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You are here: Home / Elections / Biden-Harris 2020 / Democratic National Convention Open Thread – Day Three

Democratic National Convention Open Thread – Day Three

by Anne Laurie|  August 19, 20208:56 pm| 443 Comments

This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, Election 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

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Activist Khizr Khan nominates Joe Biden for president on behalf of Virginia https://t.co/8mtXh0wSov pic.twitter.com/acBUy6BILV

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 19, 2020

Kamala Harris as she watches the roll call vote for President, courtesy @DouglasEmhoff pic.twitter.com/0QF90pMVkt

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 19, 2020

Yes, but what do the worst people on earth think?…

Oh noes! Losing the genius and integrity of Steve Mnuchin is too horrible a thought to ponder! https://t.co/W0ES3aLwYd

— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 19, 2020

why would anyone want a genuinely kind person as president when you could have *gestures wildly at death counts and unemployment in all directions* https://t.co/mfBWU8qF64

— kilgore trout, new tone haver (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 19, 2020

Gosh, if you can promise us such a good time, guys…

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  1. 1.

    JMG

    August 19, 2020 at 8:59 pm

    It’s pretty straightforward now, as Erickson’s tweet indicates. The Republicans will run on an eliminationist program. We will kill your enemies for you. Well, two can play at that game.

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 8:59 pm

    “Holy mackerel, folks. Let’s get to work.”

  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    Tony Evers is a great guy and good governor, but, god love him, he is a black hole charisma-wise.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    August 19, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    Truthfully, I’m still confused about how pissypants decided that getting behind QAnon was a good idea. All I saw was Karl Rove saying not the best strategy because they are kooks. Maybe we should ask Mitch what her thinks.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    Kamala opens with a voting push.

  6. 6.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    “Why don’t they want us to vote?”  Everyone who believes in the concept of democracy should ask just that.

  7. 7.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    August 19, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    Kamala! (Swoon)

    Is she speaking from the Amtrak baggage check room?

  8. 8.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    @JPL: I may be confusing the cults, but isn’t QAnon the one that thinks Trump is a supergenius whose tweets are coded messages about his amazing plans and dastardly enemies?  I could see how that would appeal to him.

  9. 9.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:04 pm

    @JPL: They both lust for being able to summarily execute their enemies.

  10. 10.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 9:04 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Is she speaking from the Amtrak baggage check room?

    I had the same problem visiting my parents earlier this year. The best wifi signal was in the basement near the router, so my meeting background was a bunch of storage boxes and luggage.

  11. 11.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 9:04 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: That’s the Biden HQ.

     

    ETA: Joe really likes trains.

  12. 12.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    Good delivery by Kerry Washington.

  13. 13.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Kerry Washington swoon :)

  14. 14.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    Gun violence.

  15. 15.

    Winston

    August 19, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    Kerrie Washington is hot

  16. 16.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    Erickson has been a fanatical Christianist asshole (redundancies noted) for a long time, so the only even vaguely surprising thing about his tweet is that he was willing to even say “the Bidens are kind people”.

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    Erick Erickson
    @EWErickson
    Not gonna lie, Joe and Jill Biden are two of the nicest people you’ll ever meet on planet earth. They are genuinely kind people. But I don’t want Biden as President.

    This fuckin’ guy.

  18. 18.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    “You are the we.”

    Oh I like that. And there’s some sensible gun laws.

  19. 19.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    ETA: Joe really likes trains.

    The Bidens will repurpose Melania’s tennis pavilion for a really awesome model train layout. Just because they can.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    August 19, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    The striped outfit is … distracting.

  21. 21.

    JPL

    August 19, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    @dmsilev: He’s actually not that nice..   just sayin

  22. 22.

    lamh36

    August 19, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    Kamala Harris: “I think we need to ask ourselves, why don’t they want us to vote? Why is there so much effort to silence our voices? And the answer is because when we vote, things change. When we vote, things get better … So each of us needs a plan. A voting plan.”

  23. 23.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    If these guys win, we’re going to wake up in January with Elizabeth Warren as Treasury Secretary

    Guys, I’m already voting for Biden. You don’t have to keep selling him this hard to me! /s

  24. 24.

    Jay

    August 19, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    @Ken:

    while also defeating the Deep State and any moment now will be arresting and executing all of the Celebs and Democratic Party members who are engaged in kidnapping children for adrenochrome harvesting  for drug parties.

  25. 25.

    NotMax

    August 19, 2020 at 9:09 pm

    Would like to see a tag team of emcees (1 female, 1 male) on the final evening.

  26. 26.

    Winston

    August 19, 2020 at 9:09 pm

    I hope republicans are watching. We are coming for you.

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    DeAndré’s mother is ripping at my heart.

  28. 28.

    Jay

    August 19, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    @Leto:

    nice!

  29. 29.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    Funeral Joe is Best Joe

    Go watch his speech to TAPS in (I think 2012) and you’ll see Biden’s best speech ever.

  30. 30.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:12 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Yeah, that was heavy.

  31. 31.

    Jay

    August 19, 2020 at 9:12 pm

    After being told QAnon believes Trump is "secretly saving the world from a Satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals," Trump replies, "If I can help save the world from problems, I'm willing to do it. … And we are actually. We're saving the world from a radical left philosophy."— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 19, 2020

  32. 32.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    very good

  33. 33.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    GABBY!!!!

    I had no idea she played French horn.

  34. 34.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:14 pm

    Giffords — powerful.

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:14 pm

    @Jay: Would you mind keeping this thread convention related?

  36. 36.

    moonbat

    August 19, 2020 at 9:15 pm

    Good thing I have a bunch of Kleenex in reserve. Tonight’s going to be rough on the tear ducts.

  37. 37.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:15 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: TRANS COMMUNITY SHOUTOUT!!!

  38. 38.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 9:15 pm

    It’s not the best argument for how to vote, but “Hi everyone, it’s me Kamala” makes me feel better every time, just like Obama does.

  39. 39.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 9:15 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: She and Gabby both ripped me apart.

  40. 40.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    Gabrielle Giffords’ speech has improved so much since last time I listened to her.  She’s worked so hard.

  41. 41.

    TS (the original)

    August 19, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    @Yutsano:

    Dust in the eyes again, and thoughts of who was to blame for the shooting that killed  (among others) a 9 year old girl.

  42. 42.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    A President with empathy.

    Perish the thought.

  43. 43.

    NotMax

    August 19, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    @Yutsano

    Hasn’t it been renamed Freedom horn?

    //

  44. 44.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    The first part is all about the issues.

  45. 45.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    @Leto:  Dogs love Joe. Election over.

  46. 46.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    You could never say any of this about he who stole the Oval Office.

    Have never, ever seen a starker choice.  Well, 2016, for sure.  But trump has turned out even worse than expected.  And I never had any positive expectations of him.  Destroyer.

  47. 47.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    New Mexico represent!

  48. 48.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I secretly hope Joe can pass a massive infrastructure bill which is just ‘trains’.

  49. 49.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    @Baud:The first part is all about the issues.

    This is the hour the networks aren’t covering, right? Cue the “Democrats aren’t talking about issues” nonsense (like the stupid Nate Silver “scoring” yesterday).

  50. 50.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    @Yutsano:

    All the feels.  She’s inspirational.

  51. 51.

    TS (the original)

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    @Baud:   That’s novel, wonder if any of the wapo pundits are watching, or those middle of the road voters they are now plastering across the front page.

  52. 52.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    @TS (the original):  I want her back in Washington as the spouse of Senator Mark Kelly.

    CC: @MomSense:  I’m beyond awed at the progress she has made. And you could tell how hard that was for her. And I love how they showed her speech therapist.

  53. 53.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    @Elizabelle: I was surprised how fluid her speech is now as well.

  54. 54.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    @dmsilev:

    The Bidens will repurpose Melania’s tennis pavilion for a really awesome model train layout. Just because they can.

    He can get Rod Steward to help design and build it. Seriously. He spent 23 years building a massive model, working on parts of it while he touring.

    On a serious note, I’m pleased to see the epidemic of trans-related murders being mentioned as something to address.

  55. 55.

    Mary G

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

     

    @Yutsano: The French horn got  me teared up.

  56. 56.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Same here.  My god what a strong woman.

  57. 57.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    @Martin: “An Amtrak station in every garage!”

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    @West of the Cascades: Next hot take:  Dem convention boring.  All issues and nerd stuff.

  59. 59.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    @Yutsano: YES!

  60. 60.

    Cheryl Rofer

    August 19, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    Governor MLG!

  61. 61.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:20 pm

    @Martin: I secretly hope Joe can pass a massive infrastructure bill which is just ‘trains’.

    Heck — so does Joe!

    (And me, three… )

  62. 62.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    August 19, 2020 at 9:20 pm

    nuevo mejico
    ?

  63. 63.

    Jay

    August 19, 2020 at 9:20 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    @Ken brought up Qanon/Trump. Just filling in the crazy.

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:20 pm

    @NotMax: Funny, I was just thinking that I LOVE the pinstripe suit.

  65. 65.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:21 pm

    @Leto:

    Gabby always gets to me.

  66. 66.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:21 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: Wow, that’s some seriously impressive work. I had no idea.

  67. 67.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    Shoutout for micromobility. Wasn’t expecting that. Good. Saves money, good for the environment.

  68. 68.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    What’s this 2050 hoo haa, dream big, fight hard, let’s do it by 2035!

  69. 69.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    @WaterGirl: There aren’t a lot of people who can wear a suit like that. Personally I think Kerry is rocking it. But her emotions are coming off a bit forced to me. As always, YMMV.

  70. 70.

    geg6

    August 19, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    @WaterGirl: 

    Me too. I am skeptical of Not Max’s fashion sense.

  71. 71.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    I’m loving the focus on young people talking about climate change.

  72. 72.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    Yay, sustainable farming in the house!

  73. 73.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    @dmsilev: I remember a Globe North article during Stewart’s last tour — he snuck away from his handlers to visit North East Trains in Peabody.  IIRC, the store owner (another fanatic) had no idea who the English dude was, except he knew his trains…

  74. 74.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    @Jay: @Ken brought up Qanon/Trump.

    JPL, actually.  Comment 4.

  75. 75.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    @Yutsano:

    She can definitely be an over actor, but I love her just the same and I think she looks amazing in that suit.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    @Yutsano: She is totally rocking that suit!

    I think Kerry Washington is coming off great. It doesn’t feel forced to me at all.

  77. 77.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    I’m in love with Katherine Lorenzo.

  78. 78.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    Billie!

  79. 79.

    Gin & Tonic

    August 19, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    Are we expecting more calamari tonight?

  80. 80.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: He should go full VR.

  81. 81.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    I need to get out more.  I assumed that Billie Irish Eillish (sp?) was male.

  82. 82.

    jl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    Just saw this:

    Trump campaign, in strategy shift, makes push in early-voting states
    The president’s campaign will start running new attack ads against rival Joe Biden on Monday in key early-voting states, including Michigan and North Carolina.

    NBC news

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-campaign-strategy-shift-makes-push-early-voting-states-n1235544

    Democrats are crazy if they don’t push that too. So, glad to hear Michelle Obama say ‘vote early, in person if possible’ in her speech. As in previous thread, a good GOTV campaign can make early voting a reasonable risk. Especially for younger voters.

  83. 83.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    @Yutsano:

    I want her back in Washington as the spouse of Senator Mark Kelly.

    His swearing-in would will be within a few days of the tenth anniversary of the shooting that changed both of their lives forever.

  84. 84.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    August 19, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    @dmsilev:

    The Bidens will repurpose Melania’s tennis pavilion for a really awesome model train layout. Just because they can.

    That would be awesome! (In the old sense), If only my Dad were still here to see it.

  85. 85.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    Okay, don’t get Eilish at all.

  86. 86.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    Billy has such an intriguing presence and pretty voice.

  87. 87.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    I’ve never heard Billie Eilish sing before and I’m not feeling her mumble-singing.

  88. 88.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    @MomSense: Honestly, a sub current of this entire convention is making way for the next generation.  That and finally showing proper appreciation for our foundational Democratic AA women.

    Remember Bill Clinton ‘s building a bridge to the 21st century speech?  Let me tell you, showing is a lot more powerful than telling.

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    Billie Eilish’s eyes are so light blue that they almost look colorless.  Nice little talk though.  I like her.

  90. 90.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    Love Billie Eilish.  As long as no spiders are involved.  No spiders.

  91. 91.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Did you bring enough for the class mister?

    Billie sounds like she’s channeling her inner lounge singer. And is it me or are their crickets in the background?

  92. 92.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    This is the first time I’ve seen Billie Eilish or heard her sing. I like her.

  93. 93.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    August 19, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    @WaterGirl:  she’s the bad guy (video)

  94. 94.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    You people are old.

  95. 95.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    @jl:

    So, glad to hear Michelle Obama say ‘vote early, in person if possible’ in her speech.

    Well, she is from Chicago after all. “Vote early, vote often”.

  96. 96.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    I keep seeing Erick Erickson’s tweets, and I don’t understand why anyone cares about him. He always says something insanely stupid or something evil.  I refuse to know who he is beyond what he seems — a wingnut world’s version of a serious person.

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    @zhena gogolia: @MomSense: @guachi: @Omnes Omnibus: Billie Eilish.  Opinions differ.

  98. 98.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    Hey I just got a text with a photo of my son with his SO by the ocean and she has some special bling on her left hand!!!

  99. 99.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    @WaterGirl: She’s the youngest person and second person ever to win the four main Grammy categories – Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year – in the same year. Only 18. Born after 9/11. Yes I feel old.

  100. 100.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    August 19, 2020 at 9:31 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:  She won FIVE Grammys 6 months ago.

    She’s all that.

  101. 101.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    @MomSense: Congrats!

  102. 102.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    Immigration.

  103. 103.

    FelonyGovt

    August 19, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Me either. She has no voice at all.

  104. 104.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: That’s great.

  105. 105.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    Immigration time!

  106. 106.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    Looks like all our heavy hitters are in prime time (second hour).

  107. 107.

    geg6

    August 19, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    I like everything about Billie Eilish.

    Young Estella is also wonderful.  I love her and she breaks my heart.

  108. 108.

    eclare

    August 19, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    @MomSense: Congratulations!

  109. 109.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    Having a kid do this is great.

  110. 110.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    @zhena gogolia:   Here’s the first radio hit I heard from Billie Eilish.  Putting up a youtube with lyrics.

    Because:  the official video she put out has spiders crawling all over her.  Enormous ones.  (Tarantulas?)

    You should see me in a crown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piGhGEO1mRI

  111. 111.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    @MomSense: That’s great! Congratulations, to you and to your son and daughter-in-law-to-be!

  112. 112.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    Oh my god – this girl is breaking my heart.

  113. 113.

    Curtis

    August 19, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    Billie Eilish crushed it. This has been pretty good so far.

  114. 114.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:34 pm

    Trump is the Devil. There. I said it.

  115. 115.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    @Baud: Broadcast networks are only doing an hour each night, so yeah.

  116. 116.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    @Baud: Surprise!

  117. 117.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    Aw fuck.  Onions again.

  118. 118.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    @MomSense: !!!!!!!!!

  119. 119.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    All right, this Latina girl Estela is speaking to me! Putting the wood to Trump on his vile immigration policies. More like this, please.

  120. 120.

    NotMax

    August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    @Martin

    Life is Like a Train.

    ;)

    @geg6

    Nothing wrong with it in certain venues or circumstances but one task of an emcee is to not draw attention to themselves rather than the content. Just feel it is a poor choice for the occasion. YMMV.

  121. 121.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Dusty onions.

  122. 122.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:

    Impressive!  to say the least

  123. 123.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    @Elizabelle: Eilish seems to get a love/hate response.  No middle ground.

  124. 124.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    @MomSense: AAAAAACK!!!! MAZEL TOV!!!!

  125. 125.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    @Anya: I keep seeing Erick Erickson’s tweets, and I don’t understand why anyone cares about him. He always says something insanely stupid or something evil. I refuse to know who he is beyond what he seems — a wingnut world’s version of a serious person.

    Because he’s made a nice living out of being ‘the Voice of the GOP Gated Community.’  He’s the actual (bloated White evangelical male) Suburbanite the Trump campaign is aiming so much of its energy at this year — to know what he’s yapping on social media is to know how well the Trump/GRU campaign is working on its targets.

  126. 126.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    @MomSense:  congratulations!

  127. 127.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    “These babies need to be with their mothers”

  128. 128.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    @geg6:

    I love her and she breaks my heart.

    absolutely. you would have to be dead at heart to not care about this.

  129. 129.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Yeah. She seems like a nice personality, but I heard no musical talent whatsoever.

  130. 130.

    Barbara

    August 19, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    The film of children in cages is crushing me. Fucking hell. He is such a monster.

  131. 131.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    @MomSense: Congrats by proxy!

  132. 132.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Yeah, well, I heard that the Republicans will have even better talent.  Someone who won all those awards at 16, that’s it, and eight Grammies just five months ago. And sings both country and western. So there.

  133. 133.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    @MomSense: Congratulations!

  134. 134.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I can’t even….

  135. 135.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    @Ken: Next best thing: Ted Nugent.

  136. 136.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    @MomSense:   Exciting!  Wedding coming up.

    Happy news.

  137. 137.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    Best former POTUS* about immigration has my heart soaring.

    *Don’t even @ me about it.

  138. 138.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    @Baud: Looks like all our heavy hitters are in prime time (second hour).

    I think that’s the hour all the network news channels are carrying live?

  139. 139.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    @Baud:

    Who you talkin to, punk kid? You talkin to me?

  140. 140.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    Him, I like a lot!

  141. 141.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    Gorgeous song and nice updated rendition.  Isn’t Prince Royce Puerto Rican?

    ETA:  Nope Dominican-American and from the Bronx.

  142. 142.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    I’ve never heard Prince Royce before.  This is nice.

  143. 143.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    I am liking Prince Royce.  Never heard him before.  Love the Spanish interspersed in the lyrics.

  144. 144.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    I’m a boring as fuck middle-aged white dude but I sure hope the Biden campaign Hispanic/latino/a outreach works. It’s a soft demographic for him.

  145. 145.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:

    I heard about that.

  146. 146.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    The guy who’s singing now is really good.

  147. 147.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @Ken: Taylor Swift is a Democrat.

  148. 148.

    geg6

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @NotMax:

    I can tell you right now, women all over America are googling to find out where to get it.  Now, whether they should get it is another question.  I probably could have pulled it off in my 20s or 30s.  I seemed tall (not really but I have freakishly long legs) and I was thin and fit, not old with a post-menopause body like now.

  149. 149.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:   Guessing he is.  Do not know where he is being filmed.

  150. 150.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Me too, same.

  151. 151.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    @MomSense: good engagement song

  152. 152.

    WaterGirl

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    loving the graffiti wall.

  153. 153.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    Okay some idiot columnist in WaPo said there hadn’t been enough Latinx representation in this convention.

    I have only one thing to say to him:

    “WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW???”

  154. 154.

    eclare

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I was just going to ask who he is, great rendition.

  155. 155.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    Thanks, everyone.  I’m thrilled!

  156. 156.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    @Baud:

    What do you mean “you people”?

  157. 157.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I’m completely ambivalent as I am about much of pop.

    But this is another great night for Democrats.  So much humanity on display.

  158. 158.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    I’m bilingual and am loving all the Spanish I’m hearing and all the Latina/Latino voices. I’m a little irked at Julian Castro’s butt-hurt for being denied a speaking spot and turning that into “Biden risks losing the Latino community because the Democrats don’t have enough Latina/o voices” at the convention.

  159. 159.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:42 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: He’s Dominican–American.

  160. 160.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    August 19, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    Keep your eye out tonight for someone named Barack Obama.   I keep hearing he’s an electric speaker, with boundless charisma.  They say with a little luck he could be president one day.

  161. 161.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    The Bronx??

  162. 162.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    Looks like Hillary will be up soon.

  163. 163.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    @MomSense:

    Wonderful, and big congratulations!

  164. 164.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    @MomSense:

    Whatever could that mean?! ?

  165. 165.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    @David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:

    Let us savor.

  166. 166.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    I feel a Warren appearance soon. Nevertheless she persisted.

  167. 167.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    HILLARY TIME???

    EDIT: Are they gonna show every female Democrat in the House?

  168. 168.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: Yeah, I checked and ETA.  But thanks.

  169. 169.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    I’m loving this montage.

  170. 170.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    Nancy tearing the speech!

  171. 171.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    @MomSense: Congrats!!!

  172. 172.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    Nancy Smash coming up???

  173. 173.

    Mary G

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    @MomSense: Congratulations! Any grandkids to spoil possibly in your future?

  174. 174.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    Val!

  175. 175.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    Young RBG!

  176. 176.

    lamh36

    August 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    PBO understands the history of this moment!

     

    @ABC

    NEW: Former Pres. Barack Obama was originally slated to close night three of the DNC, but asked to swap the order and precede Sen. Kamala Harris to symbolically pass the torch to her, a Democratic official confirms to @ABC News.

    https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1296260409788444673?s=20

  177. 177.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    I want Biden to give Hillary the Medal of Freedom.

  178. 178.

    Amir Khalid

    August 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    It’s Billie Eilish. Not a common name; I’d never come across it before.

  179. 179.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    @Baud: Probably in the prime-time hour (so another 10-15 minutes).

  180. 180.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Isn’t Prince Royce Puerto Rican?

    Even better (popstar-wise): he’s Dominican-American!

  181. 181.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    @Mary G: They aren’t married yet; how could there be children on the way?

  182. 182.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    @Yutsano: He/she/they are grabbing taco’s from his local taco truck. Lucky SOB…

  183. 183.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    @lamh36: I’m guessing he’ll give her one hell of an introduction.

  184. 184.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    Thinking on Sharon Stone’s video about COVID.  She strongly advised a vote for Biden and women of power, because it is women running countries who have done the best in dealing with COVID.

    Indisputable.

  185. 185.

    MisterForkbeard

    August 19, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    @MomSense: Congrats! That’s great news!

  186. 186.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    @Mary G:

    I hope so – I’m already spoiling their doodle pup.

  187. 187.

    debbie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    @MomSense:

    Congratulations!

  188. 188.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    @lamh36: Just the kind of thoughtful move he would make.

  189. 189.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    Hillary up.

  190. 190.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    Hillary wuz robbed.

    It’s interesting, the people who will . not. go. there.

  191. 191.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    @Elizabelle: It’s frustrating.

  192. 192.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    @lamh36: President Barack Obama has always been a man with class.  And a sense of the moment.

  193. 193.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Ok, never mind. Hillary is up now.

  194. 194.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    SECRETARY CLINTON!!!

  195. 195.

    Mary G

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I said future!

    Hillary up.

  196. 196.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Hey, wasn’t this room used in a speech last night?

  197. 197.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Hill in white. I’m sure she’s President in some other better reality.

  198. 198.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Hillary in the same place as WJC last night, but lit differently.

    And she is going to tell some truths about Trump.  Hard truths.

  199. 199.

    Another Scott

    August 19, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    White suited HRC is a good look.

    With a great message.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  200. 200.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    I wish Donald Trump knew how to be a president.

    LOL.

    It still takes a village.

  201. 201.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    I’m a little pissed that Hillz isn’t getting a slot in the hour the media covers, but I understand why.  And that pisses me off even more.

  202. 202.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    She’s there to promote Joe.

  203. 203.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    @MomSense: Yes.

  204. 204.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    And [Kamala is] kind.

    Kindness will be welcome.  Along with toughness.

  205. 205.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    I didn’t realize how dangerous he was. ….  I should have voted.

  206. 206.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    @lamh36: [President Obama] asked to swap the order and precede Sen. Kamala Harris to symbolically pass the torch to her

    Love the sentiment, but I’m worried the phrasing will feed the loons who are claiming Biden is going to step aside and make Harris President.

  207. 207.

    PPCLI

    August 19, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    @West of the Cascades:  Maybe the Democrats kept Castro out because they needed the space for Latino/as who speak fluent Spanish.

  208. 208.

    NotMax

    August 19, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    @Amir Khalid

    Billie Holiday? Billie Burke? Billie Jean King?

  209. 209.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    I never use the term “re-elected” for Trump.

    I don’t think he was legit in the first place.  HRC is so much better than me.

  210. 210.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    I wish Donald Trump knew how to be a president.

    I wish we were in a reality where it didn’t matter one way or the other.

  211. 211.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    But Trump pointed out today that New Zealand under Jacinda Ardern has had a huge coronavirus surge of [*checks notes*] six cases. Check and mate, libtard!

  212. 212.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    Hillary both uplifting Joe and smacking around Dolt45.

    EDIT: And that’s why she’s wearing white.

    Hillary shouting out young people!

    OT: stream is being a bit glitchy on C-SPAN.

  213. 213.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    “Remember Joe and Kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose! Take it from me…”

    Uuuuuuggghhhhhh

  214. 214.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    @lamh36: Yeah, but now Kamala needs to follow Obama, which I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

  215. 215.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    @Steeplejack: Coincidentally, about the same number of cases that are detected among the White House staff and security every time Trump has an event.

  216. 216.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    Nice tribute to Kamala.

  217. 217.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    @Amir Khalid: It’s Billie Eilish. Not a common name; I’d never come across it before.

    According to media, it was originally her middle name — an Irish version of Alice.  Which I’d looked up at some point, because I remember some kids with Eilish as a first name, growing up.

  218. 218.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Sneak or steal his way to victory.

    Again.

  219. 219.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    I think one of the things that surprised me the most as I got older was just how many men in the world despise women. It shocked me and still does. Real animosity and it’s always been a mystery to me.

  220. 220.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Yay, election shade! You know Trump hates losing the popular vote in 2016.

  221. 221.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Vote for…

    Thanks Hillary.

  222. 222.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Did anyone see a couple of glitches in the video?

  223. 223.

    NotMax

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Yup. Side by side desks? She’s sitting about three feet to the side of where Bill was yesterday.

  224. 224.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    @Leto:  I know.  Tears our heart out.

  225. 225.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Yes, I think she has unstable internet, like me.

  226. 226.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    She always does her duty.

  227. 227.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @Steeplejack:But Trump pointed out today that New Zealand under Jacinda Ardern has had a huge coronavirus surge of [*checks notes*] six cases. Check and mate, libtard!

    And she delayed their election by a month because of six cases, so Trump should be able to delay our election by … 10,000 months?

  228. 228.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    Pelosi.

  229. 229.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: They aren’t married yet; how could there be children on the way?

    Amazing what you can get with an Amazon Prime subscription…

  230. 230.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    NANCY SMASH!!!

  231. 231.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Interesting that HRC paraphrased Hemingway.

  232. 232.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    I would really like to see Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  For a year or two.  She is loved in the better countries, and knows her job.

    Nancy Smash.

    5 children in 6 years.  Woo.

  233. 233.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Nancy SMASH!

  234. 234.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Remember Nancy’s comment about power: power is never given; it must be taken.

  235. 235.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Sniffle.

    I don’t remember ever crying during a convention speech.

    ❤️ Hillary

  236. 236.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    I like that Hillary and Pelosi went back to back. Maybe their combined strength will cause Republicans to explode with their hate.

  237. 237.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Yeah, I got one or two, a couple of seconds. Also got one earlier. I’m watching C-SPAN (cable, not streaming).

  238. 238.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    Is everyone getting a hype video? I thought only the Presidental nominee and the VP nominee got that.

  239. 239.

    Amir Khalid

    August 19, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    @NotMax:

    Groan.

  240. 240.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    The burnt orange coat and sunglasses.

    Iconic.

  241. 241.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    “I’m a mother of five and a grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one.”

  242. 242.

    Skepticat

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    I bought enough diesel (at $6 a gallon) to run the whole-house generator so I could watch tonight’s convention, and it was worth every penny. I find it heart-wrenching and heartwarming overall. It may not be perfect, but I like it better than a traditional convention. And it has really increased my enthusiasm.

    We. Must. Do This.

  243. 243.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    @Elizabelle: I would really like to see Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. For a year or two. She is loved in the better countries, and knows her job.

    No.  There are people ready to take on that job.

  244. 244.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Who wants to fight?!

  245. 245.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    @Yutsano: LGBTQ shout out!

  246. 246.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    “I’m a mother of five and a grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one.”

    Do. Not. Fuck. With. A. Nonna.

    @Sister Golden Bear: WOOT!!!

    Ooh she smacked around Yertle!

  247. 247.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    Trailer for Madame Speaker, coming in December.

  248. 248.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Listen, you can have internet like South Korea or you can *checks notes* not have that. We know what America selected!

  249. 249.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    Glad to see her calling out Moscow Mitch as well.

  250. 250.

    Jeffro

    August 19, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    @Jay: note that he didn’t go, “What?  Pedophiles and cannibals??  These Q people must be CRAZY!!  Geddouttaheah!”

  251. 251.

    Jeffro

    August 19, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: 3 times in a minute, by my count

  252. 252.

    lamh36

    August 19, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    “Gotta be able to take a punch and throw a punch…FA DA CHILDREN!”

    Say that Nancy!!!

    LOL

    https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FlimsyDelectableHogget-size_restricted.gif

  253. 253.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:00 pm

    @Yutsano: 

    And I love how they showed her speech therapist.

    Mr. Suzanne is so damn happy.
    Gabby tore me up.

    Fuck Erick Son of Erick, and Ted Cruz, and, well, ALL THEM ALL.
    FUCKEM.

  254. 254.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear:   Absolutely.

  255. 255.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    I love that Nancy smiles until she has to say “Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump” and then she stops smiling.

  256. 256.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Is someone driving near Nancy Smash? I am a bit nervous about the live speeches in these COVID days.

  257. 257.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @guachi: Stacey Abrams also did that last night.

  258. 258.

    TS (the original)

    August 19, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Did anyone see a couple of glitches in the video?

    I’ve had to restart (youtube) a couple of times to get words/pictures to align.

  259. 259.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Okay Nancy was awesome.

    @guachi: Again: don’t fuck with a nonna.

  260. 260.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @Anya: It’s usually windy enough on the Embarcadero that there’s no risk. (FWIW, there’s a major street that runs along the Embarcadero.)

  261. 261.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    SVU!

  262. 262.

    Mike in DC

    August 19, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    VAWA shoutout!

  263. 263.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    @Baud: Love how she evolved from mere actress to advocate because of her work on SVU.

  264. 264.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    @Baud: She’s a fellow Bruin.

  265. 265.

    Jeffro

    August 19, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @Leto: I hope to be half as brave, have half as much class, should I ever find myself with that kind of loss/robbery/crime

  266. 266.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    Whew this is heart-wrenching.

  267. 267.

    jnfr

    August 19, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Very hard to listen to.

  268. 268.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    August 19, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    @MomSense: congrats!!

  269. 269.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    My s-i-l who works for a women’s shelter and against domestic and sexual abuse would crawl across flaming broken glass to vote for Biden because of VAWA.

  270. 270.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Kerry Washington’s 8th grade teacher tweeting about her pride in her former student is everything.

  271. 271.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    The Convention is really well done.

  272. 272.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    So many women in the 70s and 80s worked to establish and staff  shelters and local hot lines and get no-fault divorce passed in states;   and to get legislation passed.  Would be nice to acknowledge that.

  273. 273.

    Feathers

    August 19, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Yutsano:  She played it when young, took it up again as therapy. Music is wired deeply into the human mind. There are theories that our language abilities grew out of our musicality, not the other way around. Gabby can sing better than she can speak. This is often the case.

  274. 274.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:   Even Tara Fucking Reade was bragging about working with JRB on VAWA.

  275. 275.

    Kelly

    August 19, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    @Steeplejack: The New Zealand COVID cluster is up to 78. NZ has controlled the virus better than anyplace but it’s a slippery opponent.

    https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-current-situation/covid-19-current-cases/covid-19-significant-clusters

  276. 276.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    @Anya: Running a good campaign and running a good convention is a sign of executive ability.  It’s not everything, but Biden is doing it.

  277. 277.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Feathers:   Interesting.

    Music therapy.

  278. 278.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Anya: It is. It could have gone wrong in so many ways, but the folks who put in the effort to plan and prepare the event have done a wonderful job.

  279. 279.

    Mary G

    August 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Nancy SMASH crushed it. Happy to see so many amazing women and abortion rights getting at least a shout out.

  280. 280.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Elizabelle: She’s begging to speak at the freak show next week. I wouldn’t put it past Trump and his low quality hires to actually have her speak.

  281. 281.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Anya: Front pager alert!

  282. 282.

    Barbara

    August 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I loved that sequence. Well done.

  283. 283.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    Sherrod!

  284. 284.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: The Biden Campaign’s competence is what makes me sleep at night. They’ve proved time and again that they know what they’re doing. I am so happy they’re not baited by the media or twitter.

  285. 285.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @Baud: Giving Garcetti his moment too.

  286. 286.

    lamh36

    August 19, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    @Ken: If you worry bout loons, you will go as crazy a they are.

     

    fuq the loons

  287. 287.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @Feathers:

    Gabby can sing better than she can speak. This is often the case.

    There was a scene — a sequence, really — in The King’s Speech where Lionel Logue had King George VI sing whatever he was trying to say. Not a stutter to be heard. My little brother also had, and to some extent still has, a severe stutter, but he is a singer and the same thing happens with him. He doesn’t stutter when he sings.

  288. 288.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @Anya: Agree.  He has risen to the occasion in a way thay exceeded my expectations.

  289. 289.

    Amir Khalid

    August 19, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    This convention is going so smoothly, I wonder if it will be the way to go from now on.

  290. 290.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    Warren up.

  291. 291.

    TomatoQueen

    August 19, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    Elizabeth!

  292. 292.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    Here’s Liz, persisting.

  293. 293.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    @Anya: The Obama campaign had a good plan and stuck to it without getting distracted by winning any given week in 2008.  Biden’s campaign is echoing that.

  294. 294.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    WARREN!

  295. 295.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Warren is consoling.

  296. 296.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    @Yutsano: haha! My typos and poor writing would like to have a word with you.

  297. 297.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Biden has plans! Elizabeth says so!!

  298. 298.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    I hate to say this, but tonight has been more issue oriented rather than going after Trump.  I was expecting the opposite.

  299. 299.

    HeleninEire

    August 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    LOL look behind Warren. The blocks say

    B L M.

  300. 300.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    I love a good plan.

  301. 301.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    I think I’ve taken photos of the building that Asian woman’s restaurant is.

  302. 302.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Such a novel idea!

  303. 303.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @Baud: As Harvey Milk said: Gotta give ’em hope.

  304. 304.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @Elizabelle: Music therapy is actually a growing discipline. It’s effective because of the connections that happen with music.

    LIZ!!!

  305. 305.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    My father told us he took to music to cover for his stutter and singing was the way he conquered it.

  306. 306.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @HeleninEire: Yes, they do.  Good eye.

    And howdy stranger.

  307. 307.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    78th Secretary of the Treasury is in the house!!

  308. 308.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @Anya: ARRGGGHHH!!!

  309. 309.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    @HeleninEire:

    Good catch

  310. 310.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    I love this story. I’ve heard it so many times but the Aunt Bea story gets me emosh every time.

  311. 311.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    @HeleninEire:

    I would never have noticed that on my own! Good eye you have there, and what a splendid subliminal message.

  312. 312.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    Ok, here’s some red meat.

  313. 313.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    Seven suitcases and a Pekingnese named Buddy ….  I learned a fundamental truth.  No one makes it on their own.

    Truth.

    Vs. the asshats who were all “you didn’t build that.”

  314. 314.

    TS (the original)

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    I’m so jealous of anyone who had an Aunt Bea and can’t imagine how women are managing the child care issues during this pandemic.

  315. 315.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    @Amir Khalid: We can only hope. For me the best part is the near-absence of talking heads explaining to us what we just heard (and often getting it wrong).

  316. 316.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    I am LOVING how clearly pissed off she is talking about Trump’s failures on COVID. She’s ready to punch a motherfucker.

  317. 317.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    @Anya:   Yes!  Treasury!

  318. 318.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: ?

  319. 319.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Man this is a deep deep bench.

  320. 320.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @HeleninEire: !!! Good eye.

  321. 321.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Senator Professor Warren is simply the best.

  322. 322.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @HeleninEire: This whole convention so far has been an actual visual delight.

    Liz tearing into the Republicans.

    EDIT:  “We organized, we persisted, and we changed America.”

    Love.

    Barack’s turn?

  323. 323.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @Ken: If you watch on C-SPAN, you will never have that problem.

  324. 324.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Oooh, here comes #44

  325. 325.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    This crisis is on Donald Trump and the Republicans who enabled him.  On November 3rd, we will hold them accountable.

    Yes we will.

    Stay in this fight to get things done.

  326. 326.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    I love Elizabeth Warren.  You knew that.  But, total fan grrrrrl.

  327. 327.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    OMG I cried at this medal awarding when it happened and now I’m gonna cry again

  328. 328.

    Mary G

    August 19, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @Elizabelle: I love Aunt Bea. Think of how many Liz Warrens we didn’t get because they weren’t as lucky as she was.

  329. 329.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    This video always has onions too.

  330. 330.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    ? every time I remember how white America replaced Barack Obama with the worst human on the planet.

  331. 331.

    Marcopolo

    August 19, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    @Suzanne: Just the concept of infrastructure for the family.  It makes so much sense.

  332. 332.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    This video always tears me up.

  333. 333.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    I cried the first time this award ceremony happened, live, and I’m crying again now.

  334. 334.

    Eunicecycle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    So Joe didn’t know he was getting the Medal of Freedom, did he?

  335. 335.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    Any dry eyes out there?

  336. 336.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    @Marcopolo: We are the party of family values. We should never cede a rhetorical inch to the Rethugs.

  337. 337.

    Mary G

    August 19, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    @Alison Rose: Joe going right for the handkerchief always gets me. And the long clapping.

  338. 338.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    @Eunicecycle: Nope, why tell him spoil the fun?

  339. 339.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    Obama up!

  340. 340.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    @Elizabelle: So, so many onions.

  341. 341.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Some guy with big ears and a funny name now speaking.

  342. 342.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    @Suzanne: This.

  343. 343.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    HELLO BARACK I MISS YOU

  344. 344.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Oh shit. Here we go.

  345. 345.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    This guy seems pretty articulate.

  346. 346.

    Origuy

    August 19, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Audio is a little off on the official stream.

  347. 347.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    @Mary G: SAME. The look on his face when he realizes what’s happening…and the sheer emotion……..

  348. 348.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    Dad looks pissed.

  349. 349.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: *sigh*

    There you go again…

  350. 350.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    Hmmm, no need for an anger translator tonight.

  351. 351.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    Placed in his care by Putin.

  352. 352.

    Ken

    August 19, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    @Yutsano: Consider it a reminder that not only is he articulate, he’s forgiving.

  353. 353.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    “no interest in putting in the work” AIN’T IT THE TRUTH

  354. 354.

    TS (the original)

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Barack & Michelle – telling it like it is.

  355. 355.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    I’m guessing angry tweets will be incoming shortly.

  356. 356.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Holy… Someone’s taking Trump to the woodshed.

  357. 357.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Who was saying earlier that “they’re not going after Trump tonight”? GO LIZ AND BARACK!

  358. 358.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    That man looks good in a suit.

  359. 359.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: So far it’s more of the deeply-disappointed-in-your-judgment style.

  360. 360.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    I did hope that Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously.

    … He has shown no interest in putting in the work …[except to benefit himself]

    Donald Trump has not grown into the job.  Because he can’t.

  361. 361.

    TS (the original)

    August 19, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    @Origuy:

    Audio is a little off on the official stream.

    restart it – fixed it for me

  362. 362.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    Some attacks, but he’s turning to praising Joe.

  363. 363.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    Dad’s disappointed.

  364. 364.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    @Suzanne: Yeah, but it needed no translation.

  365. 365.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    Obama 4 years ago described Trump as a “bullshitter”.  He was not wrong.

  366. 366.

    lamh36

    August 19, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    “Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 Americans dead. Millions of jobs gone while those at the top take in more than ever.”

  367. 367.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    @Suzanne: It’s the right tone for the moment. Soaring-rhetoric Obama or even preacher-Obama wouldn’t fit with the setting or this time.

  368. 368.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    It’s really cool that the Obamas have a big, Constitution-themed rec room in their DC home.

  369. 369.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    @West of the Cascades: You don’t?

  370. 370.

    lamh36

    August 19, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    Trump “has shown no interest in putting in the work.” Trump sees the presidency as “one more reality show he can use to get the attention he craves….He hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t.” 

  371. 371.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    My brother randomly: “Bernie Sanders was not relevant before Barack Obama.”

    My mom: shush. The OUR President is talking

    I feel like he’s arguing with his friends and it spilled out into .

  372. 372.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @Elizabelle: We should have gone with the nickname thing. Because you’re absolutely right: he is so full of bullshit it’s tinting his hair.

  373. 373.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 10:35 pm

    Man, we knew what we were doing in 2008.

  374. 374.

    Kristine

    August 19, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @Elizabelle: Nope.

  375. 375.

    Suzanne

    August 19, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @dmsilev: He’s killing it. As always.

    I miss him and Michelle so badly that it’s almost tangible.

  376. 376.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @Baud: I can barely fit the Gettysburg Address on the wall of my condo.

  377. 377.

    Kent

    August 19, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    Every time I see Obama speak it just sears my soul to realize what we’ve lost and how far we’ve fallen.

    All because of nationwide racist temper tantrum.

  378. 378.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @Martin:

    2016 was a moral low point for our country.  We actually seem to be better now.

  379. 379.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    My forever president.

    It’s like Leonardo da Vinci being followed by that Ecce Homo restorer woman.

    But the restorer WANTED to wreck the painting.

  380. 380.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    “they don’t believe in these things”

  381. 381.

    Kristine

    August 19, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @Suzanne: I tear up every time I see them because dammit.

  382. 382.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @Martin: I am thinking that we blame 2016 on ergot.

  383. 383.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    This is both taking Orange Midas to the woodshed and lifting up the American people.

  384. 384.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    But, damn, he went gray.

  385. 385.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    President Obama sounds like a really that caring teacher who put so much effort in motivating you because they believe in you and you keep not meeting your potential.

  386. 386.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    The meanness and the lies and the conspiracy theories.

    [The Q holes.]

    But learn up peeps — those are only on one side.  Maybe some of you should pay a little closer attention.

  387. 387.

    Benw

    August 19, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    Obama is the man

  388. 388.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    @Anya:   Yes.  Great description, Anya.

  389. 389.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Being a year and change older that Obama, it happens.

  390. 390.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    “Don’t let them take your power” is such an effective message

  391. 391.

    cain

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    @Kent:

    He is still here – and he’s giving it all.

    This man is special. Like Michelle. We’re lucky to have him.

  392. 392.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: If you care about doing the job, the Presidency is a hell of an ager.

  393. 393.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    Thanks Barack

  394. 394.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    ” Do not let them take away you power. Do  not let them take away your democracy.”

    Thank you President Obama!

  395. 395.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    The thing about doing it without an audience is you can give a quiet speech like this. Just brilliant.

  396. 396.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    The John Lewis bit is onions again.

  397. 397.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    Vaguely disappointed he didn’t say “The day I was born (in Kenya).”

  398. 398.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    John Lewis.

    We gotta get his voting rights act passed.

    He was marching into a jail cell.  The very day Obama was born.

  399. 399.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    Dad is mad at the fence sitters.

    Good.

  400. 400.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    @dmsilev:   But we thought it!

  401. 401.

    TaMara (HFG)

    August 19, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    @Anya: That’s perfect.

  402. 402.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    @Baud:   The fence sitters are sitting on their brains.

    Just saying.

  403. 403.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I am one day less than three years younger.  But I am less responsible.

  404. 404.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    This is amazing. I hope a lot of “I am not voting because Joe doesn’t excite me” crowd will listen and take in the message.

  405. 405.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    “If you give up and don’t vote, so help me I’m coming to your house and kicking your ass”

  406. 406.

    MomSense

    August 19, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    Barack is everything.

  407. 407.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    Is it me or does President Obama seem super emotional?

  408. 408.

    stacib

    August 19, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I like it.  :-)  He earned each and every one of them.

  409. 409.

    mad citizen

    August 19, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    Obama bringing it tonight.  My wife says both he and Hillary were tearing up.

  410. 410.

    Aleta

    August 19, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    so good

  411. 411.

    Yutsano

    August 19, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    “Black Lives Matter. No more, and no less.”

    THANK. YOU. MISTER. PRESIDENT.

  412. 412.

    guachi

    August 19, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    @Anya: Yes. I swear he’s on the verge of tearing up. At least I don’t have to hold it together.

  413. 413.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    @Anya: He seems to be nearly tearing up. 30 million viewers already are.

  414. 414.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    @Anya: does President Obama seem super emotional?

    He’s earned the right.

  415. 415.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 19, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: We know you here.

  416. 416.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Someone should check on the Pod Save America gang.

  417. 417.

    dmsilev

    August 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Thanks, Obama.

  418. 418.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Stay safe.  God bless.

  419. 419.

    Alison Rose

    August 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    God, that was good. He’s so wonderful.

  420. 420.

    Baud

    August 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    New thread.

  421. 421.

    Another Scott

    August 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    Obama gave such a perfect speech for the moment.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  422. 422.

    Anne Laurie

    August 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    New post, same subject, up top!

  423. 423.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    Somebody is getting triggered:

    WHY DID HE REFUSE TO ENDORSE SLOW JOE UNTIL IT WAS ALL OVER, AND EVEN THEN WAS VERY LATE? WHY DID HE TRY TO GET HIM NOT TO RUN?

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2020

  424. 424.

    zhena gogolia

    August 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    @Anya:

    He seems terrified. And with good reason.

  425. 425.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    @guachi: I am making stupid jokes because I am losing it. That was so fucking powerful.

  426. 426.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:48 pm

    This is a fun procedural thing.

  427. 427.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:48 pm

    New thread up, but I think I will ride this one to a TBogg unit.

  428. 428.

    Martin

    August 19, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    Boy, that was perfect. That was the kind of message my kids needed.

  429. 429.

    TomatoQueen

    August 19, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    Thank you Mr. President.

  430. 430.

    West of the Cascades

    August 19, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    Loving the Harris family. compare with Mike Pence and Mother and miscellaneous spawn.

  431. 431.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    With Kamala, and with Obama — I wish their moms could have lived to see their elevation to highest offices.

    Heartbreaking.

  432. 432.

    Anya

    August 19, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    The Harris women is all gorgeous.

  433. 433.

    Ruckus

    August 19, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    There is a FTFNYT tweet which is a video about Gabby Giffords that is well worth the few moments it takes to watch. Tweet

  434. 434.

    Winston

    August 19, 2020 at 10:51 pm

    Nodded off but woke just in time to hear Barrack Obama. What an inspiration. Great speech. great man.

  435. 435.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    @Steeplejack: “Excuse me, sir; this is a Wendy’s drive through…”

  436. 436.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    @Elizabelle: Someone was chopping onions near me, near the end of their speech. They got me!

  437. 437.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    If she is not Vice President, I am moving to the moon.

    And I will not care if I have an oxygen supply.

  438. 438.

    Steeplejack

    August 19, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    @Leto:

    Inorite? Literally the first comment. ?

  439. 439.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    @Steeplejack:   Oh fuck that bullshitter.  Who cares?

  440. 440.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    I know a predator when I see one.

    You know, that might be a real difference between Democrats and Republicans.

  441. 441.

    Leto

    August 19, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    @Steeplejack: I’m sure the VolatileMermaid will have that pic of him yelling at the kid mowing the lawn, with a witty caption about that.

  442. 442.

    Elizabelle

    August 19, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    I think Kamala is going to be President in her own right, too.  One of these days.

    (But nothing happening to JRB, Jr.  Please!)

  443. 443.

    MisterForkbeard

    August 19, 2020 at 11:07 pm

    @Steeplejack: Trump doesn’t understand the concept of NOT rigging a contest. That’s all this is. Screaming, whining, and not being able to understand an ethical decision.

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