Thank you. pic.twitter.com/zTgGmMfHQg
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 29, 2016
I congratulate @HillaryClinton on this historic achievement. We are stronger together.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 29, 2016
Major Major Major Major says:
I AM HILLARY OF HOUSE CLINTON! RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE OVAL OFFICE! MOTHER OF HEALTHCARE, SLAYER OF TERRORISTS, BREAKER OF CEILINGS!
.
She's wearing Suffragist white again.
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) July 29, 2016
The line that stood out to me: "The choice is clear."
Never before has there been two more different candidates w two more diff agendas
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) July 29, 2016
Mention of breakthrough for women brings by far the biggest applause of the night
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) July 29, 2016
"Our economy isn't working the way it should because our democracy isn't working the way it should." Key line of the night. Very true.
— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 29, 2016
The DNC is co-opting Republican tropes while maintaining Democratic ones because there is now only one political party for grown-ups.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 29, 2016
Khizir Khan, father of soldier killed in Iraq, to Trump: "You have sacrificed nothing." https://t.co/d5cPjhDH9b pic.twitter.com/gyE5z8XgOk
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) July 29, 2016
Kasich strategist ?? https://t.co/XIP7DJ5UEb
— Martin Gelin (@M_Gelin) July 29, 2016
I will take the America of Khizr Khan & his fallen son over Trump's distorted & selfish version every day of the week.
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) July 29, 2016
The girl who always does all the goddamn work in the group project and doesn't get credit HAS FOUND REVENGE #DEMSINPHILLY
— Faine Greenwood (@faineg) July 29, 2016
Hermione Rodham Clinton https://t.co/0YVuKwNI44
— Margaret Stohl (@mstohl) July 29, 2016
"Having unhinged extremists screaming at the stage beats having unhinged extremists screaming from the stage." https://t.co/JMUlJuDURr
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 29, 2016
Follow the full text of @HillaryClinton's speech as prepared for delivery: https://t.co/Jw0a2lsgLc #DemsinPhilly pic.twitter.com/lehAr3H5fV
— POLITICO (@politico) July 29, 2016
Whereupon a woman, a mother, walked out on stage, hugged her daughter and accepted a presidential nomination. https://t.co/ik4YcyN0DG
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 29, 2016
Shout out to the guys that tweeted she should smile more and the night they are going to have on Twitter.
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) July 29, 2016
Guys, the reference to Hamilton wasn't for the Acela corridor elite. It was for the Puerto Ricans living in Florida.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) July 29, 2016
A quarter million are watching this on the YouTube channel where 13,000 watched the GOP nominee's speech.
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) July 29, 2016
Hey, @realDonaldTrump. Can I be there tomorrow when you see tonights ratings?
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) July 29, 2016
Gives you a rough idea of fraction of delegates that are #BernieOrBust – they're in yellow. pic.twitter.com/jiRbcSGOBh
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) July 29, 2016
Will a Trump apologist explain to me why an 18 yo watching the conventions would want to be a Republican? We're giving away a generation
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) July 28, 2016
How we handled the asymmetry between major party candidates in 2016. Years from now, journalists will look back on that decision— and judge.
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) July 28, 2016
Tips for Trump for his inevitable Twitter rant
1. Don't retweet white supremacists
2. Don't retweet anything w/word "bitch"
3. Punctuate
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 29, 2016
This is going so well that for attention tomorrow, Trump is gonna straight up tweet the n-word.
— Josh Patten (@thejoshpatten) July 29, 2016
The Khizr Khan speech is just going to enrage Trumpkins because somewhere inside, it made them ashamed.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 29, 2016
You know what this convention really needed? An angry Muslim with a thick accent like Fareed Zacaria.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 29, 2016
I'm ashamed ever to have known you. https://t.co/AkddX4uNa0
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 29, 2016
Shorter Hillary: I'm a wonk, I'm experienced, I'm a woman — and I'm not apologizing for any of it. pic.twitter.com/UfdS6fwngQ
— Ari Melber MSNBC (@AriMelber) July 29, 2016
amk
coulter couldn’t even get his name right. Typical ignorant rethug moron.
Is josh barro the only one with the guts call out his party?
Mustang Bobby
I’m going to be useless at work today because I stayed up so late to watch all of this, but it was worth it.
Big R
Good morning from Poznan! Today’s plan involves returning to Warsaw, since my flight out is fairly early tomorrow (noon, which is early if I started the day with a three hour train ride). In Warsaw, I plan to hit the Jewish museum and the cathedral. I couldn’t get to Poznan’s cathedral because it was too far east from my hotel.
The weather is gross today. It’s a good day to ride a train and go to a museum.
ruemara
I kinda wish I could feel the thrill of a candidate, like these guys do, but I need to see them govern to fall in love. I was dispassionate on Obama too until about 2 years into his presidency. But overall, she proved to be the most rational, credible choice. I’m glad I put aside personal anathema and gave both candidates a shot. Now, let’s win this thing.
raven
@ruemara: That thrill stuff is pretty rare. A few of us who were in Operation Dewey Canyon Three talked right after Kerry got the nomination. We recalled how we laughed at this “officer” who acted like he was in charge the week we were in DC. Obviously we needed someone like him to give the remarks to the Senate committee but the VVAW was made up, by and large, enlisted. We wanted him to win but were sure were not “thrilled”. One thing that struck me last night was the rah-rah “patriotism”. Kerry tried that too and it didn’t mean shit. “Reporting for duty” just made him more of a target and when he didn’t stand up to the Swift Boat fuckers right away he was sunk.
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Obama and Clinton caught on camera mocking Trump (photo)
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
I have to admit the Bern-outs are impressive looking (photo)
MJS
Up since 4:00 dealing with a kidney stone. Reading the positive reviews of the speech helps. It had the potential to be a clunker at least in comparison to some of the others. Glad to see no one with any intellectual honesty is saying that.
piratedan
while I thought that the reverend from NC was an incredibly powerful speaker with an awesome message, I really believe what is going to turn this election on its head is if the DNC runs Mr. and Mrs Khan’s speech on a wide distribution. THAT message puts paid to all of the fucking Islamophobia that runs apeshit over in conservative circles and should (no guarantees because some of those fuckers are truly willfully evil) drive a dagger though the heart of anyone who has been fed an unhealthy dose of that shit and bring them back into the light.
With a follow up by the diverse military presence that essentially stated that Trump isn’t strong, he’s a fucking narcissist with a messiah complex should also strip away some of that neo-con veneer that the GOP has lacquered themselves in.
Splitting Image
You don’t suppose any of Trump’s family will be dumb enough to accuse Clinton of plagiarizing Lyndon Johnson, do you?
“In your gut you know he’s nuts.”
Keith G
@ruemara: I donno what part of life you are in, but I left “falling in love” with a political leader way back in my 20s.
Leaders in government are civil servants. They have a tough job to do and any deeper affection is earned by the competency of their efforts.
Hillary did good, as we say down here. She is not a big room speaker and she performed well, considering that. She was not helped by the dynamics of having to contrast Trump’s lack of policy by making this a speech about policy. Jon Favreau (Obama Speech writer, 09 to13) has some simple rules for great speeches and he tells how acceptance speeches are hard to fit in that mold. One rule: Shorter is better than longer. Hillary’s speech needed about 10 minutes edited away.
But’s its over and it’s good. In contravention to some cheerless comments I saw earlier yesterday, the Bernie folks were not an issue. Hillary and Tim are now free to go hop a bus and win some votes in PA & OH.
As always, David Plouffe had a good Tweet
David Plouffe @davidplouffe 6h6 hours ago
It takes a village. And one tyrant to burn it down. Defeat the tyrant before he has the matches.
eclare
“You have sacrificed nothing”. Powerful.
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Told ya General Allen was a badass (photo)
raven
As for the tanker pin Kareem wore, this was it.
761st Tank Battalion
Keith P.
It is so damn funny to read all the right-wingers flipping out because the GOP convention told us how bad America was, while Hilary Clinton’s convention was a celebration of America, its diversity, and its values. I’m real curious where Trump will be in 5 years.
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
MJS
@Keith P.: Sadly, in 5 years, Trump will be where every losing Republican presidential candidate ends up – with a standing gig on the Sunday morning gab fests
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Hilarious snapshot of Sanders drooling over Katy Perry (photo)
eclare
@David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch: ROFLMAO, you made me click!
aliasofwestgate
The speakers and the audience really made the idea/philosophy from star trek feel possible. Infinite Diversity Infinite Combinations. We united in a celebration of our diversity and the strength of it! I’m no trekker but I have loved the series for that idea since I was little. Seeing it demonstrated nationally, much less politically has been a pipe dream since W and 9 11. Hillary drew it all together into a glorious whole with that speech. I’m gonna remember this as I do Obama winning the presidential election in 08.
OzarkHillbilly
I liked the simplicity of Megyn Kelly’s
I can tell it meant a lot to her.
Betty Cracker
@piratedan: That moment when Mr. Khan offered to lend Trump his copy of the US Constitution was incredibly powerful. I noticed the tweeting imbecile didn’t have a come-back for that.
David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch
Moms watching speech with infant daughter (photo)
NotMax
Somewhere in a back room the G.O.P. House nut caucus is already drawing up plans to make history through having the first ever impeached Presidential couple.
Wish could say that’s hyperbole, but they’re so unhinged I fear it’s a realistic assessment.
amk
Michael Grunwald
p.a.
Just a very interesting historical time, as the right has been self-exposed, first by the nomination and 2x election of an African American, then by the nom. of the right’s major bête noir, woman to boot. The fear and rage at the heart (base?) of the movement burned off whatever was left of the facade of politics-as-usual for those who would see (*cough* MSM *cough*).
Almost as if it were planned- not that anyone would give the Dems credit for THAT ability :-) The FSM moves in mysterious ways.
amk
@NotMax: Not if the left moves its collective ass to give her a congress she can work with.
J R in WV
It was amazingballs good. I heard Gen. Allen, who couldn’t get more than a phrase or short sentence out without the crowd bursting out with USA! USA! USA!
And anyone who asked about flags can STFU now, ’cause there were like 10000 of them all being waved by people who love this country more than The Donald.
RK
Seemed a very successful convention but we’ll see what the numbers say. Hopefully they moved some of the Indie and moderate Republican moms they were going after.
Mr. Kahn reminded us in the sharpest of terms that Trump is an indecent fraud.
Darkrose
I had to rage quit out of guild chat in Final Fantasy XIV tonight because of an asshole Bernie Bro. Someone commented that he’d meant to watch the speech, just because it was historic, and he wondered if people showed enthusiasm. I mentioned that there were a lot of women of all ages who were pretty enthusiastic, and I added that it was pretty amazing for me to see something in two different elections that I’d dreamed about as a kid.
So this dude replied, “Oh, you’ve always dreamed about the Democrats rigging an election for the candidate who will best serve their corporate masters?”
A couple of people noted that the system has always been rigged in one way or another. I didn’t really want to get into it so I tried to joke about it, pointed out that as a born and raised Chicagoan, I always assume the system is rigged. Bro sneered about how Trump was going to win because the Democrats are idiots. I gently mentioned that Hillary won because more Democratic voters chose her in the primary, and was he really calling all of those voters idiots because they chose a different candidate than the one he supported?”
Yes, he replied, he was.
I said, “Wow, thanks.”
“You’re welcome.”
I was hungry, exhausted, and the Giants were losing yet again, so I quit the game before I damaged my laptop or said something I’d regret, like, “Shitheads like you are one of the main reasons a lot of folks didn’t vote for Bernie, so take your purity trolling and fuck off.”
I should mention that I’m in an LGBT guild whose members are overwhelmingly gay white men in their 20’s and early 30’s. For the most part, they’re a good group, but there are definitely times–like today–where I want to shake some of them and yell, “Women exist, even gay women! Also, I’m old enough to be your mother so don’t try to lecture me on how the world works.”
Sorry, I just had to get that out.
eclare
@Darkrose: You are braver than I would have been. I hope you feel better.
raven
@J R in WV: They were drowning out the morons.
EBT
I’ve convinced a buster friend of mine in TN to vote the smarter vote.
Penus
@amk: I think you mean Weaver, who worked on the Kasich campaign and has always been one of the good Republicans. Barro has never struck me as right-wing.
msdc
@J R in WV:
That was the DNC’s strategy for dealing with the hecklers–drown them out with positive cheers so the audience at home couldn’t tell. I thought it worked brilliantly.
Those Clinton people, they sweat the details.
msdc
@msdc: (Seriously, my favorite part about that is the instruction to join them on the two chants with positive messages. Co-opt the assholery. I love it.)
Darkrose
@eclare: Thanks–food helped. I’m not feeling brave so much as I am tired. With each passing year I have less patience for bullshit and yea and verily, the field in which I have planted my fucks is barren.
The Other Bob
@Keith P.:
I am betting prison.
Gavin
Hey, Barro? Those aren’t “Republican” tropes. Never have been.
Unless, of course, you mean to imply that Republicans are the only real America.
Frankly, I think it’s the Republicans who have been co-opting DEMOCRATIC tropes for far, far too long.
I’ll take “Party leading the US during both world wars for 200, Alex.” Yep, Woodrow Wilson was a Democrat. You already knew FDR was.
leeleeFL
@Darkrose: Yea, verily, indeed! I am finding my patience string shorter than it used to be also. Not sure how to remedy that or even if I want to. My field, it is also barren.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@MJS:
More likely the host of some prime time talking heads show.
ruemara
@Darkrose: girl, I’ve said much worse in guild chat. Which is why I became 2nd in charge. No one fucked with me. Especially about politics since I knew my stuff. Say it and don’t back down.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Big R:
I haven’t commented on it, but I have enjoyed reading about your trip.
Darkrose
@ruemara: Hee! What do you play?
I’d started to type up a response, but then I was like, “Nah. Not worth it.” We went out for cheesecake instead.
Uncle Cosmo
@David ?▶️Hillary/Harley Quinn 2016▶️? Koch: Is the guy standing in the back a dead ringer for OPOL at dKos, or is it just my eyes?
Villago Delenda Est
@Darkrose: Have you played World of Warcraft? Like about 6 years ago? On Greymane?
ruemara
@Darkrose: wow. Rexxar server. Funny, cause a friend of mine has a ton of rose___ names for all her toons. I don’t run with a guild any more, which I miss, but I took over an abandoned guild, The Disbanded. Almost all the members are me. Lead alt is Soridormos but I’m working on Invictus during my rare time to play.
Citizen_X
@Keith P.: Where will Trump be in five years? I don’t know, where do Russian mobsters typically dispose of their victims?
Uncle Cosmo
@Citizen_X: Alternately: Do the soccer stadiums in Russia have endzones?
Dadadadadadada
@NotMax: They’d have to win the Senate. Not too likely.
NotMax
@Dadadadadadada
Huh? The House impeaches, not the Senate. The Senate convicts.
As the umpty-ump ACA repeal votes demonstrate, the House nut caucus doesn’t give a fig whether anything has a likelihood of advancing beyond their chamber.
Darkrose
@Villago Delenda Est: Nope. Played City of Heroes, Aion, Rift, Elder Scrolls Online in beta, and now FFXIV. Never played WoW.
Bostondreams
@Darkrose:
(shakes fist at NC Soft) Dang, I miss City of Heroes/Villains.