMara (BHF)
@JPL: But he’s glowing as he talks about this. It’s creepy. I think he liked it.
Oh, no wait…here he goes again.
some guy
@Mnemosyne:
I like that too, “these United states.”
Comrade Mary
@Just Some Fuckhead: Don’t ask me. I was bathed in Catholicism as a child and it never took.
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”.
Just Some Fuckhead
Damn, no more dancing.
mai naem
I hate Antonio Villaragosa’s whiny voice. But he did a good job.
Comrade Mary
Ooohh! ABL has cut down John’s new blue shirt into something very fetching.
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.
Corner Stone
I swear Jennifer Granholm was fully trashed during her speech.
Kind of hot, actually.
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.
1badbaba3
@dance around in your bones: Sounds like it’s catching. Good thing we’ve got Obamacare, huh? Amirite?
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.
Elie
@1badbaba3:
LOL but I know what you mean…
Just Some Fuckhead
Anybody wanna spoon?
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.
PeakVT
@Cacti: How dare he insult Canada? It actually is a different county up there.
FormerSwingVoter
Can someone please put up a donation link? Like, right now?
The Ancient Randonneur
The Empty Chair gave a much better acceptance speech in Charlotte than the Empty Suit gave in Tampa.
Burnspbesq
@Mary G:
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.
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
eric
drones. gitmo. bad jeans. vote sheehan/choi
JCJ
@Corner Stone:
Yeah, I think Granholm was thoroughly toasted and totally hot.
Corner Stone
@eric: Not just “bad jeans”. Mom jeans.
Whole other universe of bad.
gogol's wife
@FormerSwingVoter:
Me too. And I love Biden. He made me cry with his obvious love for Obama.
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 ;)
Lyrebird
@1badbaba3: so true, so true
LanceThruster
@Cacti:
xD
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.
Culture of Truth
Loved it. Obama killed. It was all awesome.
Missed Granholm. Too bad.
TaMara (BHF)
I donated. Now time for bed.
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.
MikeJ
@japa21:
The Australopithecus vote is just about all he has going for him.
Bostondreams
@Patricia Kayden:
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
1badbaba3
@Comrade Mary: Jinkies Batman, nothin’ angry about those, er, I mean that.
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.
LanceThruster
Cracking open a bedtime Pacifico.
Salut!
Anya
Is there a clause in Chris Matthews contract that he must always mention JFK and Tip O’neill?
AkaDad
I’m thrilled Obama supports Made In America. I just wish he was.
TaMara (BHF)
@Culture of Truth: Me too. But here it is. Jennifer Granholm
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.
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.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Anya:
Chris is 70 years old. He doesn’t even know he’s doing it.
Omnes Omnibus
@LanceThruster: I read that as Politico. I wondered why you hated yourself so much.
burnspbesq
@japa21:
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.
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.
? Martin
@Anya: We get a royalty on every mention of a fellow irishman. Not widely known.
LanceThruster
@Omnes Omnibus:
The Politico I saw the other night on C-SPAN was truly swill.
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.
Violet
New thread is up.
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.
Just Some Fuckhead
@spiffy:
I think I see the problem.
burnspbesq
@spiffy:
Wow. Romney carrying New York and California is even less likely than Duke going undefeated and winning the BCS championship.
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
Origuy
How about Thomas Hart Benton? The Meeting
jimmiraybob
@MikeJ:
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.
Comrade Mary
@Just Some Fuckhead: Listen to the Fuckhead, spiffy.
dance around in your bones
@LanceThruster:
Cracking open a bedtime Pacifico.
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Salut!
I love the sentiment, but the proper term is ¡Salud! (Health) :)
Corner Stone
@TaMara (BHF): Ok. Granholm is either majorly torched or reading for a part in a John Waters film.
ruemara
@Some Loser: So it seems. And it’s pretty lame, too.
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!
catclub
@Corner Stone: Big Bang Theory when Sheldon gets drunk before his speech.
A breathalyzer would explode in flames.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Comrade Mary: Ya just gotta laugh at ’em. Anything else is a waste of time and positive energy.
1badbaba3
@dance around in your bones: Amen. Now if only the lamestream media would show more of that instead of all those angry awful teabaggers.
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.
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.
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!
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.
1badbaba3
@spiffy: Ask them if they would be interested in buying some “land” in “Idaho” or “Florida”. Perhaps a lovely bridge for the missus.
Anne Laurie
New thread up top, just to draw the Blogmaster back.
LanceThruster
@Comrade Luke:
Typical Reich Wing…they love Uhmurka. They just hate most of its citizens.
dance around in your bones
@Comrade Luke: From some hack on Twitter:
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OMFG.
@1badbaba3:
See above – it’s all about your perception and tribal beliefs, no?
LanceThruster
@dance around in your bones:
Seems to be some variations, but ¡Salud! to you too.
CaliCat
@ChrisNYC:Fineman is a disingenuous beltway hack. He’s about as useful as a boil on a butt.
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.
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.”
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.”
Anya
@Mnemosyne: OMG! I want that t-shirt.
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.
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.
Mandalay
@Anya: @Anya:
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.
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).
karen marie
@ruemara: All the speeches are up on C-Span here (http://www.c-span.org/) and here (https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN/videos).
Strangely, I am lacking the usual panoply of editing buttons.
ADD: One of the mpeg speeches that I watched at the Carnival yesterday was just short of the end. C-Span’s are full and complete. (No slight intended to the good works of Carnival.)
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.