Where’s the Outrage?

Here is a convention update from the Obama delegate from Ohio and Ohio State Representative, Tyrone K. Yates:

Last night I attended the Democratic National Convention in a
non-Delegate status because I donated my credentials to an Ohio Young Democrat.
Few if any of them will get to the floor to experience a national
convention. On his last visit to Dallas in November 1963, President John F.
Kennedy’s personal notes include a reference to insuring that Young
Democrats have seats at the TradeMart luncheon.

Hillary Clinton’s speech was very good-excellent. At the breakfast this
morning I sat at a table where Governor Strickland sat. The national
president of AFSCME spoke and said that American labor must confront its
racism and any labor member refusing to vote for Obama and any
rationale against him is “bull….”

We are experiencing a turning point in American race relations and
presidential politics-a point where our ideals and deeds must meet and
clash. The battle for our racial souls “augurs” well.

Yates lives in Cincinnati and is President of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus. He and I have been friends for many years.

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Former president Bill Clinton stated, “Hillary told us in no uncertain terms that she’ll do everything she can to elect Barack Obama. That makes two of us.”

Mr. Clinton reminded us that he still is a great communicator who understands policy by endorsing Barack Obama in no uncertain terms. He gave a GREAT speech.

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A small faction of right-wing knuckleheads have been doggedly investigating Senator Barack Obama’s birth. “Investigating” may be a strong word that may be better characterized as generating rumors and lies. One of my readers was even sucked into this trap.

They say that Obama was born not in Hawaii, but elsewhere. They have no proof but they look at the 1961 birth certificate and say that it is a fake. Their champion is Jerome Corsi, who has been touting this idea on national television.

Thankfully, FactCheck.org has done their homework and looked at Obama’s birth certificate. They have verified the raised the seal. The birth certificate has even been verified by Jerome Corsi’s own publisher, WorldNetDaily. They recently wrote:

However, FactChecker.org says it obtained Obama’s actual birth certificate and that the document was indeed real. The site discredited some of the claims of Internet bloggers, such as that the certificate as viewed in a scanned copy released by Obama’s campaign lacked a raised seal. FactChecker.org also established that many of the alleged flaws in the document noted by bloggers were caused by the scanning of the document.

A separate WND investigation into Obama’s birth certificate utilizing forgery experts also found the document to be authentic. The investigation also revealed methods used by some of the bloggers to determine the document was fake involved forgeries, in that a few bloggers added text and images to the certificate scan that weren’t originally there. (more… )

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I could spend some time describing what each of the Daily Show dudes were doing in this video, but why? Think Beer commercials and Colorado…

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The Daily Show correspondents explain what they will bring the convention.

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Bill Kristol is the cream of the neocon crop. There is nothing that he can’t spin and he never gives an inch– attack, attack! He will never let facts get in the way of his beliefs, and he wants to believe that there is a rift in the democratic party. According to his logic, if Senator Hillary Clinton gave a great speech there could be no rift and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will be routed in November. If Clinton gave a lukewarm endorsement, then McCain still has a chance. So, Kristol will not believe his eyes or his ears because they were lying to him.

Tags: Election 2008, Party Politics by ecthompson
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The former governor of Virginia, Mark Warner, does a great job at painting a picture of the past and the future. One candidate is stuck in the past and the other looks toward the future. This is a solid speech. It would have been the best speech of the night if you could discount Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech.

Update: From John Nichols of The Nation:

Here is a footnote, and nothing more than that, from the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

We’re finally done with all that speculation about former Virginia Governor Mark Warner becoming a national political player.

Sure, Warner drew a bad card when Democratic National Convention organizers scheduled the keynote address on the same night as Hillary Clinton’s address to the convention.

But the Virginian, who this year is likely to win a Senate seat, failed to rise to the challenge. (more… )

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Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann discuss Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech. Please check out the clip.

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Oh, the talking heads were talking. Oh my, were their lips flapping. They said Senator Hillary Clinton wasn’t capable of fully supporting democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. They said the Clintons were going to fracture the party. They asked why the Clintons were invited to speak in the first place? There was a ton of nauseating commentary with no substance, just filling air-time.

From her opening paragraph, Clinton made it clear that she was supporting Barack Obama and she wanted her supports to get behind Obama also.

I am honored to be here tonight. A proud mother. A proud Democrat. A proud American. And a proud supporter of Barack Obama.

She went on to say …

I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?

We need leaders once again who can tap into that special blend of American confidence and optimism that has enabled generations before us to meet our toughest challenges. Leaders who can help us show ourselves and the world that with our ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is possible in America.

This won’t be easy. Progress never is. But it will be impossible if we don’t fight to put a Democrat in the White House.

We need to elect Barack Obama…

Clinton went the extra mile. She made it clear that she was on the team bus and wanted her supporters to join her on that bus. Her speech was perfect. She talked about why she wanted to run and why she now supports Obama. She hit President Bush and Senator John McCain with several excellent lines (suggesting that she will be an excellent campaigner in the fall for Obama). Any speech that can mention Harriett Tubman, the woman’s suffrage movement and universal health care is a great speech in my book. Clinton hit this one out of the park. Outstanding!!!

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Finally, we have rain in the mountains of North Carolina. We needed it, so I’m not complaining but my internet is down. Hopefully, I will be able to post some stuff in the morning.

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