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Twittering Invesco Field

by Todd Beeton, Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 03:32:38 PM EST

We're heading over to Invesco Field shortly. Word is the line is huge already. We don't anticipate having internet access and/or power supply so I'm going to be twittering the speech HERE.

Consider this a convention open thread in case we don't post for a while.

Go Barack!

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Lucky bugger! (none / 0)

History in the making.

by ReillyDiefenbach on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 03:47:31 PM EST

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Random thought, but I hadn't seen this until today:

No way. No how. No McCain.

by freedom78 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 04:04:11 PM EST

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That would make a nice ad. Start off with a "John McCain doesn't think Americans like you would do hard work..."

by werd2406 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 04:07:58 PM EST
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I am STUNNED that they haven't made an issue out of this.

Calling union members lazy, considering 50 dollars an hour to be working for peanuts, talking down to people, the works.

The guy couldn't remember how many houses he owns. He considers someone who earn 4 million a year to be middle class. Hello?????

by Jordache on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 05:16:56 PM EST
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Oh wow... I SO wish I could be there, but I'll be glued to C-Span tonight watching. Have fun!

by writerswrite on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 04:47:32 PM EST

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Well I'm psyched.

And Gore is no slouch either.

by Ponderous on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 05:45:32 PM EST

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Please...

Follow Barack's lead...

It's just called Mile High Stadium

Thanks,

A sports purist

It profits a PUMA nothing to give their soul for the whole world... but for McCain? --Sir Thomas More (if he were here now)

by LordMike on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 05:49:49 PM EST

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I feel you there - this corporate sponsorship thing has gotten out of hand. Hell, I still call it Candlestick Park and the Boston Garden, because "Monster Park" and "TD Banknorth Garden" just aren't right.

by auronrenouille on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 06:39:40 PM EST
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Mile High Stadium! Definately agree on that.

by MtnFrost on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:11:48 PM EST
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Watch the Convention on CSPAN! (none / 0)

Let the cable channels know that you want to SEE and HEAR the convention and not just their damned talking heads!

Washington Woman

Progressive Blue

by kevin22262 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 06:31:15 PM EST

You can also watch it online at (2.00 / 1)

http://gallery1.demconvention.com/

Live Feed direct from the DNC website. No talking heads at all, full coverage.

"Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been." Hillary Rodham Clinton - June 7, 2008

by twinmom on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:02:54 PM EST
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Cripes... (none / 0)

I've been flipping between CSPAN and MSNBC - depending on the speech and whether I'm in the mood for punditry or not - throughout the convention.

Watching the spectacle of MSNBC's outdoor set, I have come to an important decision on a critical civil rights issue - one that my libertarian side really wrestled with.

I am now in full support of bullhorn licensing, permits, and background checks/waiting periods.

The 9/11 truther (is that Webster Tarpley?), whose psychosis seems exceeded only by his persistence, has sealed the deal. I'm also ready to support a platform plank that would make assault and battery against this specific fellow a simple misdemeanor... perhaps a $2 fine.

by zonk on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 06:41:23 PM EST

what did wacko tarpley do?? (none / 0)

"McSame: He's Constipated and Ready to GO!

by Al Rodgers on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:18:01 PM EST
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Re: Cripes... (none / 0)

Is that what that was? LOL!
I was listening to Rachel Maddow on XM (she streams the first hour from MSNBC when she's on the teevee) and then had to switch over to C-span radio (thank god for C-span!!!!), because you absolutely could not hear a word the pundits were saying because of some guy shouting in the background.
Now it makes sense!
Thanks, zonk!

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:45:48 PM EST
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Re: Cripes... (none / 0)

NINE ELEVEN WAS AN INSIDE JOB

over and over and over and over again -- and he's done it all 3 nights, too.

I'm basically a pacifist, and ordinarily, I just feel pity for such folks -- but in this case, it was just so utterly annoying I honestly think I'd have been fine with a little physical violence.

by zonk on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:53:36 PM EST
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Glad I'm not the only one annoyed. Someone needs to take an air horn and play it right next to him everytime he speaks.

by MtnFrost on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:13:41 PM EST
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Okay, the only part I heard was "mumble mumble INSIDE JOB!!!"
I may have to turn on MSNBC just to witness it live! Hysterical...

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:18:49 PM EST
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MSNBC's horrible decision to put their coverage outside has made it the most entertaining thing ever. Every 10 minutes, that damn train horn blows. The wind blows and completely screws up Chris Matthews' combover.

"Hey, check it out. You just had yourself a glue OD. So you're learning another lesson. Don't do too much glue, or your night sucks."

by vcalzone on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:35:14 PM EST
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Off Topic But (none / 0)

Tim Pawlenty's schedule has been cleared and it is starting to leak from his associates that he has been tapped as McCain's VP choice (this from MSNBC)

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:22:56 PM EST

Who? (none / 0)

if a schedule is cleared and nobody was on it, did a time open or was it already open?

"McSame: He's Constipated and Ready to GO!

by Al Rodgers on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:25:08 PM EST
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If this is true.

Thank you Senator McCain!!!!

Pick a conservative unknown with no charisma and no foreign policy experience who barely won his last election.

If he says Pawlenty has enough foreign policy experience to be President, it totally undercuts his attack on Obama.

I still think Obama will take Minnesota with Pawlenty on the ticket, so no bonus there.

I might be wrong, i often am, but i think Pawlenty is a really uninspiring pick and therefore very good for Obama.

by liberalj on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:28:57 PM EST
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Losing Minnesota would suck but I don't think it will happen and I think every time Tim Pawlenty attacks Obama people are going to wonder "who is this white guy no one has ever heard of."

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:31:45 PM EST
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Re: Who? (none / 0)

Didn't he just win his Gubernatorial race by a few pts when he was running by himself? So i can't see how he pushes McCain over the top.

I really can't see what Pawlenty brings to the ticket, but then i'm not a Republican.

by liberalj on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:37:42 PM EST
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I would jump for joy if he picks Pawlenty, no one else knows who he is and his max support in MN is 48% would love to see them think they will carry MN, sure maybe it'd be close but MN is at least 52-48% democrat,

I would take those chances anyday, and McCain wastes his Veep that the majority of the country will just be scratching their heads!

and talk about exciting I would love for the world to see Pawlenty give a speech then compare it to joe.

Dream for tomorrow but fight for it today.

by TruthMatters on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:49:14 PM EST
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Not as awesome as Mittens, but I'll still take it... It's an utterly unexciting pick -- and if you've seen Pawlenty taking recent stabs at playing the attack dog, he's... well... he's not good.

He won't swing MN - the best you can say about him (from a GOP perspective) is that he's an evangelical, so maybe a few older evangelicals who might have otherwise stayed home come out... but like I said in Jerome's VP thread earlier today, it wasn't message and man that pumped out that base in 2004 -- it wasn't even swifties. It was actually old-fashioned shoe leather, grassroots organizing, and block by block GOTV efforts.

McCain simply doesn't have that...

I'm betting all that Pawelenty does is make a few evangelicals unhappy about McCain -- who were going to vote for him anyway -- a little less unhappy about voting for him.

He doesn't have an ounce of charisma, ala Mike Huckabee -- and he most certainly doesn't have a national grassroots org he can tap into.

I was holding out hope for a Mittens EPIC FAIL... but I'll settle for a Pawlenty FAIL.

by zonk on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:49:48 PM EST
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Am I the only person who thinks McCain would have been better off avoiding MLK today. I mean does a guy who consistently opposed state and federal bills to recognize Dr. King with a holiday really want to keep doing things to remind Americans of that?

Awww who am I kidding. The minute you call McCain out on his rejecting a holiday for MLK he will just say something like, "well, my friends, for 5 and a half years I didn't have holidays...in prison."

In the end the only thing that matters is that we get 270 electoral votes! GET270.COM

by Get270 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:24:41 PM EST

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I wonder if that is his excuse at home when he fields complaints from his family...

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:33:13 PM EST
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You know, I think he really said that one time. I'm going to have to google it.
Oh! Sheryl Crow's on at Mile High!

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:47:36 PM EST
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Not going to lie (none / 0)

I think this musical performance is a little strange and is going to get lampooned by pretty much everyone. But hey, not everything can be a homerun. I am sure Obama will be awesome tonight.

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:35:21 PM EST

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It's tough live -- but you're aware the original, right?

If you haven't, it really is a wonderful piece of production.

by zonk on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:42:25 PM EST
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Re: Not going to lie (none / 0)

Man, I cannot believe you didn't hear that song when it first came out! They played it everywhere!
I love that song, and will.i.am., too.

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:02:17 PM EST
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I love both of the performers. But sadly I did miss this when it originally came out. Just listened to it though and it kicks ass. It really did not translate well live though.

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:04:33 PM EST
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Pawlenty or Romney (none / 0)

According to politico, GOP representatives were informed that McCain's pick would be "traditional," probably meaning rich white guy. If this report is true, I think we dodged a real bullet with the Hutchinson possibility and McCain will have made a major mistake by not going with a female veep.

Though McCain is overperforming right now in Minnesota, I see it the same way as North Carolina for Obama; Pawlenty would be equivalent to putting Easley on the ticket and even then, the likelihood of either state flipping without a blowout is small.

As for Romney, I think the Michigan talk is overrated. Being the son of a popular governor will just invite unfavorable comparisons to the current occupant of the White House. His strength in the West among Mormons is not to be discounted but I would note that if McCain was actually struggling with Mormons, he was screwed anyway; a pub should be able to win 80% of Mormons with his eyes closed. I look at Romney or Pawlenty the same way the GOP probably viewed Biden, whether correctly or not...not a game-changer as neither dude would make me sweat very much at all.

by Blazers Edge on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:50:49 PM EST

Paws would look like a fish (none / 0)

in a debate with Biden; Romney can hold his own substance as I would actually rank him alongside HRC and Biden as the best debaters on substance this election season. However, the guy is the only guy who you never feel sorry for when he's under attack; he's one of the worst stylistic debaters I have ever seen as Romney was unable to refute McCain's knowing distortion of his record and statements during their primary.

by Blazers Edge on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:53:26 PM EST
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Re: Pawlenty or Romney (none / 0)

Good point - hadn't thought about that...

I think I'd actually worry more about what this means in NV than I would MI.

Still, I'm hoping for Mittens... Pawlenty is really just too blah to be worth much comedy (though, over the last week or so -- he's gotten delightfully loopy on the surrogate trail).

Mittens, though, geez... We'd have to remember really hard to focus on McCain because Mittens is just such a gold mine.

by zonk on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:57:16 PM EST
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Re: Pawlenty or Romney (none / 0)

We could maybe have an ad that uses this:

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:13:58 PM EST
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How about one more cheer for HRC (2.00 / 1)

According to gallup, 83% of those who watched her speech gave her good or excellent reviews (take that Sullivan, Josh Green, and TNR skeptics) including a whopping 94% of dems and solid majorities of pubs and indies who tuned in. Not so polarizing after all eh?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109909/Hillar y-Clintons-Speech-WellReceived.aspx

by Blazers Edge on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 07:59:38 PM EST

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This is a day that will be come iconic. Perhaps the defining political event of a generation.

Meanwhile, Mcbush can't fill a 10,000 seat hall in Dayton and is bussing in supporters to avoid utter humiliation.

Pawlenty? Never heard of him? I literally don't even know what he looks like.

"I don't know too much about Sarah Palin, but perhaps that's the good news." -- GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

by Obama44 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:06:26 PM EST

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He looks a lot like a generic conservative white guy...because well, thats what he is.

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:10:25 PM EST
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So....McJoke is still reaching out to his base.

"I don't know too much about Sarah Palin, but perhaps that's the good news." -- GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

by Obama44 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:16:13 PM EST
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Sorry guys (none / 0)

but "Move Mountain!" just doesn't do it for me. I don't blame Tim Kaine the last three nights have given him some really tough acts to follow.

I like Tim Kaine a lot and worked in Virginia during the year he was elected Governor. I am really glad we got a VP choice with a little more fire though.

Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.

by JDF on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:17:26 PM EST

Pretty good speech by Gov. Richardson (none / 0)

John McCain may pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we'll be the ones paying for his flip-flop!

by zonk on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:18:58 PM EST

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