I am writing this from the Time Warner Center in Charlotte during the the first day of the Democratic National Convention. Because I am an alternate delegate I am not on the convention floor and will not be there unless the designated delegate cannot perform her duties.
That being said, I'm happily ensconced in the upper seating area where I have a great view of the stage and the jumbo screens where we watch most of the action anyway.
I am seated near some foreign press and across the arena are the major news stations like MSNBC, Fox, ABC, Telemundo and others. The night is still young, but there have already been many stirring moments.
Right now is the tribute to Sen. Ted Kennedy, which is a definite crowd pleaser, particularly the debates with Kennedy and a then-pro-choice Romney, whom Kennedy called "multiple choice."
Women's issues and healthcare are at the forefront so far, as are LGBT issues. This makes me proud to be a Democrat. P
articularly powerful was Rep. Carolyn Maloney's chant "Where are the women?" Women will be the force to reckon with in this election. More to come later, but right now I'm rocking to Ledisi.
No disrespect intended (since you are my elder). I think the Democrats made a terrible mistake with that and now I'm hearing a lot of black ministers are urging their congregations to not vote Democrat because of the gay marriage issue AND the disrespect toward the Creator.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams The vain and aspiring man.......Barack Obama
In ref. to the liberal media. A fish doen't know its wet. No one ever succeeds in telling a liberal that the main stream media is left. Put a friendly dog and a cat in a room together. The cat might rub up against the dog for affection. But the dog is not cool with that. The dog might pounce his front paws on the ground and bark for the signal to play. The cat is freaked out and runs away. Now that was the friendly ones. Same space---two different worlds. Hi Gayle, if you are there. This is not directed at you. I tried to send you a note twice, but it won't go through. Its still reads pending after many days. Marty
923 Executive Orders in 40 months.. ....THIS IS NOT FUNNY, AND IF YOU VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN, YOU CAN EXPECT MORE! Remember what he told Russia's Putin!!!!! THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: Obama has signed 923 Executive Orders in 40 months! What did Congress do in those 40 months? (The House - considerable. The Senate -nothing, not even a budget nor allowing any House bill to be considered.) A whole new order must prevail in Washington, DC as a result of this next election!
I posted the 923 Exec. orders thing that was on another site. I'm so lucky my parents raised me a patriot. To think so many people think that guy is Jesus-come-to-America is amazing. He's supported by the Black Panthers, for G*d's sake. I'm a 25 year old multi-racial girl and I sure don't feel there's any war on women going on if someone wants me to buy my own birth control pills. What a load of....TTYL
From what I've read of Ms. Hale's postings, she's not a fool like the people who think the guy who was having "not sex" and "not inhaling" while putting the housing crash into motion is credible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJbOU4nmHQ
The hug thing.... Look I am totally speculating here. It is easy to have an impression of people you blog with, without ever meeting. I envision Gayle as someone who breathes people through her soul. (thats a good thing if its unclear.) As for my upbringing.....everyone around me growing up ....liberal. It was a whole journey back and forth before I settled to what used to be called a moderate conservative. I still am a moderate, but the label placed on me has changed to an extremest who has a war on everyone. Sometimes I like to watch MSNBC to get my daily list of how evil I am, and who I have a war on. As of Friday the left hemisphere of my brain has a war with my y chromosomes. My Y chromosomes want to abort every new cell thats not convenient, and keep the ones that have a deadly virus, because "it's humane".The red and white blood cells are getting along, even though my vocal cords keep screaming war! "They hate you" ! OMG !!! Thanks MSNBC. I hate myself!
http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform And the Republican one. http://whitehouse12.com/republican-party-platform/ When you read them both, you will notice a difference in how each is written. Decide for yourself which is written more professionally and states its party's beliefs without commentary on the other party. This should clear up any questions about who believes what, stands for what, etc.
You mentioned Hillary and Bill. If I were her in the national spotlight and my old man as caught red handed cheating. I'd be won ticked lady. That seems to be it's own brand of war on women.
What happened? I was beginning to enjoy You and Gayle back and forth.
We can love each other.........and....... Our politics may be a bit ( or a lot) different and someday we will have to tussle the political points again. We are both adults and know how to hit as well as take it without taking the ball and going home. Marty