Democrat National Convention - Day 2 Live Thread.

[Wretched Excess]

Tuesday, August 26 2008: Renewing America's Promise

Hour #1 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (LOCAL)
Call to Order
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Invocation
Reverend Cynthia Hale
Disciples of Christ - Decatur, Georgia

Presentation of Colors
The American GI Forum
Mile High Chapter, Colorado
Congressionally chartered Mexican-American veterans & civil rights organization

Pledge of Allegiance
Koby Langley
From Fort Mead, Maryland, he received the Bronze Star for leadership in the US Army
Credited with design & implementation of 1st Foreign Torts Claims Policy Act - Iraq

National Anthem
Rocky Mountain Children's Choir
A multicultural, multiracial choir committed to forming community around music

Remarks/Video
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
Non-voting Member of the US House of Representatives, District of Columbia

Remarks
Ted Sorenson
Special Counsel, advisor and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy
Researched and drafted Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage"

The Honorable Mike Honda
Member of the US House of Representatives, California

Dr. David Gipp
Member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
President - United Tribes Technical College

The Honorable Linda Sanchez
Member of the US House of Representatives, California

The Honorable Chet Culver
Governor of Iowa

The Honorable David Patterson
Governor of New York

The Honorable Patrick Leahy
US Senator, Vermont

Hour # 2 4:08 PM – 5:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen
Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland

Remarks
Cecile Richards
President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Daughter of the former Governor of Texas, The Honorable Ann Richards

Congressional Black Caucus
The Honorable Carolyn Kilpatrick
Member of the US House of Representatives, Michigan
The Honorable Charles Rangel
Member of the US House of Representatives, New York
The Honorable John Conyers
Member of the US House of Representatives, Michigan
The Honorable Bennie Thompson
Member of the US House of Representatives, Mississippi

Moment of Silence

Video – “In Memoriam”

Remarks
The Honorable Dennis Kucinich
Member of the US House of Representatives, Ohio

The Honorable John Chiang
State Comptroller, California

The Honorable Jim Doyle
Governor of Wisconsin

The Honorable Ted Strickland
Governor of Ohio

DGA - Remarks
The Honorable Joe Manchin
Governor of West Virginia

Hour # 3 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (LOCAL)
US Senate Women
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski
US Senator, Maryland
The Honorable Barbara Boxer
US Senator, California
The Honorable Mary Landrieu
US Senator, Louisiana
The Honorable Blanche Lambert Lincoln
US Senator, Arizona
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
US Senator, Michigan
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
US Senator, Washington State
The Honorable Claire McCaskill
US Senator, Missouri
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar
US Senator, Minnesota

Remarks
The Honorable Ed Rendell
Governor of Pennsylvania

The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
Member of the US House of Representatives, Wisconsin

The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Member of the US House of Representatives, California

John Sweeney
President of the AFL-CIO

Robin Golden
Autoworker from Michigan scheduled to lose his job

Video - First Time Delegates: Renewing America's Promise

Remarks
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois

Live Performance
Alejandro Escovedo
Vocals & guitar

Hour # 4 6:01 PM – 7:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
The Honorable Steny Hoyer
Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland
Democratic Majority Leader

Katherine Marcano
Cedar Rapids, Iowa flood victim

Anna Berger
Officer with SEIU & 1st Chair of America's newest labor federation, "Change to Win"

Pauline Beck
Homecare worker & member of SEIU from Oakland, California

The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona

America’s Town Hall - Economy
Moderator: The Honorable Jennifer Granholm – Governor of Michigan
Panelists: Aimee Christensen, Jim Rogers, Jim Bauer, Jerome Ringo

Remarks
Jim Whitaker
Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska

Pamela Cash-Roper
Unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina

The Honorable Nydia Velazquez
Member of the US House of Representatives, New York

Hour # 5 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas

The Honorable Frederico Peña
Former Secretary of Energy and former Mayor of Denver, Colorado

Nancy Floyd
Founder of Nth Power – an energy technology investment firm in Portland, Oregon

The Honorable Robert Casey, Jr.
US Senator, Pennsylvania

Lily Ledbetter
Her actions against Goodyear Tire led to the passage of the Fair Pay Restoration Act

Keynote Speech
The Honorable Mark Warner
Governor of Virginia

Remarks
Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson
President, Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire
Lifelong Republican

The Honorable Deval Patrick
Governor of Massachusetts

Hour # 6 8:02 PM – 9:04 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
Gloria Craven
Laid-off North Carolina textile worker with huge medical bills

The Honorable Brian Schweitzer
Governor of Montana

Hillary Clinton Segment - Video/Remarks
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
US Senator, New York

Benediction
Revs. Jin Ho Kang, Yoougsook Kang
Methodists - Aurora, Colorado

Recess
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

[bijou]

Pamela Cash-Roper
Unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina

Yay a real life bouncy tale, live at the convention. 

[Wretched Excess]

Pamela Cash-Roper
Unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina

Yay a real life bouncy tale, live at the convention. 

nurses are in extreme demand all over the country.  if you have a nursing degree, and can't find a job, I suspect there are other issues at work.

[bijou]

What did I say?

Yet Another "Lifelong Republican" Obama Supporter Outed As A Phony

http://bmovies.blogspot.com/2008/06/yet-another-lifelong-republican-obama.html

Here I posted about a Democrat Barack Obama supporter in Pennsylvania trying to pass herself off as a "lifelong republican".

Well, here is yet another one, this time in North Carolina.

First, an excerpt from the Charlotte Observer, titled "Obama Sends A Message":

    Obama seemed to be reaching out to many of the working class voters who voted for Clinton in the Democratic primary. He shared a stage with Pamella Cash-Roper, a 54-year old licensed nurse from Pittsboro, who along with her husband is unemployed after both had heart surgery.

    Cash-Roper said she was forced to cash out her 401(k) plan, forgo some medicines and be careful about the automobile trips she has to make.

    A lifelong Republican, Cash-Roper said she was supporting Obama.

...  Yet, according to a poster on the News & Observer blog:

    Submitted by paboat on June 9, 2008 - 7:54pm.
    According to the NC GOP, there is no Pamela Cash Roper who is a "lifelong Republican."

    "From a search of voter registration information at the State Board of Elections website, there is no Pamela Cash Roper who is a registered Republican in North Carolina. There are 5 people named Pamela Roper. Three of them are Democrats and two are unaffiliated. Therefore one of these things must be true: Pamela Cash Roper is not a Republican, she is not from North Carolina, or she is not a registered voter."

That is answered:

    Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on June 9, 2008 - 8:31pm.
    That's because her name is spelled Pamella Cash-Roper. She is a registered Republican in Chatham County. I misspelled the name in the post earlier. My apologies for any confusion.

    â€” RTB

Which in turn is answered:

    Submitted by piperscot on June 10, 2008 - 1:19pm.
    You have some more digging to do. If Pamella Cash-Roper has lived in Chatham County for at least 4 years, she voted in the Democrat 2nd primary since the SBOE shows that she did vote and there were no Republican contests in Chatham County for the 2nd Primary. The only contest was the runoff for the Democratic primary in the Superintendent of Public Instruction. She is only a lifelong Republican if she is less than 4 years old and then she could register to vote. If you are going to let the Democrats trot this woman out to tell a lie without question, why do I suspect that the Democrat candidates will have it easy with you? This story has gone worldwide because it "fits the template".

http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php?topic=7135.0

[Wretched Excess]

I noticed that MSNBC did a better job of covering the action at the podium and on the convention floor than fox did.  fox stuck with it's normal weekday lineup, albeit a "modified for the convention" format, until the key speech of the night.

of course, bill o'reilly spent most of the time I was watching fox during his time slot ranting about some story (that was all about him, naturally) in newsday.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Pamela Cash-Roper
Unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina

Yay a real life bouncy tale, live at the convention. 

nurses are in extreme demand all over the country.  if you have a nursing degree, and can't find a job, I suspect there are other issues at work.

Get out of my brain, that is exactly what I was going to type. 

It would be hilarious to hear an actual live bouncy tale at the convention.  I may have to watch.

[USA4ME]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

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[Hawkgirl]

Many of the hospitals I know of not only have nursing shortages, but they are offering $5,000 sign on bonus on anyone that promises to stay 12 months.
She either failed her boards or refuses to get off her depression medication and get a job.

Jeez, I hope people don't fall for this.

[Wretched Excess]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

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last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

[Miss Mia]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

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last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

You are such a dork.  Even I didn't watch the whole thing yesterday.  Listened to a live stream at work for a bit.  I missed Michelle's speech last night because I had to run to the grocery store for an important errand.

[Wretched Excess]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

.

last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

You are such a dork.  Even I didn't watch the whole thing yesterday.  Listened to a live stream at work for a bit.  I missed Michelle's speech last night because I had to run to the grocery store for an important errand.

I even spun off the cable news channels and watched C-SPAN, because they were covering 100% of everything that happened at the podium.  but that turned out to be too much even for me.

[Miss Mia]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

.

last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

You are such a dork.  Even I didn't watch the whole thing yesterday.  Listened to a live stream at work for a bit.  I missed Michelle's speech last night because I had to run to the grocery store for an important errand.

I even spun off the cable news channels and watched C-SPAN, because they were covering 100% of everything that happened at the podium.  but that turned out to be too much even for me.

Seriously, top quality dork.   

Tonight I'll be baking cupcakes, and tomorrow night I'll be drinking.  The convention is the last thing on my mind right now.   

[Wretched Excess]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

.

last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

You are such a dork.  Even I didn't watch the whole thing yesterday.  Listened to a live stream at work for a bit.  I missed Michelle's speech last night because I had to run to the grocery store for an important errand.

I even spun off the cable news channels and watched C-SPAN, because they were covering 100% of everything that happened at the podium.  but that turned out to be too much even for me.

Seriously, top quality dork.   

Tonight I'll be baking cupcakes, and tomorrow night I'll be drinking.  The convention is the last thing on my mind right now.   

kill two birds with one stone, and just drink your cupcakes.

[Miss Mia]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

.

last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

You are such a dork.  Even I didn't watch the whole thing yesterday.  Listened to a live stream at work for a bit.  I missed Michelle's speech last night because I had to run to the grocery store for an important errand.

I even spun off the cable news channels and watched C-SPAN, because they were covering 100% of everything that happened at the podium.  but that turned out to be too much even for me.

Seriously, top quality dork.   

Tonight I'll be baking cupcakes, and tomorrow night I'll be drinking.  The convention is the last thing on my mind right now.   

kill two birds with one stone, and just drink your cupcakes.

The cupcakes are for a party tomorrow silly.   

[Wretched Excess]

Kudos to those of you who are watching that crap.  I can't stomach listening to all their hate-America lies.

.

last night was relatively tame.  the "hate america' and "the republicans have destroyed civilization" themes don't begin until tonight.

You are such a dork.  Even I didn't watch the whole thing yesterday.  Listened to a live stream at work for a bit.  I missed Michelle's speech last night because I had to run to the grocery store for an important errand.

I even spun off the cable news channels and watched C-SPAN, because they were covering 100% of everything that happened at the podium.  but that turned out to be too much even for me.

Seriously, top quality dork.   

Tonight I'll be baking cupcakes, and tomorrow night I'll be drinking.  The convention is the last thing on my mind right now.   

kill two birds with one stone, and just drink your cupcakes.

The cupcakes are for a party tomorrow silly.   

you are missing an opportunity here is all I'm sayin'    

[Hawkgirl]

I pay attention to these things because not only does it give me good ammunition, but you know what they say about keeping your friends close, but your enemies...closer...

[franksolich]

Hey, what is this excresence?

Members of the Texas delegation who are committed to voting for the worthier Democrat candidate were told today to not wear anything indicating their support of her, lest it incite the Obamaites.

[Wretched Excess]

Hey, what is this excresence?

Members of the Texas delegation who are committed to voting for the worthier Democrat candidate were told today to not wear anything indicating their support of her, lest it incite the Obamaites.

um, how can they enforce a dress code?  I doubt that they can, but this is just more disrespect for the hillaryites.

[Duke Nukum]

It's a travesty that this crap is pre-empting Red Eye.  I'm like jonesing out here, whatever that means.  Anyone got a Gregalogue?  I'll even take a Bill-a-Buster at this stage.  Heck, I'll even take a Joshua McCarroll Today in McConaughey segment.  Anything!

[Wretched Excess]

did mark warner's speech get bumped?  is that what I just heard?

[Miss Mia]

Well, everyone knows I don't care for Hillary much, but I have to admit, I like this Hillary tribute they're showing.  Maybe it's just my dem side slipping through. 

[Duke Nukum]

Well, everyone knows I don't care for Hillary much, but I have to admit, I like this Hillary tribute they're showing.  Maybe it's just my dem side slipping through. 

I like your stripper dem side, jus' sayin'

[Wretched Excess]

Well, everyone knows I don't care for Hillary much, but I have to admit, I like this Hillary tribute they're showing.  Maybe it's just my dem side slipping through. 

I don't have a dem side, and even I have to admit that the video was well done.

[Wretched Excess]

bill isn't used to clapping for a woman without a $5 bill clenched in his teeth.

[Miss Mia]

Well, everyone knows I don't care for Hillary much, but I have to admit, I like this Hillary tribute they're showing.  Maybe it's just my dem side slipping through. 

I don't have a dem side, and even I have to admit that the video was well done.

Bill's gonna cry!


Yes, it was really nicely done.


BTW, this is taking away from my cupcake making.  I don't have a tv in the kitchen and I can't see the one in the living room from where I stand to cook.