Comments on: DEMOCRATS ARE DYNAMITE DAY 1

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:54:45 +0000

The truth is, I visit DailyKos, on average, ONCE a year…and today turned out to be a good day for me to visit. Pope Buck has written a really nice piece titled:"A Family I'm Proud To Be Part Of" Excerpt:Watching all that (the Repub convention), I posted on Facebook that the Republicans came off like a brittle, dysfunctional rich family out of an Edward Albee play – homogeneous on the surface (and blindingly white) but trying mightily, and failing, to conceal their distaste/open hatred for their nominee, each other, and any Americans who don't look, believe, or act just like them. Or as one of my FB friends called it FTW: "August – Hillsborough County."Tonight at the DNC, I got a picture of a very different family – one of those big, messy, squabbling-but-close-knit blue-collar families like on heartwarming TV dramas. We're not all alike. (I cheered tonight for African-Americans, women, Hispanics, GLBTs, veterans, and I'm only personally one of those things. And I saw everyone on the floor cheering for them too. EVERYONE.) We've had our differences in the past, and when we disagree we aren't shy about calling each other out. But in the end, we're brothers and sisters, all struggling to get through the day by being there for each other.We know America is best when people pull together and help each other, and stand up for each other.Those differences are especially apparent when you look at the view of America each party came up with. […]Read: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/05/1127848/…

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:26:50 +0000

…back to a majority opinion and Quote for the Day….HuffPost Reader: I've always been sort of yeah, okay, when people rave about how beautiful Michelle Obama is, but tonight she looked fantastic, as beautiful as everybody always says, and her oratory was emotionally gripping when it wasn't simply pitch perfect and grounded in a healthy perception of reality. I especially I liked the way she described a bunch of poor people scrambling to make it to the top, a whole lot better than Ann's story about the scions of oligarchs chipping away at inherited stock options just to stay there. If anybody thought Ann came anywhere close to doing her job humanizing Mitt, Michelle just showed what a commercial for LifeLike Dolls Inc. Mrs. Romney's speech really was. […]"Obama, Daughters Sasha And Malia, Watch Michelle Give DNC Speech" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/obama-da…

By: BD

BD — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:23:22 +0000

Aww this man is just a hater, just like some of the Repub haters last night who were himmin and hawin trying every way they could to find something bad to say. It wasn't the I have a Dream speech or nothing like that but it wasn't supposed to be either. She was supposed to get the crowd excited and interested again and she did it. Why everybodys trying to pick it apart I don't know.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:11:10 +0000

…a "minorty" point of view…. Mark McKinnon: I may be in a minority, but I don't think the speech itself was a home run. I thought it was solid. I think it clearly accomplished the goal of humanizing Obama and reminding people why they like the first husband and the first family. But in the annals of convention speeches, I don't think it will be remembered much for the content, the theme, the vision or any lines except perhaps for "being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are."But it was Michelle’s and Julián's primary jobs to get Democrats all fired up and ready to go as the kicked things off in Charlotte. Mission accomplished. […] TDB: "Michelle Obama’s Speech: Successful, But Not Great" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/…McKinnon: I don't think it will be remembered much for the content, the theme, the vision or any lines except perhaps for "being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are." [..] I don't know Mark. I'm thinking that sentiment alone, expressed Beautifully by the First Lady (and in contrast to Romney), could prove to make the entire speech worth its political weight in gold!

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:50:26 +0000

"Barack is still making history and we can't forget that. They got me pumped up now."I hear you BD…and quite frankly I'm fired up and "RET TA GO" myself! But err um…I'm still gonna pass on watching the convention 😉 …..