I will be watching #DNC2020 on CNN until the first commercial and then will switch to C-Span.
That was so moving and sad... and yet hopeful.
I genuinely appreciate that I don’t have a snarky comment to make every two seconds like I do every time the current POTUS speaks more than 5 words.
Fantastic to have JLD as host tonight!
That kid was so adorable!!!
Or, I would have if I could find the remote.
That was also an outstanding clip to show and the idea that Trump could show even an ounce of Biden’s humanity, let alone empathy, would be laughable if it wasn’t so terrible.
JLD’s line “I didn’t think American Carnage was a campaign promise” is her best of the night so far.
Meacham is doing a much better job with his speech than the wandering troubadour outside my window is doing with his rendition of the Backstreet Boys’ “I want it that way.”
It’s COOPER TIME!!!
It was a great idea to have @vivek_murthy, and this is a great and well-delivered speech.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Tammy Baldwin speak, but she is very very good and I love her understated style.
I have had the privilege of hearing Jill Biden speak at a @Stand4Heroes event and it is clearly a cause important to her and her family.
“Donald Trump doesn’t deserve to be commander in Chief for another four minutes let alone four years.” - Tammy Duckworth.
“We know that America is at its best when we make that circle of belonging wider.” - Mayor Pete.
Am I mad that Bloomberg didn’t follow through on his campaign promise to keep employing his staff to work on behalf of the ultimate candidate?
Yes I am.
Do I think Bloomberg is giving a great speech right now?
Yes I absolutely do.
Yes I am.
Do I think Bloomberg is giving a great speech right now?
Yes I absolutely do.
(He also managed not to go on an extended riff about the fly buzzing around his face that somehow ties it into Mongooses, windmills, and Falcon Crest, like Trump would have done.)
What a brave kid!
This is why it was a good idea to have Bloomberg speak.
"The current president has cloaked America in darkness for far too long." - Biden
I've got to be honest. I am not as optimistic as Biden... but I hope that he is right and I am wrong.
"We can choose a path of shadow of suspicion, or we can take a different path... a path of hope and light."
He is absolutely right--- "the choice could not be more clear."
Biden is describing what could happen if Trump is reelected and I actually think he is downplaying it.
"[Trump] will wake up every day thinking the job is about him, not about you."
Though in some sense Trump does think about the people-- how to fleece them for everything they have and get them to love him at the same time.
Though in some sense Trump does think about the people-- how to fleece them for everything they have and get them to love him at the same time.
"After all this time, he still does not have plan [for Covid] -- WELL I DO."
"[Trump] has failed to protect America, and my fellow Americans, that is unforgivable."
Moreover, he has abetted our enemies-- and I include the Coronavirus here.
Moreover, he has abetted our enemies-- and I include the Coronavirus here.
Imagine having a president again who can speak in sentences that have a subject, predicate, and normal punctuation.And in paragraphs that have logical flow.
I wonder if Trump has the attention span to sit through this or if he is just waiting for soundbites on Fox.
"It will be the work of the next president to restore the promise of America to everyone."
Unfortunately, there are, apparently, tens of millions of Americans who'd say the baby had it coming.
"At [the 'very fine people'] moment, I knew I had to run."
"I believe that in this dark moment we can find the light once more."
That section on George Floyd. Wow.
That section on George Floyd. Wow.
"We are a good and decent people."
I hope so. I truly do. I'm actually not at all certain, but I really do hope so.
I hope so. I truly do. I'm actually not at all certain, but I really do hope so.
"Light is more powerful than dark. This is our moment. This is our mission."
And this is an amazing speech.
And this is an amazing speech.
Holy crud. On it's face that was outstanding.
And tbh Trump really helped Biden out by using cognitive decline as an attack.
And tbh Trump really helped Biden out by using cognitive decline as an attack.
It is hard to imagine how Trump can win--BUT IMAGINE IT WE MUST!
If we assume he will lose just because he is a a malevolent, know-nothing, incompetent, racist xenophobe who will bring us all to ruin.... then HE WILL WIN.
If we assume he will lose just because he is a a malevolent, know-nothing, incompetent, racist xenophobe who will bring us all to ruin.... then HE WILL WIN.
Excuse me--- I meant "further ruin."
A great convention and a great night.
I know JLD didn't connect with everyone. I'll reserve judgment as I sort of figured the purpose was to bait Trump.
I know JLD didn't connect with everyone. I'll reserve judgment as I sort of figured the purpose was to bait Trump.
But I have always been a Biden fan and that far exceeded my expectations.
I am envious of my (Twitter anonymous) brother who is enjoying the fireworks in Wilmington right now.
And to close out the thread, I guess I should probably mention that Amazon has raised the price of my book from yesterday's $12.33 to $15 (for now)... but that's still a huge discount and there's five left.
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