Anyone watching the DNC? Heheh

[JonnyReb]

 Its a hoot so far. I live here in charlotte and have seen all the silly changes taking place in preparation for the Coming. City workers have been cleaning up the trash, trying to trim back the overgrown brush between the airport and the city and funny thing, they've been painting the grass everywhere, um greener. Yup they're painting grass. All the mad traffic and hundreds of thousands of people have not really materialized yet, so far as I can tell, and when they just opened the door to the convention it  looked like noone came cept' several busloads of community organization in need of saving and a bunch on the taxpayer dime paid to be there smilin. Then Debbie wuzhername schultz opened the meet and for a few blessed moments her mouth moved but no sound came out. Then the audio guys flipped a switch and her voice boomed but didn't match her mouth moving..heheh this is a good start to the show. Barnum and Baily would be proud.  J

[Conan The Librarian]

It's a waste of time. Don't do it!
 
(I did see in the news that there will be a much smaller venue for Obama's speech there. He must have the same road manager as Spinal Tap.)

[Tommyt]

 Musluuum invitational

[powderman]

JOHNY REB. Thanks for the hands on report. And No, I'm not watching it, too depressing to be reminded how morally bankrupt the dem party has become, and now indoctrinating their children. POWDERMAN. 

[JonnyReb]

.      Awe c'mon guys, view it as a one shot deal, grand entertainment before they fall apart. Notice that the Fox news interviews have empty seats in the background, ABC/NBC have only the fullest crowds. Bias? Of Course! The truth too, more have showed but its obviously the fringe base. Not to many "average" joe next door types, lots of folks with a cause. They seem pretty happy but noones crying or passing out yet.  J

[briarpatch]

To each his own. Iam not giving the lieing networks my time or money.

[JonnyReb]

Well they filled the empty seats ahead of michelles speech. This is getting hard to watch.

[flatlander]

I was actually surprised to see this from yahoo. Usually they show more bias than this.
 
 
http://news.yahoo.com/dems-cobble-convention-crowd-together-bit-bit-080509590--election.html?_esi=1
 
 
 Dems cobble convention crowd together bit by bit  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.
Their goal: help fill a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium to capacity when President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination Thursday night.
Anything short of a full house on the final night of the Democratic Party's national convention will be instant fodder for Republicans eager to use empty seats as symbols of waning voter enthusiasm for Obama.
Democrats have been fretting for months over whether the president can draw a capacity crowd at Bank of America Stadium. Polls show voter enthusiasm is down, as are Obama's crowds for his battleground state campaign rallies.
Obama advisers insist the stadium will be filled when Obama delivers his speech. Vice President Joe Biden also will speak Thursday night, along with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who will vouch for Obama's national security credentials.
"The response we've seen from the community has been incredible and it's obvious that people have a big interest in owning a piece of the most open and accessible convention in history," said Adam Fetcher, a campaign spokesman. "President Obama's speech on Thursday night will bring this election into focus for the American people, and it will be even more significant because so many North Carolinians will be there to see it."
Convention delegates, volunteers and other Democratic officials already in Charlotte for the party gathering could make up as much as one-third of the crowd. But filling the rest of the stadium is a piecemeal process.
About 200 students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are taking buses to the stadium Thursday night. Another 100 are expected on buses from Duke University.
Lonnie Randolph, the president of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP, said several large black churches in his state are planning to send busloads of members on Thursday to watch the president's speech.
"There are plenty of people who wouldn't miss it for the world," Randolph said. "How often does this happen this close to South Carolina?"
Obama aides say several thousand tickets also have been given to new campaign volunteers in North Carolina. People who complete three volunteer shifts totaling nine hours got one ticket to the final speech.
The volunteer ticketing program also helps Obama boost his grassroots network in North Carolina, a battleground state he moved into the Democratic column in 2008 for the first time in nearly 40 years. But Obama is facing an uphill battle this time around in North Carolina, where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average and voters approved a gay marriage ban the day before the president announced his support for same-sex unions.
Tens of thousands of other tickets have been handed out to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, the campaign said, though officials would not provide an exact number.
Thursday's event is certain to draw comparisons to 2008, when Obama accepted the Democratic nomination before a capacity crowd at an 84,000-seat stadium in Denver. There was little concern back then over whether Obama would fill the stadium, in part because he was easily attracting tens of thousands of people to his campaign rallies across the country.
This time around, Obama's crowds are far smaller. He drew his biggest audience at his campaign kick-off rally in May, a 14,000-person crowd at Ohio State University. About 13,000 people attended Obama's rally on Sunday at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
The campaign says the size of Obama's events this summer have purposely been kept low. Large rallies are more expensive and security requirements are more intense for a sitting president than a candidate.
Convention organizers in Charlotte may have more control over the crowds than their other big concern: the weather. Heavy evening rains doused Charlotte over the weekend, and thunderstorms are forecast for Thursday.
Obama deputy campaign manager Jennifer O'Malley-Dillon told Iowa delegates Monday: "If you believe in weather gods, you should pray to them."

[kynardsj]

I would just as soon watch a dog take a crap as to watch and listen to that bunch of liars. Including and especially the head liar.

[SwampThing762]

DNC convention is just a sinful gathering of perverts, babykillers, Occupy slobs, and various other liberal rabblerousers.

ST762

[1marty]

seems the dems took a voice vote to put in the platform that Jeruselum is recognized as the capital of Israel. They had to take the "vote" 3 times since the majority of the delegates voted against it. They also had a problem with "god" being mentioned in the platform. This party is beyond radical.

[m-g Willy]

I like how the RNC had Clint Eastwood give his thoughts on the election
And the DNC had Kumar ( from Harold and Kumar go to white castle fame) give his thoughts
Too bad the three stooges are all dead or the DNC could have had even more speakers.

[nomosendero]

I guess I will miss the Fag show! 

[powderman]

[johnjohn]

And miss the Cowboys and Giants? I think not!

[tobster]

Whoever gave Debbie Wasserman Shultz her makeover must have a sense of humor. Now she not only sounds like a blathering idiot but looks like a bugeyed scarecrow that survived a high voltage shock. When asked about a quote attributed to her she claimed she never said it. Unfortunately for her, someone produced a tape with her saying exactly what she denied. And good old Joe Biden said he spent almost every day in the last four years with Obama and he has steel in his spine. ( Does that mean Biden is a golf caddy?) All in all it was pretty entertaining.