Ha! True dat...

I also heard they were having trouble filling the seats.

BTW, is it true you need a photo id to get into the convention?

probably more than thunderstorm threats.

great convention and glad they're pushing obamacare, most people have no idea what a big F'n deal it is!

Fiesty, if you see 'Big Bill' from 'Bama, give 'em a holler. He aint hard to miss, he's big!

Patriot,

Is Big Bill from Bama the guy who ran over Big Blue last Saturday?

Is it true...you need a photo id to get into the convention.

How about a photo id to vote!

ItsAboutTime-3704531

I heard the Romney's were giving out $5 gift cards to Chik Fil A for everyone who attended and applauded on QUE during the RNC.

As opposed to the Democrats, who give out food stamps.

Ah yes, the gainfully employed, highly educated, productive member of society types..

Last I looked Xabre, you are here almost all day, every day.

This just keeps getting better. Pretty soon the venue will be the local VFW hall.

The truth hurts and Obama is yesterday's wind. s/b fart

Obama's narcissm and ego are the reasons for change of venue!

@Shirley Ujest

Teaparty Trolls are out today again.

Put 'em all on ignore!

Out of curiosity, is there anything a liberal hates more than someone one with a differing opinion? The republicans have a lot of issues but I will give them this- they tolerate differing opinions within their own party. You've got to say something pretty whacked-out before they will come down on you as we saw with Akin.

But the dems on the other hand are a whole other story. Every once in a while one of them will go off track and say something they're not allowed to and then hours later will be "clarifying" their comments. I can't see how rigid, uncompromising positions on pretty much everything is a positive. Don't we want our elected officials to have permission to think for themselves?

Last I looked Xabre, you are here almost all day, every day.

Isn't having a job that entails computer use great?

Out of curiosity, is there anything a liberal hates more than someone one with a differing opinion?

There's opinions, and then there's uneducated dribble. I have little tolerance for the latter.

It should never have been scheduled in a stadium named Bank of America in the first place and the convention itself shouldn't have taken place in a Right to Work (which means Right to Fire without Cause) anti-labor state either.

Backcountry164

Yes, the dog and pony show that will be the Presidents speech. As if we already don't know what he'll say- blame, blame, blame, attack, attack, attack, whilst avoiding any mention of his own "accomplishments" of the last 4 years.

Where were you last night? Did you hear any noise from the fact checkers? That should have told that the Is and Ts were dotted and crossed.

Keep up your baseless argument. Rain or shine, this show, our show must go on.

Obama/biden 2013

denver bill 2

As opposed to the Democrats, who give out food stamps.

And why were these foodstamps given out?? My bad, I guess the DEMs are wrong for not wanting the American people to starve to death while they recover from years of GOP economic failure.

Wonder where all the Libbies are this morning railing against the "Collapse Cowards"?

They seem to be out in force today shutting down any dissenting opinion.

In November we will chase him from the White House.

I thought the inauguration was in January? I guess I will defer to your intellectual expertise on the subject.

There's opinions, and then there's uneducated dribble. I have little tolerance for the latter.

self loathing eh Xabie

Xabre

Last I looked Xabre, you are here almost all day, every day.

Isn't having a job that entails computer use great?

so you are a paid blogger

Wonder where all the Libbies are this morning railing against the "Collapse Cowards"?

being a hypocrite doesnt recognize party affiliation but i will dare say the lefties are the bigger offenders, just through mere observation.

I thought the inauguration was in January? I guess I will defer to your intellectual expertise on the subject.

poor Xabie, He will lose his job in November and in effect be run out for a lack of a better term. You are playing dumb right? then again

Think Obama will mention this when attempting to answer if America is better off than it was 4 years ago?

Survey: U.S. global competitiveness falls again

"The United States ability to compete on the global stage has fallen for the fourth year running as confidence in the country's politicians continues to decline. The finding is from an annual survey from the World Economic Forum (WEF)."

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-09-05/us-competitiveness-decline/57597074/1

Can't fill the stadium? Did you see the convention last night? Looked full to me.

JSA1

You're seriously "beefing". What's RNC Romney/Ryan selling that no one is buying? I guess you don't know either.........sounds more like you just tag along.

And why were these foodstamps given out?? My bad, I guess the DEMs are wrong for not wanting the American people to starve to death while they recover from years of GOP economic failure.

I feel the need to insert the republicans motto in response: "Starve a man and he will work an 8 hour day for minimum wage. Starve the man's family and he will work for less than we currently pay our illegal immigrant private contractors which is far less than minimum wage for 16 hours a day."

Or their GOP platform: "If it weren't for all the poor people, we'd all be republicans. Now to just figure out how to rid the nation of these parasites on our coffers."

Xabre - oh don't hold your breath about the intellect of the far righters! They have absolutely NONE! And, clearly no shame based on the lies being told by DB in Akron (gets his info from the UK - how rich); JAS (has never found a lie she wouldn't tell); Damage ('nuff said); etc.

Obama/Biden 2012

@ Jimreaper You're response

"Face it, you're just more of a nobody that the rest of the nobodys that are there."

That's Just what the Republicans think about everyone in the middle class. Just like you're girl said you people. Oh by the way nobodys is spelled nobodies. its ies not ys did'nt you learn that in the 1st grade?

Just24

"Obama/biden 2013"

What day in November 2013 are you going to vote for Obama/biden? Contact all your friends, and make sure they know that the election is in 2013, rather than 2012.

JoAnnaSmith1

So what is the DNC going to do with all those Roman pillars they had on order? They're going to look kind of silly at the VFW. Maybe they can take Obama over to the union hall instead. Oh, wait, there are no unions in NC, that's why the unions are so po-ed at Obama (like they needed another reason).

Next year.. about this same time, why don't you work on Labor Day... after all wasn't that a day that was set aside to REMEMBER how hard work/labor built this country?? Hmm.. I don't see us having a GOP Sponsored "Corporate Day". Course everyday is corporate america day when you get billions in subsidies provided by the GOP.

Obama 2012 - "I am 110% with you unions! Send me your money while I ignored showing up for the Wisconsin recall vote!"

Payback is a Feisty.

Yes.... whenever the GOP realizes they can't win on merit, they dip deep into the KOCHS brothers wallets and BUY it.

Uh...so...did anyone actually think to...uh...check to see what the weather forecast for tomorrow is?

www.weather.com/weather/tomorrow/USNC0121

Funny Noid, I did and it said thunderstorms.

I will never understand why folks here put so much stock in crowd sizes for politicians, no matter who they are.

In todays world of unfettered access It has very little to do with popularity or voter turnout.

Let's see with just a 30% chance of rain and a predicted rainfall amount of less than 1/10th of an inch (National Weather Service), why is it that I get the feeling the real reason they're moving it is because they couldn't get nearly enough people to come and fill the stadium seats this time around -- even with busing people in?

@Xabre

Isn't having a job that entails computer use great?

Are you self-employed? Because if not I really don't see what's so great about ripping off your employer by spending your day posting to forums. Or is that your job?

There's opinions, and then there's uneducated dribble. I have little tolerance for the latter.

By which I suspect you mean you have little tolerance for anything not strictly allowed by the DNC which was pretty much the point I was making.

No more:

If you bother to fact check you'd find that:

1. Obama's tuition at Punahou School was paid by scholarships.

2. Princeton doesn't have athletic scholarships and he didn't have much of an NBA career.

3. I'll give you that one.

4. You assume Michelle was talking about the title of VP. Do you know what she was paid? Was her pay equal to other VPs? You don't know and you are making huge assumptions.

5. What does this have to do with anything?

If this is all you can come up with - I'd say Micheele did fairly well.

Living in L.A.

lol.......I was trying to catch up with JSA1 lies.

By which I suspect you mean you have little tolerance for anything not strictly allowed by the DNC which was pretty much the point I was making.

So you're saying Republicans on this board spew nothing but uneducated dribble?

YOU SAID:

1. Michelle said they both came from families which didn't have much.
WRONG. Barack's Grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, was a VP at the Bank of Hawaii who paid for the expensive tuition for Barack and his sister at one of Hawaii's most exclusive private schools.
DOUBLE WRONG. A review of Michelle and Barack's tax returns show they were trust fund babies, receiving money from TWO family trusts.

Barack's grandparents put him into a college prep school from the 5th grade until he graduated with a high school diploma. They did not do it alone...they had received scholarships to help with the tuition. As for the VP status of his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham rose through the ranks from being a secretary to becoming the bank's first woman Vice President, but it took many years of being passed up by men who had the same or less qualifications than she and some whom she helped train.

2. She claimed that she and her brother went through college with nothing but student loans and grants.
WRONG: Her brother was Craig Robinson. He was the super player on Princeton University's basketball team before he went on to be drafted by the NBA....There is a whole lot of money in BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS.

Michelle Obama clearly stated last night during her speech that nearly all of her and her brother's tuition came from loans and grants, and that her father had to pay a tiny portion. She did not mention her brother's scholarships because she was there to talk about Barack and his background.

3. She asserted that Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham,started working as a bank teller and was a victim of the glass ceiling.
WRONG. Madelyn Dunham broke the glass ceiling. Obama never told that Madelyn Dunham was one of the first female VP at the Bank of Hawaii.

Michelle Obama stated, "Barack's grandmother started out as a secretary at a community bank...and she moved quickly up the ranks...but like so many women, she hit a glass ceiling.

And for years, men no more qualified than she was – men she had actually trained – were promoted up the ladder ahead of her, earning more and more money while Barack's family continued to scrape by."

4. Michelle said that one of the reasons her husband supported the Lilly Ledbetter Act was so that other women would not experience the same discrimination as his grandmother.
WRONG AGAIN: As a lawyer, Michelle Obama should know the Lilly Ledbetter Act did not cover promotions and hiring. It only covers equal pay issues.

The Lilly Ledbetter Act includes everything that has to do with wages, benefits, or any other compensation that is paid. She did not mention anything about promotion or hiring but the act also includes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. So...she did not lie.

5. Michelle deliberately omitted the discrimination that Madelyn Dunham DID face. Madelyn faced discrimination because she was WHITE and not a native Hawaiian. For example, the Bank of Hawaii was advancing the image of Hawaiian ownership of their bank. Native Hawaiians HAVE LAND rights that no one else in Hawaii has. They receive trust proceeds from the OHA and are allowed to own land in Hawaii unlike other people.

Unfortunately, they are allowed only so much time to give a speech. They cannot include every single detail about their parents. Michelle Obama was there to talk about her husband, not his parents and not her parents. Therefore, she did not go into detail.

@just24

Backcountry164

Where were you last night? Did you hear any noise from the fact checkers? That should have told that the Is and Ts were dotted and crossed.

Well I wasn't listening to the Presidents speech because he hasn't given it but I'm not surprised that the "fact checkers" have already found nothing wrong in it.

The reason for ID is that there is limited seating inside the arena and more people than can be seated want to get in.

Logic seems to go over so many heads on the right.

Just24

Humor is always good, especially on this site. On second thought, it's possible that many of the posters on this board don't actually realize that they are a huge source of entertainment.

@Xabre

So you're saying Republicans on this board spew nothing but uneducated dribble?

The republicans spew plenty of uneducated dribble but certainly not any more than the dems. As evidenced by the fact that you are apparently admitting you could not understand the simple statement that I made. Sorry, there is no crayon font so I won't bother to try to spell it out so that you'd better understand it.

2. She claimed that she and her brother went through college with nothing but student loans and grants.
WRONG: Her brother was Craig Robinson. He was the super player on Princeton University's basketball team before he went on to be drafted by the NBA....There is a whole lot of money in BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS.

As an Ivy League school, Princeton does not offer athletic scholarships.

Sorry, there is no crayon font so I won't bother to try to spell it out so that you'd better understand it.

you just lost 90% of the lefties backcountry

A 7.9 earthquake has hit Costa Rica and now there are tsunami warnings. How can the Dems party and have a good time when people are suffering, losing their homes and possibly being struck by a tsunami. I think they should cancel their party. Come on Dems, have a heart!

I enjoyed Kal Penn's empty seat routine, aka, stolen from Clint Eastwood's symbol for Obama's empty leadership role for the past 4 years. All Kal Penn did was remind me what an absolute pathetic failure Obama has been. Last night ABC reported that Obama is having trouble filling the Stadium, even through they're trying to busing in school children. It turned out the kids would get home too late and it violated child welfare laws. So, Obama is moving to a arena that is 4 times smaller ... aaaaa bad wheather ... damn straight bad wheather ... "you just gotta let'm go"

Seig Hiel Der Foodstamp Furher Obama

ItsAboutTime-3704531

denver bill 2

As opposed to the Democrats, who give out food stamps.

And why were these foodstamps given out?? My bad, I guess the DEMs are wrong for not wanting the American people to starve to death while they recover from years of GOP economic failure.

Recover? How? Bush drove the car into a ditch and Obama has spent over three years sitting in it and spinning the wheels.

Seig Hiel Der Foodstamp Furher Obama

Fascism is a far-right system of government. But being the intellectual powerhouse you are, I'm sure you already knew that.

Hopeful American

A 7.9 earthquake has hit Costa Rica and now there are tsunami warnings. How can the Dems party and have a good time when people are suffering, losing their homes and possibly being struck by a tsunami. I think they should cancel their party. Come on Dems, have a heart!

Why when your republican party leader figured his golf game was more important than when Katrina destroyed the lives of millions of people in this country and you were okay with that.

vwterry:

The reason for ID is that there is limited seating inside the arena and more people than can be seated want to get in.

Nice spin try, but . . . wrong!

Mike-424215:

Why when your republican party leader figured his golf game was more important than when Katrina destroyed the lives of millions of people in this country and you were okay with that.

He waited for the same reason Obama waited. And golf or campaigning is about the same I'd say. Nice deflection of the actual statement though! Where are all you libs to complain and cry about Obama and his crew partying while people are suffering? I mean, at least cancel a night like the Republicans did. No? You only have a heart or consideration when it's convenient for you! What hypocrites!

Nice deflection of the actual statement though! Where are all you libs to complain and cry about Obama and his crew partying while people are suffering? I mean, at least cancel a night like the Republicans did. No? You only have a heart or consideration when it's convenient for you?

You're the only one deflecting here Hopeful American.

A huge sigh of relief was heard in Charlotte. Now Obama's speech will be given in much smaller venue. The Democrats will no longer have to scramble to bus people in to fill the arena.

You're the only one deflecting here Hopeful American.

Hey Xabie which one are you, the pot or the kettle. I call you out daily for deflecting and even then you deflect your deflection.

Xabre, Since you picked up on the "Seig Heil" comment you were correct in at least getting the Nazi reference right. But Nazi is a contraction of the German Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartie or NSDAP. In English that's National Socialist German Workers Party. Socialism is a left leaning philosophy. And while Germany's 2 partners Italy and Japan were Fascist the Nazi party was socialist. But being the intellectual powerhouse you are, I'm sure you already knew that.

Jerry40yeardemocrat

Maybe while you were out dumpster diving and your head was stuck in a trash can you didn't see that the DNC convention was filled solid? In other words, get your head out of the dumpster and take a good look around you.

were Fascist the Nazi party was socialist.

Would you like to try again?

Wikipedia it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Position_in_the_political_spectrum):

Fascism was founded during World War I by Italian national syndicalists who combined left-wing and right-wing political views.^[6][7] Fascists have commonly opposed having a firm association with any section of the left-right spectrum, considering it inadequate to describe their beliefs,^[8][9] though fascism's goal to promote the rule of people deemed innately superior while seeking to purge society of people deemed innately inferior is identified as a prominent far-right theme.^[10]

There is some dispute among scholars about where along the left/right spectrum that fascism resides.^{[36][37][38][39]} Fascism is commonly described as "extreme right"^[40][41] although some writers have found placing fascism on a conventional left-rightpolitical spectrum difficult.^[42] There is a scholarly consensus that fascism was influenced by both left and right, conservative and anti-conservative, national and supranational, rational and anti-rational.^[37] A number of historians have regarded fascism either as a revolutionary centrist doctrine, as a doctrine which mixes philosophies of the left and the right, or as both of those things.^[38][39] Fascism was founded during World War I by Italian national syndicalists who combined left-wing and right-wing political views.

Fascism is considered by certain scholars to be right-wing because of its social conservatism and authoritarian means of opposing egalitarianism.^[43][44] Roderick Stackleberg places fascism — including Nazism, which he says is "a radical variant of fascism" — on the right, explaining that "the more a person deems absolute equality among all people to be a desirable condition, the further left he or she will be on the ideological spectrum. The more a person considers inequality to be unavoidable or even desirable, the further to the right he or she will be."^[45]

That would be me: 1, LewisGunner 0. I suggest you go back to school.

Xabre said:

There's opinions, and then there's uneducated dribble. I have little tolerance for the latter.

Sir, the word is not "dribble," it's "drivel."

Delusional Redhead, Obama couldn't fill the stadium-face reality!

I guess meteorologists have now been added to the list of scientists who have no credibility according to some of our republican friends. The weather forecast I saw called for continued rain over Charlotte. I really see no reason why they would make this up, unlike some of our Republican friends.

And the planet is still warming.

kenva said:

Too bad you need a photo ID to get in. Geeze, Dumbocrats, but you don't need one to vote for the clown? What's up with that? Hypocrite much?

While I completely agree with you, kenva, we are both wrong. There is a constitutional right to vote, but there is no right to attend a convention. It's ok to bar people from attending the convention. This would be prudent, due to safety concerns.

but Xabie it would be me: a lot Xabie: not so much

@vwterry

The reason for ID is that there is limited seating inside the arena and more people than can be seated want to get in.

But who cares if a few people who don't belong slip through, isn't that the liberal argument against voter ID laws? It rarely happens so it is unnecessary to burden everyone else?

Logic seems to go over so many heads on the right.

"Logic" seems to be selectively applied by so many on the left.

Fascism is a far-right system of government

From the "Concise Encyclopedia of Economics":

As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a capitalist veneer. The word
derives from fasces, the Roman symbol of collectivism and power: a tied
bundle of rods with a protruding ax. In its day (the 1920s and 1930s), fascism
was seen as the happy medium between boom-and-bust-prone liberal capitalism,
with its alleged class conflict, wasteful competition, and profit-oriented egoism, and
revolutionary Marxism, with its violent and socially divisive
persecution of the bourgeoisie. Fascism substituted the particularity of
nationalism and racialism—“blood and soil”—for the internationalism of both
classical liberalism and Marxism.

Read the entire article and educate yourself:

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html

It seems to me that all supporters of one political party are honest and good people, and the supporters of the other political party are all low intelligence liars. I conclude that once a person adopts the wrong political philosophy, their basic character, intelligence, and humanity are injured. This is such a shame. I cannot understand why anyone would voluntarily suffer through this? I look forward to the day when America is truly united, without dissent, and has only the one true political party. That'll show those communist countries!

@Xabre

Would you like to try again?

Wikipedia it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Position_in_the_political_spectrum):

Fascism was founded during World War I by Italian national syndicalistswho combined left-wing and right-wing political views

But earlier you said -

Fascism is a far-right system of government.

LOL! Got to love it when someone posts a source that contradicts what they've already said. Allow me to correct this-

"That would be me: 1 -1, LewisGunner 0. I suggest you go back to school.

If you're going to give yourself credit for getting it wrong clearly you should not be recommending more schooling for anyone else.

Backcountry,

"But who cares if a few people who don't belong slip through, isn't that the liberal argument against voter ID laws?". No.

The problem with the voter suppression laws are they have been proposed to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Based on percentages relating to proven occurrences of in person voter fraud, there would be less than 1 person that would try to get in to the convention without ID. In person fraud would be the only part of voting effected by the new laws. 200 years of voting the way we have has been just fine up until the legal democratic election of the current president. Why is that?

TO: Jim in Houston-1509351 who wrote:

"I also heard they were having trouble filling the seats."

You can always count on comments from Republicans deeply rooted in jealousy.

It was Mitt Robme who couldn't fill stadium seats, in fact Robme couldn't even fill seats up to the 30 yard line on the field!

Republicans will be gnashing their teeth and breaking pencils tonight! We've got Democrat President Bill Clinton, the most successful President in history on the Democratic Convention Stage tonight!!!

I can't wait!

Obama/Biden 2012

For those who intend to vote in November there are two questions that you need to ask yourself.

1. Are you better off now than you were for years ago?

2. What can President Obama do different if he is re-elected considering he will have a Republican controlled House and most likely a Republican controlled Senate?

Must be all the right wing doinks are listening to Rush Limbaugh, all of them are saying that Obama can't fill a stadium. How f-ing stupid is that? Stupid enough for Rush Limbaugh to say it.

@vwterry

The problem with the voter suppression laws are they have been proposed to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

I'd say the problem with "voter suppression" laws is proving they actually prevent any eligible voters from participating. Funny how liberals clamour about the lack of proof regarding fraud but totally ignore the fact that there is far less proof that these laws actually suppress the vote

. 200 years of voting the way we have has been just fine up until the legal democratic election of the current president. Why is that?

This is BY FAR the most ridiculous anti-ID argument there is. 200 years ago only white male land-owners were allowed to vote so are you really suggesting that voting laws need not have changed since then?

T

Hey Jennifer Psaki AKA FEISTY REDHEAD (obumbo's press secretary)...Why don't you post under your real name and stop lying to the American public that just think you are an average citizen.

Back Country you ignorant Azzhole. I don't know where Wiki got that but in Dictionary.com Fascisim is the rights baby. What you cite is socialism in name only. You don't understand that Conservative/Liberal are so far different that it could never be combined. Liberals represent people. Working people mostly, conservatives serve no one but themselves and the corporate world that make them rich.

White Collar Auto

Funny Noid, I did and it said thunderstorms.

I will never understand why folks here put so much stock in crowd sizes for politicians, no matter who they are.

In todays world of unfettered access It has very little to do with popularity or voter turnout.

WC - you are clearly in the correct century...the cons not so much. What was really interesting about "turnout" was the tweet numbers. About 4million total during the entire R convention. About 3 million yesterday for the D convention...day 1. As well, FLOTUS brought 28K tweets per min while Romney brought about 15K per min. No one has ever been able to measure the convention impact of actual voter turnout. Same with tweets...but...tweets = conversation.

Lots of folks want to scoff at tweet statistics, but, it IS how our social activity is being measured these days. Getting in a car...driving somewhere to attend an event....so last decade.

Last night Moochelle said,,,

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as "us" and "them" – he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above…he knows that we all love our country…and he's always ready to listen to good ideas…he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

No, she's right. For Barrack Hussein there's no such thing as "us" and "them", it's always about HIM!

Mr. "I-ME-MY" is unfortunately the only one that can toot his own horn.

The whole meme of last nights stroll down memory lane was about as nauseating as possible. We all know how Barrack Hussein was raised as an anti-colonialist by his drunken father and Communist mother and grandparents. We all know how his ideology was molded by Frank Marshall Davis and the "Rev." Jeremiah Wright.

Instead of, "Can I get an AMEN?", he got a, "Can I get a GOD-DAMN AMERICA!".

Yeah, Barrack Husseins door was always opened to the Republicans, too bad he was too much of a coward to be there.

How appropriate was it when almost immediately as they gaveled the Democratic National Convention to order the National Debt crossed $16 TRILLION DOLLARS! And of course the unwashed masses claim he has the lowest spending record in 60 years. Of course those two stalwart "unbiased" Liberal rags "Politifact" and "MenialMatters" confirmed the lie.

I'm shocked I tell you,,,,shocked.

As I painfully watched the long winded diatribe after diatribe about how all the successes of the Democrats are from the government my stomach churned. Their preoccupation with the middle class is nauseating. I have NEVER been hired by an hourly middle class worker. I doubt they have either.

Tonight the usual cabal of Nanny Piglosi, Sandra "Bimbo" Flunkie, Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren, Bawney "Newlywed Wife" Fwank and Billy "Blue Dress" Clinton will spew their venom at the American people.

What I find most interesting is how the crowd at the convention has been trained to applaud instead of holding their hands out.

ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 for real Americans

@John in Battle Creek

Back Country you ignorant Azzhole. I don't know where Wiki got that but in Dictionary.com Fascisim is the rights baby. What you cite is socialism in name only

And starting out your post by calling me a name that you aren't even smart enough to realize you can just spell out- @!$%#- paints you as quite the tolerant genius! LOL!

By the way, the thing you're insulting me for was a quote provided by one of your liberal cohorts so who is the real ignorant "azzhole"?

so American Girl

You can always count on comments from Republicans deeply rooted in jealousy.

Then why is it the left are the ones wanting to take money from the rich. Isn't that out of envy, jealousy, & spite?

I certainly don't hear republicans chanting take money from the poor. What they offer is a product or service for a price. If they don't ask enough they go out of business. If they ask too much, they go out of business because there is almost always someone who will find a way to do the same thing for less.

We should implement the NFL's rules here. If you can't fill the stadium, you get blacked out on TV. I don't buy the "weather" excuse. Isn't Obama the Messiah that was going to stop the rise of the oceans? Geez, a few rain clouds should be a breeze for him.

Wow - the Republicans are just crazed with the fact the convention is going so well and is being received MUCH better than theirs! It's funny to read the lie after lie they tell themselves to try to make each other feel better about the losers they're backing.

Pitiful creatures!

Obama/Biden 2012

Shaak - the national weather forecast was for isolated thunder storms, the local forecast says clearing.

Intellicast shows clearing thursday morning and sunny by 10 AM

Somebody isn't telling the truth.

Come on Barry...... part the heavens & bring on the clear sky for your disciples.........

Steve,

"Come on Barry...... part the heavens & bring on the clear sky for your disciples........."

I think Obama will probably just content himself with kicking Romney's ass in November. There is no need for a supernatural display of his powers.

The national weather forecast I watched last night showed showers over Charlotte for Thursday. Weather forecasts can change and predictions often change with the changing weather especially when there is a large unknown like the hurricane producing weather system that just swept across Louisiana and headed north, now more easterly. Heavy rain is predicted for many areas on the eastern seaboard.

What a difference, and irony, from 4 years ago. 4 years ago he was the messiah who with the wave of his hand could change the world and presented himself to the world with Greek columns. Now we are Greece on the verge of bankruptcy and a 40% chance of rain is enough to scare the president. The Republicans had a tropical storm and only delayed one day. Obama has 40% chance of rain and running scared.

Although we ALL know the move has NOTHING to do with the weather. He can't find enough people to fill the stadium and would be such a confirmation of this failed administration they are going to bring it indoors with 1/10th the seating capacity so it will look "full".

Such a contrast to the "Hope and Change" where the new slogan after 4 years of failure is "You are better off, you just don't know it".................

The weather Channel now says 40% chance of rain in Charlotte tomorrow afternoon, 30% in the evening with thunderstorms. So, a 1 in 3 chance of a thunderstorm over Charlotte for tomorrow evening. If I was running the convention, I wouldn't have a big outdoor event. What was the chance of Tampa getting hit by the hurricane last week. 30%? I don't know. Best to err on the side of caution. Thunderstorms can kill people too.

Seeking Sanity: We have a stagnant economy, 43 straight months of unemployment above 8% (and rising), an additional $6 Trillion in debt, lowest labor participation rate since the 70's, highest number of unemployed 6 months or more since the Great Depression, 1 in 7 on Food Stamps (highest percentage since the program started), 1 in 6 in Poverty (highest since the 70's), and so on.

So I wonder what the Democrat platform is to FIX the economy? Hmmm, let's listen into the convention. I hear woman's rights being discussed. And abortion. Oh, there is a comment about fair share. Millionaires and Billionaires. I am trying to hear SOMETHING about why the last 4 years were a failure and what Obama will do differently the NEXT 4 years. Hmm, there is a comment about gay marriage. Unions. Greed. Republican's fault.

Interestingly, Obama had 4 years to fix the economy and he didn't. So the entire convention is going to be about dividing the country and saying "Yes, Obama sucks but the Republican's suck more"? That doesn't sound like a plan to me.............

Wasn't it just last week the Libs were hootin' and hollerin' about the GOP not being smart enough not to have their convention during hurricane season? So what does that say about them? I think, too, that numbers can always be inflated and that's what they did to make us think the stadium would have a full house. Then when they couldn't round up enough union people and gullible students their plan was shot down. That combined with many probably being fed up with hearing about contraceptives and abortions over and over again until you want to scream and throw up. I know I'm sick to death of hearing it. Romney/Ryan 2012.

Hey Liberal Zombies;

If a stadium [in any city] had a baseball game, soccer or tennis match, or a concert scheduled with a 20-30% chance of storms would the management cancel the event 36+ hours in advance?

Will you ever begin to think on your own? Is it any wonder you expect the government to do everything for you?

1.48 Why?-3122622-@ Jimreaper You're response

Just like you're girl said you people. Oh by the way nobodys is spelled nobodies. its ies not ys did'nt you learn that in the 1st grade?

Wow, where do I start? First of all it's "Your response" not "you're response".

Again it's "Your girl" not "You're girl". And when you are quoting or trying to quote someone, you are supposed to put those words in quotation marks.

The word "nobodys" was chosen as a name rather than a word and in this case the plural is just as I wrote it.

"its ies not ys did'nt you learn that in the 1st grade" Well, this whole line just amazes me.

And lastly, to answer your question. Yes, I learned a lot in 1st grade. Fortunately it wasn't in a Liberal-run public school as you obviously attended. The important thing about trying to correct or point out the mistakes of others is that you really shouldn't come across as the ignorant buffoon that you seem to be.

You sort of stepped in that one.

ProBusiness - if you are so ignorant to believe that the mess Obama inherited could be fixed in 3.75 years - I have a Gorgeous Bridge to sell you. Plus, NO President has EVER had to deal with people from the opposing party who put their party above the interest of the country in order to make them a one-term President.

Grow up or at least try to sound intelligent. You're failing on both fronts at the moment!

Obama/Biden 2012

As for filling the seats in Charlotte, I've been on a waiting list now for two weeks for two credentials to attend the speech.

All one has to do is go to the weather channel and see that a new low pressure system has formed in the area and that the forecast for Wed and Thursday is rain.

Leave it to the right to spin this....

I wish you had that Gorgeous Bridge because Reagan had the country realizing 6% GDP growth by now inheriting an equal or bigger mess from Carter. I lived the unemployment higher than we have now, interest rates in the high teens, inflation so bad that people wondered if candybars were going to cost 10 dollars soon, complete destruction of much of our manufacturing base at the time. Reagan was just a better leader (as he didnt lead from behind) and he understood that you have incent private enterprise not incent via government jobs. The problem with Obama is that you Seeking Sanity say 4 years isnt enough but there is nothing on the horizon but more bad news if Obama gets reelected and keeps pushing his ideological progressive agenda. Obamacare and the tax cliff that start in 2013 are only going to push us into another deep recession. We need a real leader with financial acumen in the office.

Obama "Where's the bus loads of people"

Staffer "Bad news sir when we saw the turnout we cancelled the buses and got a minivan.........good news we still have room for 2 more in it"

Obama "Move it indoors............damn I really love those columns"

Nothing would have been a better visual than 74,000 people sitting in the rain to watch Obama speak. The fact is that they were afraid of empty seats and used the weather as an excuse to move to a "packed" arena.... More evidence that enthusiasm is way down. Some will deny it, but it's obvious.

Seeking Sanity: You ask if I am "ignorant" to believe this mess could have been fixed in 3.75 years I would tell you "No". Because it shouldn't have taken ANYWHERE NEAR 3.75 years. It should have taken 6 to 9 months. Heck even OBAMA said it was fixed the spring of 2010. Do you conveniently forget that? Do you remember the "Summer of Recovery" in 2010? Obama felt his policies had it fixed by 2010. The problem was his policies made it worse. REAL economic growth policies would have fixed in 6 to 9 months. Since the great depression the average length of a recession is 9 months with significant GDP and economic growth immediately following and no reason to be longer than that - unless you initiate policies like Obama did. Then it lasts for 4 years.

Fixing an economy is easy - build consumer and producer confidence in the private sector and POOF!! you have economic growth. But Obama gave the consumer and businesses ObamaCare AND threats of higher taxes. That would stifle any chance of recovery - and it did. Obama is a failure and no reason NO REASON we should have such a pathetic and failed economy right now. No reason at all but Obama was capable of doing it. That, my friend, is FAILURE!!

Clearly it's God's retribution for Obama's creation of Hurricane Issac to distract others from the RNC.

or other things, the taliban will never let us down

The DNC even resorted to paying union workers to fill some of the seats.... I wonder if they'll still honor that promise, now that the venue is much smaller?

Rub a DUM DUMB....

Really? you know this yourself? Where do you get these dollars??? Did you get them??? Where does one go to get these $$ by coming to the DNC?? Maybe its sponsored by the Romneys.... I heard they gave away $5 gift cards to Chik Fil A for everyone who came and applauded on QUE.

Hmmmm, FLOTUS & the VP at the convention arena yesterday, Secret Service must be present.

Vp & former Pres Clinton at the convention arena today, Secret Service must be present.

POTUS at the convention arena tomorrow, Secret Service must be present.

Gee, they wonder wonder why ya gotta have credentials to get into the convention, quite the number of bozos on this blog spewing their ignorance.

Community Credentials to attend: Is that anything like a photo ID?

SeekingSanity

DLux- the jealousy of the radical righties on this post is palpable - and pitiful. But, when you're running Romney/Ryan I guess it's easy to be jealous of our President and First Lady

dont you grow tired of being stupid? I didnt see you defend Ann Romney when you're mangey friends were on a rabie infested rampage about her at the RNC

SeekingSanity

Hey Seeking, if we get a quiet thread I'll tell you about my time in Winston-Salem.

Nah...couldn't be the weather...

www.weather.com/weather/tomorrow/USNC0121

Moshuluu

Most of what you say is true except the ID.

I have seen several sitting presidents. I went through security, metal detectors but was never asked for ID.

My thought is that they only want supporters of the president there. He tends to get a little testy when someone disagrees with him, don't you know.

I think the actual reason is the Dem couldn't drum up enough folks to bus in to fill the venue. So instead of looking dull they changed the venue... But then again the media will play along with the game cause its Obama...

Paul,

"My thought is that they only want supporters of the president there"

Why should that come as a surprise? It is the Democratic National Convention, after all; the Republicans had their convention last week.

I guess they couldn't find enough people with photo ID's to fill the stadium, so blame it on the weather....

Deflect & Defer. SoS

19 thousand people on a waiting list, and you all want us to believe they couldn't fill the venue?

carrot top, repeating a lie over and over again, may make you believe it! But it doesn't work for Americans with IQs above a rat!

GOP Convention, Dirty Harry stole Ayn Rand's Chair !!!!!!!!!!

Some of you are clueless. I have relative who are there, and several of them are having problems getting credentials due to demand. Trust me. They won't have problems filling the seats

Will be better if DNC let people come inside without picture ID , otherwise it will be discrimination and against their values.................oops!!!!!!Yes, it is a requirement to show a picture ID to enter to the DNC Convention

A 7.9 earthquake has hit Costa Rica and now there are tsunami warnings. There are Americans that are living, working and vacationing in Costa Rica, so how can the Dems party and have a good time when people are suffering, losing their homes and possibly being struck by a tsunami. I think they should cancel their party. Come on Dems, have a heart!

Paul:

They want well behaved, courteous people who won't be interrupting anyone's speeches.

Are you saying the repubs didn't check IDs and ensure only party supporters were allowed in? Totally different from the voter ID issue. All Americans have the right to vote, not all Americans are allowed to attend any old convention. Try getting into an Elks Club convention without ID - or Moose Club or Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus, etc etc

But nice try.

A 7.9 earthquake has hit Costa Rica and now there are tsunami warnings. There are Americans that live and are vacationing in Costa Rica, so can the Dems party and have a good time when people are suffering, losing their homes and possibly being struck by a tsunami. I think they should cancel their party. Come on Dems, have a heart!

Yeah, that's why the GOP canceled theirs as Issac hit Louisiana...oh wait.

19 thousand people on a waiting list, and you all want us to believe they couldn't fill the venue?

Wow that means 89,000 people want to attend? Holy crap Fisty! I am sure those 19,000 are on a waiting list because of the uncertainty of BofA stadium would be the venue. I suggest at most, they have filled TWC Arena seats. Hell, 6000 of them are needed for the number of delegates alone.

The big question is whether there will be enough space to break out those giant white styrofoam Greek-styled columns like they did at the inauguration !!! The "Greece" theme does go well with the state of our debt and economy !

Cycle...

So in your view their are two types of voters...."conservative right winging teabaggers" and caring and thoughtful Democrats.

Maybe you're a closet 'teabagger' who just doesn't want folks to know. Happy 'teabagging' to you !

dont you grow tired of being stupid?

It certainly hasn't stopped you, Caesar.

Bob in Virginia-5210392 Comment Comment collapsed by the community

They couldnt fill the stadium...didnt want visuals of empty seats.

Proof Please!!!

@ Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

19 thousand people on a waiting list, and you all want us to believe they couldn't fill the venue? lmao

What petty, bitter people you are...

And delusional... also... too!

What would one expect? Remember surveys FOX NEWS NOISE viewers are dumber that people who don't even watch news at all.

4 more years for 44

Obama/Biden 2012

tony-268769

The big question is whether there will be enough space to break out those giant white styrofoam Greek-styled columns like they did at the inauguration !!! The "Greece" theme does go well with the state of our debt and economy !

The Arena will be filled with water like the Roman Coliseum , and Obama will arise like Neptune from the sea. Because this time we are in deep water. 16 trillions of debt and the economy is sinking.

Romney / Ryan 2012 Will bring the economy to safe waters.

Caesar Augustus --

dont you grow tired of being stupid? I didnt see you defend Ann Romney when you're mangey friends were on a rabie infested rampage about her at the RNC

That might be because there isn't anything to defend. But I'll ask you again -- instead of merely pointing at other wrongs, and hiding behind your own style of personal attacks -- come out in front and be a man yourself, for a change.

Defend what's right. Tell Sirie what you really think.

By the way, Ann Romney isn't right, either. Her entire speech was phony. She doesn't speak for average women or average "moms" or have any idea of what they think about when they can't sleep because they're worried about their jobs or how to face another day or how to make ends meet.

Come to think of it, I've never heard her advocating for women in ANY respect, except that one scripted moment in Tampa.

In fact, Ann Romney said that women are only worried about the deficit.

Seriously. What's to defend amidst all that cluelessness?

And no, Michelle Obama didn't get her dress at Target, either. But she darn sure has better taste. And she earned her way up to that dress from nothing. Can Ann Romney say that?

No. The best that can be said, as Mitt said in his speech, is that she COULD have been something, had she tried.

What a ringing endorsement. What a guy.

@ Hopeful American --

Don't you worry about Costa Rica. The Dems can keep on partying because Mitt Romney will be on the case. The first thing he will do is ask them where all that water came from. And then he'll tell all those folks who have lost power and whose homes are flooded out to go home and call 211.

What more could anyone possibly ask for in a leader?

Seriously.

WEATHERED!!! Yeah right. The major concern the democrats have is filling seats! In order to make it look better they needed to move it into a smaller venue. Besides I hear the stained glass backdrop has already been set up on the stage in the smaller arena. This was a well planned and timed change. There's one way to find out... I'll keep Intellicast radar tuned in the night he speaks... if the weather is clear, it will prove that it's all a ruse.

HAHAHAhahahaHOHOHOhohoho..............Like I told you yesterday. I live in NC. They were offering buses and tickets thru yesterday but were mostly only getting a few of Odumbo's base, won't work welfarers. I guess there weren't even enough for them who would waste their precious time to pull the "full stadium" trick, so they had to give up the ghost. HAHAHAHAhahahahaHOHOHOHOhohoho.

What a joke your POS potus is. And his Let Them Eat Cake Moochelle is even worse. She walked uphill to school both ways every day in the dark and stood at the top of the stairs every day to watch her dad crawl up. BBBAAARRRFFF. HAHAHAhahaha. What a pig. If nothing else, everyone should vote for Romney just to put some class back in the position of First Lady. Anyone would be better than this stank skank.

Jimmy Carter now comes in black.

NO MORE YEARS

Brianb --

There's one way to find out... I'll keep Intellicast radar tuned in the night he speaks... if the weather is clear, it will prove that it's all a ruse.

You mean like weather never deviates from the two-day forecast?

Did you hear that on Fox News or something?

Seriously?

If they can't forcast it for two days, how do you expect them to forcast climate change for 10 years?

A huge sigh of relief was heard in Charlotte. Now Obama's speech will be given in much smaller venue. The Democrats will no longer have to scramble to bus people in to fill the arena.

Sailcat-2064101

dont you grow tired of being stupid?

It certainly hasn't stopped you, Caesar.

hey sail long time no see, hows the coffee house treating ya? speaking of stupid its funny you opened your mouth...

The Arena will be filled with water like the Roman Coliseum , and Obama will arise like Neptune from the sea.

Ave Obama Morituri te saltutant

AM--how did Michelle earn those designer thousand dollar dresses? Her legal job that she abandoned quickly? Her fake political jobs created by her husband within the chicago political patronage world? The fact that her husband was elected senator and then president while writing successful books? So she is riding his coattails as much as Ann Romney? You can do better than that cant you? Michelle really understands the common woman while wearing designer duds, vacationing all over the world travelling in extreme luxury, sending her kids to private school even before being president? If she understands them so well, why hasnt that translated into any betterment of their plight over her husband's 4 years? There is nothing average mom about either woman so to try and act like Michelle is somehow more "common" than Ann--give me a large break. Your ability to have any objectivity has been totally compromised.

Oh What A Convention Night It will Be Rain Or Shine!!!

I’m still catching my breath from First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech. I was so proud of my fellow Chicagoan put emphasis on the lifestyle she grew up in which still hasn’t changed her. I particularly loved the part in the film when her mother told how First Lady Michelle Obama’s father would happily jump out of bed to get ready for work. Wasn’t it wonderful for her to speak the truth? I ♥ed this part of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech especially:

“So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.

So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.

He's the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work…because for Barack, success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

First Lady Michelle Obama touched the heart of America.

Hail to the “Mom-in-Chief.”(applause)

4 more year for 44

Obama/Biden 2012

Anna Molly:

Don't you worry about Costa Rica. The Dems can keep on partying because Mitt Romney will be on the case. The first thing he will do is ask them where all that water came from. And then he'll tell all those folks who have lost power and whose homes are flooded out to go home and call 211.

Just another deflector . . .

They're probably moving Obama's speech indoors, because he can't fill the stadium, and they don't want their to be any empty seats on TV.

I'm telling you, and I've said this all along; this election is not a slam dunk for Obama.

He could lose and Romney can win!

Notice how the right-wing thugs overunning the comments section of this, and other blogs, can't find one inspirational thing to say about their candidate for President, Mitt Romney?

They can't even talk about Ann Romney's MS, years raising five boys, or devotion to her religion. Right-wingers have no love in the hearts, just pure hate. And this is who we want choosing our next President?

Beverly in Chicago:

He's the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work…because for Barack, success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

Yeah, he did a great job in Chicago - lmao! Just how many have been shot today? Fine, fine job he did in those communities. He did such a fine job and obviously he is missed, so we are sending him back come January, 2013! And just what high paying jobs was he offered? The man is clueless about America! Hell, clearly they are both clueless about their home city.

The major concern the democrats have is filling seats!

When is martial law going to be implemented, or is your last well thought out theory fallen out of that insipid little peon brain, replaced by a new 'fill the seats' conspiracy.

Notice how the right-wing thugs overunning the comments section of this, and other blogs, can't find one inspirational thing to say about their candidate for President, Mitt Romney

hypocrite much? wait you have nothing but positive for the failed inept empty suit Obama. Hot coals right

Romney doesn't need our "inspirational" BS. Look at what he's running against. Sandusky could beat your POS messiah.

Amy:

Notice how the right-wing thugs overunning the comments section of this, and other blogs, can't find one inspirational thing to say about their candidate for President, Mitt Romney?

Stay with this now, the article is not about Mitt Romney - it's about Odumbo and some rain drops, i.e., how he can't fill 65,000 on-the-dole seats!

Brianb - you really are ignorant aren't you? Like they'd be able to change venues at the last minute - the day of the event? There are storms forecast today - probably the last day they could make such a change. Clearly you've never had ANY involvement with a large event.

My God you righties don't have a single brain cell in your entire heads!!!

Obama/Biden 2012

Anna Molly said: You mean like weather never deviates from the two-day forecast?

Did you hear that on Fox News or something?

Seriously?

Not at all. I've been paying attention all along. Big egos require big things... and that's what Obama has been about all along. They chose the stadium because they were under the impression that so many people wanted to come to their convention that they needed the largest. Did you see all the empty seats last night? Wonder what happened to big things?

What happened to Obama's claims that he was going to get 1 billion dollars for his re-election effort? Not even close. This man talks a big story but never delivers...

I see the collapse cowards are doing their dirty deeds again... these people are pigs... STOP COLLAPSING THE FIRST POST OF A THREAD!!!

Jerry40yearDomocrat,

"Jimmy Carter now comes in black."

And now I suppose you're going to try to feed us that old Republican spiel about how race has nothing to do with Republicans not liking Obama. Just another of the already innumerable Republican lies.

mickey you have any proof? Are there people out there that wont vote for Obama cuz he's black, sure. Betcha there are quite a few in the Demotard party as well. Yeah but go on blissfully ignorant and stupid and think its only a GOP thing.

Amy,.

I live in the DC suburbs in a few years back my sons youth baseball team had kids of very high ranking Dems on it. One said to me that the difference between the Dems and the Repubs in Washingtom is the Repubs truely hate the Dems in a personal way .With Dems its all about policy.

Now I understand

IDIOTS

GOP Suggests Democrats Are Hostile To ‘God,’ Ignore Lengthy Passage On Faith In Platform

The controversy was kicked off by the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, who noticed that the word “God” never appeared in the platform text despite the platform’s page-long discussion of the value of faith and religious institutions. The point was picked up by several Republican-leaning outlets, and then migrated into the mainstream media. The Romney campaign has now jumped on this issue, sending Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan out to bash supposed Democratic hostility to faith:

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/05/796891/gop-suggests-democrats-are-hostile-to-god-ignore-lengthy-passage-on-faith-in-platform/

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Guess which outlet is doing the most whining? Yup, Fox & Friends Fiends. The couch potatoes (dunces called men) sitting next to rotten tomato(bleach blonde bimbo holding job down showing her tail).

When did Fox & Fiends become Jesus' BFF?

They don't want to feed the hungry.

They don't want people to work.

They don't want to pay taxes. Jesus said: “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's"

They want to start and continue endless wars.

They don't want to help disaster victims. What a bunch of untouched by the hand of Jesus they are!! Hypocrites that's what the GOP and FAUX NEWS is even though FOX acts as a mighty religious channel.

4 more years for 44

Obama/Biden 2012

@Da Noid

Nah...couldn't be the weather...

Obviously it's not the weather. We all know by now that Obama can control the weather so how could it be?

/sarc

@Amy B. Portland, ME

Notice how the right-wing thugs overunning the comments section of this, and other blogs, can't find one inspirational thing to say about their candidate for President, Mitt Romney?

Notice how a liberal gets confused when the other side doesn't try to change the subject of the conversation.

This may come as a shock to you but some people actually want to talk about this President and the horrible job that he has done.

Caesar Augustus,

"mickey you have any proof? Are there people out there that wont vote for Obama cuz he's black, sure"

Did I not just quote proof from Jerry40yeardemocrat's post: "Jimmy Carter now comes in black"? How much more proof do you need? What difference does it make whether it is only a GOP thing or not? Racism is racism. But it is mainly the GOP that tries to foist that lie off on us that racism has nothing to do with their opposition to Obama. Yet I find posts on line proving that a lie all the time. This is not the first.

Oh What A Convention Night it Will Be!!!

I’m still catching my breath from First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech. I was so proud of my fellow Chicagoan put emphasis on the lifestyle she grew up in which still hasn’t changed her. I particularly loved the part in the film when her mother told how First Lady Michelle Obama’s would happily jump out of bed to get ready for work. Wasn’t it wonderful for her to speak the truth? I ♥ed this part of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech:

“So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.

So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.

He's the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work…because for Barack, success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

First Lady Michelle Obama touched the heart of America.

Hail to the “Mom-in-Chief.”(applause)

4 more year for 44

Obama/Biden 2012

I just realized the democrats were moving to a stadium that only holds 20,000 people. I wonder what they are going to do with the other 30,000 that showed up to see Obama. The Bank of America stadium holds 70,000 people. No wonder they moved the president's speech... Maybe they will house them in tents... LOL.

Did I not just quote proof from Jerry40yeardemocrat's post:

the irony is the moniker says 40yr democrat and you go off on its GOP thang. besides he's comparing Obamao to jimmy carter just black. Yet you concluded it was racist. Way to go. but the only true forms of racism i see currently comes from the Liberal media and the Liberal hacks like Biden and FR posters painting black,yellow, red or whatever color you can label a human as a victim. That is abuse and disjustice to the civil rights movement. Its deplorable

Caesar Augustus,

"the irony is the moniker says 40yr democrat and you go off on its GOP thang. besides he's comparing Obamao to jimmy carter just black. Yet you concluded it was racist."

That may be what his screen name says, but that does not necessarily mean he is really a Democrat. A screen name can say anything. And yes, it was definitely racist. He could have compared Obama to Jimmy Carter without mentioning that he is black at all. If you are incapable of recognizing racial inuendo when you see it, you might want to take a better look at yourself.

Smoke & mirrors..... a President that has promised "transparency in government" and has only delivered BACKROOM POLITICAL DEALS for his "friends" to pass his legislation......

I'd challenge ANY Obama supporter to change the names on everything Barry does to George & then take a long hard look at just how wrong you really are about everything..............

Just looked at Thursday evenings weather forecast for Charlotte,NC. Chance of precipitation 20% from 9:00pm on. So what's the problem? I live 2 hrs from there, maybe I should have gone to help fill the Stadium, except I am a staunch conservative and couldn't bring myself to attend.

To anyone that's doubting the weather in Charlotte on Thursday, use your common sense and check out the weather channel. Not only are fragments of Isaac still around, a new tropical low has formed and is predicted to head in that general direction, with heavy rains predicted for today and tomorrow....

add to that the lengthy waiting list for tickets to the event, the spin from the right becomes apparent.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201290_sat.html

Keep in mind the venue change was already announced, weather is ever changing. Will it actually rain? we'll see....

Beaverly (corrupt neighborhood organizer) from Chicago will be saying 'OBAMA 2012' well into Romney's term. The poor gal just doesn't get it! Sorry old gal... your gravy train is just about over... you may have to get a job now!

Interesting how the far right loony toons are parroting Mitt Romney's stupid claim that Obama wouldn't be at the stadium because there weren't enough people to fill it when the truth is that the Obama campaign had the place all booked up. It's too bad all those volunteers are going to be disappointed. But it's good that Obama isn't going to endanger them by exposing them to bad weather just to demonstrate that he can draw a larger crowd than Romney -- and a lot more pleasant crowd than the angry mob at the Republican Hatefest last week.

Word is they have purchased a $35 million house in Hawaii where, hopefully, they will be living after November.

Word is they have purchased a $35 million house in Hawaii where, hopefully, they will be living after November.

The inauguration is in January, but of course being the informed American you are, you knew that.

Breitbart. pfffft.

I challenge you to name a president in the last 20 years who has not taken "lavish" vacations. Being President is a 24/7 job, and there is no such thing a a real vacation for a president. Bush did a lot of golfing and took many vacations, even early in his first term. If you lived under the microscope, with the weight of the world on your shoulders constantly, you'd take vacations too. It's a healthy and necessary thing for people in high-pressure jobs to do.

Also, the Obama's have clearly stated repeatedly that they are wealthy (and should be taxed as such). They know they have made it to the top. They've never hidden the fact that they went to good schools, got a good education, and were able to get good jobs as lawyers. They were educated in a profession that makes good money. The horror!

And what is wrong with earning money in public life? What is wrong with earning money from writing a book? Nothing. It's just wrong because Obama did it.

January is after November, so technically Sandman
is correct. He didn't say they would move in November, so who is uninformed
now.

Oh my the Right is in a tizzy this morning, they cant stand being made look bad, yet the contribute to looking really bad.

That was a great kickoff night to a joyful event.

It is unfortunate that the weather is proving to be a disruption, I wonder how many of this sanctimonious supposed Christians prayed for rain and now feel vindicated....crazy people. When you have nothing and you and your party don't, no ideas and no plans to help, these straws are easy to grasp.

Despite your claims they couldn't fill the stadium, the Dems now have to find venues to accommodate all these disappointed ticket holders.

Hey Gingerbread OBama,

The tickets are given away to donors. They have to do no such thing.

To Elliot 3020456- What an INCREDIBLY racist and bigoted thing to say, to refer to the First Lady of the United States of America his "woman" and then try to explain why. This is why none of the GOP or the rest of you are getting any respect from people like me because all you guys are a bunch of hate-filled RACISTS that can't stand the fact that a black man is telling YOU what to do. I am 35 years old and I have lived through 31 1/2 years of the same kind of people that doesn't truly represent all the colors in the greatest country in the world.

If you are TRULY an American, then comments like this should never come out of your mouth about a sitting first lady who has nothing but love for her husband and her country....you out to be ashamed of yourself......ALL OF YOU HATERS!!!

Your astro turf eliot or idiot. Ol Mittens is the only one that can fly out of the country on his private jet when the fan hits the crap after he runs and hides like Bush. Hell why you think he has put so much money out of the country. Have a nice day @!$%# turf

What lies are you talking about? And the Navy SEAL that wrote that book has brought this on himself. Navy SEALs are for life and remain silent even after retirement due to the level of secrecy that is required for their missions and information that they know and see. That ex-SEAL deserves to be punished. He's a loser.

the Dems now have to find venues to accommodate all these disappointed ticket holders.

Your lies are disgraceful GB Mamma, shameful!!!

Obammy's ego wouldn't allow him to speak to an empty stadium!

That ex-SEAL deserves to be punished. He's a loser.

Even the other DEVGRU members are pissed at him.

You also forgot to mention that Obama is clearing 72,000 a month,-72,000 a month and this does not include his 15% on a book sale and presidental salary. Let me figure this. 862, 000 plus oh guess he is a millionaire of 5.4 mil. wonder what he deducts from his taxes and also wonder if he has a blind trust or offshore holdings. HUMMM!Yep. riding in a rusted out car- HA. Going dumpster hunting for furniture-HA. Maybe obama should give up that 72.000 a month or relinquish his presidental salary like romney while governor of MA. -HA!

Heads up for the new Democrat strategy. A lot of the praise A----, oh sorry I meant Obama, are being put on MSN by the Slate, a well known liberal rag and blocking anyone who has posted criticism of him in the past. That way I guess they think they can twist minds by having only praise posted. They are moving his speech because they don't want to have a small audiance attending be obvious. As to the Slate blocking, I have tried every which way, changing passwords a dozen times, sending e-mails for an explanation etc. NOTHING. So my comment on thier glowing Michelle speech will go here. They claim she made a case for what a great husband and father Obama is and how he cares what happens to his kids and grandkids. Well, duh, as a husband and a dad he has given them glorious vacations all over the world at tax payers expense, listing the kids as "advisers", and I am quite sure he has made enough money in Washington to insure the future of his kids and grandkids, quite the opposite he has done to the future of our kids and grandkids.

Well Michelle talk is cheap, jobs, access to our senior health care, future for our kids without government controlling who gets loans to go to school, homes for those that did the right thing, a country free of socialism is what really counts.

For those that love thier country new bumper sticker: Michelle - Talk is cheap! Actions count!

Koolaid drinkers. We is the guy (OB) going to tell us the truth. Obama still has not told us anything about his past and will only lie to your face about the future. That's all this guys knows. He hasn't done anything positive for this country. He has created a $6 trillion dollar increase on our debt and plans on making this country weak.

Wake up America and vote the Idiot out of office so we can put a real American in office that will let the people run the country like the constitution states.

VOTE ROMNEY / RYAN in November!

Elliot wrote this:

Captain zero is worried that he cant fill the seats and everyone will see what a clown he really is.

His woman did a good job lying last night too.

First Lady Michelle Obama’s pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. She spoke movingly about their early years--about how a young Barack Obama drove a car that was “rusted out" and found his furniture “in a dumpster,” how they both came from families that had to “scrape by.” Her fairy tale--however well-delivered--was one great, big, colorful lie.

Both Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama began their adult lives with a leg up on the rest of America. They attended elite schools: Michelle went to Whitney Young, the public magnet school for Chicago’s upper class, while Barack attended Punahou, the private prep school for the top stratum of Hawaiian society. They were accepted to Ivy League schools despite undistinguished credentials, and both attended Harvard Law School.

“[B]elieve it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage,” Michelle said. That sounds like a raw deal--but in fact reflects their fortunate circumstances. They had both just graduated from a very expensive law school, and their combined income from cushy law firm jobs dwarfed the repayments. Barack also soon enjoyed a second salary from the University of Chicago.

They had expensive tastes, reflected in the $277,500 two-bedroom condo they bought in 1993--a high price even by today’s standards. Several years later, they moved into their $1.65 million mansion in Hyde Park--with the help of fraudster Tony Rezko. Barack often told a story of hardship on the campaign trail in 2008 about having his credit card declined--once. The fact that he thought this counted as real hardship speaks volumes.

As her husband moved onto the national political stage, Michelle Obama began to enjoy a lavish lifestyle at taxpayer expense, directly and indirectly. When Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, he obtained a $1 million earmark for the University of Chicago Hospital--and his wife’s salary as Vice President for Community Affairs jumped from $121,910 to $316,962. Her job: pushing poor, uninsured patients to other hospitals.

As First Lady, Michelle Obama has lived high on the hog while the rest of the country has suffered through an extraordinary recession. In 2010, she and her entourage decamped to Spain for a lavish vacation. That summer, the Obamas encouraged Americans to visit the Gulf coast after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which threatened tourism in the region. They promptly jetted off to Maine for their own summer holiday.

This summer, the Obamas skipped their usual summer trip to the wealthy playground of Martha’s Vineyard--months after Michelle and her daughters had enjoyed an expensive winter skiing trip in Aspen. And, of course, there are the frequent pilgrimages to Hawaii, Some of their family’s comfort, of course, comes from private income, principally Barack Obama’s book sales--yet even that wealth is a spin-off of Obama’s political career.

If, as the Democrats eagerly pointing out, Mitt Romney enjoyed the privilege of private wealth, the Obamas have enjoyed privilege funded by public money and public life. And until entering the national spotlight, they gave little to charity, contributing instead to a church that preached racial grievance. “[T]ruth matters,” Michelle Obama told the nation last night. That, too, is a lie--because so far, she has evaded it without consequence.

Excellent post Elliot.

connected. got to love the rights response. whole lotta lies and deceit. alls missing is the obstructionism and congress will be back soon. but not for long i feel. WAKEUPAMERICA.

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

19 thousand people on a waiting list, and you all want us to believe they couldn't fill the venue? lmao

But only 4 had valid ID's and 75 lbs of Government cheese..

In the first 31 months in office, Obama has taken 61 vacation days. At the 31 month mark during Bush's term, Bush had taken 182 days, Reagan 118....

Facts are something the right ignores... proven time and time again by the distortions and lies they tell....

Fired Up

NON SENSE! They were giving the tickets for free to any Students and African American and arranging buses for them to come in. You only need a ticket and your ID to get in supposedly. I think you better find out why they don't want you. I can think of several reasons. Which aren't supposed to be happening in the Democratic Party.

Leave it to the right wing hate filled NU+ Jobs to put their spin on this. The President would fill the Stadium with no problem. However, he cares more for the safety of our people.

If they can get 10,000 fired up voters on a random Saturday in Des Moines, IA they can get 65,000 at the national convention.

I was at that rally last Saturday. It was quite a pleasure to see a gifted speaker talking about the concerns of average Americans like myself. The energy in the crowd was immense even 1 1/2hrs before Mr. Obama started speaking. Everyone I spoke to was excited, informed, and ready to do their part in the runup to the election. My conversations with people there ranged from detailed conversations about the Romney/Ryan plan to destroy the social safety net to Ann Romney's penchant for disparagingly referring to the 99% as "you people."

It was a great day, and even with the inherent traffic issues of moving 10,000 people in and out of a place that isn't really meant for a crowd that size I had a huge smile on my face for the rest of the weekend.

Wow 10k people just to see Obama? I think the big boar at the Iowa State Fair drew 4 times that many visiters each day......

Think Obama will mention this when attempting to answer if America is better off than it was 4 years ago?

Survey: U.S. global competitiveness falls again

"The United States ability to compete on the global stage has fallen for the fourth year running as confidence in the country's politicians continues to decline. The finding is from an annual survey from the World Economic Forum (WEF)."

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-09-05/us-competitiveness-decline/57597074/1

Think Americans remember watching their jobs get export to another country with a GOP Tax credit? Amazing how the GOP failed to mention this during their pep rally last week.

America is DOING better than it was 4 years ago.. and I am personally. Course, if Vulture and Voucher get in there.. that could all change.... more jobs exported to other countries.

@ItsAboutTime-3704531

Think Americans remember watching their jobs get export to another country with a GOP Tax credit? Amazing how the GOP failed to mention this during their pep rally last week.

So are you expecting the President to mention all of the green tax credits GE receives despite shipping thousands of jobs to China? Or will you also be "amazed" when that little fact goes unmentioned?

John B, Des Moines, IA

I was at that rally last Saturday. It was quite a pleasure to see a gifted speaker talking about the concerns of average Americans like myself.

That's the problem with Obama. He can TALK about the concerns of average Americans but he has yet to DO ANYTHING meaningful to change their plight. Sure, he may fire up the zealots like yourself that go to his rallies but with 8% unemployment for 42 straight months, it tends to fall on deaf ears with most of the country. A lot of us, myself included, voted for him and gave him several years to undo what he was handed but he simply has not done anything to improve the economy. I'm tired of the excuses or fingerpointing. What is he going to do different the next 4 years that he hasn't already done?

Yes... UAW... I see where GM is getting ready to ship thousands of jobs across the big pond. Bet you are really happy about that; at least, all is well that ends well... if they are UNION workers. You and your government motors corporation (GMC) are a disgrace to our American country!

UAW puhhhhhhhhh

It really isn't polite for you to speak of Michelle Bachman in that manner. She's not a boar. But she CAN scarf a mean corndog.

Perhaps you misspoke?

Thats the true story, couldnt fill the stadium. I wonder how often Chuck Todd fantasizes about Obama. I do not consider him a journalist anymore, it is sad he has some potential but his views out-weigh his integrity and ethical standards.

There was another reason floated, not enough hotel rooms to house people. Being Charlotte has a NASCAR venue, that would have been dumb.

jonny,

Stop sniffing the glue and stop believing everything YOU read!!

Nothing like a HUGE embarrassment to THE CHOSEN ONE to ECLIPSE the Clint Eastwood story. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whenever ANY president or candidate has a speaking engagement, you ALWAYS have to show ID. Are you stupid? or just a racists, with your lovely profile pic. Looks more like your buddy Bobby Gindal than Mr. Obama.

Yeah JK, we should not believe what we read in the news, but take your word for it?

Lol, yeah, I'm on board...

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