I really liked Rahm Emanuel's speech. I thought his statement listing what was going on in the country when Obama came into office was effective-I had not seen that done before:
When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history. You remember the uncertainty and fear that seized the country.
On that first day, I said, "Mr. President, which crisis do you want to tackle first?" He looked at me, with that look he usually reserved for his chief of staff, "Rahm, we were sent here to tackle all of them, not choose between them." There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time. Believe me, if it existed, I would have found it. Each crisis was so deep and so dangerous; any one of them would have defined another presidency. We faced a once-in-a-generation moment in American history.
I also think the various speeches that listed his accomplishments were also effective. The GOP is repeatedly saying there has been NO change and I really like that the DNC is countering that attack and saying no here is all we've done.
Deval and MO also great, IMO. I also thought the energy was great-the RNC just didn't seem very enthused-from the delagates to the speakers.
Last night the D's bench looks deeper for 2016 than thought based on last night's line up. Deval was awesome, Strickland was strong and the Castro brothers inspiring.
PBS has the best coverage.
In contract to the RNC speakers last night's speakers all stayed on point talking about BO and his achievements not their own with BO being a mere after thought.
I agree. I liked that there were so many new faces. And I thought they did a great job staying on message and staying positive.
I thought Michelle's speech was absolutely incredible. Best I've ever seen her. The idea of her going into politics crossed my mind. Highly unlikely, I'm sure though.
Last night the D's bench looks deeper for 2016 than thought based on last night's line up. Deval was awesome, Strickland was strong and the Castro brothers inspiring.
PBS has the best coverage.
In contract to the RNC speakers last night's speakers all stayed on point talking about BO and his achievements not their own with BO being a mere after thought.
I agree. I liked that there were so many new faces. And I thought they did a great job staying on message and staying positive.
I thought Michelle's speech was absolutely incredible. Best I've ever seen her. The idea of her going into politics crossed my mind. Highly unlikely, I'm sure though.
Thank you for acknowledging my deep thoughts... I thought they would get ignored :-)
I missed Rahm's speech but I'm going to watch it today if I can keep up my suddenly iffy internet connection.
I did see this on NPR's It's All Politics site and thought we should give fair play to the misleading claims made in some of the speeches. I think half truths and exaggerations are normal in politics and none of these misstatements have me rolling my eyes (or yelling at the tv like I did when PR spewed that factory closing bullshit).
Post by heightsyankee on Sept 5, 2012 11:03:16 GMT -5
If I can go all superficial here for a moment: was anyone else celebrating Michelle's fashion choice? I was SO SO glad she didn't come out in cherry red or bright blue. That dress was inspired and the greyish nails? Awesome.
I just watched her speech again. Ditto to all the previous praise. The "door" line was my favorite. I also think she nailed the "Mom in Chief" part and I felt way more connected to her as a mother than I did to Ann Romney.
I also felt like they answered every single one of the RNC's barbs without being obvious about it and without being nearly as negative as the RNC speeches were. Very proud day for Dems, I think. WIth the exception of POTUS himself, I don't know how they can follow that up.
A couple comments Last night the D's bench looks deeper for 2016 than thought based on last night's line up. Deval was awesome, Strickland was strong and the Castro brothers inspiring.
PBS has the best coverage.
In contract to the RNC speakers last night's speakers all stayed on point talking about BO and his achievements not their own with BO being a mere after thought.
I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering who would be the stand outs for 2016 during this convention and I havent been disappointed yet. I though Patrick was amazing, Castro was inspiring, and Michelle is my role model (even though I'm a 27 year old nurse).
I loved Tammy Baldwin. I missed Cory Booker but I'm going to read the transcript later today when I get some time.
I remember hearing that the military vote was 55-45 Republican in 2008.
Large military populations exist in the swing states of Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado. A small change in military voting may make the difference in a close election.
Obama and HRC get much more credit among military folks than your average fire-breathing republic pundit would admit. Most people in the military thought it was time to end the ban on gays, and everyone is happy to leave Iraq to the Iraqis. Foreign policy hasn't changed much from Bush jr to Obama and would not change much under a Republic administration.
We also have socialized medicine, and we kinda love seeing a doctor when we're sick. Thankfully, some of my military brothers and sisters are realizing that the rest of America doesn't work the same way.
This may be so, but you have to remember that just because they are based in those states doesn't mean they are residents in those states. DH is based in NC and we've been here for nearly 5 years, but we're both still IL residents and we'll send in absentee ballots to IL.
It used to be that spouses changed their residency with each PCS, but that's changed recently too.
I found Julian Castro's speech to be very appealing to the middle. And further evidence that the DNC lurks on P&CE. (or CEP). ;-)
I thought he started with the perfect balance of bootstrap initiative and it-takes-a-village with his personal family story and his comparison of the american dream being more like a relay. He hit the nail on the head when he targeted Romney's comment about asking one's parents for money (what if they have none?) but supporting the time honored tradition that in America our success builds from generation to generation.
He lost me on some parts where I have strong feelings about too much bailout for the auto industry because of union-cahoots and those types of things. But I think he overall started strong and where he lost me on some points, he pulled me back in at the end. I found him appealing to bootstrapping independents, latinos, blue dog democrats, and women. Michelle's speech was outstanding - what I saw of it. I started falling asleep because i was exhausted. I want to re-read the transcript.
I walked away last night feeling that if they could just stop there, Dem's would walk away winners in November, at least in terms of the presidency.
You mean BOTH sides say things that aren't true? Ha.
ETA: I loved Michelle's speech the best.
And as a moderate, I really love Rahm. However, some of the interviews I've seen him do have been a little intense. Of course he's very passionate...
He's a fucking slimeball. I couldn't listen to his speech last night. He makes me so angry, and I couldn't be more thankful to be moving out of Chicago.
It used to be that spouses changed their residency with each PCS, but that's changed recently too.
Define recent. I've been married for 6 years with 5 PCSes, and I have maintained the same residency that I established 5 years ago (in the middle of a PCS
Did anyone just see that at the dem convention? The vote to change the platform to express love of god and the belief that jerusalem is the Capitol of Israel?
Did anyone just see that at the dem convention? The vote to change the platform to express love of god and the belief that jerusalem is the Capitol of Israel?
I thought you were kidding. WTH Dems?!? Not cool.
And I got to watch Rahm's speech. Pretty good. I don't like the call and response type speech but I thought he did a good job reminding us where we were and the job that needed to be done.
Shoot me! I just see how this is going to play out on Fox News now. Dreading turning on the tv. Jesus Dems! Just when I think you finally have your act together you go and pull this nonsense. I don't give a crap about the issue(s) itself but god damn it - grow a spine! You set a platform, it got some flack in the press and from the right. Who cares? Stand up for it!
It used to be that spouses changed their residency with each PCS, but that's changed recently too.
Define recent. I've been married for 6 years with 5 PCSes, and I have maintained the same residency that I established 5 years ago (in the middle of a PCS
See I remember fighting with the tax lady the year after we got married, so 3 years ago, about my residency. She spent a good five to ten minutes scolding me and telling me I wasn't "allowed" to still be in IL resident and that, legally, I should have changed my residency by then.
I think I remember having trouble getting my absentee ballot last election too because I technically shouldn't have been a res of IL anymore.
Post by basilosaurus on Sept 5, 2012 18:56:48 GMT -5
I switched mine to H's home of record on our way to Japan. I figured it would be easiest if we were the same, especially since I was leaving a state I'd lived in for 10 months, the first state as a dependent, with no intention of ever returning.
Your tax lady was likely misinformed. I think all states allow for mil dependents to keep prior residency. BTW, it's a state thing, not a rule of the military.
I don't know what state you live in now, but for IL, if we were to go there, they'd say this If you are a member of the armed forces, you are not a resident of Illinois if you are present in Illinois only because of your military assignment. If you are a spouse of a service member, you are not a resident of Illinois if you are a resident of the same state as your spouse and you are present in Illinois only to accompany your spouse on his or her military assignment. In either case, you have the option of remaining a nonresident of Illinois, regardless of how long you are present in the state, but you may choose to establish residency in Illinois."