I called my sons and told them to put on CSPAN because this is what conventions are suppose to be about. The platform and fighting for rights, not platforms of hate.
BETTY, I swear there were no threads in progress while I was editing….
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PsiFighter37
Interested to see what Bill delivers.
5.
amk
bbc sez big dawg wasn’t showing his speech to anyone including his wife’s campaign. He better be that good then.
6.
BR
That image of Clinton is actually powerful — it reinforces her positive image in many ways. The quiet fighter message is really a powerful way of reminding us that she isn’t a talker but a fighter. I feel like a lot of the speakers haven’t been directly reinforcing that but rather trying to undo decades of impressions sold to us about her, and it’s not an easy task (and only Michelle Obama has really done it effectively so far for me).
Albright is the first person I’ve heard make the Russia accusation directly at the DNC.
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patroclus
I heard that Julian Assange has access to all of Baud’s e-mails from the last 20 years and is just waiting to dump them onto Wikileaks at the appropriate time.
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Betty Cracker
@TaMara (HFG): No worries! I was on my mobile; don’t think it shows up then.
@amk: He probably hadn’t finished writing it yet. He’s still working on the third hour’s worth of remarks!
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Schlemazel Khan
The big dawg always brings it (well, lets skip that keynote at the DNC that introduced him to the nation). I particularly remember how devastating he was 8 years ago in support of BHO.
@amk: He may have just figured out how to unlock the pay per view and the pay as you go bar/fridge?
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Adam L Silverman
@efgoldman: I’m an opera fan, so tracking on Rossini.
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singfoom
@lamh36: Well, as long they were well fed. That totally obviates the whole human being owned by another human being like property.
What in the ever loving fuck.
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PhoenixRising
Big Dog is telling the story of how I met the Mrs. No, really. I got caught trying to meet with my adviser the second time that day. 24 years on Sept. 1.
I just like these people.
29.
PhoenixRising
@ThresherK (GPad): we’re the most agile, mentally. And sometimes physically.
LOL. I was in the Omni in Atlanta 1988 when he said “And in conclusion….” and the room erupted in applause.
(Not long afterwards, he was on the Tonight Show. Johnny Carson observed “That wasn’t exactly your finest hour.” Bill responded, without missing a beat, “Heck, it wasn’t even my finest two hours.” For all his peccadillos in the years since, I’ve always loved him for that.)
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PhoenixRising
@SiubhanDuinne: LOL. I remember it well. Until the part where I fell asleep.
@PhoenixRising: The NY Post will cover this on tomorrow’s front page with: Confessions of a Presidential Stalker! How Bill Stalked Hillary Until She Agreed to Go Out With Him!. And, I wish I was just being facetious, but I think there’s a possibility they’d go that route.
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SiubhanDuinne
So far, I really like the way Bill is weaving together his growing love for Hillary with her smarts and her activism. It’s working for me. Let’s see where it goes (and, of course, for how long).
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Adam L Silverman
@Steeplejack: Did you see the answer I posted to you comment question last night?
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Comrade Scrutinizer
Another thread already?
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Citizen Scientist
So, has anyone heard anything about “200 Bernie delegates being stripped of their convention credentials for the rest of the week for no reason”? Apparently this is an actual thing that happened according to my Facebook feed, since someone’s friend who’s at the dnc told them it happened. Dear FSM make educated people just stop the nonsense.
Folks, if someone had done that image of the flag, the sword and the armor around candidate Trump, everyone here would rightly deride it as the cheesiest kind of campaign kitsch. We’re trying to elect a president to deal with real-world issues, not a heroine out of legend who will slay dragons and vanquish evil sorcerers. I want to see Clinton elected as much as anyone on this thread, but this kind of gimcrack imagery cheapens the contest and raises silly expectations among the weak-minded.
@singfoom: Why do you refuse to see that besides getting fat on the government teat, they got a free trip to one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions.
Obviously, the quality and power of Bill’s testament to Hillary seems to have been lost on the current commenters. Sad
This to me, was the deepest public (yet private) attestation of love that the big dawg could have ever given his wife and partner of many years. It was an amazing tribute and the power of it just blew me away. If I were Hillary, I would still be just crying with joy and humility of what it means to be respected and loved that way… He saw her soul and shared its essence with us so that we could better understand what she brings to us… and how important it is and how he knows — he knows what it takes her to give it… I know he has been so — incredibly obtuse at times. But this night, he showed how much not only 1) how much he loved her — way beyond selflessness but 2) he shared her most private self with us to let us see the woman he loves and deeply respects.
@Rand Careaga: Fuck it. Give me gimcrack. I love it. I’m JUST.THAT.SHALLOW.
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Miss Bianca
@Elie: Hell, you’re making me tear up just reading about it!
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scott alloway
@lamh36: Really sad commentary. At long last sir, have you no sense of decency. Yes, I know it was said before nut needs repeating.
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PurpleGirl
I love the poster. I get two impressions from it — Joan of Arc and Queen Elizabeth I. Two women who broke ceilings of a sort in their own times and places. Yay Hillary.
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JPL
I called my sons and told them to put on CSPAN because this is what conventions are suppose to be about. The platform and fighting for rights, not platforms of hate.
Baud
Nice poster.
TaMara (HFG)
BETTY, I swear there were no threads in progress while I was editing….
PsiFighter37
Interested to see what Bill delivers.
amk
bbc sez big dawg wasn’t showing his speech to anyone including his wife’s campaign. He better be that good then.
BR
That image of Clinton is actually powerful — it reinforces her positive image in many ways. The quiet fighter message is really a powerful way of reminding us that she isn’t a talker but a fighter. I feel like a lot of the speakers haven’t been directly reinforcing that but rather trying to undo decades of impressions sold to us about her, and it’s not an easy task (and only Michelle Obama has really done it effectively so far for me).
Baud
Albright is good.
@amk:
Uh oh.
PsiFighter37
Albright is the first person I’ve heard make the Russia accusation directly at the DNC.
patroclus
I heard that Julian Assange has access to all of Baud’s e-mails from the last 20 years and is just waiting to dump them onto Wikileaks at the appropriate time.
Betty Cracker
@TaMara (HFG): No worries! I was on my mobile; don’t think it shows up then.
Adam L Silverman
Albright just kicked Putin in the groin!
amk
@Baud: my first thought too.
lamh36
O’Reilly: Slaves Who Built White House Were “Well Fed And Had Decent Lodgings Provided By The Government”
Tired AF of these folks… Ugh
Adam L Silverman
@amk: He probably hadn’t finished writing it yet. He’s still working on the third hour’s worth of remarks!
Schlemazel Khan
The big dawg always brings it (well, lets skip that keynote at the DNC that introduced him to the nation). I particularly remember how devastating he was 8 years ago in support of BHO.
TaMara (HFG)
@lamh36: Fuck him with rusty farm implements….then do it again. Fucker.
amk
@Adam L Silverman: that’s what bbc is saying. he has locked himself up in his room.
NotMax
Settle in. Bill has an irresistible tendency to go long.
Truegster
Big Dog always brings it. I think he’s going to try and bring in the hillbilly/trump vote, my guess.
Manyakitty
@PsiFighter37: Albright, amongst few others, has the standing to say it.
ThresherK (GPad)
Is Hillary left-handed? She’s depicted in the poster lefty.
Yes, I am, and I know Bill was and Barack.is.
Steeplejack
@lamh36:
What a dick.
Steeplejack
@Adam L Silverman:
Yeah, that’s my fear, that he gets wrapped up in himself and goes way long.
Adam L Silverman
@lamh36: Can’t imagine why?//
Adam L Silverman
@amk: He may have just figured out how to unlock the pay per view and the pay as you go bar/fridge?
Adam L Silverman
@efgoldman: I’m an opera fan, so tracking on Rossini.
singfoom
@lamh36: Well, as long they were well fed. That totally obviates the whole human being owned by another human being like property.
What in the ever loving fuck.
PhoenixRising
Big Dog is telling the story of how I met the Mrs. No, really. I got caught trying to meet with my adviser the second time that day. 24 years on Sept. 1.
I just like these people.
PhoenixRising
@ThresherK (GPad): we’re the most agile, mentally. And sometimes physically.
SiubhanDuinne
@Adam L Silverman:
LOL. I was in the Omni in Atlanta 1988 when he said “And in conclusion….” and the room erupted in applause.
(Not long afterwards, he was on the Tonight Show. Johnny Carson observed “That wasn’t exactly your finest hour.” Bill responded, without missing a beat, “Heck, it wasn’t even my finest two hours.” For all his peccadillos in the years since, I’ve always loved him for that.)
PhoenixRising
@SiubhanDuinne: LOL. I remember it well. Until the part where I fell asleep.
amk
@Adam L Silverman: not on this night. surely?
Steeplejack
God, Bill is already meandering.
(Okay, going upstairs.)
Adam L Silverman
@PhoenixRising: The NY Post will cover this on tomorrow’s front page with: Confessions of a Presidential Stalker! How Bill Stalked Hillary Until She Agreed to Go Out With Him!. And, I wish I was just being facetious, but I think there’s a possibility they’d go that route.
SiubhanDuinne
So far, I really like the way Bill is weaving together his growing love for Hillary with her smarts and her activism. It’s working for me. Let’s see where it goes (and, of course, for how long).
Adam L Silverman
@Steeplejack: Did you see the answer I posted to you comment question last night?
Comrade Scrutinizer
Another thread already?
Citizen Scientist
So, has anyone heard anything about “200 Bernie delegates being stripped of their convention credentials for the rest of the week for no reason”? Apparently this is an actual thing that happened according to my Facebook feed, since someone’s friend who’s at the dnc told them it happened. Dear FSM make educated people just stop the nonsense.
Manyakitty
@efgoldman: As I said… ;-)
Mnemosyne
@ThresherK (GPad):
So were Reagan, HW Bush and W. It’s a little weird.
Adam L Silverman
@Citizen Scientist: Seems to have originated in a comment to this month old blog post:
http://theprogressivewing.com/tpw-bernie-news-roundup/
So highly unlikely.
Elie
BILL IS BRINGING IT!!!!!!!!!!!
That is all
Steeplejack
@Adam L Silverman:
Yes, I did, thanks.
oklahomo
@Adam L Silverman: Unless Dowd beats them to it…
Adam L Silverman
@Steeplejack: No worries. It was late and I wanted to make sure you were aware of it.
Adam L Silverman
@oklahomo: Depends how much box wine she’s had so far today.
Rand Careaga
Folks, if someone had done that image of the flag, the sword and the armor around candidate Trump, everyone here would rightly deride it as the cheesiest kind of campaign kitsch. We’re trying to elect a president to deal with real-world issues, not a heroine out of legend who will slay dragons and vanquish evil sorcerers. I want to see Clinton elected as much as anyone on this thread, but this kind of gimcrack imagery cheapens the contest and raises silly expectations among the weak-minded.
PaulWartenberg2016
I just want Bill to give a nice decent 20 minute speech so he doesn’t overdo it like always and keep it simple.
…
Whadda ya mean, he’s going into every detail of the first date he and Hillary took to see the Aristocats?!?!?! /headdesk
SiubhanDuinne
@ThresherK (GPad):
@Mnemosyne:
As were Garfield, Hoover, Truman, and Ford.
oklahomo
@Adam L Silverman: I thought weed chocolate was her new thing…
trnc
@singfoom: Why do you refuse to see that besides getting fat on the government teat, they got a free trip to one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions.
SiubhanDuinne
@Rand Careaga:
Did you happen to note that the image is from Wonkette? Calm down.
Adam L Silverman
@oklahomo: I don’t think she’ll ever do that again.
Misterpuff
Holy Shit! Big Dog frickin’ KILLING It. With sharks with frickin’ lasers!
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@Rand Careaga: It’s from Wonkette. That’s what Wonkette does. ;-)
Cheers,
Scott.
John Weiss
@Rand Careaga: I agree. Cheese is cheese.
Elie
Obviously, the quality and power of Bill’s testament to Hillary seems to have been lost on the current commenters. Sad
This to me, was the deepest public (yet private) attestation of love that the big dawg could have ever given his wife and partner of many years. It was an amazing tribute and the power of it just blew me away. If I were Hillary, I would still be just crying with joy and humility of what it means to be respected and loved that way… He saw her soul and shared its essence with us so that we could better understand what she brings to us… and how important it is and how he knows — he knows what it takes her to give it… I know he has been so — incredibly obtuse at times. But this night, he showed how much not only 1) how much he loved her — way beyond selflessness but 2) he shared her most private self with us to let us see the woman he loves and deeply respects.
MaureenDowdsLudes
Off topic, but wasn’t Elizabeth Banks terrific?
Omnes Omnibus
@Elie: Step up a thread.
Elie
@Omnes Omnibus:
Got it — thanks
Miss Bianca
@Rand Careaga: Fuck it. Give me gimcrack. I love it. I’m JUST.THAT.SHALLOW.
Miss Bianca
@Elie: Hell, you’re making me tear up just reading about it!
scott alloway
@lamh36: Really sad commentary. At long last sir, have you no sense of decency. Yes, I know it was said before nut needs repeating.
PurpleGirl
I love the poster. I get two impressions from it — Joan of Arc and Queen Elizabeth I. Two women who broke ceilings of a sort in their own times and places. Yay Hillary.