Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

People are complicated. Love is not.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

We still have time to mess this up!

Stand up, dammit!

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

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We must be the moral defibrillators of our time (or, “I have a Constitution to lend you”).

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Chickens before they hatch and all that…. but the thing I think I am most looking forward to is the photos of Bill walking into the White House as First Gentleman.

I’m a cynical old trout, but Bill’s beaming mug on my ipad has made me giggle like a schoolgirl for the last three days. It seemed like every time someone cracked a joke, or ripped into the Toupéed Apricot Fucktrumpet (but I repeat myself), there was Bill, grinnin’ like a dog with three balls and a bone.

It’s been a barn burner so far, and the leading lady is yet to hit the stage, but my votes for best supporting act go to the Reverend William Barber for:

“We must be the moral defibrillator of our time. We must shock this Nation with the power of love.”

and the equally righteous Mr Khizr Khan for offering his copy of the Constitution to the Hairpiece.

If anyone can link me to a video or a transcript of both, I’d be most grateful.

ETA:

Via TPM

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  1. 1.

    Robin G.

    I sobbed at Mr. Khan’s speech. Sobbed when Mrs. Khan whispered “USA” with the crowd. I swear I even saw tears in Bobo’s eyes afterwards. Any even slightly wavering voter who saw that was just won.

  2. 2.

    Bodacious

    OMG!!! I WANT TO HAVE HIS BABY!!! Amen, that man just made my bucket list. I’m going to a service at his church before I die……………….
    Dang, the weeping for the Kahn’s was the MOST powerful thing of this convention!

  3. 3.

    patroclus

    After that Marine General, all I can say is Semper Fi! And if he asks me to jump, all I got to say is “how high!”

  5. 5.

    dmsilev

    The pocket Constitution moment was quite something. I eagerly await Trump’s reaction.

  7. 7.

    jl

    People were dissing Sherrod Brown as a speaker yesterday.
    I think the guy gets an A for effort, right? Wasn’t that bad, was it?

  9. 9.

    Mike J

    (Delegate & Nancy’s daughter)

    (((sfpelosi))) ‏@sfpelosi 7 minutes ago(((sfpelosi)))
    “Peace” activists heckled a General praising our allies and condemning torture

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Amen to all the feels tonight. I’m already a limp little dishrag, and it’s still a while until Chelsea comes on to introduce her mom, yes?

    Apart from anything else, I’m looking forward to the cutaway shots of Bill looking like proud daddy/proud hubby.

  16. 16.

    dmsilev

    Now we’re getting the convention equivalent of an airplane safety lecture. “Open the bag, unfold the card, place it in your lab with the instructions facing up. Your card will inflate automatically”

  18. 18.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    I’ve always liked the word Consort (like the Queen’s husband). Is there any way to work that into the title, should Hill and Bill move back into the WH?

  27. 27.

    guachi

    After Allen’s speech, I’m glad I thought he’d be a good VP choice.

    I may be in the Navy, but he was awesome.

    And fuck those protestors.

  29. 29.

    NCSteve

    Rev. Barber is a big part of the reason McCrory’s “ah shucks” scam has frayed so badly and turned into an “I’m shitting sharp cornered cubes” Nixonesque snarl of late.

    But the fucking Berniebrats have officially gone so far over the line tonight that I’m ready to spank the shit out if all of them and send them to their rooms without their quinona for a decade or two to think about what they’ve done.

    And Jeff Weaver, he primary architect of their WATB self-absorbed paranoid delusion shitshow can kiss my ass forever more.

  30. 30.

    dmsilev

    Funny how singer tributes have come full circle. Used to be matches, that everyone had in their pockets. Now, cell phone flashlights.

  32. 32.

    PsiFighter37

    I’m not the biggest fans of Katy Perry’s vocals, but she is markedly better live than she was several years ago.

  34. 34.

    Keith P.

    My favorite (non)speaker so far was the Sikh soldier in the back during the military diversity segment.

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @ThresherK (GPad):

    I’ve always liked the word Consort (like the Queen’s husband). Is there any way to work that into the title, should Hill and Bill move back into the WH?

    So, COTUS?

  44. 44.

    lamh36

    Katy Perry seems like she’d be some of ya’ll folks cup of tea in terms of eye candy…lol…just mute her :-)

  45. 45.

    jl

    @PigDog:

    ” All 12 Articles. His version is more yuuuuuger. ”
    And only the Donald alone can understand articles 8 through 12. We can leave it all to him, sit back and relax.
    Watching re-runs of old Trump shows, I guess.

    That’s real democracy.

  49. 49.

    patroclus

    This convention is one of the biggest happenings in politics I think I’ve ever seen. Knock-out patriotic speeches from Marine Generals! Fiery social justice sermons from a NC Preacher! Katy Perry! Carole King! Kareem Abdul Jabbar! A very emotional tribute to a fallen Muslim hero by his father! Heartfelt endorsements from Republicans and Independents! This is amazing!!

  50. 50.

    David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch

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  52. 52.

    Quinerly

    Dem’s have even stolen the color red from the Repugs. Chelsea in red; Bill in red tie.

  55. 55.

    PigDog

    I know Sully is persona non grata around here, but this from tonight’s liveblog is gold:

    It’s worth recalling that iconic photograph of the lone protestor facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square. Trump, remember, was on the side of the tank.

  58. 58.

    bluehill

    “You have sacrificed nothing and no one.” Devastating condemnation of Trump and the party of faux patriots by Kahn’s parents.

  59. 59.

    maryQ

    I get the sentiment, but I am still kinda edgy about the “moral defibrillator” thing because my kid just got diagnosed with a rare arythymia where sudden cardiac arrest is a real possibility so I am brushing up on CPR and calling my state legislature to support a bill to install defibrillators in all schools (if you live in MA, please support S2449). The “bad heart” thing kinda got to me, because he meant mean, cruel people, but I kept thinking of my little girl, who is none of those things. It’s tough, because I think the guy came up with a fabulous metaphor and a powerful image, but for people struggling with heart disease, it creates some emotional confusion.

  60. 60.

    sigaba

    From Sullivan’s blogiteria:

    10:02 p.m. Just an FYI: Fox News cut away from the father of the fallen Muslim soldier. Of course they did.

    Classic. The Bubble must be defended.

  62. 62.

    burnspbesq

    NPR interviewed Norman Solomon while I was in the car. That man is a certified, Grade A, non-GMO narcissistic butthole.

  63. 63.

    rikyrah

    About all the military folks tonight:

    Yes, Hillary is seen as hawkish by a lot of Dems.

    Tonight is about crossing those hurdles, and one of the big hurdles for any woman – can she be Commander In Chief?

    Can she take that 3 am phone call?

    Do we trust her with the nuclear codes?

    I still have my issues with her hawkishness.
    I do trust her with the nuclear codes.

  66. 66.

    sigaba

    I don’t like Chelsea, low energy (I kid I kid).

    Also I’m having flashbacks to my dad’s MN House campaign and the crap I would have had to put up with if he’d won.

  68. 68.

    cckids

    @Emma:

    No matter how much money they have, the whole Trump clan is fundamentally naff.

    Perfect. Trump’s always bragging about being “classy”. He needs to watch Rev. Barber’s speech about 50 times to see the actual definition of class.

  75. 75.

    Adam L Silverman

    @lamh36: I believe the expression is “the visual portion of the audio-visual presentation is better than the audio portion”. I read that in a review of Paula Abdul’s first single and video back when it came out and the phrase has always stayed with me.

  77. 77.

    Keith P.

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: I just got a kick out of putting out such a diversity of diversity front and center (Hillary just said that as I typed it). The GOP tends to neopolitanize it into White-Black-Mexican, but when a truly diverse party convenes, there’s true diversity instead of checkbox diversity. Plus, Sikh’s are badass soldiers.

  81. 81.

    gogol's wife

    Sorry I missed this thread. I too was moved, inspired, thrilled by those two men (and Mrs. Khan).

    I’ll have to read this tomorrow . . . .

  83. 83.

    jonas

    I will lend you my copy!

    God, that was fucking epic. So much righteous shit for Trump to stuff in his pipe and smoke tonight.

  84. 84.

    Arclite

    there was Bill, grinnin’ like a dog with three balls and a bone.

    Two balls and a bone? A well-used bone at that.

    =P

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