Uh oh, convention is running almost 20 minutes behind schedule

[lancdem]

Richardson was supposed to be done by 9 p.m. If Edwards starts too late, people will be in bed.

[NewJerseyDem]

1. That is because of Al Sharpton n/t

[lancdem]

2. So I heard

I don't care what he said, but going over his allotted time wasn't good.

[qanda]

28. Well, now the pundits can't crow about how scripted it is...

Thanks Al for taking that one off the table.

[DrWeird]

8. Really?

I thought you said Sharpton was only late 14 minutes.

Boy, that guys tricky!

[NewJerseyDem]

12. 6 minutes would have been easy to make up

20 minutes is a lot harder.

[Medium Baby Jesus]

41. CNN says they are back on schedule

You will have to find a new reason to hate Al. I'm sure you will come up with something.

edit: spelling

Thanks for the welcome!

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. Welcome to DU :^D

--------------------------------------------------------
An open letter to John Kerry, John Edwards, and the DNC:
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/OpenLetter.htm

[newyawker99]

46. Hi Bush_is_Evil!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[htuttle]

3. But it was a glorious twenty minutes

Well worth it.

[qanda]

5. At least five of those minutes were people clapping

I thought it was well worth it.

[nini]

4. uh oh,,,, I'll need to rinse the dye out of my hair soon..

I better not miss Edwards :P

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. Maybe someone wil 'fall on their sword'

by cutting their time short.... unlikely.

[theboss]

7. Wonderful!

Our VP and maybe the most inspiring speaker in the Party (next to Clinton and maybe Obama now) is going to get McGoverned because freaking Sharpton couldn't tone down his freaking one-man circus.

I've been saying the man would hurt us since he entered the primary because he doesn't care about the Party; he only cares about himself.

[lancdem]

9. I hope they cut some stuff out before that

We can't have Edwards on too late.

[DrWeird]

10. Always the same jokers isn't it.

Jesus, it's like clockwork.

[theboss]

17. I do not like Sharpton

At all.

I am sorry if that offends you, but I do not like the man. I think he is a self-promoting con man who has helped no one but himself in his career and - oh by the way - has played a large part in inciting a few murders and riots. And also libeled a police officer.

To me, it would be like having Momo Giancana speaking at the 1960 Convention.

[DrWeird]

19. Really?!

Jesus Christ! Shocks the hell out of me!

:eyes:

[theboss]

23. Did I mention that he's crippled the Democratic Party in NY too

You can largely thank him for inflicting Governor Pataki on an unsuspecting world. And for endorsing D'Amato for cash.

[DrWeird]

26. Really?

What else has he done?

[theboss]

29. I think riots and selling out the party for cash is enough

Not to mention that his whole lifestyle is one large tax dodge (The man owns no suits).

I mean, what else is there?

And here is the part where I once again state my credentials because I dare speak out against a Democrat. I've been involved Party politics since I was five when I watched my mom win a State Supreme Court case to get on a ballot. I did my first door to door capaigning at 7. Senator Rockefeller could pick me out of a crowd. Senator Byrd knows my family. I worked for Clintons' campaign. I belonged to the College Democrats. I give money. I plan on voting for Kerry three or four times. I may run for office one. And I don't like Al Sharpton.

[DrWeird]

30. Oh, yeah!

And... and... and... he's hates white people! And he is a race baiter! And I hear he likes to take advantage of white women! And he killed Vincent Foster! And he blames white people, unlike that good Bill Cosby, who tells it like it is and is a real black leader! So stop saying that!

[theboss]

32. Obama practically quoted Cosby last night and was praised for it

Why aren't you on his ass?

[DrWeird]

35. Which part of Cosby did Obama quote.

The part where Cosby says black people are stupid for giving themselves unique names, or the part where Cosby says it's OK for cops to shoot black kids for stealing pastry.

Now, I didn't see the Obama speech, but I was told he got in a good dig at Cosby. That Osama bin Obama sure is one uppity rabble-rouser if it's true.

[theboss]

37. And I quote a future president (I'm convinced of that today)

Go into any inner-city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can't teach kids to learn.

They know that parents have to teach, that children can't achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off the television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white. They know those things.

[RetroLounge]

21. No shit? You don't?

Well, good fucking thing you aren't running things, then, isn't it...

RL

[Medium Baby Jesus]

40. Are you on the right board?

Al libeled a police officer. I can't think of any reason a black man from New York would speak poorly of the police. The inciting a riot charge is a load of crap. Same with your murder bullshit.

[hippywife]

11. Well worth all the time he took

someone in this party needs the cajones to say what needs to be said!!

[Puglover]

15. Candy Crowley

will have something to say about our lack of scheduling!
:eyes:

[Misunderestimator]

13. WRONG... he cares about more than that...

and yes, the following speakers DO seem to be cutting it short. :wtf: We're all on the same mission here.

[jkbsun]

14. but if he gets out the black vote it will be worth it

I am from Michigan and I like granholm but she is boring the fuck out of me with her speaking style and she needs to speak faster. shut her up at 10 period. she is waiting for applause and not getiing any keep talking and talk faster lady. And I voted for her dont flame me

[desi]

22. rofl...

that's the spirit...

[Misunderestimator]

27. Oh please.... consider this a flame. n/t

[tkmorris]

16. You gotta be kidding

A few minutes isn't going to make the slightest bit of difference to Edwards. Sharpton speech was tremendously inspiring, if you really have a problem with him going over time perhaps you should complain to all those people who wouldn't stop cheering long enough to let him finish.

I cannot believe that a man could deliver such a fantastic speech, energizing Democrats as he has always done, and someone would bitch that it took a few extra minutes. It's nuts.

[theboss]

20. Actually, I am bitching that he was there at all

That alone bothers me.

The fact that he stole time from Edwards just makes me feel even more justified in my loathing of him.

[hippywife]

24. Funny....

same feeling I'm getting about you. :evilgrin:

[DrWeird]

25. Too bad the archive search is disabled.

you'd see it fits a pattern.

[theboss]

38. What pattern is that out of curiosity?

n/t

[Tweed]

43. Sharpton's speech will be better then Edwards'

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

47. Yeah that's why the audience gave him several standing ovations

[Solly Mack]

18. OMG! NOOOOOOOOOOOO...someone, quick..call Homeland Security

someone's lost 20 minutes...raise the crayola alert!!!

how dare a black man offer up the meat on a table full of gristle..



these complaints about Al aren't exactly passing the scratch and sniff test...just a friendly clue.

[Longhorn]

31. They must not be too worried about being behind,.

Do we really need to dance to We Are Family right now? Not that there's ever a BAD time to dance to We Are Family! B-)

[wndycty]

33. You are right. . .this whole blame Sharpton thing is BS. . .

. . .there is so much padding in the convention that if there was a concern about being behind we would not be having the dance party.

[DrWeird]

36. Heaven's to Betsy!

You mean people would unfairly criticize Al Sharpton? Surely you jest!

[Solly Mack]

34. They don't look worried

I guess it was just time for a mini-DU drama :)

[wndycty]

39. Exactly. . .LOL

:kick:

[AirAmFan]

44. Sharpton's overtime gem has pushed Shalikashvili's speech into network

time slots--interesting. The General's very presence at the convention is a sharp rebuke to Dubya's Iraq deception, lack of planning, and sheer incompetence.

On PBS, Sharpton told Gwen Ifil the convention leadership KNEW he was going to run over.

I like the way Sharpton said, "In conclusion", about halfway through his speech!

[Longhorn]

45. Edwards isn't late!

In fact, isn't he five minutes early? I thought he was scheduled for 10:25. Cool!

[Cha]

48. No it's not..it started right at 4:00pm by my tv.