And Barack Obama is officially the Democratic nominee for the Democratic Party of the United States of America. Hillary Clinton and the New York delegation proudly asked to nominate Obama by acclamation after half of the states have placed their votes. Today was a great sign that no one in leadership is bitter. Hillary initiated the vote for Obama.
I did vote for Senator Clinton because I was elected by my fellow supporters to vote for her. It was not easy for me to choose. Many other pledged delegates for Clinton ended up voting for Obama. I did not vote in the convention hall but in the registration desk during breakfast.
Behind the scenes there were a few mistakes in the votes. Arkansas which voted for Hillary around 70% placed all of their votes unanimously for Obama. But at least 3 delegates voted for Hillary. California, after the grandiose speech about how great the state is, the party chair, was forced to pass as opposed to voting. Apparently they wanted to get all of the votes in before they placed their mark down.
John Kerry, that boring senator from New England was not there; the candidate that everyone wanted him to be in 2004 came out and tore into John McCain. Kerry’s theme was McCain has a reckless foreign policy which will further needlessly harm our troops. If John McCain got elected I am generally fearful that wars with other nations will continue.
There is no question that party unity is getting done here. Bill Clinton’s style of capturing everyone’s attention the room and holding it for 20 minutes was at its best that night. He had three minutes of a standing ovation from the crowd as he walked in. This beat Hillary’s two minutes of applause. Worries that Bill Clinton’s image is tarnished do not seem to hold true because of the delegates going wild when he spoke. He told the arena to “please stop it, please sit down” but all of us would not listen.
Bill Clinton reminded us why we are all in love with him with his speech. With a crowd going crazy, his speech was filled with moments where the crowd would have cheered for minutes straight. He was filled with quotable moments such as “I am here, first, to support Barack Obama” and “the Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be Commander in Chief. Sound familiar?”
Too bad he could not have been elected for a third term.
Biden’s cheering entrance helped show that everyone is onboard with this experienced man. Biden as common with most vice presidential candidates is the attack dog and Biden shined at it. He talked pocket book issues that affect every American. The new theme will be “Barack Obama was right, John McCain was wrong” This will resonate with everyone because of the Iraq War and McCain denouncing his legislation that he drafted himself. Democrats will throw back right at McCain changed his policy. It is sad that the “Maverick” has completely changed the policy once that he started running for president. He now votes around 90% of the time with Bush and we all seen where that has taken our nation. Attacks on McCain are beginning to get harsh against him and will ramp up continuously. But we all know that the attacks on Obama will be even harsher because they know that it is one of the few ways that they could win. People maybe are tired of the personal attacks but they have proven to work.
The main stream media did not find the conflict that they were looking for. Out of those PUMA’s in the crowd, the media will only interview the one or two in the entire California delegation of 441 delegates who feel that way. I did not see any actions today beyond interviews here and there today. Hillary clearly calmed the radicals down.
On other convention activities, Ariana Huffington spoke to New Democrats Network (NDN) about the new media such as blogs and her online site. I have come to realize through her speech and the way I have been seeing the cameras focus on that 1% that the main stream media has lost its way. It should be about finding the truth not both sides of the story. It is not through the left side of the argument and the right side of the argument that reality is always found in the middle. Sometimes one side is so wrong, they do not even deserve airtime, such as 9-11 conspiracy theorists to one extreme and global warming deniers on the lesser extreme.
Before I forget the California delegation party was at this great museum in Denver where I got to meet CA Secretary of State Debra Bowen !
“He now votes around 90% of the time with Bush and we all seen where that has taken our nation.”
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq! Other countries are beginning to embrace democracy as well. For the first time, girls are allowed to go to school in Iraq.
There are plenty of things to criticize Bush about, McCain about, and Obama about. None of them have spotless reputations, all good ideas, haven’t flipflopped on issues. It is just that Bush and McCain have had more time than Obama to make mistakes!
Thanks for the coverage Don! What an exciting time in our country.
Cecilia
“He now votes around 90% of the time with Bush and we all seen where that has taken our nation.”
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq! Other countries are beginning to embrace democracy as well. For the first time, girls are allowed to go to school in Iraq.
There are plenty of things to criticize Bush about, McCain about, and Obama about. None of them have spotless reputations, all good ideas, haven’t flipflopped on issues. It is just that Bush and McCain have had more time than Obama to make mistakes!
Thanks for the coverage Don! What an exciting time in our country.
Cecilia
“He now votes around 90% of the time with Bush and we all seen where that has taken our nation.”
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq! Other countries are beginning to embrace democracy as well. For the first time, girls are allowed to go to school in Iraq.
There are plenty of things to criticize Bush about, McCain about, and Obama about. None of them have spotless reputations, all good ideas, haven’t flipflopped on issues. It is just that Bush and McCain have had more time than Obama to make mistakes!
Thanks for the coverage Don! What an exciting time in our country.
Cecilia
“He now votes around 90% of the time with Bush and we all seen where that has taken our nation.”
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq! Other countries are beginning to embrace democracy as well. For the first time, girls are allowed to go to school in Iraq.
There are plenty of things to criticize Bush about, McCain about, and Obama about. None of them have spotless reputations, all good ideas, haven’t flipflopped on issues. It is just that Bush and McCain have had more time than Obama to make mistakes!
Thanks for the coverage Don! What an exciting time in our country.
Cecilia
Why is your blogged version of the truth more or less true than that of traditional media?
“Autobiography is like Wikipedia: it might be true.”
Why is your blogged version of the truth more or less true than that of traditional media?
“Autobiography is like Wikipedia: it might be true.”
Why is your blogged version of the truth more or less true than that of traditional media?
“Autobiography is like Wikipedia: it might be true.”
Why is your blogged version of the truth more or less true than that of traditional media?
“Autobiography is like Wikipedia: it might be true.”
I do not know what is more true me or the traditional media. I just am expressing my perspective which maybe or my not be more true then CNN
I do not know what is more true me or the traditional media. I just am expressing my perspective which maybe or my not be more true then CNN
I do not know what is more true me or the traditional media. I just am expressing my perspective which maybe or my not be more true then CNN
I do not know what is more true me or the traditional media. I just am expressing my perspective which maybe or my not be more true then CNN
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.
Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.
“Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.”
Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work. I have little doubt had we not removed Hussein, there would have been far worse coming down the pike for our nation. It also sends a message abroad – “don’t mess with us, or you will pay the consequences”. What do you think made Kaddafi turn over his nuclear weapons, once we invaded Iraq? Terrorists by the thousands have been poured into Iraq to fight. Better in Iraq than over here.
Sound selfish? You bet! There has been internecine warfare in the Middle East for thousands of years. These people have not been willing to rise up against their oppressors and throw the bums out, as we did back in 1776. Hopefully we have shown them how to do it, but it is going to take time. It doesn’t happen overnight. It took us 300 years to get where we are today, after all!
“Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.”
Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work. I have little doubt had we not removed Hussein, there would have been far worse coming down the pike for our nation. It also sends a message abroad – “don’t mess with us, or you will pay the consequences”. What do you think made Kaddafi turn over his nuclear weapons, once we invaded Iraq? Terrorists by the thousands have been poured into Iraq to fight. Better in Iraq than over here.
Sound selfish? You bet! There has been internecine warfare in the Middle East for thousands of years. These people have not been willing to rise up against their oppressors and throw the bums out, as we did back in 1776. Hopefully we have shown them how to do it, but it is going to take time. It doesn’t happen overnight. It took us 300 years to get where we are today, after all!
“Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.”
Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work. I have little doubt had we not removed Hussein, there would have been far worse coming down the pike for our nation. It also sends a message abroad – “don’t mess with us, or you will pay the consequences”. What do you think made Kaddafi turn over his nuclear weapons, once we invaded Iraq? Terrorists by the thousands have been poured into Iraq to fight. Better in Iraq than over here.
Sound selfish? You bet! There has been internecine warfare in the Middle East for thousands of years. These people have not been willing to rise up against their oppressors and throw the bums out, as we did back in 1776. Hopefully we have shown them how to do it, but it is going to take time. It doesn’t happen overnight. It took us 300 years to get where we are today, after all!
“Yes, Saddam Hussein was removed, a democratic gov’t installed, and we are winning the war in Iraq!
What exactly are we winning? – usually winning involves some sort of benefit to the winner.”
Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work. I have little doubt had we not removed Hussein, there would have been far worse coming down the pike for our nation. It also sends a message abroad – “don’t mess with us, or you will pay the consequences”. What do you think made Kaddafi turn over his nuclear weapons, once we invaded Iraq? Terrorists by the thousands have been poured into Iraq to fight. Better in Iraq than over here.
Sound selfish? You bet! There has been internecine warfare in the Middle East for thousands of years. These people have not been willing to rise up against their oppressors and throw the bums out, as we did back in 1776. Hopefully we have shown them how to do it, but it is going to take time. It doesn’t happen overnight. It took us 300 years to get where we are today, after all!
“Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work.”
I think that is a dubious claim, at best unsupported and at worst flat wrong.
There is little evidence to suppose prior to the US invasion that Iraq was ground zero of terrorism. In fact, Afghanistan was a much more likely centerpoint, but so too ar places like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and even Egypt.
What has happened now is that the US has finally brought some stability to Iraq, after destabilizing it, but at a great cost. What has happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan is being ignored and that is where the serious terrorists are. The initial attack on Afghanistan disrupted the terror network but then we made a huge mistake by redirecting our focus and we allowed the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup.
I would suggest that we do not know the consequences of this yet. 9/11 in many ways was a million-to-one shot and so the test of no attacks on the US is probably a poor measure of effectiveness. Fact is that there were few to no attacks in the decade prior to 9/11 and after the original plot against the WTC.
“Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work.”
I think that is a dubious claim, at best unsupported and at worst flat wrong.
There is little evidence to suppose prior to the US invasion that Iraq was ground zero of terrorism. In fact, Afghanistan was a much more likely centerpoint, but so too ar places like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and even Egypt.
What has happened now is that the US has finally brought some stability to Iraq, after destabilizing it, but at a great cost. What has happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan is being ignored and that is where the serious terrorists are. The initial attack on Afghanistan disrupted the terror network but then we made a huge mistake by redirecting our focus and we allowed the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup.
I would suggest that we do not know the consequences of this yet. 9/11 in many ways was a million-to-one shot and so the test of no attacks on the US is probably a poor measure of effectiveness. Fact is that there were few to no attacks in the decade prior to 9/11 and after the original plot against the WTC.
“Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work.”
I think that is a dubious claim, at best unsupported and at worst flat wrong.
There is little evidence to suppose prior to the US invasion that Iraq was ground zero of terrorism. In fact, Afghanistan was a much more likely centerpoint, but so too ar places like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and even Egypt.
What has happened now is that the US has finally brought some stability to Iraq, after destabilizing it, but at a great cost. What has happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan is being ignored and that is where the serious terrorists are. The initial attack on Afghanistan disrupted the terror network but then we made a huge mistake by redirecting our focus and we allowed the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup.
I would suggest that we do not know the consequences of this yet. 9/11 in many ways was a million-to-one shot and so the test of no attacks on the US is probably a poor measure of effectiveness. Fact is that there were few to no attacks in the decade prior to 9/11 and after the original plot against the WTC.
“Terrorism is being kept at bay, from coming over here. Had we not removed Hussein, other terrorists would have been armed and trained to go out in the world to do their dirty work.”
I think that is a dubious claim, at best unsupported and at worst flat wrong.
There is little evidence to suppose prior to the US invasion that Iraq was ground zero of terrorism. In fact, Afghanistan was a much more likely centerpoint, but so too ar places like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and even Egypt.
What has happened now is that the US has finally brought some stability to Iraq, after destabilizing it, but at a great cost. What has happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan is being ignored and that is where the serious terrorists are. The initial attack on Afghanistan disrupted the terror network but then we made a huge mistake by redirecting our focus and we allowed the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup.
I would suggest that we do not know the consequences of this yet. 9/11 in many ways was a million-to-one shot and so the test of no attacks on the US is probably a poor measure of effectiveness. Fact is that there were few to no attacks in the decade prior to 9/11 and after the original plot against the WTC.