Democratic Party Convention General Thread

[gracepoole]

I’d venture to say that God isn’t particularly pushing for the first woman president. We’ve already got the most powerful female in the world, more powerful than all mortals put together.

I’ve thought of this parody of Joan of Arc so many times recently…

youtube.com/watch?v=7ADTtS8vd38

 

[Expatreprocedit]

I’d venture to say that God isn’t particularly pushing for the first woman president. We’ve already got the most powerful female in the world, more powerful than all mortals put together.

More powerful than all other mortals put together.

 

[Marie5890]

I’d venture to say that God isn’t particularly pushing for the first woman president. We’ve already got the most powerful female in the world, more powerful than all mortals put together.

God isn’t pushing for either.

He is leaving the choice up to us. It’s called free will.

 

[Tablefor9]

From this…

http://a5.files.xojane.com/image/up...r_1.0,q_80,w_620/MTI0ODkxMzI4MTE4MTAxMjY2.jpg

to Hillary. God will give the victory.

http://www.northjersey.com/polopoly...atic-presidential-nominee-hillary-clinton.jpg

Blech. May God, who knows all things, give us what we need, not what we deserve, and for that which we are about to receive, make us truly grateful.

 

[ComplineSanFran]

Regardless of politics and ideology, it really is an historic night. The women who fought for suffrage are dancing in heaven.

 

[Thorolfr]

I liked her quote from Donald Trump: “I know more about ISIS than the generals do”. I know that Donald Trump thinks a lot of his knowledge that he apparently gets somehow by not even having to read any books or study, but this statement of his is a little bit silly if he thinks that he could make decisions as president like this.

 

[Songcatcher]

Regardless of politics and ideology, it really is an historic night. The women who fought for suffrage are dancing in heaven.

Good speech. Great night! Congratulations to the Democratic Party for putting on a fantastic convention.

 

[Thorolfr]

Good speech. Great night! Congratulations to the Democratic Party for putting on a fantastic convention.

Another good thing she pointed out in her speech out is that Donald Trump could help make America great again if his companies actually made things in America instead of Mexico, Turkey, China, etc.

 

[meltzerboy]

Another good thing she pointed out in her speech out is that Donald Trump could help make America great again if his companies actually made things in America instead of Mexico, Turkey, China, etc.

Sen. Sherrod Brown said the same thing earlier in the day; however, I agree it was a good point for Hillary to make.

I thought Hillary’s speech was very good (for her) on the whole. She is not by nature an inspiring speaker in the way Obama is. However, she did what she had to do and brought the DNC to a hopeful conclusion.

Now the debates!

 

[Sy_Noe]

So they stuck them back of the bus.

Not exactly. They stuck them on the climactic night when Hillary Clinton accepted the nomination

 

[Sy_Noe]

was she referring to Bill’s speech?

If she was, Bill isn’t running for President.

 

[Sy_Noe]

I agree. I watched the Republican convention and now I’m watching the Democratic convention.

I agree too.

 

[Marie5890]

Sen. Sherrod Brown said the same thing earlier in the day; however, I agree it was a good point for Hillary to make.

I thought Hillary’s speech was very good (for her) on the whole. She is not by nature an inspiring speaker in the way Obama is. However, she did what she had to do and brought the DNC to a hopeful conclusion.

Now the debates!

Agree completely on all points.

 

[Sy_Noe]

Trump says he wants to hit DNC speakers. Is it just me who thinks it’s weird that he doesn’t know how to express himself without threats of violence?

No it’s not just you.

 

[Marie5890]

I agree. I watched the Republican convention and now I’m watching the Democratic convention.

Same here. If one has a choice to make, one should do due diligence in researching the options.

 

[Sy_Noe]

Very, very proud of our country tonight.

 

[Songcatcher]

Well the reviews coming in from conservatives on Twitter say it all:

Ron Fournier (conservative writer)
@ron_fournier

Well done, @realDonaldTrump. You made Democrats a party of sunny patriotism and values.
You sure @billclinton didn’t ask you to run?

Jonah Goldberg

@JonahNRO

Why this convention is better: It’s about loving America. GOP convention was about loving Trump. If you didn’t love Trump, it offered nada.

Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie

Do you know how old I am? Old enough to remember when speeches like this would’ve been given at GOP convention… Not Dem one. Brutal.

Rich Galen @richgalen (press secretary for Dick Cheney)

How can it be that I am standing at my kitchen counter sobbing because of the messages being driven at the DNC? Where has the GOP gone?

 

[ThinkingSapien]

Bill doesn’t look very good.

People that I know that have heart surgery tend to look a bit different afterwards.
Wiki:

On September 2, 2004, while campaigning for Kerry, Clinton had an episode of angina and was evaluated at Northern Westchester Hospital. It was determined he did not suffer a coronary infarction, and he was sent home, returning the following day for angiography, which disclosed multiple vessel coronary artery disease. He was transferred to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, where he underwent a successful on-pump quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery on September 6, 2004. The medical team stated, had he not had surgery, he would have likely suffered a massive heart attack within a few months.[30] As a complication of his heart surgery, Clinton underwent a follow-up surgery on March 10, 2005 for a left pleural effusion, removing scar tissue and fluid from his left chest cavity.

 

[ComplineSanFran]

Trump says he wants to hit DNC speakers. Is it just me who thinks it’s weird that he doesn’t know how to express himself without threats of violence?

I also am concerned that he reacts in this way. Will it be the same if he is meeting with world leaders? Angela Merkel wouldn’t be so pleased, I would imagine. You think Elizabeth Warren gets under his skin; wait until he deals with the German leader.

Anyway, this is what he said when responding to speakers at the DNC convention:

Donald Trump, after hearing speeches at the Democratic convention this week, said Thursday he wanted to “hit a number of those speakers so hard, their heads would spin.”

“They’d never recover,” he said.

“I was going to hit one guy in particular, a very little guy,” Trump said to laughs at a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa. “I was going to hit this guy so hard his head would spin, he wouldn’t know what the hell happened.”

So why hitting? I truly don’t understand.

 

[Sy_Noe]

Regardless of politics and ideology, it really is an historic night. The women who fought for suffrage are dancing in heaven.

My mother was born in the year women were given the right to vote. Failing in her health, I recall telling her the night President Obama was elected. Tonight, with a tear in his eye, her son looked upward. I know my sister and her daughter were so proud of this moment. I wish my mother could have seen it but was so glad my older sister could see this historic night in her lifetime. To all the women on CAF for who tonight meant so much, I congratulate and salute you.