America, 62262

Sounbelievablyfuckingsmart. Think McCain's Campaign needs a four-foot cube of Charmin right about now?

Watching it now live as they announce it to the crowd after the Will.i.am performance.

i know that us fieldhands dont handwring over the pundits, but joe scarborough sp? just gave one of the most comprehensive analyses of what obama's doing that i've seen on corp. media. basically said that this is about backing up inspiration with actual organization -- learning from themistakes of dean and kerry -- and doing what bush did in 04 but even stronger. says that you're watching colorado go blue and much more.

weird.

Kurt - I saw that! I was shocked. "Morning Joe," as recently as this a.m., was continuing on his daily disparagement streak of all things Obama. But something about seeing this text messaging thing texted the memo right through his $400 haircut into his thick skull! Ha ha.

C-SPAN is great online.  I still plan to turn on the tv to watch PBS at 8pm EDT.  Meanwhile, the MSM (Drudge, yuck!) is busy playing with the McSame VP announcement - it hasn't leaked yet, but they sure are trying to break into the news cycle. Bet they don't make a hoot of difference - considering the likely suspects named as potentials.  Look forward to "Joey"( as his mom still calls him) making mince out of whoever it is.

Like Allan's husband - I am happy watching at home in the hills of Western MA - beautiful red sunset...

I've had CSPAN on for about half an hour, and the stage didn't even register with me. I didn't even think to look about how it came across. With all of the people in the stadium and the flags on stage, it doesn't even make a blip.

 C-span keeps stopping for buffering. Hopefully it will fix itself soon. I just came back from swimming with sea turtles and now getting ready to go to host my party. 18 people signed up to attend in this little north shore Kauai, Hawaii town. Amazing! The campaign sent me a packet for hosting to my home address but it did not come before I left :(  I don't even have a change poster to take a picture with.

Oh Well, who cares, I will ask everyone attending to register voters in their home state and make phone calls and canvass.

So very excited and happy!

AND IT WILL MOVE.

"John McCain paid for his expensive shoes, but we pay for his flip flops."

According to the Dallas Morning News, Democrats in Dayton, where McCain will be tomorrow, will "help" celebrate McCain's birthday with a cake blazing with 72 candles.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/mischievous-demo...

As old Saul Alinsky taught, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon."

Go Bill

Christi watch http://gallery1.convention.org

It's a great feed.  You will have to download something but it takes just one or two minutes.

Richardson rocked!

I'm loving this night so far - I liked the past three days, some very good speeches, but it felt quite insidery.

But this - the movies, the clips, the music, the people who are speaking, I feel like THIS is the movement I know.  It's terrific.

KD

 So Much Karen and the spanish speakers! Go Bill!

  I love Stevie Wonder!

Oh yea, I am going to turn every attendee on Al Giordano and "The Field"! Yes We Can!

... that Obama would be the first president to pay attention to Latino communities and Mexico.

As you guys know, my 88-year-old Dad suffers from cancer and dementia, and my 84-year-old Mom is his primary care giver.  So I gave up all the BO watch parties I was invited to in order to watch with my Mom @ her house and with my Dad who on his good days is FIRED UP!  Mom can't stop crying with excitement; my whole family all over the country--trading texts!!!

I just taught her how to text DNC to 62262...the first text she's ever sent from her cell!!

Stevie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My FAV singer!!  He's from Detroit, you know..tee-hee!!

waterprise2 AKA Pam

Liberal with a Capital L!

 Pam, What a wonderful historic day! So glad to share it with your family.

From Sullivan re: tonight's show in Denver:

"I'm watching the live feed on HD live-stream on my laptop. As the music plays, the cameras are panning through the crowd. Godammit but the Obama peeps have done it again. I get it now. As the regular folk get caught by the camera, you see them go nuts and wave their flags; you see black, white, yellow, young, old, men, women, gays, straights chatting and milling as they would at a concert or sports event. It normalizes an otherwise alienating political event. When you absorb the visuals, it doesn't come off like a political convention; it comes off as a mass gathering of ordinary people.

Somewhere, Saul Alinsky is grinning."

Hillary Clinton's sex, Barack Obama's race, or John McCain's age should never be an issue in the campaign.

Approach to foreign policy, preserving constitutional rights, in favor or opposed to economic unfairness, whether someone is a power-hungry nutcase— those are issues.  When, what color, or what parts someone is born with are not.

And Saul Alinsky would probably dismiss my moral arguments, but come to the same conclusion on simply pragmatic grounds.  Compared to his obequious squandering of the the maverick reputation in the eight years since the Bush Rove machine race-baited him out of the primary, McCain's age is his strong suit.

James Haygood - Thanks for the post about Andrew. I've been avoiding his blog for the past few days because he has been melting down over the columns issue. Glad to see him get a grip!

And he's right by the way....all of those diverse Americans, waving flags.....next week is going to look STARK in comparison.

I thought Gore was amazing - best speech so far.  Said everything I've been waiting to hear.

KD

The turn-out seems huge. Any idea how many people are there ?

amk

My wife and I are having our own "Obama Party" here in Maryland, after putting the kids to bed and setting the Tivo so they can watch it in the morning.  Oh, who am I kidding, they are sitting up on the second floor landing, sneaking a look at the convention, waiting for the speech.  I think I will just forget to look up there and catch them....

this citizen speech thing is brilliant. politically it is doing the person like me thing... it is letting each constituency group hear from one of their own... it's testimony. it's ingenius (and systemic change organizing 101). hearing them rip mccain or defend obama is infinitely better than another pol.

and they are well selected, rehearsed and trained. hell half are better than the  elected officials.

They're great and they really speak from the heart.

We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney - now THAT's a great line.

Another great move.

This convention has been a clinic on organizing, and it is at its pinnacle tonight! Print the textbooks so it can be studied!

this is unbelievable. barney pwns. the fact that they trusted them is unbelievable too. they were so well prepared and natural acting. genius.

"put barney smith before smith barney" : lol quote of day

Couldn't resist, Al.

I'm loving the citizen speeches, too!  Especially the former Republicans Pam and Barney Smith.  Yes we can!

And stupid as it is I feel sold out by Olbermann and company. I thought they at least had some ethics and sense of what journalists are supposed to do (seriously, at least a sense!).

My husband decided to see what the coverage of the citizen speeches was on MSNBC and of course there was Rachel Maddow blathering away over them. Pissed I worked through their site to find their 'contact us' email and fired off an email. I doubt anyone will read it, though maybe some poor intern gets stuck with the chore, but it felt good to tell them off.

Thank you for the great coverage here!

He delivered in a grandiose way!