Democratic Party Convention General Thread

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7_Sorrows said:
I actually think she is trying to undo the damage when she said “for the first time I am proud of my country” 8 years ago. Obama took every chance he could to take a swipe at America.
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There was no damage to undo. Most intelligent people understood what she meant with that previous comment. Those who didn’t, were just upset with them being in the White House.
 
Mulligan2 said:
What a fantastic opening night for the Democratic Party Convention. 🙂

The great speeches - one right after the other - Senator Booker, First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Warren, and Senator Sanders. 👍
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Everyone please tag this type of post when any completely one-sided poster tries to convince you that they are neither Democrat or Republican… That claim hardly makes for honest debate.

There is no shame in admitting to having a bias or preference, so I don’t know why some folks pretend otherwise.
 
ATeNumquam said:
Now, the thing that gets me, and I say it as a non-American, is why can’t many Americans see the truth of this?

It AIN’T broke, and Trump by saying that he can fix it and make it great is simply fear-mongering and appealing to the worst side of human nature.
I can’t see a lot of difference between his tactics and those of Hitler, except that in fact Germany really WAS] down and out after WWI and the German people were humiliated and despairing for their country.
I really fear for America if Trump is elected. His isolationist policies aren’t going to help “make America great again”. And he’s not temperamentally fit for the role, has zero “gravitas” which a POTUS surely should have, and may even make the US a laughing stock.
This is not really belonging to this thread, I guess…
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Thank you for the bolded caveat. It explains the rest of the post, and the umpteenth Hitler comparison by a non-American who wasn’t around to experience Hitler at all.

Your perspective is simply too different from ours, and you refer to “truth” as though we are talking about transubstantiation or something.

“It AIN’T broke” is the opinion of a poster from New Zealand, hardly truth, which is why people can’t see any of it…:rolleyes:
 
Thorolfr said:
Michelle Obama’s speech was outstanding. I especially liked it when she said, “Don’t let anyone tell you that our country isn’t great, that we need to make it great again… This is the greatest country on Earth.” And when she said that we don’t want someone “thin-skinned with a tendency to lash out” in charge of our nation’s military, we all knew who she was talking about and she didn’t have to name Donald Trump by name even once.

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She didn’t believe that eight years ago.

“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country … not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change,” she said. “I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment.”
 
estesbob said:
She didn’t believe that eight years ago.

“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country … not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change,” she said. “I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment.”
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Additionally, she characterized America as “downright mean”. So, perhaps she likes a “mean country”. Certainly this administration has made it a lot “meaner” than it was before Obama took office. Shootings of Police alone are sufficient to tell you that.
 
estesbob said:
She didn’t believe that eight years ago.

“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country … not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change,” she said. “I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment.”
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She’s proud that people are feeling frustrated and disappointed? :confused:
 
ATeNumquam said:
Now, the thing that gets me, and I say it as a non-American, is why can’t many Americans see the truth of this?

It AIN’T broke, and Trump by saying that he can fix it and make it great is simply fear-mongering and appealing to the worst side of human nature.
I can’t see a lot of difference between his tactics and those of Hitler, except that in fact Germany really WAS] down and out after WWI and the German people were humiliated and despairing for their country.
I really fear for America if Trump is elected. His isolationist policies aren’t going to help “make America great again”. And he’s not temperamentally fit for the role, has zero “gravitas” which a POTUS surely should have, and may even make the US a laughing stock.
This is not really belonging to this thread, I guess…
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The Dems claim it’s broke when a Repub has been in the white house and they are trying it get it back. Both parties say it’s broke at different times.
 
I am a bit confused as to how Democrats are praising both Bernie’s and Michelle’s speeches since they said the exact opposite things about the state of the country
 
Amazing that so called Catholics can support a person and party that supports abortion, amazing.

Regarding the convention, why do they need a fence around it? What are they scared of?
 
Thorolfr said:
Michelle Obama’s speech was outstanding. I especially liked it when she said, “Don’t let anyone tell you that our country isn’t great, that we need to make it great again… This is the greatest country on Earth.” And when she said that we don’t want someone “thin-skinned with a tendency to lash out” in charge of our nation’s military, we all knew who she was talking about and she didn’t have to name Donald Trump by name even once.

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Oh,I would have thought she was referring to her own Hubble,No one more thin skinned or prickly than he!:rolleyes:
 
Glenn Beck (a Trump hater) is raving about what a great night the democrats bad last night and how great the speeches and videos were.
 
Sy_Noe said:
Can you be more specific on how she thinks she is like royalty?
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her parents see themselves as royalty and they have made sure she carries on. the photo ops when she leaves the hospital with her babies are set up to imitate the photos when Princess Diana or Kate have left the hospital with their babies. the doctors and nurses are waving, Hillary and Bill smiling. she is part of the Clinton foundation.
 
jcwit said:
Amazing that so called Catholics can support a person and party that supports abortion, amazing.

Regarding the convention, why do they need a fence around it? What are they scared of?
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8 foot fence outside the arena and another fence around the stage inside. Unbelievable.
 
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