Platform Committee on C-Span 1 Live [UPDATE: Proud Military Mom Calls Me]
By NoQuarter on August 9, 2008 at 9:11 AM in Current Affairs, Democratic Platform
Deval Patrick is speaking now. The meeting is moving along. STAY TUNED FOR OUR AMENDMENTS TO BE INTRODUCED. (Not all were subitted by 5 p.m. Friday, as required, but many of the most important did. But I can’t say too much at the moment. Watch for more news on the amendments that YOU voted on.)
WATCH FOR THIS, I am told: Howard Dean apparently wants this to be a mere “show,” but we want to make sure that every amendment gets its opportunity. (This is no longer a worry, I am further told.)
UPDATES: Proud Military Mom tells me that when Howard Dean spoke, he received no applause EXCEPT when he mentioned 1) women’s rights and fairness, and 2) Hillary Clinton.
Proud Military Mom (hereafter PMM) just called me. She reports that the appause seems overwhelmingly pro-Hillary, even among the members of the Platform Committee. She is with a great contingent, and another Hillary group held a rally outside and is sending me photos ASAP. STAY TUNED for more reports.
PMM also told me that OUR amendments will get a fair hearing. That was made clear at the top of the meeting, which is ongoing live on C-Span1. One more story I’ll add in a minute from PMM …
PMM also told me that when New Mexico attorney general Patricia Madrid mentioned that in New Mexico, most residents are able to speak TWO languages, the entire place erupted in laughter and applause. PMM interpreted it as a slight dig at Obama’s remarks recently about Americans not being to speak other languages.
NO Thanks!
NO what Dawnelle?
NO tyvm?
was one thanks not enough?
I don’t feeeeeeeeel like listening to the dumb ass D’s anymore (present company not included)
I turn it on occasionally until someone says something totally STUPID or BUTT kissing and then turn it off once more.
I am sick to DEATH of all the ass kissing and pandering goin on with politics. I’ve been watching tooo closely for too many years and it’s about got me to the point where I need jello shooters! (and I don’t drink)
so
NO THANKS
I’ll just get it here from those I trust who will NOT make it too brown nose to bare. Andy.
Got it!! I agree with you; can’t stand the charades any longer…Me too will get the updates from those here whose commenting/reporting I trust.
(thought you meant not to the platform amendments
)
hehe oh - yes I should elaborate always
instead of just BLURTing
bad habit
(that makes 2)
biting my nails is the other
Look at this: Calling for lawyers and using the Country before Party that Clinton supporters have been using.
Voice of Reason11:52AMAug 9th 2008
Are you a lawyer? Help the campaign protect the rights of others
On election day across the country over the coming months, we will need lawyers willing to help us stand up for everyone’s right to be heard.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/vpcvol2
********** C O U N T R Y * F I R S T - PARTY SECOND **********
They are pulling the Republican ploy of 2000. If anyone knows how to beat Obama at it, it’s the Republicans. They will be out in full force.
We may end up with no valid votes on either side in the 2008 GE.
Too funny…Barry can look for lawyers in Michigan and Florida…LOL
Is that Eagle with big “O” a new symbol for the Obamanation?
If he wins the election, will this replace the Bald Eagle on all Govt. related signs?
The more they come out with their customized, marketed, 1984ish stuff, the more I run to vote for McCain - of course if Hillary does not pull a Hail Mary at the convention.
Amen. To your Hillary’s “Hail Mary”
Let’s hope….it’s not over till the Skinny Resume gets filed into the Waste Basket!
dawnelle… i WROTE that — I was saying
Fox just called out PUMA Big time — Wow…
but what is going on that I got posted under your name, before I was finished with my comment?
WTF?
Papoose, could you elaborate on what you mean by fox ‘called out’ PUMA?
Yes, At the time I was catching up here, there was a Fox segment with Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the inner city crime fighting Guardian Angels. They were discussing Obama and when Sliwa had a chance to speak he got all animated said that there is one faction nobody is considering and that it is going to make a major difference — And that’s Puma, P-U-M-A — Party Unity My Ass!!!! and then went off like you would not believe, about us. I was screaming! Looking at him in his beret! He was wild.
The person who I thought was going to provide the opposing view agreed with him.
I’ll try to see if I can find it.
Sliwa is a conservative Republican who guest hosts for Sean Hannity. Thus it’s hardly a surprise that he would praise a group that helps the Republican party.
I’m watching. The group sure doesn’t seem very enthusiastic at all. Like a malaise is over the crowd. Maybe cause of Edwards news or matbe they’re aware of the Obama crap. Curious.
I believe there are some PUMAS there.
It certainly is not a pep rally, at least yet.
Good to see ERA and Title Nine mentioned in the plank.
Seems rather anticlimactic to see Howard Dean et all discussing ERA. Hypocrits.
It’s been in the Democratic platform for decades.
Bernie Mac.
Dead at 50 from complications from pneumonia.
Not just messing with you man.
Bad things happen to the company he keeps.
Karma is a bitch.
bitchboys have to learn something…RESPECT WOMEN or you will get what you deserve!
So out of line, I don’t know where to begin. The man is dead, for heaven’s sakes. He has a family, too, you know. What is wrong with people these days?
Yes it is horrible, yes he had a family, and yes you shouldn’t call women Ho’s.
agreed.
Women called ho’s have family too, daughters, sons, fathers, moms. Yes very nasty.
I agree..no need to get so nasty as making light of the death of this guy
Oh Shove it Sam —
We do NOT need a goody two shoes hall monitor.
Hey Sam. Your mother’s a HO.
Isn’t that funnnyyyyyyyyyyyy?
You’re criticizing the post you replied to and asking what’s wrong with people these days?
Bernie Mac is dead. When he was alive, he was an asshole-do you even get that? Dana is apparently pissed off and frankly, I think it’s justified.
Yeah…Bernie Mac has become a KARMA DOMINOE….sad but true…
Teddy K
Bob Novack
Wexler
Russert
Edwards
Bernie Mac
Hmmmm…..Karma is a tricky thing…..No ?
What happened to Wexler??
Wexler has been exposed as a fraud….sleepin on his mother in laws couch…..Most likely he will lose his seat in Florida. Either he will be disqualified as a non resident…..or voted out. Either way he is done.
Karma is neutral in that it can be Positive/Negative and acts as a balance both for the individual and the universe…..Westerners have a similar philosophical concept just as old…..Poetic Justice…..I’m just sayin’
We are all of us born….Enter stage left and the rest of life is headed towards exit stage right….
I CALL IT…………..
SWEET POETIC JUSTICE………………
yep these pols should know BETTER than to stand up and shout when their house is NOT in order!!
you figure all POLS, to some extent, MUST be narcissistic (to the point of being stupid) to put up with the constant poking into their personal & private lives
ACK!
Or, “sweetie” poetic justice ….
Anyway you look at it….It’s gettin kinda Old Testament….No ?
With Icons of Moses dancing through his head,
and T shirts abound; he’s gone on vacation he said.
Time for Teak to act like Tom Sawyer and paint the fence.
I have no sympathy with Wexler at all I remember his face on TV when he turned that knife. and that voice is enough to make you run a mile.
You get what you deserve!
you can’t always get what you want
but if you try sometimes
you just might find
you get what you NEED!!
(all hail the STONES)
lol
WE NEED HILLARY!!
BO’s got some Puerto Rican girls just dying to meet em.
West Side Story - America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QS7wWzwak4
Wexler is facing a strong opponent in Dr. Ben Graber, Ob-Gyn. He’s a local Dem. ,running as an Independent in District 19. I will be working to to help him defeat Wexler, who has betrayed all Floridians in an effort to feather his own nest with Obama.
Anyone interested in defeating Wexler, go to graberforcongress.com
very KEWL good LUCK!
GRABER I’ll remember the name
So you think Graber has a chance? At the end of the last quarter, he had $3,846 cash on hand. Wexler had $1.45 million.
http://opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2008&id=FL19
Pretty big difference!
I agree. Can’t take Wexler anymore. I guess that’s why Wexler and Weasel start with the same letter.
Ha Ha Hee Hee
swiped from a poster at TL
revenge is a form of wild justice-Bacon
perhaps karma is too
LOL On Wexler. He lives in Maryland. Doesn’t own ANY home or rent in Florida. He probably is looking for an “apartment” right now though. Of course only FOX covered it. I bet he pays his taxes from Florida though. No state taxes, the fraud. Have fun watching this
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=2546538&referralPlaylistId=undefined
Yes Uppity that was the story. He claimed his inlaws house (retirement community) as his primary residence so he could pay FL taxes instead of MD taxes.
I would never wish harm to these people - or anyone - but it does seem as if karma has been swift and harsh in these cases.
And Morgan Freeman, who met Barky at a Hollywood party, of whom Barky said, “He was President before I was”…telling.
Anyway Morgan busted up his car and his marriage last week.
KARMA
How is Robert Novak associated with Obama?
Karma Dominoes aint’ just about Obama…sheeesh! Novak the hack outted Valerie Plame….WHICH WAS WRONG…ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL….Savvy ?
Who is Bernie Mac?
It’s like the Madden curse.
It is getting a little Twilight Zoneish…
very weird …
Cause and effect. No more, no less.
That is sad though. It goes to show why physicians regard pneumonia very seriously.
I developed pneumonia right after my double hip replacement, and the doctors and nurses were constantly monitoring me. (What I really think was also going on is that my appendix had also burst by then, but sice I’m one of those people with a very high pain tolerance, I didn’t feel the appropriate symptoms.)
ANYWAY – WATCH FOR AMENDMENT #93.
I don’t know the # for the UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AMENDMENT, but it’s on the docket.
I had pneumonia upon returning for an overseas trip.It was very painful and really horrible…
broke a two ribs from the coughing…
I am sorry for Mr. Mac’s family and for him being so young.
One has to wonder whether people would start thinking twice before being associated like this to
BO???
He apparently had a serious lung condition that was in remission. It’s likely that any sort of lung infection, particularly pneumonia would be especially dangerous for him.
Also note that “pneumonia” is not a well defined condition. Essentially that is the name that the doctors use when there is a lung infection that they don’t really know what it is.
Susan, you didn’t have to tell us you have a high tolerance for pain! It’s obvious from the work you do here.
Are you of Scottish descent by any chance?
On another subject, Bernie Mac was on of my favorite comediand, his recent comments excepted. It’s sad for anyone to die so young.
There’s some Scottish blood in me. Mostly Swiss German though. (But thank god I didn’t inherit the Swiss family’s obsessive-compulsive cleaning disorder. A quick glance around my place confirms that. It is GOOD to be clean, and i much prefer it, but it also eats up an inordinate amount of time.)
Bernie’s death IS sad, especially for such a young man. He must have had a viral form of pneumonia. I hope he had the very best medical care. AND that he got to the hospital in time. Too many people with pneumonia don’t go to the hospital when they should.
I am Swiss German and I have a mess disorder! haha
Reggie White, former Phila Eagle and GB Packer died as a result of the same disease Bernie Mac had, something about enlarged organs that I think was the route cause of both their deaths. Very tragic and both lost too soon.
Before the days of hip replacement surgery, a broken hip in the elderly was practically a death sentence because they would become immobile, which would lead to pneumonia and death from it.
I will always admire your sheer guts and view your perservence as a fine example of humanity.
Seperating the symbols from the person is only as easy as the person is genuine.
You are one tuff cookie.
During that time, I am reminded of all the stories of people sharing their experiences of “health care” in this country, and in others countries as well.
It seems like yesterday that Dr Carol posted those two articals of her experience at NYC Ground Zero on 9/12 and (as I recall she described it) “bumping into” Senator Clinton.
As the Senator made every effort on the Canadian team’s behalf and other ECU’s.
Dr. Carol’s story about an American injured in Canada as she described the patient in tears for fear of the cost.
I so which I could replace the good doctors despair on that night as she treated the broken arm, being reminded once again how lacking the United State’s view of care for profit.
When will we learn?
WATCH FOR AMENDMENT #93.
Should not this be Amendment #1?
Bernie is really under the bus.
L just logged on to say EXACTLY the same thing.
Karma is proving herself to be the faithful bitch that she is indeed!
If I were in any way, shape, or form, associated with that camp, I’d do my 10 hail Marys every day!
they’re doing the Halle BOP and putting on their fresh white sneakers!!
Saturday, August 09, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday Barack Obama and John McCain each 44% When “leaners” are included, McCain 47% and Obama 46%.
WooT there it is!!!!!
here we go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmFifr6Lw8
disco ensemble
Bad Luck Charm
remind you of anyone, hmmmmmmm
It does sicken me to hear Dean speak of Obama as “our nominee” and use patronizing words when describing Hillary Clinton and her supporters.
Especially galling when he’s threatening her with severe political consequences if she has the audacity to allow her name to be placed into nomination at the convention.
What a croc!
By the way, Dean looks beaten up. Maybe the bitter old women are getting on his last nerve.
Thats why they will loose. They can’t keep their mouth shut, they are the ones full of hate, not us. I saw hate in Obama’s face the third time I heard him speak. I looked into his eyes as he pointed that finger and growling speaking of hope and change and realized that it was quite the opposite, he was litterally passionately pissed off. What a load of crock shite Obama is.
PMM also mentioned that Dean doesn’t look good.
He appears to have lost at least 40 lbs., she said. She also said he looks gaunt, and his face is very drawn.
I wonder if he is ill? I hope not. But it could be the stress. I believe he has a conscience. I believe that, in his hearts of hearts, he has grave reservations about what he is doing. I wish he would have the courage to realize that, and state so publicly. But he won’t.
If anyone follows astrology - Dean is experiencing what is known as his Saturn return. Every 28-29 years the planet of Karma returns to the position it held at birth. Saturn is often called the grim reaper, but basically, it tests you on what you’ve learned and forces you to grow up (when you are 28-30) and to grow up again at 57-59. In any event it’s a difficult period and Dean is definitely reaping what he has sown. For the record, Saturn is also making a pass over some planets in Teddy Kennedy’s astrological chart, Obama’s chart and Hillary’s chart (depending upon her time of birth).
Nice to see that some here are into the karmic implications.
uh … what signs would those be? Just to make sure we are looking out for ourselves?
ooo Saturn (never good)
Astrology was an old hobby of mine the reality of science and the fact the sky has changed at least ONE sign since the original which makes everyone “off” by one!
LOL
for fun - I play
to make it a daily movement is yet another thing
but I’ve SEEN karma work
(or call it a person’s conscience or their “chickens coming home to roost”)
getting sick and dying is something else - to me - just your time/ or bad timing/ fate/ chance/ GOD/ Allah/ The Great Awakening
when its over
it’s over
gnite!
Astrology is a symbolic language….don’t worry about the “sign change”…
Pluto has been downgraded by astronomers, but it still is Pluto and still bears its meaning…
Yeah….I’ll sign a petition to restore Pluto’s Identity as a PLANET…lol
no no no
pluto is an Oort object
along with Charon it’s shadow
Oh, the Saturn Return!! Yes, it’s a revisitation of things that haven’t been dealt since the first return! I hope Dean faces himself before the convention!!!
“dealt with”
sorry
Hey astrologer people,
Mars is conjunct Saturn in my sign - Virgo.
What’s really messed up is that my Sun and Mars are conjunct (one degree) in my natal.
What the heck do I do to protect myself during this challenging aspect?
TIA
You’ve probably been through this before - depending on your age. Just drive carefully, don’t schedule any surgeries and be kind to everyone you meet - that feeds the good karma meters.
Interesting astrology going on… nothing escapes Saturn’s grip. It’s like a karmic mill stone and remorseless.
I would venture a guess that Hillary is the only one looking good for this transit, but who really knows what karma a person is dragging around with them?
He used to be fat. He had the Dick Morris/Bob Beckel/Tim Russert ready to explode fat head syndrome.
His blood pressure was probably sky high from the stress of doing the wrong thing every day and his doctors made him lose weight.
KARMA!
Karma for president!
We need a decider like that!
He probably knows he’ll be replaced by Donna Brazile as chair of the DNC. Donna has made a point of saying the new strategy will be to scour states for other Obama-like candidates for the future. The DNC plans to stock up on Obamas. Maybe they should look into cloning???? Seems easier.
So, they’re going to stock up on Obamas like they’re going out of style?
Cheap dig, I know - simply couldn’t resist.
This is all just another ‘bone’ thrown to the PUMAs et al… Appeasment and patrimony… I for one ain’t a buying it!
WHO the hell let Dean be in so much power anyway??
F-ing ridiculous!
I totally agree. I don’t trust ANYTHING from this bunch of crooks now. I am sure they are still engineering everything according to their own agendas.
UPDATES: Proud Military Mom tells me that when Howard Dean spoke, he received no applause EXCEPT when he mentioned 1) women’s rights and fairness, and 2) Hillary Clinton.
I love that!
I guess Dean will have to go back to practicing medicine in January. He can go back to telling women patients that all their symptoms are either pre-menstrual, menstrual, post-menstrual, pre-menopausal, menopausal or post-menopausal.
Yeah… Dean, Pelosi, brazile and odormann, and obha-baaaa should walk into a room and NO ONE come out…
It mighh just happen that when they all died, they will go to hell and their punishment will be to have eachother’s company for the rest of eternity.
When I was working and had some pretty feeble male bosses, I used to wish that when they were re-incarnated that they would come back as intelligent women (maybe like Hillary).
I like it jad. And their only entertainment will be listening to HO and MUTHAFUCKA jokes–and RAP.
And a steady diet of arugula and vinegar, no olive oil.
When unearned delegates are given to Obama…………….
….Obama, the “rules”, the corrupt “leaders”, and the people who approved or passively accepted, have disgracefully BETRAYED We The People, disgracefully betrayed our forefathers and foremothers, disgracefully BETRAYED every fundamental belief we teach our children, disgracefully BETRAYED our Pledge of Allegiance, and disgracefully BETRAYED the countless dead and maimed since the beginning of our great country, whose sacrifice cannot be measured. This is morally wrong and disgustingly shameful of the first order.
Just imagine this practice in every civic and corporate boardroom, in every school classroom where votes are sometimes used, in every sporting event where the fair flip of a coin is like a vote, and in the bill voting of the United States Congress.
Every delegate owes his or her outrage and resistance.
Obama robbed from my soul and many souls, and wants us to be happy with his thievery.
Absolutely NO DELEGATE should vote for corrupt Obama who happily stole what is not his.
Right On Righteous Ranter!!
Whats going on is that obama can’t fill these venues with underage people now—ie teenagers. So his army has gone back to school. I bet you a million dollars close to 40% of his rallies were people who can’t vote.
I was in TEXAS….You are correct Darryl….WE SAW IT. We were one of 2000 cpmplaints filed of voter fraud and intimidation in the Texas 2 step Hornswaggle….Aaaaand Soon there will be a feature length documentary about it and judgin from the