Convention Pre-Game Show

Al is getting just so "hip & with it"!  (Hey, I'm a 60s child!) He updates on Facebook and now on Twitter, too!

Al, did you know that if you use "Ping.fm" you can update all your social media at the same time with the same message?  You can also select which social media to send different messages.

But for now, 'cuz you'll be so busy, you can use it to send the same message to Twitter and Facebook with just one input.

Go to http://ping.fm and sign up.  It's in beta and you have to use the code word du jour: "vivalaping".

If you can get to the web by phone, you can log onto ping.fm from there and send your messages. It automatically shortens your links but keeps them "hot".

I know, I'm just so a "gadget girl"!  Hubby just rolls his eyes...

BTW: if you additionally use "TwitterFeed", your Twitter followers will get auto updates whenever you post with the title and a link to your newest post...

OK, I'll stop!

waterprise2 AKA Pam

Liberal with a Capital L!

David Rovics is a national teasure.  Love almost all of his stuff.

Say hellow to Rovics at the garden party, and I encourage everyone to tip generously!

Just watched the YouTube of the rally yesterday.  We were busy all day with our fundraiser so didn't get a chance to watch any coverage.  Good stuff!  I was a little bit ambivalent about Biden but I can see where this could really work.  The reality is that Schweitzer would have been really exciting but just would not lend enough comfort to folks in making this very important decision.  And not just that, Biden is a great speaker and seems so young and feisty.

The fundraiser resulted in about $3k in donations.  I would have hoped for a little more and it was harder than I thought it was going to be but it was fun.  Folks are just really busy during the summer.  In Seattle, we have about 8 really good weeks to shove all our summer activities in to so a lot of folks were busy.  The campaign was always so gracious about it....ANHYTHING you can do is appreciated, they said.

Hope your fundraiser goes well, Al.  I sent the invite to one of the WA state delegates who indicated he was going to attend.

I and husband had occasion to be in Denver yesterday.  We were impressed with how many police people were there.  They didn't seem to nervous, as far as I could tell, and were friendly and willing to talk to people, but there were sure a lot of them.  Many had handcuffs on their belts. Some had gas masks.  Some had riot shields.  Some were driving around in unmarked cars.  There were big fences around the Pepsi Center where the convention will be.  This is serious business.

This needs to go viral, esp in light of McCain using his POW status to explain away his unknown-home-number crisis. Oh that there were someone in Hanoi who could pry loose the records mentioned in this vid...

(h/t teambio.org)

Good luck with the fundraiser!!  I just sent a few dollars from Chicago to The Field and thought I would mention that it might be a good idea to have a monthly scheduled set donation amount as an option for payment.  I have that with the Obama campaign and that way it saves me a bit of time trying to figure out when I last donated. 

Catherine Cain

My fears of roadblocks, virtual or physical, on I 80 prove unfounded.

See ya at 3.

Democrat for US Senate (Wisconsin 2012)

Takes me back to my freedom song network days. Remember Charlie King?

http://www.digstation.com/DigstationBio.aspx?AlbumID=ALB000017368

Here's the latest VA PPP -- Barack up 2.

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2008/08/virginia-president-and-s...

One of my songs...

http://stephencrosehome.blogspot.com/2006/03/we-are-all-americans-roy-cl...

I just talked with someone who thinks that McCain will pick Romney, who will beat Biden to a pulp, and we'll have 48 red states come November! (he literally said this)

Also, the PUMA crowd found a fatal flaw in the Biden pick!



Funny but if you look at the new logo of bambi, one thing sticks out for me

O B A M A
B I D E N

take a few letters away

B A M
D E N

a little more

B A
D

M E
N

now look at the logo again, sticks out like a sore thumb now.

Looks like Obama just lost the tinfoil hat wearing demographic. I also see "BIB-ADE" and "O DAMN."

 over at Kos "The Republicans I know" It is very informative and should be printed out for use regarding 'Womens Issues'.

Jason - that was the best laugh I've had in a long time!  thank you.

Pam, the only thing twittering in the hills here in Western MA are the birds.  Maybe you could post some of your 'twitters' on the Field Hands site or here, for the non techy folks (me!) & others.

Loved Caroline Kennedy on MTP this morning.  This is going to be such a good week.  Happy Convention to Al & the posse.

McCain's all time greatest dodge ( so far! give him time!) up in a video diary by Jed at DKos. This is a classic. And the comments are great too. ( esp. "oh, really, he was a POW, I didn't know that! esp after watching the video Alexa posted above!!!)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/24/172952/713/365/574258

This video, with the one Alexa has above, is amazing!!!

While Biden's name recognition is not particularly high, Obama got a 19 point gain among Democrats in their likelihood to vote for him with Biden on the ticket.

How many Democrats are less likely to vote for him? 2%.

21% say they are more likely to vote for Obama as a result of Biden's presence on the ticket, and only 2% say less likely.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109783/Biden-Does-Harm-May-Help-Much.aspx

Mainer, and isn't that the name of the game when they made the choice of which politico to tap for VP?

Indeed, herding the Dems is a bit tougher than it is the rightwing Republicans, but it can and must be done.

Obama needed to choose someone he could live with--and someone that would increase the chances of victory in November.  This is truism, but a bad choice could have sank Obama's efforts to get to the white house.

I just don't understand the mentality that would vote for McLame--given the massive failures on the part of Bush during the last eight years.  Incredible.

No, I will not be watching the Democrat convention this week; however, I will be follwing the reporatage that appears on this and a few other websites.

Enjoy yourself Al.  Don't get arrested for smoking.  Drink beer, not milk.

I'll definitely post the "Tweets" here...not a prob!

They're at the Garden Party right now...surely having a BLAST!

waterprise2 AKA Pam

Liberal with a Capital L!

Just wanted to get this out there again. FABULOUS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVi4rUzf-0Q

Yesterday morning, the day of our fundraiser, I had just finished watching this (again) and my 6 year old son comes downstairs holding a dollar bill and pile of change in his hand. "I want this to go to Obama," he says. Needless to say, I lost it.

Mainer, what am I missing in reading that link?  This is what I read:

" Just 14% of registered voters interviewed in a new USA Today/Gallup poll say Biden makes them more likely to vote for Obama in November and 7% say less likely while 72% say he will not have much effect on their vote." Net gain of 7%.

Thanks Pam - looking forward to the tweets!  Trying to 'picture' Al at a "Garden Party" - I lived in England for years - & the 'image' of Al in a flowery hat is, well, disconcerting!!! (LOL!!!)

McCain's assertion on the Kos JedReport vid you cited that he led the largest Naval squadron is suspect. It was a training squadron in Florida. This US Navy film clip -- the only one available -- is from the Forrestal. It was always used in Navy damage control training films subsequently. McCain hotdogged on deck and caused this; he was identified in Navy classes as the cause by those who attended these classes and saw the film.

Because McCain was the Admiral's son he was airlifted immediately off the Forrestal to the USS Oriskany (the only Forrestal crewman to be transferred immediately) and was shot down in NVN three months later.

However, as Frank Rich noted today, the press is in the tank for McCain so his BS wont get the wide distribution or investigation it needs.

Rumors are also rife that McCain was blackmailed in the 90s with his classified records. That he had to agree to follow or push certain policies, or his records would be made public. That's why he felt safe to run for office in 2000. Again, these are rumors.

I just came home a little while ago from Al's fundraiser party for the Fund for Authentic Journalism. It was in a very lovely garden, on a very pleasant sunny day, with fine food and drink. There were all kinds of important topics discussed and bandied about, and I for one learned lots, often about issues I didn't even know existed. I'm very glad I was there!

Tara,

The figures I gave were for Democrats.  You're citing the numbers for "registered voters," which includes Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

After watching that video, I'm beginning to think it was an American who shot him down.