Convention week
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It is convention week for the democrats. It is also the coronation of what became the democrat candidate after the candidate who won the nomination was pushed out by democrat elites & donors. Kamala Harris was given a storybook rollout with the endorsement of just about every noteworthy democrat. The party immediately coalesced around her like trained pigs. Her campaign wisely learned the lesson of Sarah Palin and kept her scripted without a press conference or interview for weeks (29 days this far.) The media did their part as they did in the last Presidential election. We saw Harris in carefully staged "rallies," using platitudes, completely devoid of substance. There has been very little attempt to vet or question Harris. I suppose a lot of the energy coming from the left is due to the relief of having Joe Biden replaced.
All that being said, and despite the Harris campaign trying to reinvent her, Harris when given the chance has made some missteps.
1) She boycotted Prime Minister Netanyahu's address to congress.
2) She chose the most radical candidate available as her running mate. A man who embellishes his military record.
3) Her campaign decided to roll out her policies, the most important being the economy, and she laid out a Socialist price control scheme.
The Harris sugar high may already be over. According to certain polls, such as that of likely voters in Pennsylvania conducted by Cygnal and Emerson College now give Trump a 1-point lead in the all-important battleground state of Pennsylvania, which comes with 20 Electoral College votes.
Pennsylvania Polls | FiveThirtyEight
PA voters may not like Trump, but they do appreciate his apparent toughness on trade, immigration, crime and the fact that he stands for the type of energy production so important to PA. In other battleground states Harris is either slightly ahead or tied .. for now.
The 2024 Democratic National Convention runs from today through Thursday, Aug. 23. The convention is taking place this year in Chicago, Illinois at the United Center. Tonight, will feature what I prefer to call a disingenuous testimonial to Joe Biden. Hillary Clinton will also speak tonight.
Democrats released their party platform. It mentioned Donald Trump over 150 times.
Massive protests are expected from the left wing of the party, which is unhappy with the Biden administration’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza. The United Center has been fenced off from the rest of the city. Many downtown businesses have already boarded up their properties. Protest leaders have warned city leaders not to try to reroute the protests.
In other news:
During a trip to Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that recent negotiations had created one of the best chances for reaching a cease fire in Gaza.
Volodymyr Zelensky wants to hold Russian territory as leverage for future talks to end the war in Ukraine.
House Republicans formally made their case for impeaching Joe Biden.
Hurricane Ernesto threatens beach goers on the east coast with swells and rip currents. Powerful storms caused flash flooding on Long Island.
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At a rally in Philadelphia. Erin Schaff/The New York Times
I'd stay away from Chicago today. The specter of violence should spoil the interest any tourist might have for a deep-dish pizza. Michigan Avenue could get bloody.
The question is: How much violence will there be?
Are you mocking the superhero style t-shirt or the person wearing it? Both attempts are losers.
Good Question!
Post 1 was not a meme.
There is no open door to post them.
I assume that is addressed to me.
I am simply showing a Harris supporter and the "energy."
There was a protest march down the Grant Park side of Michigan Avenue last night. There were all sorts of bystanders watching from the sidewalks (and probably from the hotel room windows.) The ones I saw on tv didnt appear to terrorized.
Most of the protests are scheduled to be away from downtown, closer to the convention center, about 2 1/2 miles from Michigan Ave.
The weather is refreshing in Chicago this week (about 80 every day) and the convention goers and media will have a great time in their off hours spent in this great city.
I think I'll pass.
he ones I saw on tv didnt appear to terrorized
Right, it looked more like the freak wing of protesters (Gays for Hamas!) with not much of the actual types who will do damage. I'll stand by my prediction that the protests will just be dramatic posturing with tough talk for the cameras (like the terrorist threats the crowd chanted last night) without much action.
Protests that get out of control tend to be more spontaneous. These groups have been getting permits and organizing for a year
That's two who say no violence.
Out of sight. out of mind.
Though your brother's bound and gagged
And they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to Chicago
Just to sing
In a land that's known as freedom
How can such a thing be fair
Won't you please come to Chicago
For the help we can bring
We can change the world
Re-arrange the world
It's dying, to get better
Politicians sit yourself down,
There's nothing for you here
Won't you please come to Chicago
For a ride]
Wasn't there one about "the night Chicago died?"
Yup, there it is!
I love Chicago! I wish I could be there right now but finances do not allow.
Are we to believe the message the banner is attempting to send? Seriously?
Are these fools that dense and dumb?
Man, those far right wing agitators really get around and know how to rile up a crowd, eh?
R ALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) - Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a few hundred supporters at a campaign rally in Raleigh Friday afternoon.
Harris’s staff reported that about 250 people were in attendance. The event began around 2:30 p.m. at Wake Tech Community College’s campus.
Gallery: Kamala Harris addresses supporters at Raleigh rally (msn.com)
The New York Times/Sienna poll has Harris up two points in North Carolina. Reports were Trump peed his pants.
We still have a few months and the Disneyland ride for Harris is coming to an end.
Hillary will explain it to you. The polls had Hillary way up over Trump.
I dont think Trump fans imagined their hero and king and god would be trailing in North Carolina at any point in this election.
We all expected Commie-la to get the 4 bounces.
They are all over John. It is all down hill now John.
Polls had Hillary and Biden winning North Carolina on the eve of their elections.
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Like in that helicopter ride with Willie Brown? I heard the former 'president' did then.
You keep saying that like if you keep repeating it maybe it will come true!
Keep hoping and wishing and praying!
I don't have to hope and pray. I'm sure Harris may win the popular vote, but that isn't the one that counts.
I agree with David Axelrod:
"Nonetheless, Axelrod suggested it is too early to call it a race for Harris, who is slightly leading the former president in some national polls.
“But this is still a very competitive race. If the election were today, I’m not sure who would win and I think it may well be President Trump, because it’s an Electoral College fight, ” Axelrod said."
David Axelrod says Donald Trump might win election if it was held today (thehill.com)
Ya. Keep hoping and praying and see where that gets you
But it's not being held today, is it?
Remember, it isn't about "me."
That is the point.
Today might just be the best day for the Harris campaign.
Ya. Keep wishing and hoping and praying for that to be so. lol
Axelrod said it very likely is so.
So what?
'If it was held today', remember?
but keep hoping and praying and see how that works for you
Who said it was?
Kamala will get the electoral votes also.
One person has answered the question.
He thinks there will be no violence.
Now irrelevant.
Nobody cares about the proxy Joe Biden.
True, but if the names were switched with Trump you know that the Democrats would be screaming to high heaven for impeachment now.
Barriers to protect democrats
Not much to protect the people of Chicago.
Gee, and here I remember them saying that walls didn't work. How high is that wall, 8-10 feet? Maybe I should invest in a 12-foot ladder company.
That's right they believe in bridges.
Monday: York , Pennsylvania
Tuesday : Howell, Michigan
Wednesday: Asheboro, North Carolina
Thursday : Border-Phoenix, AZ
Friday: Glendale, AZ
Still going strong
Tomorrow the DNC convention
Wearing down
The former 'president' convicted felon and rapist still going strong?
How so?
I think that second photo of our future President has been doctored.
Well, the first one is too..........what's your point?
Because, despite all the democrat elites and donors have done, it is still a very close race.
For now.
So she is not wearing down then.
Glad you agree with that and the fake images which prove dick.
That's right!
And in the future
This is the Cinderella time for Kamala.
At the end of the day Thursday, the clock will have struck midnight.
Agree. She looks much worse in person
Meet you here midnight November 5th...
Here she was last week. Not even CLOSE to picture #1
We'll see won't we?
Promise?
You Can Bank On It!
There are rumors that Kamala has a drinking problem, that could account for the slurring and word salads.
A drinking problem? That's hilarious.
What's the former 'president's convicted felon and rapist's excuse?
The drunks I have encountered have never produced the word salads Harris has.
The allegations were made but no evidence was given. Without evidence, this is no more likely than those 'pee tapes' were. Sorry but I don't believe in unsubstantiated rumors.
That would look better than her being a flat out idiot like many people think of her.
It seems that many on the left do though
We only got to hear Harris unscripted once, when a reporter kind of snuck up on Harris during the prisoner swap.
They won't let it happen again.
Note the look on Biden's face as she speaks about "diplomacy."
At times, she is neck-and-neck with Biden on incoherency.
At least he has the excuse of old age.
I think she may know how dull Whitted she is. Once that happens it won't be just her campaign managers not wanting her to speak candidly. She will come to fear it as well.
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Dull-Whitted means slow to understand or slow to generate a proper response.
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I don't know why I waste my time here.
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What's that on the former 'president' felon's face? A piece of crap, a fly?
Whatever it is, it isn't permanent.
Trump is 78. Harris is 59. Something I was told many decades ago may be true.
Third question of the day: Do women age faster than men?
A few do, most grow wiser than men and we would be totally fvcked if they did not.
How about a neo-Marxist woman, who is too dull whited to speak off script?
So crap?
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'it isn't permanent'
like the 'bullet' wound from the 'assassination attempt'?
After the stiches come out, I assume there will always be a scar.
Do you have a theory on it?
It was bone fragments from the person killed behind him, not a theory, not a bullet
Stitches would have been in for two weeks. No stitches.
The FBI said otherwise.
A scar?
Since you don't know of any, your comment is moot.
We do love when your neo-Fascist leader speaks off script though:
I never did like Ayn Rand.
The FBI said it wasn't a bullet.
Where's the scar or stitches?
Planned Parenthood is offering more than a free T-shirt or sticker at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this coming week — the organization will offer free vasectomies, medication abortion, and emergency contraception.
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers of St. Louis announced in a X post that a bus is headed to the DNC in Chicago on Aug. 19-20 to offer free services.
Planned Parenthood offering free abortions, vasectomies at DNC (msn.com)
don't see anything wrong with that
I suppose it adds to what someone told me would be a "great time" in Chicago this week.
Either do I but I don't see it as a 'great time' - but a necessity if abortion is outlawed in their state thanks to the 'right'
If you dont think the vast number of delegates and journalists will have a great time in Chicago this week you are delusional. Tens of millions of people visit Chicago every year and most of them love it.
You have sheltered yourself with the fantasy that Chicago is a hell hole under siege. Just this summer Chicago hosted a NASCAR race in Grant Park and one of the largest music festivals in the world.
We also had an air and water show that attracts a million people to the lakefront.
Should be fun. With office buildings empty because of the fear of rioting Democrats, the bars and restaurants and those businesses that aren't boarded up should be wide open for the well protected delegates who stay in the designated safe areas protected by walls and the national guard. .
LOL.
I love Chicago and have been there a few times, can't wait to get back.
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Eight shot in Baltimore last weekend.
Hey, good for Chicago.
Maybe the influx of cash from the convention will help offset the deficit Chicago is facing after blowing all that money on immigrants.
If you are going to give me a ticket, please remove the whole commentary. Your only deleting what you did changes the whole meaning for my comment and I really don't care much for people putting words in my mouth. Thank you
Yes and how many shot in any major city last weekend?
You may want to direct that to the member who was discussing shootings.
and it's hilarious how some refuse to admit they're wrong, just not possible
Maybe with that newfangled liberal math, the number of shootings in other cities subtracts from the number in Baltimore?
I'm also ignoring certain other stuff now, not good for my blood pressure
This past week's crime stories:
1) Illegal aliens were arrested for rapes of 2 women in NYC.
2) Illegal aliens were arrested for the rape of a pregnant woman in MA, & the attempted rape of another woman in MA.
3) A Peruvian gang leader wanted for 23 murders also arrested.
If you happen to see any of these men, give ICE a call:
But, but, but they just came for jobs and asylum!!!
And we need them to work jobs American's don't want, right?
Is this a new anti-fashion statement?
she's just representing the 'hood. Of all people you should know that.
Oh, she is a Cameleon?
I see. Thus, the southern accent she used in GA.
It's just desperate and ridiculous to attack the comfortable shoes she is wearing.
Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars are American as Basketball!
What is the problem?
So, is Basketball supposed to be some sort of, um, Black Job?
Then there's this recipient of Biden and Harris' work on the border
In the meantime, no whites in America, anywhere, committed a crime.
But the Illegal migrant crime shouldn't have happened.
And stop using race.
You first
If you say so.............but others know better.
I sure wish those always saying such idiotic things in response to illegal alien crimes would just get a damn clue, as MOST of us know that the reason that you want to make this a racial thing instead of what it is, an immigration and law enforcement problem and you know you lose on the facts and have absolutely no logical defense for defending illegal alien crime.
Being someplace illegally isn't a race.
Your first comment on this seed uses race.
Be happy the administration here doesnt allow a more detailed description of all the times you do this.
Quote???
How so?
Exactly!
I hate it when someone just makes stuff up out of thin air and expects everyone not to read the post in question.
If by "do this" you mean being falsely accused of something, how could an honest description be something he wouldn't want?
Come on any of my seeds and start up with your useless time wasting bullshit and see what happens.
You made a false claim, got called out on it, and then were unable to back your claim up.
You want to take that personally, go ahead.
If you come on my articles and give your opinion about the topics it will be fine.
If you come on trolling and asking incessant questions like you always do you will be deleted.
It's a bad look to retaliate because you can't prove what you claim and are too embarrassed to acknowledge it.
10.3.13 was responded to by member addressed so flag on it was dismissed
I couldnt care less about what you think looks bad. If you come on my seeds and act like you usually do you will be deleted.
I'm not worried about your little threats.
Yup, they are going to pack the United Center
... they?
Here's question 2 today:
How will this man go down in history?
In your imagined world 90% of historians are manipulated marxists ... you're going to be unhappy.
Let's leave me out of it.
You asked the question.
That's right the question was about Biden.
As a decent and honorable and patriotic man who stepped aside honorably.
As one of our best Presidents next to President Obama.
A senile, grasping prop for others whose weakness set the world on fire and who did massive damage to the nation with his war on American institutions and gaslighting of the public.
The projection
What today's gop should be called
I'd say that is a very good assessment.
of the former 'president's' 'presidency' and which continues
They will continue to praise the guy for "his sacrifice for democracy" and all the good he has done. This will be done in front of the cameras and by next week he will be a forgotten man all but ignored by the party.
And we will be left with a neo-Marxist using the same play book Biden used in 2020.
Define neo-marxist
A term loosely applied to any social theory or sociological analysis which draws on the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, but amends or extends these, usually by incorporating elements from other intellectual traditions—such as, for example, psychoanalysis (as in the case of critical theory), Weberian sociology (as in Erik Olin Wright's theory of contradictory class locations), or anarchism (as in the example of critical criminology).
Neo-Marxism - Oxford Reference
That would cover both Harris and Walz
Mkay
That would be utterly ridiculous.
However, par for the course.
SSDD
They say: "When you're in love, you don't even realize the races are over."
Local news just showed the gathering site for the first "huge protest" of the week. The reporter said there are "hundreds" of people there. Maybe it is a late arriving crowd, but the organizer said something interesting saying - that he is still expecting "thousands" to protest today. He didnt sound totally convincing, but we will see.
The entire police force of the state is dedicated to protecting Democrats from other Democrats, so I wouldn't expect much in the way of fireworks
Some on the right, including on this site, will feel unfulfilled unless there are entire blocks burning.
It's still early morning on the first day, no telling how lively things will be after the sun sets tonight.
They do have 4 days counting today.
plenty of time for any right/reich wing plants
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Like the candidates, reporters are preoccupied with crowd size.
They forget that it's not just how big your crowd is, but what you do with it.
It would appear that the Democrats put a lot of thought & effort into their 2024 platform. Too bad they didn't read it over themselves.
Democrat platform : 92 pages. Republican platform : 16 pages.
If they can't even get a detail like that right, does it really inspire confidence in what they may do as leaders?
The crowd for the first "huge" protest march is falling far short of what the organizers had hoped, according to ABC News.
Protesting Harris evidently doesnt have the same oomph that protesting Biden would have had.
Or maybe the matter was worked out behind the scenes.
It seems to be a recurring theme for democrats.
Maybe the "protesters" finally realized that we do not control Israel any more than they control Hamas, and now know that their protests mean nothing at all.
It doesn't matter when it comes to protesting. There could be a cease fire today and they would still choose to lay down and kick and scream..................until the next perceived injustice is.
The Society of the Perpetually Offended will always find something new to become poutraged about.
(I think the local chapters of the SPO are called state Democratic parties).
6000 people marched in the vicinity of the convention hall. 4 arrests. Police cleared the park after the march.
A popgun of a protest.
1968 this ain't.
They just don’t have the conviction and resiliency as the boomers.
J oe Biden will deliver his political swan song tonight at the Democratic National Convention as Kamala Harris will accept the presidential nomination in Chicago but the Bidens will not stay put at Chicago to attend Kamala Harris' event scheduled on Thursday. They will fly to California for a six-day vacation and they will not be there to attend former president Barack Obama's speech at the convention either. In fact, Republicans claimed that Barack Obama will neither stay for Kamala's speech hinting at a massive internal feud among the Democrats.
Why Joe Biden, Jill will skip Kamala Harris, Barack Obama's speeches at DNC (msn.com)
Gee I wonder why? Don't they want to revel in the coronation of Joe's handpicked vp?
What it is is a symbolic turning of the party over to Harris, which happens at every normal national convention. It doesnt happen at the last three GOP conventions because Trump has the MAGA base in thrall and the normal Republicans cant stand him.
That is not what I questioned.
I asked why the Bidens were taking off immediately after his speech.
Btw I have another question:
If Trump wins the election, will the Biden administration's last act be to allow Iran to go nuclear?
Because Trump won the 2016 election Iran now has a one or two week window in which they can produce material for nuclear weapons. Thanks for nothing Trump.
No, I don't think that's the reason.
Then you need to become educated in the consequences of Trump withdrawing from the Iran deal.
Do you wonder why President Bush, Vice President Quayle, Vice President Pence, Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Republican Vice-Presidential Paul Ryan didn't even show up at the 2024 Republican Convention?
What does the Republican Convention have to do with Joe Biden leaving right after his speech?
If you can't understand the obvious correlation between your comment and my comment I doubt that I would be able to help you.
Don't hold your breath, the Times of India is hardly a news source to rely upon.
Exactly, it’s no Salon.
Well done. You beat me to it!
I'll be back to recap the convention.
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Right now, it is 10:56 PM EST. Joe Biden was supposed to speak at 11:PM and be on his way out by midnight. His party continues to disrespect him by allowing a long list of abortion speakers preempt him. It is truly astounding how much abortion means to this political party. They are celebrating it right now. The current president who was already scheduled for the 11:PM hour is now left waiting.
More on this in the morning.
Trump and his campaign team wont get much sleep tonight. Worry and dread will do that to you.
It was certainly a very successful first night for the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party.