Official DNC covention thread

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Uh, yeah. An extremely unpopular incumbent. A generational cost of living crisis. Public fights over social issues that the Dems lose on with virtually all independent voters. About the only thing the Dems had going for them in this cycle was abortion.

 

[baileyiu]

On my likability meter (LM) the best speech was by Ashley Blazer Biden.

LM is about believeability, sincerity, and delivery. Conversational and unlike an obviously prepared speech as delivered by typical politicians.

Joe didn't stumble as much as he has been recently, but was just trying too hard which wore me out at about the two minute mark.

Sen Warnock was the best! His closing said it all

 

[VanPastorMan]

No thanks. I’ll watch Ted Lasso and Foundation this week.

I liked Ted Lasso a lot. It was well written and thought out.

 

[All4You]

Uh, yeah. An extremely unpopular incumbent. A generational cost of living crisis. Public fights over social issues that the Dems lose on with virtually all independent voters. About the only thing the Dems had going for them in this cycle was abortion.

Bias by it's very nature implies unfair distortion of the facts, either for or against. There is nothing distorted or unfair about them being saddled with crises of their own making.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I liked Ted Lasso a lot. It was well written and thought out.

I agree with farva tho that it took a nosedive. First season was epic. To their credit they didn’t go on and on. It happens. Cobra Kai. Stranger things. Hard to match year one

 

[Fro]

No chance in hell I would even turn this on, but I think I saw on X or Tik Tok a woman said she was part of the "wolf" tribe and she gave some tribal name to which she assigned meaning?

That was the Lt. Governor of Minnesota who's Native American and a citizen of the White Earth Nation tribe (Chippewa). She was explaining what her Ojibwe name meant.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Bias by it's very nature implies unfair distortion of the facts, either for or against. There is nothing distorted or unfair about them being saddled with crises of their own making.

I'm not saying it is or isn't unfair or accurate. I'm just pointing out that the Dems were working with a fundamental disadvantage this election cycle.

 

[BradStevens]

I agree with farva tho that it took a nosedive. First season was epic. To their credit they didn’t go on and on. It happens. Cobra Kai. Stranger things. Hard to match year one

Stranger Things is getting better.

 

[All4You]

I'm not saying it is or isn't unfair or accurate. I'm just pointing out that the Dems were working with a fundamental disadvantage this election cycle.

This I agree with, the term "bias" was probably not the best choice.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Stranger Things is getting better.

I will say season 4 was surprisingly good but no comparison to season 1.

 

[snarlcakes]

5 life-long former high-ranking Republicans to speak.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/20/politics/republican-speakers-democratic-convention/index.html

Are you speaking?

 

[Circlejoe]

Are you speaking?

Who was the last former POTUS that spoke at a GOP convention (other than Trump this year)? Did Papa Bush speak during Dubya's conventions? I know Dubya hasn't appeared at a GOP convention even when he was leaving office.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

🙄

I think my assessment is closer than yours

 

[snarlcakes]

I'm not saying it is or isn't unfair or accurate. I'm just pointing out that the Dems were working with a fundamental disadvantage this election cycle.

I don't think Dems are ever at a disadvantage against the GOP. We've won the popular vote once in the past 30 years. We're basically Indiana basketball.

 

[Mas-sa-suta]

Maybe there will be a slate of Independents

or scientists

The Dems do seem to believe in FAKE science a bit more these days, relative to the MAGA crowd.

FIFY..

No charge..

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

I don't think Dems are ever at a disadvantage against the GOP. We've won the popular vote once in the past 30 years. We're basically Indiana basketball.

I think that's just where the parties naturally gravitate, because of the EC. The Dems have to attract a few more people to keep the EC even, so that just makes it harder for the GOP to actually win the popular vote. These people aren't stupid. When they are deciding how far to the center they need to tack, or how much red meat they need to throw to the base, they aren't thinking "Will this win us the popular vote?" They are thinking, "Will this win us Pennsylvania or Nevada?"

 

[ChicagoFineForNow]

Something about Roy Cooper and Andy Beshear doesn’t sit right with me.

They look and sound like post civil war plantation owners who are trying to convince you they’re one of the good guys.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Why the F*CK are they going through the process of voting? This is a joke. What a waste of time.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Why the F*CK are they going through the process of voting? This is a joke. What a waste of time.

It did not need to be a waste of time but it was since they didn't have balloons.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Highlight reel of Harris' tie-breaking votes is making me want to vomit.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

I think Bernie pulled out his 2016 stump speech for tonight, and instead of updating it, said, "Eh, it's probably still fine."

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Group of 200-300 outside the perimeter (2 miles from the convention) trying to be as disruptive as possible, but honestly not doing much of anything.

Not exactly 1968.

 

[IUINSB]

I have always been staunchly opposed to student loan forgiveness and have said so on here many times.

And you are saying that I should be somehow ashamed for being frugal and sending kids to get undergraduate degrees at Columbia, Cornell, UCF, and the Political Science Institute of Paris, all finishing debt-free, and then encouraging each of them to get master's degrees, and two on them now in PhD programs? Then shifting full bore to retirement saving and putting together 7-figure retirement accounts?

Oh the shame of it all! Not driving a McLaren, Ferrari, or Lambo. You see, I'm fine with the fun little Mini Cooper convertible and a fun-to-drive /efficient Mazda PHEV SUV that can carry kayaks and bikes, while going 1,500 miles between gas fill-ups. I'm fine with coming home to my paid-for $950,000 home on 1.2 acres, with ~180 palm trees, a 28,000 gallon pool with 5 fountains, and a beautiful wife of 33 years that (unlike yours) I didn't convert to lesbianism by being a shit husband and an even worse human being.

Now this is what I call a subtle brag.

 

[DANC]

No chance in hell I would even turn this on, but I think I saw on X or Tik Tok a woman said she was part of the "wolf" tribe and she gave some tribal name to which she assigned meaning?

I watched it last night. My wife gave me hell when I told her Joe showered with Ashley - I shouldn't 'judge' people..... WTF? lol

 

[mcmurtry66]

Why the F*CK are they going through the process of voting? This is a joke. What a waste of time.

Harris. Pelosi. AOC. They’re mean girls. Rubbin it in on joe

 

[DANC]

Sen Warnock was the best! His closing said it all

Yes, it's amazing how religious the Democrat Party is now! Warnock gave them that old time religion and they loved it!

I love it when Democrats get religion, because only they can judge who is a Christian or not.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Harris. Pelosi. AOC. They’re mean girls. Rubbin it in on joe

Nah. Harris and AOC were cool, and Pelosi is smart enough to stay in the shadows. I'm talking about this fake roll call. "I now officially REaffirm the nomination of Kamala Harris..." What a joke.

 

[DANC]

Something about Roy Cooper and Andy Beshear doesn’t sit right with me.

They look and sound like post civil war plantation owners who are trying to convince you they’re one of the good guys.

Goober and Gomer

 

[DANC]

Are you speaking?

Oh my God - I just spit out my Maypo

 

[ulrey]

Yes, it's amazing how religious the Democrat Party is now! Warnock gave them that old time religion and they loved it!

I love it when Democrats get religion, because only they can judge who is a Christian or not.

Party of freaks..

 

[stollcpa]

I watched it last night. My wife gave me hell when I told her Joe showered with Ashley - I shouldn't 'judge' people..... WTF? lol

Does the FBI have the diary hid away like russian misinformation laptop?

 

[UncleMark]

Nah. Harris and AOC were cool, and Pelosi is smart enough to stay in the shadows. I'm talking about this fake roll call. "I now officially REaffirm the nomination of Kamala Harris..." What a joke.

Is that still going on? I turned it off a couple hours ago when that shit started.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Is that still going on? I turned it off a couple hours ago when that shit started.

No, it's over. They timed it to end with California.

 

[DANC]

Does the FBI have the diary hid away like russian misinformation laptop?

On Nov 6, we will know.

Always after the election. Always.

 

[stollcpa]

On Nov 6, we will know.

Always after the election. Always.

Trump’s get even tour could be savage.

 

[UncleMark]

Trump’s get even tour could be savage.

He'll take his inspiration from you.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

Again, this is the same argument we heard four years ago how "Joe Biden has tried to become president many times before and failed miserably", totally disregarding the fact that Joe had been the vice-president for 8 years.

While you can certainly believe that Harris has doing nothing but painting her toe-nails the last four years, she has still been working in the white house and negotiating / talking with the highest level of government officials in both the Senate and the House. That is experience that none of the other candidates can claim. You are basically trying to throw out everything she has experienced in the last four years and compare her equally to a governor who has never presided over the Senate or a House rep who has likely never stepped one foot inside the oval office.

What has she accomplished?

 

[stollcpa]

He'll take his inspiration from you.

I sure as hell wouldn’t turn the other cheek. It would be scorched earth.

Why do you know so much about Cray personal life?

 

[UncleMark]

What has she accomplished?

Given us a shot at defeating Trump?

Enough for me.

 

[UncleMark]

Why do you know so much about Cray personal life?

I don't. You were the one who posted about his personal family difficulties.