Democratic Convention night #4 thread #1

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Tonight is the big night. Kerry gives his acceptance speech tonight. There are many terrific speakers and I advise checking the list. There are way too many to mention. Some of the highlights are: Mark Warner, Gen. Wes Clark, Lieberman, Pelosi, Albright, Cleland and Kerry himself.

You can see the whole list here: http://www.dems2004.org/site/pp.asp?c=luI2LaPYG&b=130848

You can watch online at: http://www.dems2004.org and www.cspan.org

This is it. This is what we have been waiting for four almost 4 years. Have fun. It's our party!!!

:party: :yourock: :headbang:

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1. It started

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2. Rabbi Ronne Friedman giving the opening prayer

[sandnsea]

3. Let's put positive energy in the air

Pray or do whatever it is you do. Truly, if there is a God, this speech has to work tonight!!

[drdigi420]

5. if there was a god...

there would have never been a Bush

[sandnsea]

17. Not true

We make choices and sometimes things have to go really, really awry for people to wake up and recognize what they value. In people's personal lives, in the life of the country and the world. This is a critical time, we have a serious choice to make in this country and I hope we make the right one.

[faithnotgreed]

23. right on sandnsea! people tend to blame God when WE mess up the worst!

[Cha]

4. Yes, we have been waiting a long time and it's finally here.

The whole week has been one Big Glorious Party. I've been so fortunate to be able to be home to watch the whole thing.

[ellie]

6. Toledo Mayor Jack Ford

will be up in a bit.

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9. He's up

[ellie]

7. Hey!

Willie Nelson will be on later!

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8. Jack Sucas running for VA-10

[JohnKleeb]

30. Its James and I missed him

grr, too bad, I'll catch it later. Ive been planning to work for him but my job has been distracting it and I want to my bulk work for Kerry. Gonna finally donate tonight.

[ellie]

10. Jack Ford up now!

I don't live in Toledo, but I live in an outlying suburbs. He didn't mention Toledo as home of the Tony Packo's hotdog.

In Toledo and in other cities, working families are shouldering higher healthcare burdens.

Brighter days are ahead for our country. Victory depends on the fight we wage, town to town, ward to ward, door to door, hand to hand, eyeball to eyeball.

[ellie]

11. Health care will no longer

be a privilege, but it will be a right. Fellow Democrats, the time for talk is almost over.

I have never heard him talk. It wasn't bad. Now I must go run.

[Xenus Sister]

13. Corrine Brown's a goddess!!

Tell it sister!!

Talking about Florida voting!

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12. Corrine Brown talking about election stealing.

Did she borrow the red jump suit from Al Sharpton?

[Wind Dancer]

14. Rep. Brown is up!

One of my favorites!!!!! I'm so glad she is talking about her voice being stricken when she told the truth about the election being stolen.

[Cha]

15. Corrine Brown! Whose words on the 2000 vote were stricken from the

Congressional record. I believe she got censored too..can you imagine? Wake Up America!

[Wind Dancer]

16. Wake up America!

[Xenus Sister]

18. I'm an atheist

but I didn't mind those GOD IS GREATs! If she has her god on her side, more power to her!

[eissa]

19. Damn it!

I'm in my cube in CA and was waiting to watch Corrine Brown live and I missed it! Damn, damn, damn!!! What did she say? Please give details!

[Xenus Sister]

20. JEAN JEAN JEAN!!!

I love her!

[Xenus Sister]

21. Some people say (mmm) Ashcroft had her husband killed

(Fox mode) Some people...(/Fox mode)

[faithnotgreed]

25. corinne was great. she said

God is good a couple times

immediately pointed out that she was the one who spoke out on the house floor against the 2000 election and that her words were stricken from the record

she said that in her district 27,000 votes were discounted for one wrong reason or another

she said "r" stands for reverse and "d" stands for drive and she wants america to go in forward drive and stop the reverse

she was pretty cool

[eissa]

26. Thank you!

I'll have to watch C-span later on and hope they repeat it.

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22. Fernando Ferrer

I think he wants to run against Bloomberg, but Ferrer sucks.

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24. Francis Slay, mayor of St. Louis

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27. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President

NYC is all over this.

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28. Rep. Pascrell (NJ)

Talking about Kerry protecting us an more of the standard fare.

[JohnKleeb]

29. early Kerry backer if anyone's curious

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32. Thanks

He's doing a great job. Kerry supports first responders. "We will no longer settle. Our time has come." Stronger, better more optimistic America.

[JohnKleeb]

34. Yeah I remember these things

This guy speaking now is a cofounder of the house DLC, but that doesnt make him bad.

[Beaverhausen]

31. I just saw that Max Cleland is introducing Kerry tonight!

How cool is that? There was a great article about him in the Sunday Magazine of the LA Times last weekend.

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33. Rep. Davis (Tampa)

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35. Rep. Steve Israel from LI

Unfortunately I am stuck with the one puke on the island.

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39. he's good

Not my favorite, but he's solid and will be a rising star if the Dems retake the House, ever.

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36. Rep. Lynch (MA)

I bet he wants Kerry to win. He wants his seat.

[JohnKleeb]

37. he'll keep his seat

He's an interesting man, didnt get in to politics as a politics until Joe Moakey died, he had been an ironworker and a leader in their union.

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38. Sen. Reed (RI)

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40. The ad I voted for won the contest.

It's a great ad. http://www.democrats.org/amc/

[JohnKleeb]

41. John Lewis, great hero

[shawmut]

42. self edit due to stupidity

well I feel like a dope. And that's not the first time I've called him Joe Lewis, either...

*hangs head in shame*

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43. Didn't Ali beat Joe Lewis?

[JohnKleeb]

44. he meant John

Now speaking Richard Trumka, Secretary General of the AFL-CIO, he's great, I believe before he got in to the AFL-CIO, he was part of the United Miners of America, his name sounds possibly Lithuian I guess, Ive heard him speak before, hes good.

[JohnKleeb]

45. Senator Carl Levin

Good guy, two great voices for labor in a row. Hes better known though as the ranking dem on the defense committee but hes a great advocate for UAW and hes progressive.

[Beaverhausen]

46. carl levin!

[Beaverhausen]

47. Barbara!!!

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48. It's back with the Congressional women

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49. These women want a balanced budget.

That's HOT. :loveya:

[gottaB]

50. Si Se Puede!

I'm stoked

[Sugarbleus]

51. Thanks Bleachers!! I'm back in my seat. Night 4

:toast: :party: :bounce: :toast: :party:

[Sugarbleus]

52. Go JOE B.!!