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Mark Warner is a stud, especially from the Upper Deck of a Denver arena! What was he talking about, Change We Need? Changing energy? Saving the middle class? No: Changing the middle class. Yes We Can show those toothless gypsy whiners how to make a goddamn dollar every once in a while.
9:51 — First point: this is probably not as good as Barack Obama’s keynote speech in 2004. And thank god, because now we won’t have to worry about someone challenging Hillary in 2012 and fucking everything up again.
9:52 — We’re all in this together! We need education! Blah blah. Why can’t we have more Denny Kucinich and his message of “Change We Can Wake Up In America”?
9:53 — He is telling a story about “The Boy From Lebanon,” who is like Bill Clinton’s twin Muslim brother from Hezbollah. He was either killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre or he wasn’t. Or something. The point is: Mark Warner closed the deficit when he was Governor.
9:56 — Oh, uh, he’s done. He doesn’t want bipartisanship, the end.
9:57 — Ha ha this dude sitting next to us keeps telling us to hold up our signs. He works on the Trains.
9:59 — Mark Warner is escorted off by a leggy coterie of DNC roadie gals. And now they are licking his teeth, which is how he gets sexually pleasured.
10:00 — Oh look, Ted Strickland, the Governor of Ohio.
10:03 — Thank God this guy wasn’t vice president, or any of those people. Seriously, is Joe Biden the only person in the entire Democratic party with a sense of humanity, or humor, at all? Y’all can comment on this Red Schoolhouse McGovernor Strickland until Hillary comes and makes our cramped legs hurt even more.
Dude, he just said “slave-tarded” or hard-headed. I swear.
You can change the liveblog but you can’t change this guy’s suckiness. (He is kind of cute, mind.)
This shitty hodgepodge of out-of-place-campaigning-for-myself and every-empty-cliche-ever-thought-of.
ach which one should we comment in
Let’s take strips of other speeches and put them in a blender and produce a speech: “Change for us is change for Scranton” Wooo…”We believe in a higher standard of living than Bangalore, India. Ladies and Ginnaman…we can get this done…we are believers in believing it done.”
Mr. Ed is talking too long.
Thomas Jefferson reference: now that was a playa!
It’s over. “All PUMAs report to the floor…all PUMAs report to the floor”…
Not sharp-pointed enough indeed. I would say: flat.
That wasn’t a trainwreck or anything, but its Senate material. Was the horrible secret that derailed Warner’s presidency run ever found out? My guess is that the Russian mafia has the pictures of his dead hooker.
oh thank God, he’s finished.
Hey, is it just me or are John McCain’s teeth the same yellow as Tweety’s hair?
Jefferson could have kicked your ass, Mark Warner.
His strong mouth and bulging jaw muscles leads me to suspect the dead hooker was a dude.
Sharif DelMonte: My guess is that he has a secret learning disability and never graduated 8th grade, which is the only plausible explanation for this speech.
What’s the over/under on the number of times we hear “www.hillaryclinton.com”?
But Chris & Keith. We said the same things in 1980 & 1984 & 1988 & 2000 & 2004…
Why the FUCK did they applaud the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones?
anyone want to place bets on when keith kicks matthews ass on LIVE TEEVEE?
worst speech today…
Wow. First time I’ve agreed with Buchanan in a while.
Michelle’s on PBS!!!!
Brava Rachel!
Get him Rachel!! Have my babies!
Gopherit v2.0: No shit, huh?
Man, MSNBC is a meltdown waiting to happen isn’t it? Wow. All they need to is add Dan Rather to run the circus and it’d be on MTV for 13 weeks.
They sell freezers at grocery stores now?
What about the odds that Hillary is feeling “so” something? She’s not excited, she’s “so” excited. She’s not honored, she’s “so” honored. I’m not high, I’m “so” high that doing shots during Hillary’s speech will likely knock me out.
Cramped legs? I thought you guys had rented a hot tub on the upper deck?
WHOAH. What the fuck was with that wavering in Strickland’s voice? Was that old-school rage?
Fuck, why didn’t they get Buchanan to give the keynote?
Do-over?
Convoluted baseball analogy… Ted Strickland clearly doesn’t care about women voters, slap in the face to Hillary, etc.
Gopherit v2.0: you just made me spit my beer on my keyboard.
“Everybody has a chance at bat.” Ted Strickland opposes the Designated Hitter rule, and therefore hates America.
Rachel Maddow’s head just exploded over Mark Warner’s speech. Yikes.
Why am I not drinking?
goddamnit. that was such self-aggrandizing bullshit. “I want to be your Senator, folks - I’m post-partisan and will balance the budget and oh by the way I invented the cell phone!”
boo. you fail.
Darn left handed leaders!
I want someone to come on and say, “Hey, you know, my parents were wealthy and I breezed through my early life! Oh yeah.”
So Hillary comes on at what time?
Yep. I think the DNCC & Hopey has set up Hilz. Having DD Myers on saying Biden carries the burden is proof to me.
I think Maddow and Matthews have been a’drinkin’.
Christ, are Barry and Biden literally the only interesting Democratic politicians on earth?
Hm. Does John McCain really want to abolish the Department of Education?
Hillary is stalling and is late! lol
PBS is catching up on Deval Patrick’s speech,…. he’s pretty good. But did he plagiarize Obama?
Oh, snap. Dig at Lieberman there. Nice.
Deval Patrick! Who is Neil Kinnock introducing?
Apparently there is a LOT of positive things going on in America that I am not privy to. Also, it can only happen here?
Dang, they should have gotten Wonketteer ‘angryblackguy’; he’d have done a better job & kept the crowd awake. Hell, the Teletubbies would have done a better job…. Now we have to listen to Carville bitching & moaning again about how lame the convention is (which I’m starting to agree with).
Deval wins!
Christ, at this point, even Clinton’s speech is looking good.
CivicHoliday: Look, if Warners speech WAS vetted by the DNC then they knew he’d speak this way (no home run) and they were okay with it. They DID NOT get Hilz AND preznit clintbot speeches. This is a leverage game to smoke them out or take the fall. Rachel and Keith and even Buchanan are on to this…
Deval Patrick is like a mediocre, underwhelming version of Barry.
Bill! Hugs everyone and they like it.
Is that Todd Bridges?
Tonight HRC will debut her new “look” for the coming four years. A flowing black skirt, a white long sleeved blouse with a tailored black jacket and black bonnet. She will then travel the country by Conestoga Wagon to bring people back to the land. The land she “so loves” (not just loves). In mourning for a country that was not yet ready for her, she will weep for her people. Behold, another incarnation of Mrs. Clinton.
NPR says that Michelle Obama spoke at a gay/lesbian caucus today. Why no coverage? I love teh gayz! AND Michelle.
Okay, I’ll admit, the bolo tie does something for me. I’m not sure what that something is…
Oh jeez another random Governor. He’s never held public office before apparently. That’s his big calling card.
Did Deval Patrick just slip in a Clinton slam? “Som frankly even in our own party who don’t want to change the status quo”? Hillary is gonna go all Carrie on this shit I swear.
Thank god for Schweitzer. he might be third interesting Dem politician in existence.
That tie was a gift from Larry Craig…..not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Wait a minute, There IS something wrong with that.
You know it’s bad when the Daily Kos crowd is dissing him. They’re all freaking out over there.
White Nick: I hope she burns the whole place down, because that would be better for the Democrats than this chain of stupid speeches.
Well, there’s Bill in the audience. He’s not spitting, that’s good.
What a magnetic, energetic and super speech Warner gave! I’ve been switching between “Psycho” on Turner Classic Movie and the Cornvention.
Warner talks about Lebanon VA and Janet Leigh steals a billion dollars cash…
Highway patrol Nazi in shades questions Leigh, Warner frets about national defense and Biden’s hutzpah…
Now Gov. Schweitzer is waxing eloquent-like about Montana cattle, Janet’s counting her money in the car lot bathroom, forgets her suitcase…
Somehow the climactic shower scene will coincide with Hillz’s triumphant encore….
poetic justice has never been so sweet
Go PUMAS!
Peggy Noonan, Michelle Norris, and Rachel Maddow are all on NBC right now. I can’t express how awesome that is. Holy shit.
My favorite part of MSNBC’s coverage is that right now, no matter who’s talking we are watching Bill Clinton. What’s he going to do? begin making out with that PUMA next to him?
ing: That’s what we call “vomiting in your own mouth”.
Ooh, nice growl from Schweitzer on the “American made” thing. The call and response? Not so much.
White Nick:
lol. The bucket of blood is waiting for Barry.
Delegates, I ask for unanimous consent that we head to the bar.
Gestures 101
I think I get why all the speeches suck so much. It’s the positioning of the teleprompter. I’ve never seen speakers look straight at the camera like this. It’s unnerving.
god damn that fat f*ck from montana is ugly
It would be natural if the teleprompter were a little closer to the speaker, and below him somewhat, so that it’d look like he was speaking to the audience instead of right at my face.
Thank gawd no one watches this crap. Oh wait….
soytrucknutz: Without objection, so ordered.
AnnieGetYourFun: It’s the satellite delay?
Best quote of the night on CNN.
Paul Begala: Without Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be where she is today. She’s be the nominee.
Governor Schweitzer just said that he wants to drill into John McCain’s back is he a Red Vietnamese Homo?
Bee-ull, is your lip itchin’?
Do people from Montana always talk this much?
jagorev: agreed its a bit disconcerting. the prompter is displayed right behind a camera.
Oh holy fuck. Someone get Bill Richardson off of the television. Now!
wind turbans? is that some secret muslamic thing?
rikitikitavi: And this is what I get for watching C-SPAN and not CNN, dammit.
I’m slightly horrified, yet strangely attracted to the governor of Montana.
Is that wrong?
H ha, this Schweitzer guy is loving it. This is his big moment and he will milk it!
Ok, TOTALLY off topic, but hilarious:
http://www.236.com/news/2008/08/26/why_cant_you_be_more_like_mich_1_8493.php
wheelie: All of a sudden he’s turned into Richard Simmons…stand up! Get off your asses! Let’s sweat!
hockeymom: Yes. Very. I’m afraid it’s his big frame and the bolo tie. Step away from the teevee.
This is basically Schweitzer’s audition for Secretary of Energy.
I can’t wait for 2016, when the ticket is Schweitzer-Richardson. Now that’s a couple of fat bolo-tie wearing Western governors we can believe in.
jagorev: You know, this is a leverage festival. We all know but are not saying the Clintbots have revealed themselves as selfish weenies. And we know they will not back off, ever. Dick Morris says this CONSTANTLY. They are going to do what Teddy did in 1980: give lip service.
hockeymom: the more I listen, the more I like. this guy really grows on you.
I see from picture in picture that R Federer (a foreign person) has just won his match at the US Open. I can now devote full attention to the arrival of she who is “…ladies and gentelmen…every knee shall bend…”
Ladies and gentlemen, please don your protective catharsis clothing, goggles down.
I’m watching online with a really bad connection, and Gov. Brian keeps pixelating. Even if that isn’t really a word, it’s the only way to go right now. Oops! he just froze with half a face!
i think that dude should be the VP
I love Bill as “Hillary’s Husband” lolz
we wanna hear u SCREEEEEEAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMM!
Hillary loves the Kinks and Lenny Kravitz. And the gays. And Chelsea. I am “so” excited for this speech.
Oh, damn, they di’int just use my favorite Tom Petty song on teh Hillz.
hockeymom: Awesome send-off: That’s it baby, let’s go win this election!!
damn, he really does grow on you. he’s like my junior high gym coach.
OK…this Hillary video seems like a big coming out party for her daughter.
Clever.
CivicHoliday: That’s pretty good, and true. I know I’ve been secretly wishing my girlfriend were more like Michelle.
Wow… Michelle O looks really pretty in that creamy white dress and her hair up. So classy-looking. M
New liveblog of Hillspeach08.
ORANGE
no likey big toothed man.
His teeth are seriously terrifying. Anyway, MP3 highlights of his keynote are up: http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2549/Mark-Warner-Keynote-Speech