Florida Democratic Party Meeting -- 1PM -- Thread #2

[Khephra]

Coming up next: a Q&A session with Kerry and Edwards.

[creativelcro]

1. Thanks.

[creativelcro]

9. finally, at 1:17 or so

[slinkerwink]

2. I'll kick this one up too

the washington journal is filling in for the break

[creativelcro]

3. KICK

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4. :kick:

:kick:

[creativelcro]

5. c'mon, i wanna hear Kerry and Edwards...

I cannot take this C-SPAN BS anymore...

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6. Kerry's on!!!

[creativelcro]

8. YEAH

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7. Kerry just kissed Graham's wife!

[creativelcro]

10. questions to Kerry starting

[creativelcro]

11. nsync ??

what the ??

[creativelcro]

12. Whoo Ho! Voting machines and paper trail

F**k Diebold kerry says! All of them realized this is a BIG issue...

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. electronic voting machines!!!

A paper trail! Go Kerry! :bounce:

[0007]

14. I'm present!

[never cry wolf]

15. Anyone know what happened to Edwards??

I thought this was supposed to be a debate syyle Q & A.

[creativelcro]

16. he's next, I think

The Qs are from the audience, not from each other...

[slinkerwink]

17. oh, I was so eager for it to be 3:30PM when Dean speaks

that I thought it was 3, but it isn't. Damn.

[creativelcro]

18. ?? When is Dean speaking then? Is it known ?

They are running late, i think...

[slinkerwink]

21. it might be 3:30 or 4

I'm hoping it's 3:30....Kerry can be so long-winded.

[creativelcro]

19. Kerry stil speaking

[Khephra]

20. kick

[slinkerwink]

22. Edwards now up

and there's a goddamn blizzard outside my window.

[creativelcro]

23. me too. Boston... Snow up to my window...

They said there is a break until 3:30 ? Where is Edwards ? Could not make it ?...

[slinkerwink]

25. that's what about Clark?!

wasn't he supposed to speak at 3:05???

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24. :kick:

[Khephra]

26. Back on!

[Khephra]

27. Edwards on now

[slinkerwink]

29. that he now is....

what's he saying? the captioning went off my TV.

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28. Edwards is now on!

[madfloridian]

30. Wow, great reception for Edwards!

That was amazing, and he looks great.

[MIMStigator]

31. Edwards kicks ass

would make a great running mate for Clark

[slinkerwink]

32. or for Dean

;-)

[DeepModem Mom]

33. Can we say for certain now that voting machines....

are an issue in this campaign? Wow!

[madfloridian]

34. I am very impressed with Edwards today.

He is doing a darn good job. I am so jealous my hubby is there, and I could not make it today. At least I hope they made it through the horrible traffic in Orlando.

[slinkerwink]

35. I'd have to agre with that also

;-)

[chimpymustgo]

36. Take the FOR SALE sign off the White House.

We can't take 4 more years of *
And get rid of his brother!

Tearing down the house!

[DjTj]

37. "George Bush is at war with working people... "

"...We've gone from collective bargaining to collective begging."

He really was on fire today.

[slinkerwink]

38. Clark is next!!

[chimpymustgo]

39. I think I need a cigarette.

And I don't even smoke.

Edwards rocked the room!

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41. I'll have to agree that, and here comes Clark.

[madfloridian]

40. The person with the whistle is sitting near our friend.

She just called me from outside the center on her cellphone. She says they will not stop blowing the blessed thing.

[MoonAndSun]

42. Bruce Springsteen!! Yeah Kerry,

Dean is my main man, but I like Kerry's selection of music!!

No Surrender!!!

[slinkerwink]

44. yes, but what is kerry doing on the stage?

:shrug: I thought he finished speaking?

[DeepModem Mom]

43. Springsteen is ours!

[janx]

45. I just turned this on. The drums are great, but eveyone is right:

that whistle noise is obnoxious! Has that been going on all day?

[madfloridian]

46. Yes, and the person is being obnoxious to those around them.

My friend says her ears are ringing. The person with the whistle has been asked to stop, but she is mad at Dean supporters so she won't.

[MoonAndSun]

47. Then your friend needs to complain to the organizers and have

that person either stop blowing the whistle or kick her out.

They need to know that this is being broadcast on CSPAN and everyone watching can hear it!!

[madfloridian]

49. She called from outside earlier, said they were trying to do something.

I have not heard back. They showed her on television earlier, as my husband saw it before he left to go there. It is just annoying everyone.

She is a Clark supporter that he would not be proud of. There is a group of them here from Arkansas, and they need to tone down the noise. One guy from Arkansas spoke at the I-4 Corridor democratic meeting. Each candidate gets to be represented. He literally screamed, and some people just walked out because he would not hush. It was not just loud speaking, it was screaming.

He and a bunch of others were wearing their red shirts. Don't know for sure how many were from Arkansas. It was a moment when others were stunned. We discussed it with others later, and we wondered if they were really Clark supporters or someone else pretending to be. Clark has a lot of class and would not like that, but then we can't have these grassroots campaigns without stuff happening. People posing as what they are not is a common event now.

It has happened to all the candidates. I just want that whistle to stop! I don't care who she supports.

[slinkerwink]

54. I agree!

I heard them earlier----ugh.

[BuelahWitch]

50. That whistle is horrible!

I feel for your friend. It's annoying me way out here in Kansas. Maybe she should yank the whistle and stomp on it! :evilgrin:

[janx]

51. Actually, I think there may be two of them.

?

[madfloridian]

52. Yes, my friend said there was one across the room as well.

Not as bad, though.

[slinkerwink]

53. that sucks about the whistles

[janx]

57. Is the obnoxious one the blonde woman?

I saw a largish blonde woman blowing a red whistle.

[madfloridian]

66. I don't know.

Hubby would know, but he is over in Orlando getting ready to listen Dean speak. I am jealous. I was going, too, but a kid crisis came up. With 5 of them throughout the country, there is always a crisis. Besides, I despise that traffic, and did not feel like it today.

[janx]

74. Kid crises happen. Yep.

I know about that.

[janx]

55. Mad at Dean supporters? Why?

?

I thought this was a friendly gathering in Florida, no?

[madfloridian]

56. Don't know. She is mad because there are more of them I think.

Not saying that to be ugly, just repeating what I heard.

[Khephra]

88. hehehe

I never expected anyone else to be annoyed by the whistle. I'm glad I wasn't alone in that.

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

48. Kerry just lied. LOL.

He said (as he has before) that Bush is the only one who needs to be laid off in 2004.

So, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Rove, etc., shouldn't be laid off?

Just kidding.

[MoonAndSun]

58. Bruce again!!

hee hee!!

I love Bruce!

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59. I think Clark is up next....

[theoceansnerves]

60. hahaha

"is there anybody out there that likes joe lieberman?"
....silence

[NashVegas]

61. I Noticed

So sad. Teehee.

[mandyky]

62. Wow, did you hear the Deaniacs ROAR?

Scott Maddox went thru the list and the cheer for Dean was by far the loudest! Yeehaw!

[slinkerwink]

63. wooohoooo!!!!!!!!

[janx]

64. Yep. It was great!

.

[slinkerwink]

65. what's up with uncle sam, betsy ross holding those clark signs

and........the military bagpipe? ;-)

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67. I hear one guy screaming in the background

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68. oh, that's the whistle

;-)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

72. The Uncle Sam Figures Are Cool....

It reminds me of Apollo Creed from Rocky 4.....

They should have played Living In America...

[creativelcro]

69. Did I miss Dean?

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71. Dean's on next

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70. omg, you can't see clark with all those signs

;-)

[creativelcro]

73. what are they yelling about?

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75. I think it's "Let's go, Wes!"

[creativelcro]

79. He's reading..

[janx]

80. Reading what? His speech?

?

[creativelcro]

83. Yup...

[slinkerwink]

85. I wonder if Dean's going to read his own speech?

I have a feeling he won't. If he does, I hope it does it better than Clark.

[creativelcro]

82. all this military crap is a turn-off for me!!!

[janx]

84. It's recognizing the fear instilled in us by Chimpy's administration.

That's the only thing that bothers me about it. I like Clark, but I was afraid this would happen with his campaign.

[creativelcro]

86. I just don't care about his military credentials...

It seems irrelevant... perhaps it resonates with some other voters, dunno...

[creativelcro]

87. Hmm, I think Wes may be sick

his voice seems a bit raspy and he looks a bit tired... perhaps the flu ?

[slinkerwink]

89. I hope Dean can cure the flu out of Clark

;-)

[janx]

91. Give him some antibiotics...

.

[creativelcro]

94. The prez failed to grow or enlarge in office, Clark said

Kind of obscene... :) Sorry...

[janx]

97. LOL!!

But right wingers would spin that another way and immediately start talking about...Bill Clinton!

[creativelcro]

90. I missed the Clark intro. There are 3000 people there

how many of his supporters do you think are there ? I see a ton of Dean signs... We'll see how Dean is received...

[slinkerwink]

92. I think there's probably 75 supporters

and most of them seems to be up on the stage.

[creativelcro]

96. I bet there are 500 Dean supporters or more...

[janx]

93. Is he wrapping it up yet?

I don't want to miss the Dean intro. Maybe I'd better turn it on again.

[OrAnarch]

95. absolutely

for the people who served, all they are doing is admitting to being murderers in the service of coorporate intrests. Id reserve my vote for a morally conscious candiate who stood up for believing in humanity and not participating in immoral bloodshed, to any degree. And by any degree...let me just say I can barey bare to pay taxes knowing half of it goes to making bullets to kill Iraqis. I sure as hell am not voting for someone toting their record of contributing to death in foreign countries. This is not a good thing.

[creativelcro]

98. Don't get me started with the taxes biz...

[Renew Deal]

76. We want Wes and Wes will win.

[slinkerwink]

78. oh, weren't you supposed to stay on the clarkites-only thread?

[janx]

77. I want to know as well. My husband switched to videogame

golf until Dean comes on.

[MoonAndSun]

81. Very nice touch, Wes, recognizing the vets in the room

I liked that a lot!! He is a good speaker.

[Khephra]

99. Good Clark speech

But I just figured out something about his delivery--he needs to use his arms and hands more. When he stands there keeping his hands down, he just doesn't seem "into" it. When he does use his arms, he's much, much better.

(That's a critical comment about his delivery and shouldn't be seen as a bash, just an area that he can improve on.)

[creativelcro]

100. true... his eyes are not moving enough either...

he has a bit of a "crazy" look... No bashing either, just my impression watching this...

[Moderator]

101. Locking..

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