Edwards and Kerry up next on C-SPAN live! 12:55 pm.

[chimpymustgo]

Taking questions at the Florida Dem. convention.

[NashVegas]

1. LOL - Anti Bush Caller on Now

Bringing up the hermetically sealed Bush records and AWOL.

[NashVegas]

2. And a Freeper

Saying Dean's kid was busted for *armed robbery,* and whatever happened to that?

Just a heads up, to give an idea of what we're going to be encountering if he gets the nom.

[UTUSN]

3. Who's the Wingnut Host, Who Said

"DO YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET???" when the caller said that Shrub was A.W.O.L. and the documents could be accessed at a certain website.

[Field Of Dreams]

4. Freepers are so whiney...

that same caller was complaining that C-SPAN was handing out canvas bags with "C-SPAN" printed on them to participants at the Florida convention.

"This is where the money I give to C-SPAN goes."

Give me a break ... the host also said they hand them out at Republican events.

[chimpymustgo]

5. Kerry doing greet and grip now.

Looking good.

[oasis]

6. Presidential

He repeats " Bush is the most arrogant, inept and reckless".

"There is no foriegn policy anymore" Kerry's wrong there, It's just a lousy foriegn policy.

Takes question on Diebold."I'm not going to allow the GOP to turn back the clock with Jimcrow.com." Demands paper trail.

[chimpymustgo]

7. Kerry talking about Diebold and paper trail!

Attacks head of Diebold for wanting to ensure *'s election. Insists on having a paper trail.

[oasis]

8. Kerry praising Clinton policies which brought America prosperity.

[Armstead]

9. Blech

That's the problem. We can't ignore the dark side of the 90's just for political gain.

[oasis]

10. The "problem" with some Democrats is their futile pursuit of perfection

[Armstead]

23. The "problem" with some Democrsts is....

trheir complete and total capitulation to the Corporte Conservative Agenda.

[sandnsea]

31. Corporate Conservative?

Please explain how Kerry is a corporate conservative. And also explain how investment in science and research and development in order to create renewable energy technologies is bad.

[oasis]

11. Gets on Bushistas for cutting back on Veteran's Administration funding.

Kerry is hitting it out of the park on a number of issues.

[oasis]

12. Kerry attacks Bush for environmental policies that favor Halliburton.

[oasis]

13. He's committed to the growth of small business and new sources of energy

Kerry has a firm grasp on what direction America needs to take on fossil fuel, nuclear etc.

[blm]

16. And he LINKS it comprehensively to national security

just as he's done for years. He KNOWS the science and the security reasons already and can hit the ground running.

[oasis]

19. Kerry is emphatic "we can't forget Florida"

[Jerseycoa]

14. Here's the thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=837536

[oasis]

18. Democrats need to get behind him so that he can take center stage.

He can easily beat Bush in 2004 if given the chance.

[VolcanoJen]

15. I think Kerry is absolutely awesome.

"God only gave us 3% of the world's oil reserves. There's no metaphysical or physical way for America to drill its way out of this crisis. We have to invent our way out of it. We need a president who understands that, and makes it happen."

[oasis]

17. Kerry's asked about his support for ERA. "I marched for ERA in the 70s"

[blm]

21. Would people only had an understanding of principled stands

taken over a LIFETIME that actually moved progressive ideals into the national eye.

[oasis]

26. Kerry needs a chance to get center stage against Bush/Cheney.

His calm demeanor would impress many of those in the center and dispel the notion that Democrats running for the presidency are "mean and angry".

[blm]

27. That's the script Rove wrote and the media is playing their part.

Expect it to get much worse. This isn't even a peek into what they will do with Howie as the nominee.

[AP]

20. On the web the visual feed is out of synch with the sound

is it the same on TV?

[chimpymustgo]

22. Edwards doing great. Getting wonderful response from the crowd.

Very fired up. Voting machines, tax reform...great stuff.

[blm]

24. Edwards is doing real well.

He is having a great time doing it, too!

[chimpymustgo]

25. A new beginning for America.

The crowd is eating him up - that son of a mill worker!

[AP]

28. The FDR reference is right on...

hope, not fear, drives the fascists from the door, both at home, within America, and at America's doorstep to the rest of the world.

[chimpymustgo]

29. Kerry's back! LOVE the marching band!!!

Very exciting. Excellent move.

[blm]

30. heh....what's up.....

interesting turn.

[chimpymustgo]

32. * likes to play dress-up....

Uh oh: "let's talk about Mission Accomplished for a moment..."

[oasis]

33. A double dose of John Kerry is a good thing. "the real deal"

[oasis]

34. "We don't need to swap the Republican guard for the Republican Party "

Kerry blasts the GOP for refering to Iraq as a "gold mine".

[oasis]

35. Roll back tax cut on the high end while preserving the middle class.

[oasis]

36. "American wants to hear not just anger, but answers" Kerry is connecting.

[Snellius]

37. Maybe Kerry's best speech ever

I didn't release he recently just lost both his parents. That and the cancer scare. No wonder he's had such a gloomy cloud over his head lately.

[oasis]

39. he was great. (n/t)

[LiberalTexan]

38. I shook his hand after last year's speech

at the Florida Dem Convention.

I told him "God Bless You" as I shook his hand. That was after he promised us he would never send our young people to a foreign land to fight for the wrong reasons. That was less than six months before he gave Bush a blank check.

I won't vote for Kerry. He lied to all of us.

[Moderator]

40. Duplicate - locking and consolidating C-Span discussions

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=839101