DNC Convention Open Thread
By Nicole Belle Tuesday Aug 26, 2008 8:14pm
What did you think about John Kerry and Bill Clinton's speeches?
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1) What an ovation for the former President
2) Bill Clinton is CLEARLY delivering for Obama. This is another bad night for Clinton haters.
Clearly a good night for Obama and Democratic Party lovers.
Sounds like Bill is getting the job done.
Can't wait to hear Biden.
Bill Clinton to blow off Obama's acceptance speech
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Really loved the man. But he's damaging his reputation.
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so wth is americablog yapping about? clintons doing a excellent job there folks.!!!
You go bill!!!!
Chris Gamble @ 1:
You mean Republicans? ;)
Friar Tuck @ 4:
they're jabbering about his not planning on being present tomorrow night. Honestly, who gives a crap. After tonight, I think he's earned a night off.
I wish he had kept his sausage in his pants but I must say the Big Dawg is delivering a serious repuk smack down.
I think Hillary scolded Bill and told him to be good tonight.
Kickin' ass, Bill!
People that give good speaches, THINK. People who think make good Presidents.
Al Gore should have campaigned with Bill Clinton in 2000. Clinton is a great speaker. I hope Obama successfully picks up the Torch and takes us away from this mess of the Bush Administration. Great Job Ol' Bill.
JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 8:
Musta worked (is that a frying pan mark on the side of his head?) This is the Clinton I used to respect and admire. The Big Dawg delivered the goods tonight!!!
John McCain can't even remember where his house is. He thinks he is still a friggin POW.
Bill Clinton's speech was excellent, where was this speech the past 6 months?
He is very inspirational when he wants to be.
He is right, Obama IS on the right side of history.
Finally he said that Hillary supporters should fully support Barack.
Go OBAMA!
Darn, I bet the top folks of the Obama campaign are regretting not putting Bubba in prime time. This was by the far the best speech of the convention covering everything from the economy, foreign policy, and Obama exp to lead with connections to himself 92. Also some barbs at McCain which are also nice.
Hopefully Obama can step it up and match BCs speech or surpass it.
Bill's speech knocked it over the continental divide.
Yes! Bill just gave the thumbs up/ lip bite combo. totally killer move!
Great speech!
JOE BIDEN !!!. Deliver the Speech. Take on the Foreign Policy issues the opposing team is going to trumpet as their strengths. Speak the truth about Iraq, and Torture, and the terrorists of 9/11. Peace bro.
I think that Bill Clinton once again proved he is the man.
Theres a reason so many people love that man.
Thanks, but No Thanks. Haaaaaaaaaa!
You gotta love it.
Thank you President Clinton for stepping up to and beyond your duty to the future of your country. The greater good is the only avenue to individual dreams.
krisken @ 5:
BANG - naaaaaaailed it!
A minute after the speach Rove is on Faux News saying that saying that Bill said "it's about me". Hannshity is saying it's just about platitudes and Obama's resume is still thin. Rove said that it's just making A case, but not THE case.
Fair and balanced? Total Faux News, totaly Faux 24/7/365.
1992-2000: best economy ever, transformed Republican half trillion dollar deficits to Clinton half trillion dollar surpluses, lowest unemployment in decades: black, white, everyone; 22.7 million new jobs - not a fluke either: 92 campaign was: "It's the economy, stupid!". The Clintons delivered big time.
Fact
Apparently Rove thought it was a disaster, like Michelle's and Hillary. I agree. How can the Dems be shooting themselves in the foot so often... wait... ooooh, that crafty guy got me!
(He's actually getting a lot of people to believe him.)
krisken @ 6:
Thought Bill was awesome - lead by the power of our example rather than the example of our power! Wish he had added just one sentence in a nod to Hillary's abilities but the rest of it was terrific.
Marvin Rice @ 21:
Marvin, considering that to a very large extent Clinton is responsible for creating the situation that allowed Bush to steal the 2000 election I'd say at best he's just done the minimum he could to undo some of the damage he's responsible for allowing to happen. Thank goodness he came through tonight.
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 7:
To hell with his sausage. NAFTA and welfare deform.
L.A. Confidential @ 24:
LA, I'm gonna ask you personally to please give it a rest. I loves me the Clintons. I really do. But it's time for us to move on here brother. Please join us. I'd like to celebrate with you when we throw those lousy fuckers out of office.
Ok?
Saw Bill campaign for Hillary in the spring and he did a similarly great job, with a purely extemporaneous speech for more than 20 minutes full of facts and figures. What an orator, and with the chance to prepare for tonight, he did a fantastic job of laying out the case for Obama and against the GOP. Hope Bubba goes on the campaign trail for Obama, because he is a definite asset.
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ENCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
more of this and less in fighting!!
absmafbabcte.
:)
Great speech Bill!!
Way to lay out the issues!
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 28:
Please, don't f**king blame Clinton.
Clinton did a good job. Kerry is on now. He is doing a good job so far.
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 28:
Whaaa
The World is more impressed by the power of our example, than by the example of our power!
Great line!!
Jo @ 29:
Bush and the neocrooks were able to steal the election because of the climate Slick Willy's loose wiener created. Bush would never have been able to do the damage he's done if Clinton hadn't done the damage he did with his sexual peccadilloes. Sad but true.
go john!
Kerry is being ignored by the media. Hey, he never had a swiftboat shot out from under him.
Fuck Tom Brokaw! I'm sick of his partisan hackery!
"John McCain was sitting in a POW prison cell in Hanoi when Bill Clinton was writing letters to the draft board, trying to get out of serving. And it worked!"
Brokaw can't mention McStain's name without prefacing it with "John McCain, POW and decorated war hero,..."
Such a tool. Tim Russert would be ashamed if he were still here to listen. Tim was better able to hide his partisan leanings far better than anyone left at NBC.
PEACE
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 38:
That's the BIGGEST LOAD OF HORSESHIT I've heard in a long time!
Did you forget that they FUCKIN STOLE THE ELECTION???
asshat.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! kerry is hitting the buttons!!!! GO GO GO!
charlie @ 39:
{ OK Ginger, we're on the same page now.SiteMonitor}
If this John Kerry had had indulged in assaults on Bush in 2004 comparable to those he's unleashing on his fellow Senator, he'd have been running for re-election today.
Hindsight is 20-20
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 38:
It is no excuse, to blame Clinton for what Bush and Cheney have done. If you can lokk at history, you will see that both elections were stolen. Are you going to blame Clinton for that?
I WILL NEVER RESPECT TOM BROKAW AGAIN!
Bill Clinton showed tonight why he was President for 8 years, what an influential man, charismatic speaker, being from "Hope" is as emblematic as "Yes We Can" , the power to believe in something.
How can McCain compete with that?
Ron @ 34:
Nobody else to blame friend. The election wouldn't have been close enough to steal it if Clinton hadn't provided the wedge the neocreeps needed to slip slime boy into office. Clinton owes this country big time. Tonight he delivered a partial payment. I hope he keeps up the payment schedule. We can't afford 4 more years of McSame.
mudshark @ 42:
Nevermind that the whole impeachment trial was illegal. It was the very definition of entrapment.
Sorry Charlie@39, thought you were talking about the McCain type John.
"The power of our example and not the example of our power"
Quite incredible and moving ; after 8 years of an unintelligible imbecile , it's such a pleasure to hear what a tremendous public speaker sounds like , especially , arguably , the best politician and public speaker in US history over the last 40 years or so.........
mudshark @ 42:
and why was the election close enough to steal skippy? Grow up, Clinton screwed the pooch, we've paid for 8 years. Excuse me if I EXPECT Clinton to step up and do what's right for AMERICA.
spencers mom @ 41:
He should be holding his book up when he comments, really, the guy is a complete pushover for the POW reminder (that is replayed every fucking day by the media)
CUT AND RUN MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!
the repigs suck worse then the a application for a drivers licence at any given NYS DMV office.
thats ,,,pretty bad folks!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MCcain. the dude just sucks.
EAT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ginger Oaks @ 51:
nope, the kerry type who's killing right now.
Ron @ 46:
The first one, YOU BET!!. The second one we lost all on our own.
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 49:
That's 3 times you have used a f**ked up analogy for the last 8 years. You are an idiot!
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 49:
Man, get a shovel.
I like Gore but it was he who messed up the 2000 election to the point where it even got that close. All he had to do was ride the coat tails of Clinton and he would of won that election big time. All he had to do was throw Clinton in some of the southern states he barely lost. He benched his best weapon.
Clinton left office with nearly a 60 percent approval rating, AFTER MONICA, which is kind of unbelievable when you think about it. I think it's safe to say if Clinton could of ran in 2000, he would of slapped around the 2nd Bush.
Remember when we had a president who could string more than two sentences together? Are you *sure* Bill can't run for a third time?
It's about time...we need a few "fire in the belly" halftime speeches. I mean the point of this whole thing is to rally the team, rev them up until they're itching to annihilate the opposition, and then turn them loose.
Senator Clinton gave one hell of a pep talk last night, President Clinton picked it up and ran with it, and now it's up to Senators Biden and Obama to close the deal. I think they can do it.
Torture, cronyism, Katrina...the worst largest divide between rich and poor since the 1920s...Rachel is 100% right.
THAT is how you beat the Republicans. Call them on their lies, bad policy and BULLSHIT.
Toss their record right in their faces. Throw their great leader, GW Bush, and the disaster he has created...right in their faces.
That is how you win.
Say what you want, Bill Clinton is a SMART politician. He has BALLS. He has spine.
We could do worse than follow his lead. He has shown us how to win, we simply need to pay attention. If we lose, fine...but lose while fighting. Bloody them, Make them know they were in a fight. Damage them. MAKE THEM PAY.
both excellent! whew!
Ron @ 58:
Wow you just don't get it. Bush would never have been able to steal the election if Clinton hadn't f**cked up, have you forgotten how the rightie attack machine grabbed on to that issue . Too bad you've forgotten, doesn't change the facts. Deal with it.
charlie @ 55:
Again sorry for the confusion. You're right on, Kerry nailed it.
Liberal AND Proud @ 61:
Ginger Oaks @ 40:
true. i had to switch to pbs.
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 63:
I haven't forgotten, you are an IDIOT!
Please, stop arguing. You're gonna make the trolls miss their bedtime.
Better late than never, John.
My God. Kerry just steamrolled over McCain and the republicans. Strongest speech of the conventions so far.
Great speech by John Kerry.
mudshark @ 30:
I'll think about it.
LOL
Kicking ASS and taking names!!
McCain is going down in flames - just like he has before!
the reason gore lost in 2000 has nothing to do with clintons sex life and everything to do with the msm selling bush to the country as an honest trustworthy guy, which they knew he wasn't. unfortunately enough morons bought that lie to make it a close election so the slimeballs could steal it. and now their trying to sell mccain as the safe pick. when in reality he's the most dangerous pick ever.
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OMFG. Brian Williams on NBC just announced that Hurricane GUSTAV could hit NEW ORLEANS during the GOP CONVENTION!!!
Talk about irony... not only would it be horrible, but incredibly distracting to the convention, reminding Americans about how the GOP dropped the ball on a major American city.
I can see Bill walking back stage afterwards, taking a drink and saying aloud "I... am... the [censored for the kiddies]... man." That was truly one of the finest speeches he has ever delivered.
jcrump @ 70:
It was outstanding, he should thank his speechwriter, the self deprecating joke was the best line of the night (Talk about you were for it before you were against it!) lol.....
Pelosi, Reid, all these ones have to go also.
L.A. Confidential @ 75:
Friar Tuck @ 4:
Friar - I had to give up on Aravosis long ago. He's got some deep seated issues and his cruelty regarding Hillary ( I guess anything Clinton) is disturbing.
Somebody's thinking, take the military advantage away from McLame and what's he got left? NADA!!!
This is some good stuff, betting it won't get any coverage on the MSM.
McCain will Cut and Run on the AMERICAN people. All he loves are lobbyists - and donors.
Chicken "Hussein" Little - Not! @ 63:
No, your the one who just doesn't get it . Granted BC fucked up. And noone was more pissed off at him than me( well maybe Hillary and Chelsea). But what you fail to recognize is that they were already going to steal it anyway. Gore ran a so so campaign. and buy all rights should have one the election. That is until the SCOTUS stepped in and stopped the recount.
Either way, they decided no matter what, they were going to take the WH and implement the policies that we're witnessing come to fruition. We were robbed. Blaming Bill won't change that one iota.
Bill was good, the Party LOVES him and he appreciates it. Actually most in the country appreciate Bill, things were good when he was in office. We were still a country to be proud of.
I think he handled it very well, said what needed to be said but didn't go anywhere he should not have. He and Hillary have supplied enough slogans to last for a few months.
Kerry was more on fire than I can ever recall him being. I was screaming "Go John!" in the car. That was kickass.
Woulda been fantastic if we saw more of that 4 years back, but there ya' go. More of same, please.
I'm sorry to hear that LA. See ya around bud.
Why isn't Jim Webb speaking???
This John Kerry would have won in a landslide. Must have felt good to get a little payback and throw "He was for it before he was against it" line back at the GOP. That's going to sting!
Awesome speech by Bill.
Great speech by John Kerry.
But wtf is going on with John's eyebrows and forehead??!!! I was kinda fixated - I think he's got to much botox again. Nothing on his forehead moved!
Remember the vertical eyebrows??
I know I know....call me shallow.
mudshark @ 87:
Look, I didn't "click" with Clinton until late in the game in 92. Bo's going to have plenty of time between now and Nov to click with me.
I am NOT voting for McInsane and the Insaneocons.
Clinton kicked ass. Great job. He is clearly behind Obama.
Give it up for the Admiral!! No politics there, that man was speaking from his heart. I hope he's right about Obama. More power to him for not giving into cynicism and despair
L.A. Confidential @ 91:
...weren't they a Doo-Wop group from the early 60s?
we the people,, never forget.
Hence why I wont go back to live in the USA since it was destroyed via bush and co.
When its repaired,, and alles is well, where there are no more ppl after a hurricain, standing in shit water to get one bottle of water and some crackers,, where pets werent shot to death due to fema and black water. Where Enron stole money from hard working ppl. When 9/11 was in my eyes [deleted] to make money via death, where a president is a complete asshole, where the SS in the former nazi germany would be proud of the tactics being used today. Where the poor and dying are KICKED out of a hospice because they didint expire on time. Where there is insurance for all those working or a sub insurance for those that cannot. Where the USA goverment hired a former statzi member for HLS.
Iam sick and f...king tired as a american living over seas having to explain or try to wth went wrong with america.
ONE word,
VOTE. 9/11 was the ticket for the bush /walker empire to deplete the entire treasury and it worked.
The votes were for for ooooohhh scare tactic, and stop the NRA shit about once how a democrate gets in office our 4th ammendent is taken away. I mean,, shit all you guys have now is that and the other about so solider can ´´quater´´ your home during war.
Wake up !
danke for your time and attention . VOTE!
for the love of god i have a grandmother who is 93 years of age and in perfect health. Come the year 2014 or later,, ss will end or so says GWB and medicare. Whats to happend to our grand citzs of the USA who came to live there based upon a dream, once a upon ago?
The Realist @ 94:
Here I thought they were a division of the Decepticons.
Wait a second!