********Official thread: MSNBC airing of Edwards Obama endorsement in Grand Rapids******

[SharonRB]

Wish I could have been there. Two and a half hours each way was just too far -- I hate that I have to work for a living!

[mystieus]

1. Link not up yet?

[SharonRB]

5. It will be live on MSNBC

No need for a stream, but it's also on CSPAN3 and CNN live (see link in another post).

[Labors of Hercules]

10. aint got cable... is there an MSNBC stream?

[SharonRB]

12. I don't know

Try CSPAN 3 or the link below for CNN.

[Doityourself]

29. It's live on ABC right now...they are the only one of the big running it live..charlie sounds pissed

[flpoljunkie]

62. It's on CNN online. Here's a nice photo of Edwards and Obama from the SC debate in January.

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards at the CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute Democratic Party presidential debate at the Palace Theatre in South Carolina, January 21, 2008.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

http://www.cnn.com/live

[mystieus]

170. MSNBC needs to get their act toghter! How come every other news network has a live stream?

[MadBadger]

2. Here is a link for the online crowd

http://edition.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream3

[Arrowhead2k1]

3. CNN Stream.

http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream3

Still waiting...

[MadBadger]

4. The Nets led off with this story...with Clinton's story to follow.

[LSK]

6. CSPAN3 also has it

Dont have MSNBC where I am right now.

[me b zola]

7. Cue Stevie Wonder!

Wish I was there. :)

[SharonRB]

9. Me, too

So close and yet so far. I wish this would have been closer to me. I would have definitely been there.

[LSK]

8. think they are late to time it just right for the News casts to start?

[SharonRB]

11. I think it's actually scheduled to begin at 7:00

That's what all the publicity said.

[MadBadger]

15. All that mattered, was they got the endorsement out before the newscasts started

So all three led off with the news of the Edwards' endorsement, and then went to Hillary. They were never going to show the endorsement itself. Cable will however.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. McCafferty said Edwards endorsement killed Hillary's afternoon news cycle

They timed it in the afternoon vs this morning to do this to Hillary. Watching on CNN

[SharonRB]

16. Said the same thing on MSNBC

It will blow her right out of the evening newscasts.

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. Obama is coming on stage now!

Yeah!!!!!!!

[auntAgonist]

14. mlive says they will have it streaming @ 7pm. Here is the link

http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/05/press_politics_editor_jeff_cra.html

[shadowknows69]

17. How cool is it that this is coming from Michigan

[SharonRB]

25. I'm so excited!

[harun]

48. It's awesome (n/t)

[oldpol]

18. CNN.com streaming now: a ' hard working' white american is speaking!

i guess the campaign got the message

[RichardRay]

23. I loved that guys intro!!!!

Don't anybody tell me that's and elitist snob - that's the soul of the party.

[high density]

20. Tons of people

Big stadium he's got filled there.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

21. k&r!!!!!

[K Gardner]

Oh hell, am I the only one tearing up at this crowd and the cheers?

[SharonRB]

28. Nope

It helps that it's in my state!

[Cha]

161. Doubt it..

:hug:

[Doityourself]

22. YES YES YES!!!!!!

[Iwasthere]

24. I am fired up!!! I am fired up!!

I have a huge 'shit eatin grin' on my face

[OneSelf]

26. woohoo!

This is the best news all day!

[babylonsister]

27. I was just thinking you should be there! This is hot stuff, and he's fired up! nt

[SharonRB]

36. I so wish I could have been

I'll have to wait until he comes back closer to where I live. GR is two and a half hours away.

[Ichingcarpenter]

37. Playing Springstein.....for JOHN!! Wow this is great!

John is gonna speak

[MadBadger]

30. ABC is carrying the endorsement live

[Doityourself]

41. Ha Ha..per George S. "Hillary insider just emailed me on endorsement and said : OUCH!

[Bluebear]

31. That is the WIDEST smile I have seen on Obama all campaign :)

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[JackBeck]

33. This is brilliant.

"Didn't get to campaign here, so I thought I'd give you something special."

[CherokeeDem]

65. And special it is....

My candidate endorses THE candidate...thank you John. After Hillary's speech last night...I wondered if John Edwards would step up and do this. YES!!!!!

[CherokeeDem]

66. And special it is....

My candidate endorses THE candidate...thank you John. After Hillary's speech last night...I wondered if John Edwards would step up and do this. YES!!!!!

[Iwasthere]

34. My kids are gonna come in and say, "Dad why are tears rlollin down your face?"

[Doityourself]

50. Wussy!

lmao..hey let it flow..I'm so giddy right now!

[Aloha Spirit]

73. oops

[EFerrari]

35. I must be really tired because I'm tearing up.

And not for the first time during this campaign.

Damn.

[blonndee]

102. So was I.

Very nice to see and hear John again. I couldn't help but imagine what an Obama/Edwards ticket would be like, too.

Good old Johnny Edwards!

[marions ghost]

167. yeah

:toast:

"8 long long years" ...

[shadowknows69]

38. This is like waiting for the Stones to come out heh

[auntAgonist]

39. I wish I could have been there too~ I'm in Jackson

but have a rotten cold and could not possibly stand in line for the whole day :(

And NOW, to top it off, John Edwards is there :cry:

what a night eh?

:)

aA

[SharonRB]

53. It would have been amazing to be there

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

40. I wish you could have gone, Sharon!

But you probably would have had to leave home at o'dark thirty just to get in line to have a chance to get in.

[SharonRB]

56. And I really had to be at work today

Of all times to finally get busy.

[anonymous171]

42. This is awesome.

[Az_lefty]

43. Edwards and Obama together....this is just fantastic!!!!

:woohoo: :applause:

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

44. Obamas' smile is ten miles wide!

LOVE IT!!

[RichardRay]

Johon Edwards loves the game...

he's probably as happy right now as he's ever been in his political career.

I wonder what Senator Obama just whispered to him?

[high density]

Wow, Edwards just did a shout out to the Colbert Nation

lol

[Born_A_Truman]

45. So the question is??

What am I doing here? I was promised a jet ski. LOL!

[EFerrari]

46. Goddam, I've MISSED John Edwards. n/t

[harun]

77. Same thing I was thinking :-) (n/t)

[MzNov]

92. He's such a class act!!

that's our boy! that's our boy! this is just fantastic!

:bounce:

[LSK]

47. he didnt get his jetski yet

lol

[ecstatic]

49. omg: Obama supporters: behave please! No boos!

That was unfortunate. But I understand their frustration.

[SeattleGirl]

52. Yeah, I wish they hadn't done that. n/t

[Doityourself]

54. They are cheering now...good. No booing

[TheDonkey]

59. Let them get out the emotion! They have earned it.

but I am glad Obama settled them down but if I were there I'd like to give a quick boo too!

[ecstatic]

69. LOL nt

[Carrieyazel]

98. They're a sniveling, sanctimonious bunch of morons.

[ecstatic]

118. Then again, it's possible that they're in such bad financial shape that they can't

contain their anger and frustration. I don't know. I'm not in their shoes.

[Cha]

162. You shouldn't talk about yourself like

that.

[Labors of Hercules]

51. Obama is ALL CLASS!

Waving off the people who booed Hillary. That was fantastic to see.

[Ichingcarpenter]

58. John is giving Hillary fine compliments

and the crowd is responding nicely.

[TheDonkey]

55. Finally the sound has been fixed. It was hurting my ears before.

[high density]

60. yeah a wee bit hot

I'm glad they fixed it.

[Born_A_Truman]

57. We Must Come Together as Democrats!

Tell it John!

[RichardRay]

61. John is settling them down, he's not gonna throw her

under the bus. He's doing this as carefully and as well as he can.

[SharonRB]

He's doing a great job n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. This is why this man was my candidate in the primary

and now he is doing the RIGHT THING

Thanks John

[Neshanic]

64. Edwards gives a little speech. No press release or announcement for him.

[SeattleGirl]

67. Right on, John!

Our job is to tear that wall down!

[SharonRB]

70. Tear. Down. That. Wall.

[TexasLady]

68. Wow what a CROWD! And what a yummy accent that man has!

Wahooo Edwards!!
:applause:

[Carrieyazel]

71. This endorsement is --- an epiphany, stupendous, earth-shattering, I cccc-an't breathe!

Every single viewer must be fainting right now. This is the greatest thing I've ever seen.

[spanone]

72. vice president edwards...real change

the titans of pharma are shitting themselves

[myrna minx]

74. Edwards would have made a mighty fine President, but I am so proud of his endorsement.

Oh, how I hope he has a bully pulpit in the Obama administration.

[Ichingcarpenter]

80. Obama is the Nominee.... Edwards just said it!!

Wow, this is a great speech.

[myrna minx]

166. His speech gave me goosebumps. He reminded us all

what populism is all about. It's not about doing shots at bar in front of cameras and about voting differences of white or black working class voters, it's about the true dichotomy of the two Americas and trying to make us whole.

[EFerrari]

84. John must be one of the finest presidents we'll never have.

Grateful to him for continuing in public service despite that. :toast:

[myrna minx]

165. "One of the finest Presidents we'll never have".

Too true, my friend. I hope he has a large, visible role on the Obama Administration. He'd make a mighty fine AG. :toast:

[K Gardner]

75. Edwards is absolutely ON FIRE ! Obama needs him, or needs to adopt some of this language, wow !

[rucky]

76. This is cool

I'm stil waiting for Biden, Dodd and Kucinich to chime in with theirs.

[TheDonkey]

78. oh SHIT he just ended this RACE. "the democratic voters have made their choice"

[K Gardner]

85. "The democratic voters have made their choice.. and SO HAVE I. "

[TheDonkey]

79. dupe

[MadBadger]

81. Lol, Faux doesnt give a shit about the endorsement

[LSK]

83. FOX and the Right was always scared to death of Edwards

[Ichingcarpenter]

87. They are not playing the speech?

Its one of John's better speeches, I'm on my feet right now!!!

[TheDonkey]

96. well Faux is the endorsed channel of the Hillary campaign.

[Az_lefty]

82. Man, I miss John Edwards...

[Tatiana]

86. Oh hell. I have tears in my eyes. I voted for Edwards in my primary.

I love this guy. What a man.

"It's about the One America."

YES!

[billyoc]

93. Me too, we haven't seen the last of him, though.

I'm expecting big things from John Edwards.

[Jennifer C]

120. I teared up too

Edwards was fantastic.

[Tatiana]

88. One America where no child will go to bed hungry...

One America where we finally start tackling the health care problem...

One America where every child will have an equal opportunity to a good education...

One America where the walls will fall when the Iraq war is ended...

[Neshanic]

89. The war will not end in 2009 John. Don't say that. It will not be delivered.

[cali]

119. lol. DU faux psychics are a hoot!

[Neshanic]

131. That's right, they are. The ones behind the podium too.

[SeattleGirl]

90. Damn! What a GREAT speech!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[harun]

97. Awesome speech

[Ichingcarpenter]

100. I'm on my feet half the time! Great Speech

ONWARD TO DENVER............GREAT SPEECH!!

[asdjrocky]

123. Looked like a speech made by a VP candidate.

Did you noticed how often he used the word "we"?

[Tatiana]

91. The crowd LOVES him.

Even Obama looks hella impressed!

[MzNov]

103. Fantastic. Just Fantastic.

What a great pair!!!

[dhill926]

94. Methinks the Obama campaign ...

is starting to tack to the left. Finally! Damn good to see and hear Edwards again.

[SeattleGirl]

101. It sure as hell is! n/t

[Mme. Defarge]

95. NOT IN OUR AMERICA! n/t

[Tatiana]

99. Sweet baby Jesus, this is a FANTASTIC speech! n/t

[Neshanic]

104. Mercifully short speech. Thank God.

[Qutzupalotl]

163. You're just a little ray of sunshine, aren't you?

[Terri S]

105. That was absolutely AWESOME !!

Thank you, John !

[billyoc]

106. Man, I made it almost to the end before tearing up.

:patriot:

[Aloha Spirit]

107. Who remembers this day...? I'm glad to have him back in the news, pushing his message.

[michaz]

108. Wow! Just Wow!!!

[Hawkeye-X]

109. And... FUCK YOU ANDREA MITCHELL AND MSRNC!!!

I want to hear what Obama had to say, not listen to what the media has to say. Unclassy of MSRNC! Switched to CNN.

[Ichingcarpenter]

113. CNN cut it too.. and Lou Dobbs is an asshole insulting Edwards

calling him a patronizing person and weak

[shadowknows69]

110. Zoinks yo!

:applause:

[SeattleGirl]

111. Oh Pat, stop pissin' on the parade, will ya?

"The boys are ganging up on her."

:puke:

[Doityourself]

141. lol Pat is such a douche bag...

[Doityourself]

148. Pat is a douche bag..and he's beside himself with anger again!!

[Carrieyazel]

112. This is the most earth-shattering moment in modern political history. I'M THUNDERSTRUCK.

I mean, this is going to change everything for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

[LSK]

114. this is a brilliant 3 for 1

1. Interrupts the Hillary WV win news cycle

2. Gets the Edwards endorsement

3. Does it in Michigan

[me b zola]

168. The Obama hat trick!

:woohoo:

[asdjrocky]

115. Just imagine-

Pictures of Obama and Edwards playing basketball together, or running. That would sink McLame.

[ErinBerin84]

116. Pat always starts talking

and sounds so frustrated , like someone has been disagreeing with him for 10 minutes.


lol. Chris just said that Pat sounds like the male coach of a women's basketball team..Pat "Time for them to rally around the sisters!" Chris and Andrea are calling him out on his fake cry for sisterhood.


Loved how Pat tried to go the "the boys are ganging up on her!" route, and Chris said "Then NARAL is part of that ganging up."

[spanone]

117. since when did buchanan become such a hillary lover?????

[K Gardner]

121. Obama is giving a brilliant speech on poverty and jobs.. CNN Live. I cant

believe they're airing Buchanan's hype over Obama.

[harun]

124. Long time, he pimps her on McLaughlin group every weekend (n/t)

[SeattleGirl]

132. He doesn't love Hilary. He just likes sticking his face into things

and pretending that what he says matters.

In fact, he just said that he wouldn't vote for either Hilary or Barack.

[LSK]

122. still on CSPAN3

[SeattleGirl]

126. Thanks!

I was gonna punch my television machine if I heard one more word from Buchanan!

[LSK]

125. someone fainted in the crowd and Obama called for EMTs and gave his water bottle

[AspenRose]

135. Again?

That happens a lot.... :-(

[AspenRose]

127. Well I'll be.

Wow.

[ErinBerin84]

128. Oh god.

Now Pat is saying that unless Obama wins Kentucky now, Edwards' endorsement is useless.

[slinkerwink]

130. Pat is an asshat.

[SeattleGirl]

133. That;s putting it mildly.

:grr:

[K Gardner]

134. That's when I muted and went to the CNN Stream.. still Obama Live.

[Gore1FL]

129. Can you hear me albert?

I can hear you.

OK.

It was like a Verizon commercial in the middle of Edward's speech. Was that just on MSNBC?

[Iwasthere]

140. I heard that too

Was very strange

[slinkerwink]

136. WTF are they doing talking over his speech? I hate pundits so much.

[dhill926]

138. it's all about them....

the pieces of shit....

[Doityourself]

137. PAT BUCHANAN...

PLEASE...

[MadBadger]

139. Obama is saying a lot more of "we" in this speech

he normally says I when talking about bringing troops home, etc...interesting.

[SeattleGirl]

144. Actually, he often says "we" when he gives speeches. n/t

[MadBadger]

160. I agree, but in the context of "I will end this war in 2009"

He always says that. This time he said we. There were a lot more instances like that.

[flpoljunkie]

142. Tweety is so fucking clueless! Obama has told that same story of the young woman who works nights

plus goes to school, so she can help her sister who has no health care, for a very long time. Tweety just said Obama's starting to sound like Hillary. If he would just stop talking, and listen, for once, he might learn something!

[ecstatic]

143. I know right? nt

[CabalPowered]

145. Time for a new thread?

[SharonRB]

146. Good idea.

[CabalPowered]

149. Go ahead and I'll lock when the other is up

[SharonRB]

155. Maybe there's no point

Since Obama is done.

[CabalPowered]

156. I'll check back later

:hi:

[spanone]

147. buchanan just spewed every right-wing bullshit talking point about edwards

[spanone]

150. buchanan is showing his racist ass right now

[SeattleGirl]

153. He can't help it. He was drawn that way.

:crazy:

[Doityourself]

154. Buchanan..is pissed off right now..lmaoo!!!

[MadBadger]

151. What an AMAZING Speech by both of them.

[FrenchieCat]

158. Wow.......Obama was fired up....damn!

We are gonna win the whole enchilada! :patriot:

AMERICA'S BACK!

[Doityourself]

152. Buchanan and Tweety are really going at over WV, Clinton and Obama and Edwards

[Iwasthere]

157. Pat B wouldn't answer the fucking question!

He was pressed and refused... asshole

[Neshanic]

159. He won't answer that question. No way. Creepy freak he is.

[Tatiana]

164. Chris Matthew has a new mancrush on the "physicality" of Obama/Edwards

:rofl:

[TragedyandHope]

169. Screen grabs - GO EDWARDS! GOBAMA!

For those who missed it.





An older photo:

[Zachstar]

171. Thank you for posting these!