9:12PM Bill Kristol says the Obama! Watch score was 10, but I think he counted the hanging chads.
9:08PM “Let’s elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden.” Let me sum up my impression of her speech, and the entire DNC so far, in two words: Let’s not.
9:07.5PM Obama! Watch: 5?
9:07PM “We’re Americans, we’re not big on quitting.” Unless we’re Democrats, and there’s a war on. In which case, let’s all be French.
9:06PM “Keep going!” Oh, how about we try shutting up already?
9:05PM “My mother was born before women could vote.” Yeah, well MY momma… wait… aren’t we playing this game the wrong way around?
9:04PM Obama! Watch: 4. Cocktails: 3. I’m glad I didn’t agree to do shots.
9:03PM “Equal pay for equal work!” Please, please, please let’s have the Supreme Court determine our wages.
9:02PM Stacy McCain leaned over and asked me, “Have you heard any gaffes, any blunders?” And I had to admit that I haven’t. But, as Stacy pointed out, it’s really just her campaign stump speech — when she ran against lame duck George Bush instead of hot & tasty young up’n'commer Barrack Obama.
9:00PM “President Obama and the Democrats.” I have… I need… I… Hold me, I’m scared.
8:59PM Oil profits bad… government “green” spending good. The last successful government energy project made a big splash in New Mexico in 1945. And yet they oppose nuclear power.
8:57PM And the laundry list goes on… and you wonder why I drink my way through these events?
8:55PM Here it comes: Clinton’s mock State of the Union address, where she lists the things, basically, she’d do. It’s laundry list, empty of real content, and as boring as an empty cocktail glass.
8:54PM McCain mentions: One. Bush mentions: Many. The Dems are STILL running against Bush. Do they think he’s going to be around another four years if they don’t?
8:53.5PM “Stephanie Tubbs Jones.” She said Barrack once, and Obama once… which means STJ has technically gotten more Hillary mentions than The One.
8:53PM I think that’s how many times Reagan mentioned Ford by name during his short, bitter 1976 RNC speech.
8:52PM Obama! Watch score: Still 2.
8:50PM She knows a guy with a Marine Corps t-shirt. Hell, I used to own a USMC t-shirt. Does she have a point? I mean, other than the one sitting on top of that ORANGE pants suit.
8:49PM I’ve been looking longingly at my second, empty vodka rocks for too long now. BRB.
8:48.5PM She’s saying bad things about Republicans and “eight years of failed leadership.” If she’d have provided eight months of even mediocre leadership, Obama would be giving his speech for her tonight.
8:48PM “We are on the same team and none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines.” Apparently, her rehearsal speech this afternoon was a little “alternate pre-history” to soothe the tender souls of the PUMAs. And who can blame her?
8:47PM “The time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose.” Winning!
8:46PM Obama! Watch: 2
8:46PM “I’m here tonight as a proud mother, as a proud Democrat, as a proud senator from New York, a proud American [sic], and a proud supporter of Barrack Obama.” Stacy should have taken the bet, he says.
8:45PM She’s getting quite the reception. Also, please remember that fines are doubled in a construction zone.
8:44PM Obama! Watch: 0. Robert Stacy McCain declined my five dollar bet.
8:43 PM Correction: With those hips and that suit, she looks like a highway cone.
8:42 PM Hillary seems to have just escaped from a minimum security prison work detail.
8:40 PM The OTHER McCain says Clinton won’t totally snub The One tonight. He’s sitting next to me on the sofa, and I’m about to offer him a five dollar wager.
Steve…love you
BTW, I clicked on your name somewhere and had this popup window happen. Normal popup, access denied, then it went to ‘sucks don’t it’…I’ve been trying to recreate the experience cause it was sublime. No luck yet.
Very funny. Love the part about the drinks…..
Ha!
I wish Hillary would come out and take Obama down.
Obama needs to be taken down.
I’d love to see Hillary make a move against Obama.
I’d like to see a floor roll call.
I’d want to be late for my hanging. Looks like Hillary abides by that philosophy too.. Or she’s really dissing teh Obamessiah by keeping him waiting. I’m guessing the later.
Drink up Shriners!
Or maybe Hillary has had more than two vodka rocks. That would be interesting..
Then again, perhaps even Hillary finds that stage just too, too tacky..
She is moving out of prime time if she is not careful. Could be her plan..
Have beer in hand. Ready for Hil-dawg.
And that’s pretty tacky considering black velvet Elvis paintings are popular back in Clintonland.
So.. 8:39 and she’s still a no show? I’d put this on TV but I’m watchin’ the Rockies. We do have to have some priorities.
Bwaahahahaha!! Have you noticed that Puma shoes is running an inset ad in this piece? Hey, you wanted PUMA!
So.. ya ‘spose it took ‘em half-an-hour to convince the Hillary to deliver the ‘rah rah O-ba-ma’ speech instead of the ‘more in sorrow, you’re making a big mistake’ speech? Did she actually tell her delegates to vote for teh Obamessiah?
WELL….that was a totally aswesome speach for HILLARY. Check the transcripts for “Obama is ready to lead”…post your count.
My wife thnks the orange Gitmo suit doesn’t work. I agree.
Hillarys orange suit, her orange revolution?
The songs – real american girl (Obama not a real american) Are you going to go my way? (Not exactly a call for unity)
Was Hillary channeling Mcain by openning with “my friends”?
commentators said it was one of her best speeches!
so much for you moronic words.
Hillary said she is proud 4 times?
Michelle was not proud until recently
ouch!
Well, well, well. More kneejerk, “I’m scared crapless” hoopla from the right. Why am I not surprised?
I go by the “if I wouldn’t invite them into my living room, they aren’t on my TV” school of thought. Therefore I don’t see many Democrats. I’m happier that way.
Robert -
Actually, the last two days have inspired some small confidence that McCain will win in November. Which fills me with only slightly less dread than an Obama victory.
Most of you guys are ignorant to continue to think just because Miss Obama said she was not proud till recently is been taken out of context. The message is plain and clear if you want to continue to suffer in wars and be the CHinese prostitues vote for McCain if you want to take back your country vote for Obama!!! Some are to dumb and have shallow minds and say they wont elect Obama cause he is a niggha!! I’m black and I DAM sure dont a 72 year old idiot with early stages of altimers in the white house. That dam clown couldnt even tell you how many houses he own. SMH I was baffled
Stephen please remember after all of this is said and done the most important thing is……..boycott Russian vodka. We are all Georgians!
I am watching Larry King and the Republican hypocrites are on just not making any sense what so ever.
I thought she hammered Hussein! Her “No how, no way, no McCain” translates very easily into “No how, no way, NOBAMA!” I hope that the noble folks with McCain grind down the marxist, traitor, commie, neophyte Hussein with the chorused rhythims that Hillie’s words allow.
Hillary’s speech tonight was full of sublinimal smackdown aimed at Obama. they were very subtle but I’m certain that many will start analyzing the speech and see it and we might even hear some political pundits mention it in the days to come. Hillary’s opening used the phrase “my friends.” that phrase is John McCain’s favorite phrase on all of his speeches (remember that Hillary can’t win this election but if McCain wins Obama is done and she can run again in 2012). Hillary also managed to mention all of the policies that she stands for; the same policies that Obama is now regurgitating. Hillary managed to drill in everyone’s minds that whatever Obama state he’s fighting for, he only got if from Hillary, especially universal healthcare (she hammered that throughout her speech).
Hillary also mentioned the statement: “I will always be grateful to everyone from all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the territories, who joined our campaign on behalf of all those people left out and left behind by the Bush Administrtation.” that is a stab at on of Barack’s gaffes when Barack stated during the primaries that he had visited all of “57 States!”
Hillary also itemized her campaign policies:
“I ran for President to renew the promise of America. To rebuild the middle class and sustain the American Dream, to provide the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford the gas and groceries and still have a little left over each month.
To promote a clean energy economy that will create millions of green collar jobs.
To create a health care system that is universal, high quality, and affordable so that parents no longer have to choose between care for themselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to keep their insurance.
To create a world class education system and make college affordable again.
To fight for an America defined by deep and meaningful equality – from civil rights to labor rights, from women’s rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families. To help every child live up to his or her God-given potential.
To make America once again a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.
To bring fiscal sanity back to Washington and make our government an instrument of the public good, not of private plunder.
To restore America’s standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home and honor their service by caring for our veterans.
And to join with our allies to confront our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming.
Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years.
Those are the reasons I ran for President. Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama. And those are the reasons you should too. ”
Stating all of those policies effectively declares what any democrats have been saying – that Obama’s had nothing at the beggining of the campaign and slowly took all of Hillary’s policies. Obama is using this on McCain as well as he flip flops on some of his policies that are John McCain’s campaign talking points.
Hillary never mentioned that Obama would be a great president but she showered praises on Joe Biden stating that Biden brings economic experties, leadership, and foreign policy experties…..meaning, Obama doesn’t have any of those and that he needed Joe Biden to get the top three skills that a president should have…a stab that Obama does not have these traits.
Obama, chose to railroad Hillary and Bill….BAD MOVE. Obama will not win the presidential election due to his weaknesses and due to the Annenberg Challenge scandal (or impending scandal). Obama might turn out to be an embarassment to Chicago and Illinois so much (Annenberg Challenge) that the Chicago political machine that catapulted him into the national stage might decide to bury him instead. He might end up just another Jesse Jackson.
Stephen, you are an a$$hat. God, I love you. I don’t want to laugh while you mock my core beliefs, and yet I do. I laugh pretty damn hard, actually.
Well played,
jerkmy friend, well played.The Obama supporters in this thread are just hilarious!
“green collar jobs”?
Wouldn’t that be the military?
This was an entertaining read, thanks. You may be a reactionary nutjob, but you’re an entertaining one at least, and that is mighty rare.
Can we ditch the sexism yet? The comment about her hips was completely inappropriate yet unfortunately so much in line with the shit we’ve seen all primary.
The Nick and Nora-ish conceit of the vodka swilling Green notwithstanding, it is hardly the height of “sophistication” to disparage Ms. Clinton’s anatomy: infinitely more Wal-Mart than Bendel’s.
Of course, if physical perfection is the sign of a pure soul, we might start a discussion of Stephen Green’s hooked nose, or maybe his blubbery, down-turned lips.
I would expect better from the much vaunted pajamas bedecked crowd, the self-styled alternative to the spiritually impoverished MSM. It appears, however, that boys will be boys. And I do mean boys.
Lisa, we would say the same things about Michael Moore, even though he’s a male(?).
Oops, someone accidentally posted their Livejournal to PJM. Not the same without Osama riding a donkey, however.
I have a question…..why is Obama not at the convention?????? How hubris! He expects 110% support from key Dems, yet he can’t be bothered to show up? His naivety is just beyond comprehension and continues to reinforce the contention that he is unfit for leadership. Hey Dems….wake up, the man is an empty suit; he wants everyone to pull the train while he soaks up the spotlight. Duh.
I think she gave the speech she needed to give. She was told her delegates to support Obama, but made the most passionate claims for socialized health insurance.
She will not be downgraded by Dems for this, nor beloved by the Obama people. So it was a workmanlike speech. One she had to give, but one that left the door open for a run in 2012, should Obama lose.
She didn’t hurt him, didn’t help him. Time to go on the rubber chicken circuit and pay off that debt.
Wizard:
I hope you are a teen-ager (or younger) and don’t have much experience watching conventions. It is customary for the nominee, Democrat or Republican, to arrive near the end of the convention and accept the nomination.
There are plenty of legitimate areas of criticism regarding Obama. We don’t need to speculate. Remember, only fools make sweeping generalizations.
I think the only real gaffe came at 9:07. Given that Obama’s claim to fame is that he wanted to quit in Iraq, is it really wise to say Americans don’t like a quitter?
a nation of laws? isn’t that one of the biggest problems in Washington? I think she left out a key word on immigrants too… “legal” she preached the same progressive tune as Obama all the while putting Obama in his place.. She wants Govt. to fix all your problems…. it’s sad that the democrat party has moved that far to the left.
I do think Hillary endorsed Obama as president. I don’t get where there’s a question here. Obama will have to prove to the people that he will be a great president if he’s elected to the White House.
She kicked ass last night…no doubt about it.
It was inspirational and very american.
Hillary clearly endorsed Obama. Kind of.
She endorsed the Democrats’ policies and reminded us that Obama is the Democratic candidate. Hence ‘we’ (Democrats) should vote for him rather than the other guy.
In that sense it was an honest endorsement. No doubt she still believes that she would have been a better candidate, but that isn’t going to happen. So she urges everyone to support the candidate with the right policies.