BlueNC Liveblog 2008 0825 DNC

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7:20 Betsy - Graig and Betsy here from the Democratic National Convention 7:28 Betsy - Come on people.... You know y'all want to talk about all theseexciting speeches.

7:39 [Comment From Mtn_blue]have Seen Liz Dole there....she seems to be missing in NC?7:39 [Comment From Mtn_blue]Sorry bad question.....what do you expect Mrs Obama?7:39 [Comment From Mtn_blue]Tell the truth is there really a big division between Clinton and Obama supportersas the media reports?7:39 [Comment From Christopher]hey guys!7:39 [Comment From Guest]Can't wait to hear Michelle Obama.7:40 Betsy - Sorry, we are really crammed in here. It's hard to maneuver. Ourdelegation is getting the most attention from the MSM

7:40 Betsy - I have a huge camera hanging over me as I type 7:40 [Comment From Christopher]That's one thing we won't complain about, Betsy.7:41 [Comment From Leslie H]Alright! BlueNC! :)7:41 Christopher - Any wild PUMA's circling?7:41 Betsy - Our delegation keeps dancing and singing

7:42 Betsy - No PUMA's yet, but Code Pink caused some problems today at one ofthe symposiums today with Speaker Pelosi 7:43 Christopher - I read that, it seems as if they've successfully detachedthemselves from productive means of communication. Sad.7:46 Betsy - Graig just brought me some pizza. Yay, Graig. 7:47 Christopher - I'm loving his mutual interview setup. It's a reallyinteresting way to do things.7:48 Betsy - It is. Graig has come across a very novel idea. 7:48 Betsy - Graig says he's having fun doing the interviews and he recorded twothis afternoon that are awesome.

7:50 Christopher - I'm officially jealous of all of you. I hope the fun of it alloutweighs the stress of being all over the place.7:50 Leslie H - Loved Graig's interview with Bob Etheridge. He's my Rep. and heis a great Congressman for all the people of NC-02.

7:52 Christopher - I can't wait to have a Rep. that attends the DNC on behalf ofthe 8th. Wink wink.7:52 [Comment From Brunette]Oh it's so beautiful!7:53 Christopher - Hey, Brunette!


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7:53 Betsy - Woman just sung RESPECT. Even the DNC employees were dancing onthe stairs. 7:54 Betsy - I need another panelist or two. Bru, Christopher you two going to bearound for a while? 7:55 Christopher - Sure, I'm around. Just cooking dinner.7:56 [Comment From BRUNETTE]You guys!! OMG I am having the biggest time just dancing here in my study with myCorgi! SOOO beautiful, so thrilling!!7:56 BRUNETTE - That kinda pudgy white guy in the gold shirt was GETTING DOWNwith that song, and he wasn't all that bad.7:56 BRUNETTE - T'anks!7:56 Betsy - Yes, there has been a lot of dancing. The NC delegation is rocking.Y'all will be proud. 7:56 BRUNETTE - Of course, there are the inevitable number of white folks whocan't quite clap in time, but that's ok. We're full of love anyway.7:57 Christopher - Brunette, you had the funniest BlueNC comment ever today.7:57 Christopher - And I kinda want to shake your hand.7:58 BRUNETTE - Christopher, awww thanks. I have no idea what it was. SometimesI'm not sure whether others will receive my comments in the spirit offered.7:58 Betsy - Well, I haven't had time to read comments, so y'all had better sharethat comment 7:58 BRUNETTE - Laura Tyson's presence is an obvious nod to the Clintons.7:58 BRUNETTE - She goes waaaaaay back with them.7:59 Christopher - the comment was...7:59 BRUNETTE - oh dear7:59 Christopher - "First, I didn't know you are black. All I knew was that youwere posting a bunch of crap."7:59 Christopher - i had to excuse myself from those threads.7:59 BRUNETTE - OH that. Well . . . gee, funny, i dunno. That was where he wasattacking Boseman.7:59 Christopher - BlueNC gives me ulcers8:00 BRUNETTE - Anyway, despite the catty press coverage, I am believing thatBill Clinton is going to give a KICKASS speech that brings us all back togetherbeautifully,.8:00 Betsy - Well, imagine how I felt when I got in here, logged on and BlueNCwouldn't open. 8:00 BRUNETTE - And again, I think Laura Tyson's presence on stage isforeshadowing of that.8:00 BRUNETTE - Betsy, I had the same problem earlier.8:01 Christopher - I'm still skeptical about CLinton and his role in theprimaries8:01 BRUNETTE - Christopher Oh honey. BLUENC is easy. You should go over to TAP

sometime. THEN you'll appreciate BLUENC all the more.8:01 Christopher - I'm like, whatever the opposite of a PUMA is.8:01 Betsy - We are having a town hall with Senator Sherrod Brown. Thequestions are by videos. The panelists sound just a tiny bit rehearsed. 8:02 BRUNETTE - Christopher Laura Tyson on that panel signals PLUS. Bill Clintongiving a speech -- that means he gets to make us love him again. You think he'dpass that up?8:02 BRUNETTE - Betsy I would bet so.8:02 Christopher - Oh, my hopes are high. I can't wait to hear him speak.8:03 BRUNETTE - Me neither. I'm only feeling slightly anxious because Michelle is


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speaking so late. I am such a wuss when it comes to bedtime. More importantly, myCorgi is so insistent upon routine . . .8:03 Christopher - Where's Philip at, Betsy? The 8th District folks better berepresentin'.8:04 Christopher - Bedtime shmedtime. Democracy trumps shut-eye.8:04 BRUNETTE - GAL FROM RALEIGH on TV. Ya know because she's posed in front ofda ACORN!8:04 BRUNETTE - Chris yeah, spoken like a young'un.8:04 BRUNETTE -


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8:16 Christopher - Are you using it on there now? 8:18 Christopher - Also, how is the Carter ad coming together? 8:18 gregflynn - I'm here. Watching Pelosi.8:19 Frank Eaton - Betsy, is it as noisy in the hall as it sounds like on TV?Tell people to hold it down on there.8:20 gregflynn - By here I mean Raleigh, BlueNC, not in Denver8:21 Frank Eaton - yes, I'm using the iPhone. Carter ad is done and will premiereon Thursday night during convention coverage here in the 5th.8:21 Christopher - That's stellar. Congrats brother, good move. 8:22 Christopher - Hey Greg, are you watching the CSPAN coverage? 8:22 gregflynn -Watching MSNBC 8:22 Frank Eaton - Nancy is extra Stepford-wifey tonight.8:23 Leslie H - John McCain is wrong. Funny how he's gotten wronger and wrongerover the course of the last year or so ...

8:23 Leslie H - It's that funky election year slide to the rrrriiiiight. (saythat with an Office Space accent. 8:24 BRUNETTE - FRANK~ No I don't think she looks Stepford Wifey8:24 BRUNETTE - She's too animated8:24 BRUNETTE - Stepford wives are not animated.8:24 gregflynn - C-SPAN, UNCTV and MSNBC have Pelosi but CNN was talking heads.8:24 Frank Eaton - the Carter campaign actually chastised her in a press releasethis week. Take that, DCCC!8:24 Christopher - As I open MSNBC.com to watch their live feed, I'm greeted with"Texas governor OK with gun-toting teachers" 8:24 BRUNETTE - Yeah, we just had an 11 year old shoot a ten year old with an AK7here8:25 Christopher - Dear jeebus. 8:25 BRUNETTE - Yes, the ten year old was jumping on a trampoline. The 11 yearold was "just playing around."8:25 Christopher - Because trampolines just aren't fun enough. 8:26 BRUNETTE - CHRIS But sheesh, the Charlotte Observer is filled with thesekind of stories8:26 BRUNETTE - Well not for the guy who wasn't bouncing up and down on it8:26 Christopher - Oh, I can't even read Charlotte news. It's laughable.

8:26 BRUNETTE - Chris It's horrific8:27 BRUNETTE - AH Louisiana gal8:27 Christopher - Did this woman say that all she packed up before Katrina was aHulahoop? 8:27 Christopher - She likes to party. 8:27 BRUNETTE - I just now turned the volume back up8:27 BRUNETTE - She's very self-possessed. Good speaker.8:28 Leslie H - God help us all. An 11 year old with an AK47? When that happens,


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8:31 BRUNETTE - LESLIE I don't think the kid is going to be charged.8:31 Christopher - How close are the VA and NC delegations? 8:31 Leslie H - Thanks, Bru. Hope not.

8:31 BRUNETTE - LESLIE Prosecutors have a tough time where the laws are writtento ensure MAXIMUM GUN SALES8:32 Frank Eaton - way to go Msnbc preempting the Carter film with some dumbinterview...8:32 BRUNETTE - FRANK We've got Carter here on WRAL8:32 Betsy - VA is on the floor and we are in the seats in the bowl area 8:32 Christopher - I'm forming a church in the name of Jimmy Carter. 8:32 BRUNETTE - CHRIS That's one Church I'd consider joining.8:33 Christopher - Hell yes. 8:33 Robert P. - Sorry Betsy, I know I USED to be setup, but that was the firsttime.8:33 Leslie H - Bru ... yes, because the Right to Keep and Bear arms must meanmaking sure we don't ever punish wreckless gun owners. 8:33 BRUNETTE - LESLIE exactly.8:33 Robert P. - registering, be back.8:33 Christopher - Jimmy Carter + Tax Exemption = good times. 8:33 gregflynn - Glad we have a remote to bounce around channels to get the floorcontent8:33 BRUNETTE - AWWWWWWWWWW there's Jimma and Rosalie~8:33 Betsy - Jimmeh is in da House and is getting a standing O 8:34 Christopher - Makes me want to just plant peanuts. 8:34 BRUNETTE - Boy I swear she sure is holdig onto that hairstyle.8:34 BRUNETTE - ok8:34 BRUNETTE - She's entitled.8:34 BRUNETTE - I haven't changed mine since I was twelve, so I can't talk.8:34 Frank Eaton - I wonder if jonathan Demme directed this? He did "man fromPlains"8:35 BRUNETTE - Lawrence TRIBE! NO LESS8:35 BRUNETTE - HELL YAH8:35 RobertP - Is Jimmy speaking? What was that, a walk-by?

8:35 BRUNETTE - If this isn't the American Dream, there is no American Dream.8:36 Christopher - Jimmy Carter doesnt speak, he just transmits good ideas.

8:36 BRUNETTE - Oh if we could just all INHABIT Betsy like that weird flick,"Being John Malcovich." Sure, it would be rough for Betsy, but we'd all have ablast.8:36 Christopher - Gwen Ifil referred to the Obama's as "The Cosby's, but withshades of Rockwell" or something earlier today. 8:37 Leslie H - Bru ... lol ....

8:37 gregflynn - Bru, I know you're excited about Carter and the convention.Just make sure you're in bed "An Hour Before Daylight"


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8:37 RobertP - There he is.

8:37 BRUNETTE - Greg muahahahahaha8:38 Frank Eaton - Gwen is doing one of the debates, thank God.8:38 RobertP - Jimmy knows history. That is true. 8:38 BRUNETTE - Wow, sis is pretty damned good, NO?8:38 Christopher - Michelle is gonna KILL tonight. I'm hype. 8:38 gregflynn - I'm having Malkovich flashbacks.8:39 BRUNETTE - Gregg mary kay place was priceless in that flick.8:39 gregflynn - I heard Michelle speak in Raleigh. She'll do great.8:39 Leslie H - I just love Michelle Obama.

8:39 RobertP - What is the lineup? I need to recharge this laptop at some point. 8:39 BRUNETTE - Greg I am so crazy about that woman that I am JUST as excitedabout HER being in the White House as I am Obama8:40 RobertP - Hey Chris, clear your throat off camera, futz. 8:40 BRUNETTE - Leslie I have the BIGGEST crush on her! She is a greatinspiration~ She's out-Jackie-O'ing Jackie O.8:41 Frank Eaton - I heard Michelle back before she was rehabilitated by thecampaign. Fierce.8:41 BRUNETTE - FRANK we love us some fierce.8:41 Leslie H - Indeed. I had never heard her before her speech at NC state, butshe just blew me away. 8:42 RobertP - Okay, I need to go into other room to charge this thing, will beback when Ted kennedy makes his surprise visit. 8:42 BRUNETTE - OK, come on young'un. Handsome kid.8:42 gregflynn -We've got Perdue and Hagan ads on TV 8:42 RobertP - there's the DNC ad! I love that one. 8:42 BRUNETTE - Robert what channel are you watching?8:43 Frank Eaton - I hope she is totally neutered tonight.8:43 BRUNETTE - FRANK? WHO?8:43 Frank Eaton - I got T Boone Pickens. Shoot.8:44 BRUNETTE - whaaaa?8:44 [Video file] YouTube: fdnp9c5Jx3I Play8:44 Christopher - The MoveOn.org Dole/Bush/Oil ad just aired during A&E's"Intervention" Oh, irony.

8:44 RobertP - Are y'all seeing the video file I posted?

8:44 Christopher - Yes, sir. 8:44 BRUNETTE - I closed it.8:44 BRUNETTE - Sorry8:45 RobertP - Cool, that is what MSNBC was showing. 8:45 BRUNETTE - It was in the way of the text. I panicked.8:45 BRUNETTE -


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8:45 Frank Eaton - I mean ISN'T totally neutered. My phone is correcting myspelling and dropping words.8:45 RobertP - Have you seen the new DSCC ad? Anyone? 8:45 Christopher - MSNBC discussed Kissell, AND hagan earlier today, and thenaired the Rocking Chairs ad. 8:45 BRUNETTE - Oh, I'm relieved to hear that, Frank.8:46 RobertP - Here comes new DSCC ad against Liddy Dole, OLD Liddy Dole. 8:46 [Video file] YouTube: 2cGl6l5o4c4 Play8:46 BRUNETTE - I'm watching young Jesse. He doesn't look like his Dad, otherthan being handsome, which his mother is, anyway. And he isn't imitating his Dad,though some patterns of speech are there8:46 Christopher - I don't think he's close with his father. 8:46 BRUNETTE - I hope this kid does well.8:47 BRUNETTE - CHRIS, well, I know they have had a tiff, and I hate that,because that's not a good thing for either of them.8:47 BRUNETTE - Oh wait, this last paragraph was very Jesse-esque.8:48 Frank Eaton - man, that's a great ad!8:48 BRUNETTE - I like to think his Dad is watching and is proud and that theyare not going to be estrranged for long even if they are estranged at the moment.

8:49 Christopher - I remember him blasting his pops during the Castration-gateordeal. 8:49 BRUNETTE - YAAAAAAY8:49 BRUNETTE - CHRIS, well, yes, that was unfortunate all around.8:49 Christopher - JOE B. in the house?! 8:50 BRUNETTE - Go young'un! Yeaaaaah!8:50 Christopher - This gets me way too hype about November. 8:53 Frank Eaton - that matt Damon ad is goofy.8:53 Christopher - MMMATT DDAAAAAAAMON* 8:54 Betsy -Our dancing delegates 8:54 Leslie H - woohoo!! NC! 8:54 Betsy - They just showed Joe Biden on the video screen and the crowd wentwild. Everyone is on their feet dancing and clapping to the music 8:55 Betsy - They just showedhim again. What a great smile!

8:55 Christopher - He's so money and he doesn't even realize it. 8:56 Leslie H - Chris -- I am not cool enough to understand what that means ....:-/ 8:56 Christopher - Haha, it means I should get out of the house more often. 8:56 Leslie H - But I love me some Biden!!! 8:57 Christopher - Where's Linda at?!?!?


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8:57 Frank Eaton - Ironically, worth only 150,000 dollars, Biden.8:57 Leslie H - Prolly dancin' somewhere ... hehe :) 8:58 Frank Eaton - so says Wolf Blitzer.8:58 Christopher - Almost half of what McCain pays for his Maids a year., whichis roughly 270,000. 8:58 Leslie H - ::::choke:::: 8:58 Christopher - Anyone familiar with why in the world people wear stupid hats? 8:59 Leslie H - Is that like one maid for each house? 8:59 Frank Eaton - maybe joe could pick up some weekend hours at the Mcains...8:59 Christopher - I think it was a rough estimate based on his tax filings 8:59 Leslie H - Joe ... shoot ... maybe I could pick up some weekend hours at theMcCains. lol 9:01 Christopher - Spike Lee! 9:01 BRUNETTE - Hot dayum, thar's Spike Lee9:01 Christopher - I adore that man. 9:02 Leslie H - LOL.... that would so freak me out ... to see my mug up on a20'x20' screen... 9:02 BRUNETTE - CHRIS well, he's wearing a funny kinda hat.9:02 BRUNETTE - Kinda9:02 [Comment From Andrew Rodgers]my question... is it time to have a funky good time?9:02 Christopher - Is there a history of wearing absurd hats at the convention? 9:02 BRUNETTE - CHRIS Well, if you must know, YES.9:02 BRUNETTE - Absolutely.9:03 BRUNETTE - Old people are especially prone.9:03 Christopher - Because? 9:03 BRUNETTE - Especially angry old women.9:03 gregflynn -I'd rather be sharing a beer with Obama than sharing a beer company with McCain. 9:03 BRUNETTE - But it serves a purpose.9:03 BRUNETTE - Greg amen9:03 Leslie H - greg ... no doubt!!

9:04 BRUNETTE - CHRIS because it's an old person's way of saying F*CK YOU, that'swhy. Well it's just the plain truth.9:04 Christopher - Apparantly, that's the only prerequisite for Presidency. 9:04 [Comment From Jammer]Anyone think the dems will tackle ending the war on drugs when Obama wins it?9:04 [Comment From Jake Goad]I think its mandatory, every 10th person is required or they get kicked out9:05 BRUNETTE - Ah Soul nourishment on this ad. Very cool.9:06 gregflynn -I have to be careful about "old" comments as I sit here with my progressive lenses


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looking up at TV and down at keyboard. 9:06 Christopher - I wonder how some of those hats clear security. 9:06 Christopher - Teddy K in the house! 9:07 gregflynn -Crowd passing around Kennedy signs. CNN saying he wants to speak but may nothave energy. Might get energized by reception. 9:08 Christopher - Kennedy to speak, according to CNN. 9:10 [Comment From Lele]He's speaking next IF his aides think he has the strength to do it.9:11 [Comment From Lele]Where is North Carolina? I see Vermont on CNN but no clue where NC is located.9:11 Christopher - According to Betsy, they're behind VA, just in that firstsection of stands. 9:11 Christopher - Stage-right, methinks. 9:12 Betsy - The code pinkers interrupting Pelosi at the symposium today 9:13 Betsy - North Carolina public radio is about to interview me. She isinterviewing Susan Burgess, Mayor Pro Tem of Charlotte right now. 9:14 BRUNETTE - Oh boy oh boy9:14 Leslie H - Awesome.

9:14 BRUNETTE - Betsy tell her we all said hi9:14 Christopher - Big Clinton backer, that'll be a good interview to catch. 9:15 BRUNETTE - CHRIS ok, did you see that weird hat on that young, brunettewhite guy?9:15 BRUNETTE - brown-haired, I should say.9:15 BRUNETTE - He looked Italian.9:15 Christopher - Yes, does that just mean he's a dick? 9:15 BRUNETTE - CHRIS NO!9:15 BRUNETTE - Chris it means that his wife promised something special if he'ddo it.9:15 Christopher - The guy sitting behind him begs to differ. 9:15 BRUNETTE - ha~9:15 BRUNETTE - Oh CAROLINE!9:16 Frank Eaton - Sweet Caroline...9:16 BRUNETTE - YAAAAAAAAY

9:16 Christopher - If i trekked all the way out to Denver and had to sit behindsome shmo with a chandalier on his head, I'd lose it. 9:16 BRUNETTE - She should have said "leaders like they", not "leaders likethem," but that's ok.9:16 gregflynn - If she dyed her hair red she'd look like a kinder gentlerMaureen Dowd9:16 Christopher - I kinda wanted to see an Obama/Kennedy ticket a la Cheney 9:16 BRUNETTE - CHRIS it was a bird, not a chandelier. Be real.9:17 Christopher - IT'S WHAT I SAID IT WAS. PLEASE CLOSE COMMENTING ON THIS


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ISSUE. 9:17 gregflynn - Chris, what do you have against parrot-heads?9:17 BRUNETTE - Ok, the thing is, that while I love, love, love her, she'sreading from a teleprompter9:17 Christopher - haha.

9:17 BRUNETTE - CHRIS LOL9:18 Christopher - Anyw agers on Uncle Teddy being more coherent than McLame? 9:19 gregflynn - I have a t-shirt from the Kennedy softball team via my brother-in-law who worked for him for a year on health policy. The team is called "TedSox".9:19 Betsy - My Jack Russell Terrier is more coherent than McCain 9:19 BRUNETTE - well, I just can't help it. I'm missing John John now.9:20 BRUNETTE - BETSY did you finish your interview?9:20 gregflynn - My Jack Daniels is more coherent than McCain9:20 Christopher - John Kerry! Why the long face? 9:20 BRUNETTE - CHRIS!9:20 Christopher - He's gonna jinx it. 9:20 BRUNETTE - Shame on you9:20 Leslie H - oooo... could you pass a round over here, greg? 9:21 Christopher - Jack Daniels and I aren't allowed to hang out anymore. 9:21 Leslie H - lol ... I don't wanna know, Chris ... 9:21 gregflynn - Leslie, sure. It's as simple as ABC.9:21 BRUNETTE - ya know, she reminds me of the old album, the spoof on theKennedys, "The First Family," and the Jackie characters's slow, laid back delivery

9:22 Leslie H - ha!!! 9:22 BRUNETTE - I loved that album. My sister and I listened to that before weeven understood what a parody was.9:23 BRUNETTE - Uh oh, they're gonna get to me with this kennedy thing. I didhave my upbringing ya know. Gonna get weepy ~9:23 Christopher - Bobby's still my favorite. 9:23 Christopher - But they're all wonderful 9:23 Leslie H - oh, God ... no Bru ... there is no weeping on CoveritLive

9:24 BRUNETTE - I wish I were with my parents right now. I'm sure they'rewatching. They reared their children with a reverence for this family9:24 BRUNETTE - Bought into the whole Camelot thing9:24 [Comment From Gordon Smith]So psyched you're using CoverItLive!9:24 BRUNETTE - LESLIE Bru' never actually weeps9:24 BRUNETTE -


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9:24 BRUNETTE - 'cept when I was really little and those people wouldn't letHeidi go back to her grandfather on the mountain.9:25 BRUNETTE - That was very upsetting.9:25 Gordon Smith - You on this thing, Betsy?9:25 Leslie H - I weep at ever'dangthing ...


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9:28 Gordon Smith - Schweet.9:29 Betsy - I'll try to find her. You wouldn't believe how crowded this is.I have an entire workspace under my seat.

9:29 BRUNETTE - YAAAAY TED!!!!!!!!!! BEautiful!9:29 Gordon Smith - Well, keep an eye out. She just loves me and Drama Queen.9:29 BRUNETTE -


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9:32 Christopher - Even I flinched on that one. 9:32 BRUNETTE - Well . . . I worry9:33 Christopher - I cannot believe this man. 9:33 BRUNETTE - YESSSIR!@!@!@!@!@!9:33 [Comment From Guest]I'm new at this, he does look great! It's good to see Maria in the stands.9:33 gregflynn - Bru, I have an Elaine May & Mike Nichols CD you need to listento.9:33 Andrew Rodgers - "a better country and a newer world"9:33 Christopher - She needs to be home kicking the shit out of her husband. 9:34 [Comment From lele]This is just wahat we need. I love the hype,9:34 RobertP - I wish Schwarzenegger had shown up.

9:34 BRUNETTE - And what is wonderful is how he makes this speech so lively -- soimmediate! he knows how to deliver9:34 gregflynn - Hope - it's not just a town in Arkansas9:34 BRUNETTE - Robert It would make his testicles recede. He couldn't risk it.9:34 BRUNETTE - OH TED!!!!9:35 Christopher - He's OLDER than McCain, folks.

9:35 RobertP - Wasn't that his line from the 1980 convention? 9:35 Gordon Smith - No one is older than McCain, Christopher.9:35 RobertP - Barely older than McCain.

9:35 Christopher - Haha. Touche Gordon. 9:35 BRUNETTE - Robert But lots fresher9:35 Christopher - McCain is older than the dirt he sleeps in. 9:35 Gordon Smith - O.K., y'all got me interested. I'm streaming Ted now.9:36 RobertP - This generation of speaker, nay, orator.... 9:36 Andrew Rodgers - "never be committed to a mistake... but a mission worthy oftheir bravery"9:36 BRUNETTE - My dog is crossing his legs, but we ain't goin' out on Ted'sspeech.9:36 Gordon Smith - McCain was James K. Polk's first choice for running mate.9:36 Christopher - Gordon, we can recreate it. Just drop the R's off the endsof words.

9:36 BRUNETTE - Gordon yes, a little known bit of trivia there, but absolutelytrue.9:36 RobertP - Okay, Gordon, dammit I don't want to laugh!!!! 9:37 RobertP - Polk, I'm still smiling. 9:37 BRUNETTE - This novembah . . .the torch will be passed again . . .9:37 Christopher - He settled on a "much younger" George M. Dallas 9:37 Gordon Smith - Well Googled, Christopher.9:37 RobertP - "The Dream Lives On"


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9:38 BRUNETTE - Yaaaaay Ted!!!!!9:38 gregflynn - What's that story about McCain and McAbel?9:38 Christopher - Haha. Busted. 9:38 BRUNETTE - HOWIE!9:38 Christopher - BUT HE WAS A POW OMG! 9:38 BRUNETTE - Greg LOL9:38 Gordon Smith - Ted is just killing 'em9:38 Andrew Rodgers - "still the one"... tell me they didn't plan that!9:38 Gordon Smith - lol @ greg9:39 BRUNETTE - Ok, gonna have to walk the dog now9:39 RobertP - Wasn't McCain the original 'John'? Back when it became the oldestprofession? 9:39 Gordon Smith - Is Michelle Obama next?9:39 Betsy - This is incredibly challenging. I can barely move and am trying todo video, still photos and blog 9:39 Christopher - I think she's slated for a little after 10pm EST 9:39 RobertP - "next" meaning hours later. 9:39 Gordon Smith - Arthur is 90 years old. He's played golf every day since hisretirement 25 years ago. One day he arrives home looking downcast. "That's it," hetells his wife. "I'm giving up golf. My eyesight has got so bad that once I've hitthe ball I couldn't see where it went." His wife sympathizes and makes him a cupof tea. As they sit down she says, "Why don't you take my brother with you andgive it one more try." "That's no good," sighs Arthur, "your brother's a hundredand three. He can't help." "He may be a hundred and three", says the wife, "buthis eyesight is perfect." So the next day Arthur heads off to the golf course withhis brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing and squints down thefairway. He turns to the brother-in-law. "Did you see the ball?" "Of course Idid!" replied the brother-in-law. "I have perfect eyesight". "Where did it go?"says Arthur. "I don't remember."9:40 Gordon Smith - Oops.9:40 Gordon Smith - Ignore that... er...9:40 gregflynn -RobertP I don't know about the original "John" but he is guilty of original"Cindy" 9:40 RobertP - HA!

9:41 Gordon Smith - Is Kool and the Gang there doing "Celebration"?9:41 Betsy - No...it's the "House" band

9:41 gregflynn - Gordon, it sounds like Lawrence Welk from here.9:42 Christopher - If we lose in November, it's solely based on our terribledancing and shitty hats. 9:42 RobertP - Kennedy was part of the old guard that fought each other, butdrank together every night. They didn't hate each other. 9:42 RobertP - Hey, Graig has on a shitty hat, be careful!!!! 9:42 Andrew Rodgers - i think by day three it's going to take a lot more than a


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little kool and the gang to get delegates to dance between speeches.9:42 Betsy - No...the hats are awesome.....they really are. 9:42 Gordon Smith - Is it hot in there, Betsy?9:42 gregflynn - Graig is tall enough. He doesn't need a hat.9:43 Christopher - whoever's seated behind him is losing it. 9:43 RobertP - I think that is his plan, big hat, big guy, dressed as Uncle Sam.Should get lots of TV time. 9:43 gregflynn - John McCain has only one hat, but he doesn't know which househe left it in.9:43 RobertP - Betsy, I'm now officially jealous. Did I mention to smack AaronMeyers in the face? 9:44 Gordon Smith - John McCain's hat has three corners.9:44 RobertP - Not true, John McCain has a bowler and a coon skin hat. 9:44 Betsy - No. Thank goodness it isn't hot. I'm so crowded I'm 'bout topush someone's fanny out of my face. 9:44 RobertP - OH!That was better! Gordon! 9:45 RobertP - Betsy, you know you could UStream and we could watch and chat atthe same time. : ) 9:45 Betsy - Robert, wait until I post pictures from the concert last night.

9:45 Christopher - I wish this chat was open every night. I could SO watch Lostwith you freaks. 9:46 Betsy - I don't know if I have enough bandwidth. I can try. I also maynot have enough room on the power cord. Also, I have no space to set up mytripod. When I said I was crowded, I meant it. 9:47 RobertP - Heroes, I've gotten addicted thanks to Netflix instant watching. 9:47 gregflynn - Oops, loosing battery. Got to juice up.9:47 Christopher - The ketchup lady! 9:49 gregflynn - I'd rather hear from Teresa9:51 Christopher - "Federal authorities have scheduled a press conference forTuesday afternoon amid reports that a fortunate traffic stop by Aurora Police mayhave disrupted an assassination attempt against Barack Obama." 9:52 Christopher - via Denver Post

9:53 Gordon Smith - There's a guy telling me that some protesters are beinggassed in a Denver City Park. I've got no confirmation, but he's normally a veryreliable source.9:53 James - Man, it seems like the crazies are coming out. (Not you guys, theOTHER crazies.)9:53 Christopher - I could see that. 9:54 Gordon Smith - There's a group of protesters there calling themselvesRecreate '68.

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9:55 Christopher - What's this petition shenanigans? 9:55 James - Ah yes. 68. The year they shaved my head. The year of neverendingpushups. That was exactly how I got radicalized, so to speak.9:55 Christopher - If anyone can catch Fox News' coverage of yesterdays Recreate'68 march, please do. It's comedic gold. 9:55 BRUNETTE - It has to be rough for the Jerry Kellmans, 'cause the mumbling ofthe crowd is fairly loud and he knows they're just a-waitin'.9:56 Betsy - My first tornado. Was about a mile away and yes, everyone pulledover to take pictures. Saw it on the way to the concert last night.

9:56 James - Damn, Dorothy.9:56 BRUNETTE - CHRIS ya want Comedic Gold? Have you been blogging anonymously onTAP? hmm? 'cause I heard that expression applied to poor old Paul Terrell quiterecently .9:56 BRUNETTE - Betsy YIKES9:56 Gordon Smith - Some folks here in Buncombe County vandalized the Party HQlast night in "solidarity" with some folks out in Denver.9:57 Gordon Smith - BIG YIKES, BETSY!9:57 James - Were you skeered?9:57 BRUNETTE - Gordon Interesting concept.9:57 Betsy - Maybe I need to click my heels three times. 9:57 Gordon Smith - http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=59389:57 gregflynn - McCain email calling for donation surge before September 1stand, also pumping up convention bump expectations by comparing to a Clinton 16point bump in 1992 so they can trash anything less.9:57 BRUNETTE - I'm still impressed by the one in the movie -- even knowing itwas just nylon hose -- STILL SCARY9:57 Christopher - Granola makes people do funny things, Gord. 9:58 Gordon Smith - McCain is asking for people to send dubloons and sixpence9:58 BRUNETTE - Gordon lol9:58 Christopher - If anyone's packin the Disk Network, they have full HDcoverage of the DNC on ch. 211. 9:58 James - Ha. Sixloons and dubpence is more like it.9:59 Betsy - No, I wasn't skeered. I pulled over and jumped outta my car sofast. The road was lined with idiots just like me. 10:00 Gordon Smith - ABC Coverage of the convention just came on. I'm workingwith rabbit ears here.10:01 Betsy - Tom Harkin is on now. It's almost impossible to take pictures.

Spike Lee just passed by. He's really, really short. 10:03 gregflynn - The correct procedure in that situation Besty is for groups often people to line up like pins at a bowing alley facing the tornado.10:03 Gordon Smith - Gotta run, y'all. Let's do this every night this week, yes?

10:04 gregflynn - Republican Jim Leach (R) Iowa10:05 Betsy - Congressman Mel Watt and Congressman David Price are around me.Watt sitting behind and Price standing beside. Miller is several rows up. Hedidn't dance to the music, but he at least stood and enjoyed it.


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10:05 Betsy - We are going to do this every night. See you later, Gordoon. 10:06 Betsy - Gordon. We were lined up, trust me. There were more likehundreds of us llined up. I just chided Congressman Watt to move his hand fromhis face so I could get a picture. 10:12 Leslie H - ok .. no disrespect meant , I'm loving all this, really, butwhere is Michelle? My coach is getting close to turning back into a punkin. 10:24 Leslie H - McCaskill rocks. 10:26 BRUNETTE - LESLIE same here, but any minute now . . .10:26 Leslie H - awww ... Mom is going to talk ... tissues ...

10:27 [Comment From Betsy]Internet is screwy10:28 Christopher - How's things, folks? 10:28 Leslie H - awesome! 10:29 Christopher - Michelle Obama is an awesome awesome woman. 10:29 Leslie H - Indeed. 10:32 [Comment From Sam S]Hey guys, hope everyone's well10:32 Christopher - SAM! 10:32 Leslie H - Hey Sam! 10:33 Sam S - Ah, sorry this isnt Sam Spencer haha... different Sam10:33 Christopher - Oh, even better! 10:33 Christopher - Nice to meet you. 10:33 Leslie H - lol ... ok, well, hey different Sam!! 10:33 Sam S - Just to confuse things, its Sam Spence... and Im also fromCharlotte haha10:33 Leslie H - cool.

10:33 Christopher - Oh boy. Now I need a map. 10:34 Sam S - It's a quaint little place10:35 Christopher - Haha. I've heard things.

10:36 BRUNETTE - Here we go.

10:36 Sam Spence - Obama's behind the scenes email was good today10:37 BRUNETTE - I love this woman10:37 Christopher - I didn;t have a chance to check it out yet. 10:37 Christopher - SHe's so classy.

10:37 [Comment From Lanya]Hi BlueNCers10:37 Christopher - Hey Lanya 10:38 BRUNETTE - Dang, her brother is 6'6"?


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10:38 BRUNETTE - THAT is tall.10:38 Christopher - Biden's got some gangster cufflinks. 10:39 Sam Spence - yea he was much bigger than K couric haha10:39 Christopher - I'm jealous. 10:39 BRUNETTE - CHRIS he's a toughie.10:39 BRUNETTE - I can just barely begin to imagine what this must mean to herMom to be sitting there.10:39 Sam Spence - you can see it in her face10:40 Leslie H - I love y'all, but I gotta go ... see you tomorrow night! 10:40 BRUNETTE - Dang it, she's already working on the tear jerks! Stoppit!10:40 Christopher - All the talk of the teleprompter. Has she even looked atit? 10:40 BRUNETTE - She absolutely rocks.10:40 Christopher - Adios Leslie! 10:40 Sam Spence - shes better than barack10:40 BRUNETTE - And I'm going to bail, also, and watch this in bed.10:40 Sam Spence - (with the teleprompter)10:40 BRUNETTE - SAM I think so. He's good, but she's even better.10:41 Christopher - Her mom looks like she's all business. 10:41 BRUNETTE - Toodles all10:41 Christopher - Adios Bru! 10:42 Christopher - John McCain informed Leno that his social security number is8. 10:42 Sam Spence - ohh johnnnn10:42 Christopher - Terrible jokes. 10:43 Christopher - What congressional district are you in Sam? 10:44 Sam Spence - right now im a proud resident of the district of columbia...10:44 Sam Spence - but my voter registration says NC 910:44 Frank Eaton - Damn she's good at this.10:44 Christopher - Oh alright. Good stuff. 10:44 Christopher - She's butter, Frankie. 10:45 Sam Spence - she's got a lot of energy... looks like shes running onadrenaline10:46 Sam Spence - there we go10:46 Sam Spence - YAHTZEE

10:46 Frank Eaton - Unbelievable.10:46 Christopher - Biden looks like a Soprano's extra tonight. I love him. 10:46 Sam Spence - haha im glad hes there10:47 Sam Spence - that made up for the "ashamed" comment10:47 Christopher - This is truly remarkable. 10:47 Christopher - That's what I was thinking. 10:48 Christopher - Let's see Morning Joe run with THAT soundbyte.


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10:48 Sam Spence - haha I love morning Joe but they do run with it10:49 Christopher - Mental Healthcare?! What's that. 10:49 Sam Spence - they definitely had her make sure she said everything tonight.she could have finished 5 minutes ago10:49 Sam Spence - (for the republicans)10:50 Sam Spence - after this, i doubt she'll have a down day for the next 3months10:50 Frank Eaton - can't wait for Cindy McCain's speech.10:50 Sam Spence - i hope not, anyway10:50 Sam Spence - HA!10:50 Christopher - hahaha. 10:50 Christopher - They're charing her batteries now. 10:50 Christopher - charging* 10:52 Sam Spence - the daughter stories will do it everytime10:52 Christopher - Yeah man. 10:52 Christopher - the true test if PUMA's have heart is right here 10:53 Sam Spence - here we go10:53 Sam Spence - nailed the landing10:54 Christopher - She's stellar. 10:54 Sam Spence - man it takes guts to stand on a stage that big by yourself10:54 Christopher - Parade out the kids! yes. 10:55 Frank Eaton - best first lady ever.10:55 Sam Spence - thats no joke10:55 Christopher - Move over, Elenor Roosevelt. 10:55 Christopher - or something. 10:55 Lanya - wow, she hit that one out of the park10:56 Christopher - This is awesome. 10:56 Sam Spence - haha thats a nice surprise10:57 Sam Spence - that was interesting haha10:58 Christopher - They're gonna demonize the interrupting child. 10:59 Christopher - I'd love to see the RNC try to top this. 10:59 Sam Spence - theyll get more of an emotional response from the protestersin st paul than the GOPers11:02 Christopher - There's no way to deny the importance of tonight's speech.

11:02 Christopher - I'm anxious to hear how the MSM spins it. 11:02 Sam Spence - tomorrow night will be big too11:03 Christopher - Cindy McCain is on her way to Georgia to "assess thecasualties." 11:04 Lanya - i want to hear from betsy and graig! you know she was even moremoving in person. it's probably chaotic there now, but i hope they'll chime in andsay good night.11:05 Christopher - Hopefully, I know Betsy was saying they were having some


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internet difficulties. Hopefully they return. 11:07 Lanya - you've probably already discussed this, but can anyone tell me theoptions for watching coverage online? i don't have tv. i've been watchingcspan.org. what other options are there?11:08 Sam Spence - cbs news is having a live post-coverage webcast right now withcouric, trippi, and dan bartlett http://tinyurl.com/54pu4a11:08 Christopher - msnbc has a livefeed. 11:08 Christopher - I can't get enough Olbermann, however. 11:10 Lanya - msnbc link?11:12 Christopher - lemme find it. I'm not sure if theyre rolling it throughthe post coverage

11:12 Sam Spence - http://www.cnn.com/live/ always has stuff11:12 gregflynn - CNN has a live feed but you need to download a plug-in andrestart browser11:13 Christopher - Hey Bob, I got this great idea, see. We ll get these little gals on stage in their dresses or whatever kids wear these days, then we ll give the damn wife a microphone, and we ll put their runaway father on the big screen from Missouri, with his ADOPTIVE WHITE FAMILY, the GIRARDOS or something. Then thewife will give the mic to the kids, and they ll interrupt him with, you know, kid shit or whatever, and it ll be cute, people ll love it, won t be awkward. 11:13 Christopher - via Wonkette.com 11:14 Sam Spence - anything from perez?11:14 Sam Spence - just kidding:)11:14 Christopher - haha. 11:21 Christopher - Someones in the background on MSNBC right now holding a"BRING BACK CRYSTAL PEPSI" sign. 11:21 Christopher - right on, brother. 11:21 Sam Spence - thats what im sayin11:22 Christopher - i miss that mystery elixir. 11:24 [Comment From Linda]The true elixir of life is diet pepsi max, my friends.11:24 Christopher - you and your aspertame. 11:25 Sam Spence - only in lab rats... only in lab rats11:25 Linda - It's like crack. I can't give it up.11:25 Christopher - or whatever the hell they put in diet soda these days.

11:25 Linda - ginseng and caffiene11:25 Linda - How are you Sam?11:25 Sam Spence - (thats what i keep telling myself...) *drinks a sip of cokezero*11:25 Christopher - Sounds safe. 11:25 Linda - haven't seen you around11:25 Linda - Did you guys watch Michelle Obama?11:25 Christopher - Oh, we watched it all.


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11:32 Sam Spence - I interned there last Summer11:33 Linda - yeah?11:33 Christopher - I'm a Kucinch guy. 11:33 Linda - Kucinich is either an evil genius or a leprechaun for peace.11:33 Linda - I can't figure it out11:33 Christopher - I'm merely alien hunting. 11:33 Sam Spence - got your tin hat?11:34 Linda - Christopher, did you get the video I sent you on facebook?11:34 Christopher - I have assorted shapes and sizes 11:34 Christopher - I did, I havent had a chance to catch it yet. 11:34 Christopher - I was hanging out with my mom and then WHAMMY it wasconvention time. 11:34 Linda - all convention, all the time.11:35 Linda - well, check it before you retire this evening.11:35 Linda - I think you will appreciate it.11:35 Christopher - I know i will 11:35 Linda - I've gotta go to bed.11:35 Christopher - It's kind of like saving your last christmas present 11:36 Linda - haha11:36 Christopher - i have ONE thing youlll like 11:36 Sam Spence - haha11:36 Christopher - from wonkettes liveblog of Michelles speech... 11:36 Christopher - Hey Bob, I got this great idea, see. We ll get these little gals on stage in their dresses or whatever kids wear these days, then we ll give the damn wife a microphone, and we ll put their runaway father on the big screen from Missouri, with his ADOPTIVE WHITE FAMILY, the GIRARDOS or something. Then thewife will give the mic to the kids, and they ll interrupt him with, you know, kid shit or whatever, and it ll be cute, people ll love it, won t be awkward. 11:36 Christopher - i KNOW you'll enjoy that.

11:37 Linda - haha -11:37 Linda - I love wonkette11:37 Christopher - its glorious 11:37 Linda - snark to end all snark.11:37 Linda - except of course, for her

11:37 Christopher - Night, buddy. 11:37 Linda - here.11:37 Linda - good night christopher11:37 Linda - nice meeting you sam spence with no r11:38 Sam Spence - haha, good seeing you11:38 Christopher - A woman had a toddler on the convention floor 11:38 Christopher - how does one pull that off? 11:39 Sam Spence - must have snuck it through security


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