First, a link for you cable cutters:
They are doing the roll call right now, and it’s just so much fun. I don’t know how many gen z or millenial readers we have on this here hell site, but I wish I could tell all the kids whose lives have only really ever known a post 2000 world and who have been through the wringer the last ten years during their formative years that what you are seeing at the convention is cheesy, and corny, and flashy, and glitchy, and filled with normal people who don’t know how to speak publicly and are on the mic in front of thousands and millions at home giving really badly delivered speeches, and the whole thing is the kind of thing I think the teens would call “cringe.”
And it is! And it is glorious. This is how it is supposed to be! And it’s a super important uniquely American political tradition that you gotta fight for and you gotta keep fighting for it to keep it and make it better. And I know you can because I’ve watched millennials and younger do more with less than any other recent generation.
It’s just so nice. Like I found my favorite slippers in a box in the basement after missing them for a decade.
A quick housekeeping note. Yes, Watergirl, I know I promised you I would have that draft to you last night but I got sucked into something else and I was sitting here about to write it and the convention got me in the feels so I started to blog but I swear I will get it to you tomorrow. That woman suffers in silence every day because of me.
In other news, just been delightful weather here (for me, at least) in the upper 60’s and lower 70’s. I’ve been busy with work and had a good two hour session at the gym and then had some leftovers- I made that viral NYT lemon shrimp/leek/cannelini bean recipe although I added some diced and cherry tomatoes and a bunch of jalapeno and red pepper flakes because spice is life. Picked up two massive cantaloupes, one of which is chilling in the fridge as we speak.
I had such a harvest of Fuji and Gala apples this year that I have about 150 of them on the deck doing a final ripen, and I don’t want to make applesauce with them so I got out my dehydrator and am just going to slice them up thick and dry them out. Easier to take to Arizona that way, too. Also, my tomatoes were late bloomers this year but I am getting some softball sized ones.
Steve just came up and pawed me so it is time for me to go downstairs and provide a lap. I will talk to you tomorrow.
DNC Night 2, Part 2
cain
Loved seeing all the states and territories represented.
Was surprised when Puerto Rico said they were going to be the next state!
Chief Oshkosh
@cain: Yes, there’s a lot of people in PR who probably are also wondering about that…
Cole, the mustard is in the box, under the slippers. Glad to help.
Villago Delenda Est
Steve must be obeyed.
zhena gogolia
I’ll repeat my comments/questions from the dead thread: We started watching at New Hampshire. The only song I recognized in the whole thing was “9 to 5” for Tennessee. Loved the TX guy mumbling the “present” votes. Was that Spike Lee for New York?
Ohio Mom
Yes, I love the roll call.
Chacal Charles Calthrop
I think you just bigfooted Tamara
Suzanne
I hope there is a roll call playlist. That was really fun.
Auntie Anne
I watched the roll call too. It is so joyful. Did anyone else kind of miss the virtual roll call from last time? I liked seeing all the places I will never visit, like the Marianas. This year, when it was Rhode Island’s turn, I turned to my sister and said, “the calamari state.” We both were rolling with laughter.
zhena gogolia
Oh, shit, I’m just in time for Bernie.
Ohio Mom
@zhena gogolia: Yes, that was Spike Lee the white glasses and hat.
cain
Uh oh it’s Bernie .. I’m feeling the bern. I need some Alka Seltzer…
zhena gogolia
@Auntie Anne: I loved that too, but it’s certainly better to have a lot of people squished together in one room.
Although I do worry about how much Covid is going to result.
Steve in the ATL
@Villago Delenda Est: you are clearly not my wife
bluefoot
I was thinking the same thing during the roll call – it’s messy and cheesy and in some ways ridiculous, but it’s normal people participating in democracy. It’s amazing – and uplifting – to see all kinds of people devoting their time and energy, being committed to being part of the process.
I’m never one to discount the racism and misogyny of the American electorate, but I have hope.
zhena gogolia
@Ohio Mom: I was surprised they didn’t let him speak, so I thought maybe it was a doppelgänger.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
@cain:
Is he behaving? I’ve turned it off for the night.
cain
@Suzanne:
Michigan did Eminem which was cool but surprised that they didn’t do Aretha Franklin.. then again this is the Gen Z party now 😄
zhena gogolia
@Chacal Charles Calthrop: Haha, I was confused by your comment because I thought I was commenting on TaMara’s post. I wondered why she was talking about apples.
wjca
Puerto Rico delegations have been saying that since (at least!) the early 60s. To my personal knowledge.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: Not watching either. I appreciated his support for Joe, but I can’t listen to him.
cain
@Baud:
He is very animated.
He has lost a lot of weight too.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Bernie’s doing pretty good
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: Here you go.
hrprogressive
Area Millennial, and I know this whole thing is cheesy but that’s the point.
People being proud of their states, and celebrities and what have you, is part of the whole American Experience.
Actually, Cole, I thought the dichotomy of the 83-year-old Black Woman and the 18-year-old White Woman from WV casting their votes was pretty cool. I know WV is hyper-red, but still. Their voices should matter, and hopefully one day in my lifetime, that damn Electoral College will be destroyed and we can just count the popular vote.
TaMara
@Chacal Charles Calthrop: Meh, not really. But he could at least acknowledge I kept you guys in live feeds for the last few hours. /s
Love you, Cole
On the tomato front – mine are coming in and it’s a joy to pick some in the morning and have to pick more in the afternoon. Freezing has begun in earnest.
dmsilev
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Yeah, no real complaints.
Baud
@hrprogressive:
Agreed. WV did good. Cole should be proud
hrprogressive
Public Funding of Elections isn’t “sexy” policy, but Bernie is 10,000% right.
We’re never going to make any progress until we stop permitting corprofascists and billionaire fuckwads the ability to buy our legislators. Further, our legislators shouldn’t have to spend so much time begging for money, either.
schrodingers_cat
@zhena gogolia: He is still wagging his finger in my face. Time for a bathroom break.
BR
As people are saying, it’s a power move to host a sold out rally *during* the DNC in the same arena the RNC was in.
zhena gogolia
@schrodingers_cat: I’m backing up because I went to brush my teeth and missed Kamala.
Ohio Mom
I’m not carrying a grudge. Now that Bernie has put being a spoiler behind him, I can go back to appreciating him.
I grew up around a lot of Bernie-types. He evokes a certain nostalgia for me, and the accent is part of it.
Baud
@BR:
I usually don’t subscribe to hot takes, but I agree with this one.
zhena gogolia
@BR: Shove it right in his orange face!
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Is it alphabetical? I didn’t watch the whole roll call.
I might have fallen asleep on the floor.
schrodingers_cat
@Ohio Mom: Are you a New Yawker too?
schrodingers_cat
Double comment.
zhena gogolia
@Ohio Mom: Sorry, just flashbacks to 2016.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus: that is impressive
cain
@Ohio Mom:
My yelled and Bernie and left. Still pissed at him.
schrodingers_cat
@zhena gogolia: Same here. And I haven’t forgiven him for all his appearances on Lou Dobbs either and votes against most immigration relief measures until he decided to run in 2016.
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: I didn’t look.
BK in NJ
I loved it when the roll call ended and they switched the jumbotron to the Milwaukee site so Harris and Walz could address TWO packed stadiums at once. TFG has probably stroked out at the crowd size.
KatKapCC
Well, nice of him to remember that there are hostages being held. Funny how so many seem to conveniently forget that fact.
hrprogressive
As a two-time Bernie Primary Voter™ (but one time each HRC/Biden General Voter)
Will always have nostalgia for his 2016 run, but in terms of lighting the people on fire, AOC was light-years ahead of him last night. She made me want to run through a wall, or fifty.
Bernie will always be the “elder statesman of progressivism” or whatever, but this is not the same fiery senator I recall from 8 years ago.
That’s all I’ll say about that.
cain
@Baud:
Bro you can subscribe to whatever you want as long as it is not the FTFNYT!
Kobekid
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks for this!
Manyakitty
@cain: someone played ‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@hrprogressive:
How does he compare to 2019-2020?
Almost Retired
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Meh. I’m kinda bored by Bernie. Same ol’ same ol’. Content-free bromides. But he is unequivocally supportive of the ticket so I’ll give him that.
After all these dynamic speakers, he seems like kind of an excuse for a bathroom break. Like the Cowardly Lion’s long, boring song in the Wizard of Oz before the action resumes.
Betty Cracker
It’s primary night in FL, the time when ostensibly nonpartisan school board races are decided. From the Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis is a leaky pudding cup. May it be a sign for November!
cain
@BK in NJ: wait.. two stadiums ? Was 2nd one an overflow ?
Baud
@Betty Cracker: 👍
Princess
Pritzkerrrrrr!!!!!!!!
Baud
@cain:
Harris is in Milwaukee.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@hrprogressive: They should have gone with Larry David. Nobody wouldn’t notice the difference.
Baud
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
Maybe they did.
Leto
@cain: No, Harris/Walz are doing a campaign stop in Milwaukee. That place is sold out, just like the Chicago convention center.
Omnes Omnibus
Bankruptcy jokes about Trump coming from a real billionaire. That is more ketchup on the walls.
hrprogressive
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Honestly, the last 4.5 years have been so brutal on my psyche that I can’t say I remember.
I definitely remember loudly supporting him in 2016, and his stump speeches were moving.
Tonight he just sounded a bit less energetic than others. He’s older, too, let’s be fair, but yeah.
AOC last night made me want to start brawling for progressive ideals, she was just fantastic. I’ll always have a place for Bernie in my heart, but he just didn’t have that same fire tonight.
Not gonna spend a ton of time on it, just one observation.
Ohio Mom
@schrodingers_cat: Born and raised in the Bronx, then we moved to Queens when I was eight.
I moved to Ohio after graduating college for a temporary job and stayed. There are plenty of days that don’t think it was my smartest move, I’m tired of this place. But I’m settled and there are good service for Ohio Son, so here I will stay.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
Now this is a speech!
HumboldtBlue
If anyone was wondering why the Wisconsin delegation got a song from a Boston band, Wisconsin student football fans are the reason.
cain
@Betty Cracker:
I was going to mention it was primary night tonight. Glad that Florida has some things to say to DeSantis.
Leto
Here’s each state’s ‘walk-up song’ for the DNC’s ceremonial roll call
You’re welcome :)
dmsilev
Pritzker is pretty good at this.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Ohio Mom: Fun fact: Schumer, Bernie, RBG, and Andrew Dice Clay all went to the same high school
hrprogressive
Pritzker shitting on Apartheid Clyde is A+
Miki
Bernie did good, the Best Bernie, imo. And I pretty much hate the guy. But he’s right about a lot of things and gave a full-throated support of the team.
Yay and thank you, Bernie.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus: seriously—that was even better than the playlist
KatKapCC
@dmsilev: Yeah, he’s really got the right cadence down.
NotMax
through the wringer
/you know what ;)
cain
I love they keep talking about Trump and his cruelty.
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: I finally Wiki’d him the other day… wow. How not to piss away your inheritance 101.
Princess
@Baud: Sanders behaved but it was a pretty boring speech.
cain
Well Donald has serenity .. I’m sure he wears them every day!
Quinerly
@dmsilev:
I’m really enjoying his speech. Especially the part where he said, “take it from a real billionaire.”
It’s a solid, old timey Democratic speech. He is his hitting all the notes.
Leto
SERENITY NOW!!!
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@HumboldtBlue: What was the song for Michigan?
I ask because the fight song for the University of Michigan is “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers
dmsilev
And now, the former chairman of American Express (?)
HumboldtBlue
Yeah, Georgia won the roll call music moment, and it wasn’t close.
Mai Naem mobile
@zhena gogolia: you have to have recognized Tupac’s ‘California.’ I don’t know crap about rap music but even I know that song. Also Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough for Indiana and Born in the USA for NJ. I didn’t understand Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing for NH. I thought the Journey guys were from Northern California and the Sopranos was in NJ.
Omnes Omnibus
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: Lose Yourself
Quinerly
@Omnes Omnibus:
JB is a good man. That was a great speech.
cain
@dmsilev: slightly surprising but glad to bring some masters of the universe.
Mike E
@Baud:
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: according to Skip Gates, they are actually related to one another.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks. That’s a great choice.
Baud
@cain:
We had Republicans who put country over party. We can have business people who recognize the importance of democracy.
TBone
@hrprogressive: 🎯💙 Bernie absolutely nailed it. He’s an important cog for turning the wheel of progress in the proper direction, and I’m always proud to support him.
cain
This guy needs to move his head a bit. Lot of reading from the teleprompter. But otherwise an ok speech
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Mike E: I saw that. that was a brutal episode. Both of their families had so much tragedy.
Citizen Alan
@Mai Naem mobile: “Don’t Stop” was for Arkansas. It was Bill’s theme song at the 1992 convention.
mrmoshpotato
@Princess: He wasn’t a pouty brat this convention.
eclare
@Leto:
Reposting from the downstairs thread, thanks!
Omnes Omnibus
@TBone: He didn’t get the message about joy and fun though.
hueyplong
Mai Narm was talking about Don’t Stop Believing (Journey), not Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac)
Ohio Mom
@Citizen Alan: Of course! My memory is jogged.
ETA: oh, wrong song.
Now why did Ohio choose John Legend?
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
I have American express. People don’t always recognize me. Which is why I don’t leave home without it.
3Sice
@Mai Naem mobile:
South Detroit is in the Granite State?
Leto
Guys, all your music questions are answered at #65. :P
Edit: @eclare: you’re welcome!
HumboldtBlue
Watching this blue wave build and build, the excitement, the fun, the joy, the earnestness on message and priorities is extraordinary, particularly when you cast your thoughts back to say… the feeling of the party on July 4.
Just an extraordinary and dramatic turnaround.
mrmoshpotato
@Quinerly: Even more proud of my state’s governor!
Betty Cracker
I roll my eyes when Ari Melber starts wanking about hip hop, and tonight is no exception.
schrodingers_cat
@Ohio Mom: I know what you mean. I still miss Mumbai.
Leto
@Betty Cracker: except the hip hop community, which was represented quite a bit tonight in the roll call, recognizes him, and respects him for that knowledge. And you’re seeing a lot of that community out on the convention floor now.
bluefoot
@hrprogressive: I think that’s why I loved the roll call – that people’s voices matter and that we can commit to that.
SFBayAreaGal
Interesting that right now on MSNBC all the talking heads are white.
Betty Cracker
@Leto: He’s a poser.
TBone
@Omnes Omnibus: it is not his way on important occasions. I have so many mittens memes 😆 and real Vermont mittens sent by my aunt who lives there. Seen Bernie loosen up when the timing is right? Snoop has!
Steve in the ATL
@Betty Cracker: I saw Run-DMC in Paris, so I can’t judge
Leto
@Betty Cracker: just say hippity hop and be done with it.
hueyplong
@Leto: I don’t see where your link answers some of the “why that one?” questions.
Miki
@Omnes Omnibus: Meh, give the guy a break. Borscht Belt he ain’t and will never be.
Quinerly
@mrmoshpotato: 🧡
KatKapCC
@Betty Cracker: It can be a bit cringe. It’s cool that he’s so into it, but it sometimes comes across as…I don’t know, forced? Sort of performative.
Manyakitty
@Ohio Mom: he’s from here.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
Since this is Chicago, it would be kind of cool if Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi popped up on stage.
Fake Irishman
@HumboldtBlue:
In grad school, I knew an ex D1 college kicker. He said the most intimidating and awesome place he ever played on the road was Camp Randall Stadium when they popped on House of Pain at the start of the fourth quarter and 80,000 people started jumping up and down on the bleachers
Leto
@hueyplong: most of the artists are connected to the state. Like Missouri’s. The one’s who aren’t, not sure why they were selected as that’s not stated. Apparently the House of Pain song was selected by high schoolers, per the last thread. Feels like a Boaty McBoatface selection. Not sure why Rhode Island got Tay Sway, as that would’ve been a better Pennsylvania choice, but ok.
Princess
I like Alsobrooks. Nice pace change.
cain
@schrodingers_cat: me too. Which is why I am going this December. It’s been 7 years. :-(
Steve in the ATL
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: NO JIM BELUSHI
zhena gogolia
@Baud:
I hope you saw Hillary on Colbert. Lovely tribute to Biden.
narya
JB throwing billionaire shade!
Quinerly
@Princess:
Loved the story about her grandmother.
hueyplong
@Leto: U of Wisc has a tradition of playing Jump Around at football games
zhena gogolia
@Mai Naem mobile: Maybe it was the way they were being played. they all sounded like the same song.
KatKapCC
I really like the focus we’ve seen on the great things Harris did as a prosector and DA and AG. Good counter to the stupid Kamala is a cop stuff.
Steve in the ATL
@hueyplong: and a longer tradition of losing the Big Ten.
Zing!
Omnes Omnibus
@Steve in the ATL: Hey, I am a Div-III guy.
Leto
@hueyplong: considering the musical mood of the night, guess it fits better than Garbage, Violet Femmes, or Steve Miller Band.
mrmoshpotato
@narya: Love it!
BlueGuitarist
@Leto:
Thank you!
cain
It’s nice that Kerry Washington’s older sister is speaking. I like her!
Lyrebird
@HumboldtBlue: Thanks for edifying! That’s great.
Love this comment: “@DavidLopez-qi8hb
2 years ago (edited)
Round of applause for the architect, building designer, and construction engineers and crew. “
Omnes Omnibus
@Leto: Liberace?
mrmoshpotato
@hueyplong: Don’t forget the chicken dance!
HumboldtBlue
@Leto:
House of Pain was chosen for a very specific reason.
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: I didn’t forget him, but I don’t think they have the space required for the needed candelabras, which is why they didn’t choose him. You can’t have him without all the glitz and glamour!
geg6
@Leto:
Yeah Georgia won it for performance alone, but I‘m arite with PA’s “Motownphilly” and “Black and Yellow.” Captures us all pretty well. Shoulda thrown a little Tay Tay in there, though.
SpaceUnit
Who was that dude?
KatKapCC
@SpaceUnit: Republican mayor of Mesa AZ who has endorsed Harris. Never-Trumper.
Leto
@HumboldtBlue: it was the song they listened to as they lost to Penn St? Strange, but ok!
Betty Cracker
@Leto: I’m not criticizing the genre, FFS; it’s MELBER who grates on my last goddamn nerve. Your mileage appears to vary, which is fine.
HumboldtBlue
@SpaceUnit:
That’s the Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, and I have come to respect him. He was bold and upfront in his criticism of Trump and the drift of the GOP, and was openly happy to endorse Harris and Walz.
The Mormons don’t like Trump.
@Leto:
Hah! They lose to everyone, but they still play the song.
SpaceUnit
@KatKapCC:
Thanks. Missed the intro.
geg6
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
Didn’t know that but NV took the homeboys’ song for theirs. Vegas loves their Killers.
Omnes Omnibus
@Leto: Fire safety rules have changed.
stacib
@cain: Made me Google. She did look a lot like Kerry Washington, even to the way her mouth moves when she spoke. As she stood at the podium, that was my first thought.
KatKapCC
Tammy going hard right away, love it!
Leto
@geg6: BoyzIIMen is always a classic, but yeah, adding in some Taylor would’ve been neat.
Sen Duckworth walking in… absolute respect.
Omnes Omnibus
@Leto: Every home game, between the 3d and 4th quarters.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus: as are all the best people. And you and me too!
ODAC forever!
HumboldtBlue
CADET BONE SPURS!!!!!!
GET THAT MOTHERFUCKER, TAMMY!
hueyplong
@Steve in the ATL: Old Dominion Athletic Conference?
Omnes Omnibus
@Steve in the ATL: Harumph!
geg6
@Ohio Mom:
He’s from OH. Springfield, I believe.
Steve in the ATL
@hueyplong: you know it!
Fake Irishman
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
a friendly pedantic correction from a UM grad and former season ticket holder:
”The Victors” is the fight song.
Mr. Brightside is kind of the unofficial anthem they play in the fourth quarter and everyone sings along. It’s kind of our version of Wisconsin’s Jump Around (Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” is probably our other semiofficial one)
hueyplong
My school was a de facto member for football in the 90s and current coach was poached from W&L
KatKapCC
Oh, this Doug video is so sweet :D
Fake Irishman
@HumboldtBlue:
My wife and I are both proud Michigan grads, but when our eldest daughter was one and started asking us to play music so she could dance, my wife popped on Jump Around and told her we’d totally understand if she choose to go to Wisconsin
Leto
“And taught Doug how to actually cook”
hahahahaha
SpaceUnit
Nice.
HumboldtBlue
@Fake Irishman:
Nice!
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: if they know they’re going to lose every home game between the 3rd and 4th quarter, they should probably fix that… :P
Omnes Omnibus
In Gary Larson’s words, “Beware of Doug.”
geg6
@Leto:
She has a big beach house in RI.
Omnes Omnibus
@geg6: She even wrote a song about it.
eclare
Great walkout song for Doug.
geg6
@Leto:
😆😆😆
Steve in the ATL
@hueyplong:
I’m sorry for your loss
KatKapCC
OMG he is cracking me up, making fun of himself. What a cutie
Can you imagine Trump having a story like that with any of his wives? Impossible.
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yes, she did.
eclare
Doug and Kamala both worked at Mickey D’s
SpaceUnit
I like this guy. Never heard him talk before.
eclare
Doug’s funny!
HumboldtBlue
@SpaceUnit:
Neither have I. He’s no courtroom lawyer, but he’s real, genuine, seems kind and loving, decent and empathetic, you know, the common clay of the Democratic Party.
Lily
He’s wonderful.
(This talk is a tear jerker)
Betty
@Betty Cracker: Thanks. Yes! Always trying so hard to prove how cool he is. Can’t watch him.
Lily
Take that Kavanaugh!
KatKapCC
Awww, Kamala’s day at the DNC is their 10th anniversary!
Omnes Omnibus
@HumboldtBlue: He was an entertainment litigator. He is capable of unspeakable things.
Ivan X
You know, when I was a young snot, I used to feel like the Democrats were lame and didn’t speak for me well enough. Then I went for the march for women’s rights or whatever it was in DC in whatever year it was (1999? 2002? dunno) and I’m like you know what I’m like they’re not perfect but they’re my people. I don’t have to love them but I have to realize that I’m one of their wide spectrum or members and they’re where I belong. Then 2000 happened and I’m like fuck my feelings, I’m team Blue often and always, there is only one choice here, and sometimes I will like it, and sometimes I won’t, but there is only one choice. In general I’ve liked it, and that’s certainly true this year. I regret my young stupidity (if infused by idealism) but some lessons you have to learn from your own mistakes.
West of the Rockies
Wow, I dig Doug!
Never heard him speak before. He’s funny and authentic.
cain
i guess Kamala is Christian.. lol. It’s fine. I would have loved if she was Hindu.
Easily Doug’s speech is the best of the evening. Just love the way he talks about her.
Miki
Wow. Great job, Doug.
KatKapCC
Michelle!!
SpaceUnit
@HumboldtBlue:
This whole convention has been nothing but Americana, family values and joy. I haven’t really watched the DNC closely in a while, but this year I’m glued to it.
And the RNC was a freak show in contrast.
dmsilev
@KatKapCC: “Presidential nomination” is one hell of an anniversary present. He’s going to have to work hard to top that for the fifteenth and twentieth.
rikyrah
Forever FLOTUS🤗🤗🤗
Elizabelle
@cain: He’s such a genuine guy. He did a lot of campaigning for Abigail Spanberger, and was always charming and accessible.
HumboldtBlue
@Omnes Omnibus:
Good point, damn good point.
eclare
Great speech Doug!
Omnes Omnibus
@HumboldtBlue: I meant it as a compliment.
Leto
So many “Amen”s ringing out.
SatanicPanic
@Ivan X: I hear you. The party is for everyone and that means we’re not always the coolest. But uh, this year we’re fucking cool. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the best.
cain
It’s our forever flotus! Woooo!!
KatKapCC
@dmsilev: The traditional 10th gift is tin or aluminum, so yeah, I’d say this will be a smidge better :D
KatKapCC
@Ivan X: Hey, we were all kinda stupid when we were young. The test is if you outgrow it…at least for the most part :D
cain
Biden maybe our greatest president but Michelle Obama is our greatest first lady!
SatanicPanic
Michelle!
Mike E
“My girl.”
SpaceUnit
Trump should just go ahead and move to Venezuela this week.
Ivan X
I didn’t have tears last night but goddam can Michelle O give a speech. I love and hate that she choose to live a private life, she’s just great.
Miki
❤️❤️❤️❤️ Michelle ❤️🐩🐩❤️
SatanicPanic
“The affirmative action of generational wealth “
I love it
HumboldtBlue
Michelle is killin’ it!
@Omnes Omnibus:
I read it as such.
Gin & Tonic
@geg6: It’s a beautiful house, in a fantastic spot, but she spends like a week per year there.
KatKapCC
Michelle is so dang good at this.
Manyakitty
@SpaceUnit: I’ll help buy him a ticket.
Soprano2
Glad I got home in time to see the Obamas. Just saw the Springfield Cardinals win with a walk off grand slam!
“The affirmative action of generational wealth”. What a great line! 😀😀😀
KatKapCC
Dang, Michelle!! Send Trump some aloe for that burn. Partner and I are screaming. This is amazing.
HumboldtBlue
I love the way every speaker is going straight for Trump, just kicking him in the balls, it’s so fucking refreshing.
Leto
BODY BLOW! BODY BLOW! KEEP WORKING THE BODY!
Ivan X
@KatKapCC: Better still, don’t!
Elizabelle
Whining. Waiting for an escalator to the top.
Smack!
Leto
@KatKapCC: Aloe? Call 9/11, we got a damn murder here!
Betty Cracker
Michelle O is killing it!
BlueGuitarist
Love that Doug and Michelle both value Kamala’s laugh!
cain
JFC, so proud to be a Democrat right now.
SFBayAreaGal
MICHELLE!!!
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
She’s destroying tiny hands
Lyrebird
She is bringing down the house… OMG I am so glad I clicked for this…
SpaceUnit
@Manyakitty:
I’ll drive him to the airport. Might even slow down a tad before I kick him out of the car.
KatKapCC
Dang, and we still got Barack, too. My hands are gonna be bruised from clapping so much.
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: LOL! Yes!
Elizabelle
And: the affirmative action of generational wealth. Well said.
Black job!
Leto
Good fucking luck following this up…
“One of those black jobs”
OH LAWD!
Darkrose
@hrprogressive: That was amazing. I got a little sniffly.
TS
@Betty Cracker:
Still and always – just wow
MomSense
Michelle is the closer! The best of the best.
cain
@Leto:
Barack at the end ! But he can he beat his wife’s oratory skills ?!
KatKapCC
YES. Damn.
eclare
Dayum! Black jobs!
Eric S.
@Leto: I met up with my company’s DC lobbyist for happy hour tonight. She could’ve got me in to the House Of Blues for a Boyz To Men concert. Not my genre and I want a good night’s sleep so I declined.
KatKapCC
@cain: Ahem. Phrasing!!!
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
@cain: Not if he knows what’s good for him. Also phrasing, please.
ETA: Speaking of someone being beaten…
Ivan X
@SatanicPanic: As an aside, I always really like your contributions here.
SpaceUnit
Apparently Michelle lurks on this blog.
Ivan X
@KatKapCC: I try not to but what can I do.
Leto
@KatKapCC: glad you got there first!
@Eric S.: awww, you missed out on a good time! But hope you get a good night’s sleep :)
dmsilev
@SpaceUnit: I feel sorry for her.
NotMax
@3Sice
Where d’ya think the gravel pits come from?
//
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
@Ivan X: Well told. It’s like I know this story.
Leto
DO SOMETHING!
mrmoshpotato
@KatKapCC: Yes!
SpaceUnit
@dmsilev:
Nah. But Michelle for Chief of Staff!
Scout211
Wow. Michelle Obama. Wow, just wow.
cain
@KatKapCC:
Ha! Fixed.
West of the Rockies
Michelle is rocking it!
Leto
“Are you waiting for a personal invitation? That’s not how this works. There’s no time for that foolishness”
Welcome to the NCO club, Forever FLOTUS.
MomSense
Oh my.
stacib
@Leto: IKR. Barack should just go on home., :-)
SpaceUnit
He’s gonna be hard pressed to top that speech.
KatKapCC
WOOOOOO
dmsilev
Just a slight bit of enthusiasm in the crowd.
BlueGuitarist
Fired up! ready to go!
Delk
Michelle went to high school just east of the United Center.
Leto
Oh man, Barack… those are some huge high heels you gotta fill. Ok champ, you’re up. Let’s see what you can do!
SFBayAreaGal
“Supid enough to speak after Michelle Obama”
Love this man.
KatKapCC
Barack got jokes :D
HumboldtBlue
The man masters cadence with substance like jazz musician, an expert woodworker, so smooth, so rich.
Almost Retired
How can anyone watch this and still be a Republican?
Steve in the ATL
@Almost Retired: seriously. Holy shit this is awesome.
mrmoshpotato
@Almost Retired: Racism and misogyny.
HumboldtBlue
Accordion hands!
KatKapCC
Did he just do accordion hands??? ROFLLLLL
Soprano2
ROFLMAO!! This is funny!
Soprano2
@KatKapCC: Yes he did!
rikyrah
Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) posted at 9:50 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
“The affirmative action of generational wealth.”
My God, the absolute shade.
(https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1826089473882436089?t=htISnT_FVROeo09XZe6SQA&s=03)
Elizabelle
Whining, gripes and grievances. This weird obsession with crowd sizes.
Soprano2
The sequel is always worse! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
cain
@SFBayAreaGal:
Love. This. Man.
KatKapCC
I love how smoothly he goes from quiet to loud and back.
cain
Obama getting emotional 😭
Seeing him tear up .. making me tear up.
Omnes Omnibus
This guy could really go somewhere in politics.
eclare
@Omnes Omnibus:
People are noticing him more and more….
Lyrebird
No, but he admitted it. :-)
Love the Obamas, and NFLTG Obamas are the best!!!
Omnes Omnibus
@KatKapCC: Fast to slow and back again too.
Bostondreams
Ha! ‘Notice since it got popular they don’t call it Obamacare no more’
What are the chances that both a president AND his wife would be amazing speakers. Wow.
Manyakitty
@Bostondreams: YES WE CAN
dmsilev
@Bostondreams:
Funny how these things work.
HumboldtBlue
He got caught in his upper register at the start, and why not, what an exciting atmosphere, before he got his breath and dropped down to his smooth voice.
KatKapCC
I could never do this. Not without cursing, at least. But sounding this natural in front of a zillion people? Never.
KatKapCC
I love when he starts lecturing but he does it in a way where you’re thinking…yes, he’s right.
BlueGuitarist
Barack: “up and down the ballot” !
Almost Retired
Barack was great. Michelle was greater. I call bullshit on her claim she doesn’t like politics. She was flawless.
FelonyGovt
@Almost Retired: Barack was great. But went on a bit long, I thought. Michelle was amazing.
Almost Retired
@FelonyGovt: And I love Rachel Maddow’s characterization of Doug Emhoff as having won the “relatability Olympics.”
SFBayAreaGal
@rikyrah: I loved that line.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@eclare: I think it was you last night discussing how nicely tailored Joe Biden’s suit was, and how Obama is always suited up beautifully also. So I was noticing his suit tonight, and damn, you are so right. He looks great. And Doug Emhoff’s suit tonight was great too. Loved his shirt also.
SFBayAreaGal
@Bostondreams: Loved this line also from President Obama.
Villago Delenda Est
If you haven’t already, read this. It outlines exactly what is wrong with the MSM. Nothing that Ellen Ripley can’t solve by taking off
sab
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: Wow. I did not know that.
sab
@Ohio Mom: He’s from Dayton. His wife (not from Ohio) says that since she married him she has learned that almost everyone famous in America is originally from Ohio.
schrodingers_cat
Deleted Dead thread.
Paul in KY
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: That would have been cool. Dressed as Blues Brothers and talking about how pathetic fascists are…and one in particular.
Paul in KY
@Fake Irishman: I’ve seen Cypress Hill at Riotfest in Chicago. Played last on one of the stages. When they started ‘House of Pain’ da joint was jumpin!!! One of the most fun sets I’ve ever been at.
Paul in KY
@geg6: So do I.