John Kerry, our 2004 nominee, tore into John McCain tonight in his convention speech. He left no stone un-turned, he left as he pilloried John McCain with the “strongest language yet uttered from the convention podium.” Seth Colter Walls notes on the HuffPo: Kerry describes McCain as “insulting” and “desperate’ for questioning Obama’s patriotism, and “pathetic” for continuing to support President Bush’s war policy; he digs at McCain’s age, saying voters should elect a president based on judgment and...
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President Bill Clinton Addresses the DNC
I’ll quote Ezra Klein on Bill Clinton’s incredible speech tonight, because Ezra says it all in his opening paragraph: He left little unsaid. For all the talk of Bill Clinton’s anger, his resentment, his grudges, Clinton took the stage tonight and threw the full weight of his prestige behind Barack Obama. Leveraging that peculiar credibility that comes from being one of four living Americans to have held the presidency, he didn’t simply give Obama his support, but his endorsement....
Shall we win for a change?
The War on Terror has finally blended in to the War on Drugs to the extent that it is no longer possible to ignore the connection. AFGHANISTAN: A DOWN YEAR FOR OPIUM PRODUCTION, BUT IS THE TRAFFICKING THREAT RECEDING? Aunohita Mojumdar 8/27/08 A EurasiaNet Q&A with UNODC Afghanistan Country Chief Christina Oguz Afghanistan experienced a 19 percent decrease in the land under opium poppy cultivation in 2008 in comparison with the previous year, according to a report prepared by...
Hillary Calls On DNC to End Roll Call and Nominate Obama by Acclamation (VIDEO)
For all who were hoping for a floor fight today… Those hopes were dashed by a classy show of unity as Hillary Clinton called on the DNC to end the roll call vote and nominate Barack Obama by acclamation (emphasis mine): Although there was some suspense over how the nomination process would play out, in the end, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton released her delegates before the roll call to vote for Mr. Obama and announced that she was voting for Mr....
Must Read of the Day: An Open letter to Hillary Clinton Supporters
Jeralyn posted an “An Open letter to Hillary Clinton Supporters” on TalkLeft today that is a must read for all those Clinton supporters still threatening to vote for McCain or a third party candidate. Here’s some excerpts: Sphere: Related Content
Roll Call Vote Details Settled
CNN reports today that Barack Obama’s campaign said “that the details of a potentially contentious roll call had finally been hammered out after weeks of discussion with aides to Hillary Clinton.” The New York senator’s supporters had successfully pressed for her name to be placed in nomination in Denver, and party leaders had feared that the evening vote would make for a crippling public show of divisiveness if large numbers of delegates refused to back Obama. Frankly, after last...
Late Night Reads
Here’s a couple of late night reads that I would have liked to find the time to post about, but didn’t: At Kerry Fund-Raiser, Talk of Stolen Elections and Scurrilous Scumbaggery Determined to Give Speech, Kennedy Left Hospital Bed Hillary Clinton will campaign in South Texas for Obama Stay tuned for more convention news on Wednesday… Sphere: Related Content
Hillary: No Way, No How, No McCain
Darrell pegged it below, Hillary Clinton’s speech tonight was “amazing.” I was working late and missed it. But, I’ve just finished watching and in a word, it was awesome. Hillary introduced herself a “proud mother,” a “proud Democrat,” a “proud American” and a “proud supporter of Barack Obama.” “Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of...
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