Democratic Party Convention General Thread

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estesbob said:
The RNC had a large public display of flags physically on the stage from day one. The DNC didn’t have one until they were shamed into it.
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Because there were so many flags at the Republican convention last week, Americans were on the verge of a flag overdose. So the Democrats were just concerned about the health of the American public.
 
Tonight’s schedule includes:

Jamie Dorff, whose husband was Patrick Dorff, an Army helicopter pilot from Minnesota who died while on a search and rescue mission in northern Iraq. As a senator, Hillary Clinton worked with Republicans and Democrats to increase the gratuity paid to family members of fallen veterans from $12,000 to $100,000.

Former Governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley

Erica Smegielski, whose mother was the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was gunned down trying to protect the young children at her school.

Former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey

Felicia Sanders & Polly Sheppard, survivors of the Mother Emanuel Church shooting in Charleston, SC.

Gabby Giffords and her husband, Ret US Navy Captain Mark Kelly. Gabby Giffords, a congresswoman at the time, was shot in the head outside a grocery store in AZ during a Q&A gathering with her constituents.

Rear Admiral John Hutson

Former Congressman and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown

Dr Jill Biden

The Vice President of the United States Joe Biden

Michael Bloomberg

The 2016 Vice Presidential nominee, Tim Kaine

The President of the United States Barack Obama

Reverand Gabriel Salguero, who along with his wife are co-leading pastors of the multicultural Lamb’s Church of the Nazarene in New York City, and he the founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, will give the benediction.
 
Sy_Noe said:
Tonight’s schedule includes:

Jamie Dorff, whose husband was Patrick Dorff, an Army helicopter pilot from Minnesota who died while on a search and rescue mission in northern Iraq. As a senator, Hillary Clinton worked with Republicans and Democrats to increase the gratuity paid to family members of fallen veterans from $12,000 to $100,000.

Former Governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley

Erica Smegielski, whose mother was the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was gunned down trying to protect the young children at her school.

Former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey

Felicia Sanders & Polly Sheppard, survivors of the Mother Emanuel Church shooting in Charleston, SC.

Gabby Giffords and her husband, Ret US Navy Captain Mark Kelly. Gabby Giffords, a congresswoman at the time, was shot in the head outside a grocery store in AZ during a Q&A gathering with her constituents.

Rear Admiral John Hutson

Former Congressman and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown

Dr Jill Biden

The Vice President of the United States Joe Biden

Michael Bloomberg

The 2016 Vice Presidential nominee, Tim Kaine

The President of the United States Barack Obama

Reverand Gabriel Salguero, who along with his wife are co-leading pastors of the multicultural Lamb’s Church of the Nazarene in New York City, and he the founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, will give the benediction.
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That is quite a lineup!
 
gracepoole said:
People whose marriages survive infidelities should disappear?
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I realized long ago that staying with a cheating spouse is a generational thing. After Monica Lewinsky, my mother kept saying, “After they get out of the White House, Hillary is going to leave Bill. She will never stay with with him.” After hearing that for the 85th time, I asked her “Why do you say that? You stayed with YOUR serial cheater.” She never talked about HRC’s marriage again. My father was a true serial cheater. But my mother took her Catholic marriage vows seriously. That was HER choice.

If she were alive and part of this generation, I doubt that she would have even married my father. She would have “evolved” like most other women. I know for myself, I vowed early on never to tolerate a cheater. That was MY choice.

It is better to be alone, than to wish you were.
 
DeniseNY said:
You missed my post yesterday or the day before where I admitted that I volunteered for Bill’s first presidential campaign. My leanings were quite different then!
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No,I saw that,I got your response was tongue in cheek,my response was more at the thought of BC back n the WH! :eek:
 
meltzerboy said:
Bill Clinton had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery. He also has a slight tremor in his hands. But you are right: he is still a great speaker, combining a folksy style and an ability to use details to synthesize themes. I think only Clinton could have pulled off that kind of speech, given his infidelity to his wife. It felt to me like he was walking a tightrope yet he somehow managed not to fall off, and, in the latter part of the speech, he pulled it all together by focusing on the themes of “the real Hillary” and “the change maker.” He emphasized the notion that Hillary does not represent the status quo. Whether any of it, including the family details, is true is another matter.
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On that we can agree.
 
The Electoral College still heavily favors Clinton:

frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2016.html

And that isn’t taking into account the bounce she will receive from this weeks convention.

The networks have a vested interest in promoting the idea that this will be a very tight race, as that means they will have more viewers watching to see the latest campaign news. However, I’ve said all along that the Electoral College heavily favors the Democratic candidate, and that Clinton will win by a surprisingly large margin.
 
Mulligan2 said:
The Electoral College still heavily favors Clinton:

frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2016.html

And that isn’t taking into account the bounce she will receive from this weeks convention.

The networks have a vested interest in promoting the idea that this will be a very tight race, as that means they will have more viewers watching to see the latest campaign news. However, I’ve said all along that the Electoral College heavily favors the Democratic candidate, and that Clinton will win by a surprisingly large margin.
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Yes. I agree the media has an interest in making it sound close. I just did a map before seeing your post. Hillary Clinton can hold from 2012, VA, a state which Tim Kaine has been both governor and senator of, and hold FL, CO, NV, states with a rather large number of Latinos. The campaign actually just pulled ads from CO due to her sizeable lead there.

Then even if Donald Trump were to flip OH and PA and also hold NC from 2012, he would still need to flip IA, NH, and then MI, and with all that, would just hit 270.

Possible, sure. I just gave a scenario to barely reach 270 for Trump. But it still seems Trump needs an almost perfect run in what still looks to be an uphill climb.
 
Sy_Noe said:
Yes. I just did a map. Hillary Clinton can hold from 2012, VA, a state which Tim Kaine has been both governor and senator of, and hold FL, CO, NV, states with a rather large number of Latinos. The campaign actually just pulled ads from CO due to her sizeable lead there.

Then even if Donald Trump were to flip OH and PA and also hold NC from 2012, he would still need to flip IA, NH, and then MI, and with all that, would just hit 270.
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I think the most important group for Donald Trump to secure is blue-collar workers. Hillary’s stand on energy and coal, in particular, as well as her trade policy, makes her vulnerable in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Florida is not a sure bet either since the Latino population is largely Cuban and more conservative. Even South Florida, with a heavy Jewish population, will likely split their vote between Clinton and Trump.
 
meltzerboy said:
I think the most important group for Donald Trump to secure is blue-collar workers. Hillary’s stand on energy and coal, in particular, as well as her trade policy, makes her vulnerable in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Florida is not a sure bet either since the Latino population is largely Cuban and more conservative. Even South Florida, with a heavy Jewish population, will likely split their vote between Clinton and Trump.
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Ill tell you when i realized Hillary was in trouble. i went by a union construction site and saw workers wearing Donald trump shirts!

I assume the DNC didn’t help Hillary with Jewish voters by referring the Holocaust as a Jewish Holiday!
 
estesbob said:
Ill tell you when i realized Hillary was in trouble. i went by a union construction site and saw workers wearing Donald trump shirts!

I assume the DNC didn’t help Hillary with Jewish voters by referring the Holocaust as a Jewish Holiday!
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I agree. Hillary is in trouble. So is Trump. And so is our country.
 
Sy_Noe said:
Tonight’s schedule includes:

Jamie Dorff, whose husband was Patrick Dorff, an Army helicopter pilot from Minnesota who died while on a search and rescue mission in northern Iraq. As a senator, Hillary Clinton worked with Republicans and Democrats to increase the gratuity paid to family members of fallen veterans from $12,000 to $100,000.

Former Governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley

Erica Smegielski, whose mother was the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was gunned down trying to protect the young children at her school.

Former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey

Felicia Sanders & Polly Sheppard, survivors of the Mother Emanuel Church shooting in Charleston, SC.

Gabby Giffords and her husband, Ret US Navy Captain Mark Kelly. Gabby Giffords, a congresswoman at the time, was shot in the head outside a grocery store in AZ during a Q&A gathering with her constituents.

Rear Admiral John Hutson

Former Congressman and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown

Dr Jill Biden

The Vice President of the United States Joe Biden

Michael Bloomberg

The 2016 Vice Presidential nominee, Tim Kaine

The President of the United States Barack Obama

Reverand Gabriel Salguero, who along with his wife are co-leading pastors of the multicultural Lamb’s Church of the Nazarene in New York City, and he the founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, will give the benediction.
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Thanks for the TV guide I think the cooking shows on Create TV will be more informative.
 
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