Watch live coverage of the 2012 Democratic National Convention here.
5:00 – 6:00 – Call to Order, Invocation, Presentation of Colors, Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem, Welcome Video. Speakers include: Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Steny Hoyer.
6:00 – 7:00: Barbara Lee, Cory Booker, Bev Perdue, Pat Quinn, Tim Kaine
7:0O – 8:00: Anthony Foxx, Harry Reid, Jimmy Carter (by video), Ken Salazar, Joe Kennedy III, Robert Wexler
8:00 – 9:00: Nancy Keenan (President of the National Abortion Rights Action League), Tammy Duckworth, James Clyburn
9:00 – 10:00: Ted Strickland, Kathleen Sebelius, Rahm Emanuel, Kal Penn, Craig Robinson and Maya Soetoro-ng, Lilly Ledbetter, Deval Patrick
10:00 – 11:00: Martin O’Malley, Julián Castro, First Lady Michelle Obama
Democratic Party Releases 2012 Platform.
Excerpt: MOVING AMERICA FORWARD
“Four years ago, Democrats, independents, and many Republicans came together as Americans to move our country forward. We were in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the previous administration had put two wars on our nation’s credit card, and the American Dream had slipped out of reach for too many.
“Today, our economy is growing again, al-Qaeda is weaker than at any point since 9/11, and our manufacturing sector is growing for the first time in more than a decade. But there is more we need to do, and so we come together again to continue what we started. We gather to reclaim the basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth – the simple principle that in America, hard work should pay off, responsibility should be rewarded, and each one of us should be able to go as far as our talent and drive take us.
“This election is not simply a choice between two candidates or two political parties, but between two fundamentally different paths for our country and our families.
“We Democrats offer America the opportunity to move our country forward by creating an economy built to last and built from the middle out. Mitt Romney and the Republican Party have a drastically different vision. They still believe the best way to grow the economy is from the top down – the same approach that benefited the wealthy few but crashed the economy and crushed the middle class…
“The Republican Party has turned its back on the middle class Americans who built this country. Our opponents believe we should go back to the top-down economic policies of the last decade. They think that if we simply eliminate protections for families and consumers, let Wall Street write its own rules again, and cut taxes for the wealthiest, the market will solve all our problems on its own. They argue that if we help corporations and wealthy investors maximize their profits by whatever means necessary, whether through layoffs or outsourcing, it will automatically translate into jobs and prosperity that benefits us all. They would repeal health reform, turn Medicare into a voucher program, and follow the same path of fiscal irresponsibility of the past administration – giving trillions of dollars in tax cuts weighted towards millionaires and billionaires while sticking the middle class with the bill. But we’ve tried their policies – and we’ve all suffered when they failed…
“The problems we’re facing right now have been more than a decade in the making. We are the party of inclusion and respect differences of perspective and belief. And so, even when we disagree, we work together to move this country forward. But what is holding our nation back is a stalemate in Washington between two fundamentally different views of which direction America should take.
“We must keep moving forward and doing the hard work of rebuilding a strong economy by betting on the American worker and investing in a growing middle class.” Read it here. And SHARE THE LINK!
More later!
Ugh! I can’t download the pics from IPAD!!!
Ametia, you’re meeting EVERYONE!
LOL
Good Morning, rikyrah. LOL Girl; I can’t just sit around and stare at my laptop. I got to get out there among the crowd. That’s where the stories & pics are.
Hubby took all those pics from inside the TW Arena on his New IPad and now we’re trying to get them uploaded. I’m trying to remain patient, but when we figure it all out, I will post them.
LOL! Just look at my girrrrrrrl representing!!!!!!
Sooky Sooky!
RECAP OF DAY 1
Platform video
@TheDemocrats
https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/243130421540438016
An Economy built to last–Education
@TruthTeam2012
https://twitter.com/truthteam2012/status/243126059535589377
Sen. Kennedy video
@BarackObama
https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/243136088846266368
Stronger together–choice
@TruthTeam2012
https://twitter.com/truthteam2012/status/243141800250986496
Progress for people–veterans
@Vets4Obama
https://twitter.com/Vets4Obama/status/243145721006661632
Progress for people–health care
@TruthTeam2012
https://twitter.com/truthteam2012/status/243150188695404545
Stronger together–fair pay
@Obama2012
https://twitter.com/Obama2012/status/243163897878695936
FLOTUS video
@MichelleObama
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/243174370917376001
Thank you to everyone who livestreamed and liveblogged the speeches tonight as well. A few highlights:
· Tweet of the night:@blueJersery;Michelle Obama just told us about the country of our best selves, not our worst #NJDNC #michelle
· Burnt Orange Report liveblog of Castro speech: http://bit.ly/R5SAZk
· 4 and 20 Blackbirds: Remember where we were 4 years ago: http://bit.ly/R5SyRm
THANKS FOR POSTING THE VIDEOS! I’ll post photos soon. What a night!
“Doing the impossible is the history of this nation…it is how this country was built.”
“He turned down high-paying jobs … success is not about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”
“It isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”
so young, so in love..so in debt
BEING PRESIDENT REVEALS WHO YOU ARE.
TELL IT, MICHELLE!!!
TELL IT!!
I love our First Lady.
she completely and totally rocks.!!!
http://youtu.be/pUbFonvdlSM
http://youtu.be/UkUqYhvJyVw
http://youtu.be/AVxRmNO6Qs0
Gov. Deval Patrick SCOURCHED the TW Arena.
http://youtu.be/-6sb_IPsdHs
http://youtu.be/h49sG12fLrU
http://youtu.be/j8R3ieV0tRM
http://youtu.be/plsBM-8clvI
http://youtu.be/Eluu5WC3Cv4
http://youtu.be/Fxc5-G-voQY
http://youtu.be/uXaFt1aEMXI
http://youtu.be/5FG0YHa91_g
http://youtu.be/DcFD0DvJbx4
http://youtu.be/oiAdj69c42A
http://youtu.be/xQ7GixLTWPY
I don’t know if this is true, but you gotta admit…
IT’S HILARIOUS.
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September 4th, 2012
This made me laugh out loud:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/04/oh-you-poor-babies/
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
hey Ametia,
think you could find Angry Black Lady and Joy Reid and get pics with them?
hee hee hee
I’ll KEEP my feelers out for them. Actually my husband’s been spotting for the name-dropping! LMBAO
thanks so much Ametia for the posts and the pics.
looking on tv, looks like folks are just gathered for a positive time
LOL!
My girl all up there interviewing people! Rock on, baby!
Look at my mama out there reppin Maryland and Minnesota and 3ChicsPolitico! So proud of you and you ladies’ site. I don’t get to post often especially now that I have Master Nyles kickin my butt daily, but I salute you all. Also, maybe tomorrow I’ll have time to post why I’m better off than four years ago.
As they say in Jamaica – much respect!
Love,
Renita
Hi Renita!
My girl rocks! We talked on the phone earlier today and she was sharing with me how excting it is. I am so proud of her! She’s doing a great job. So happy Aubrey is with her.
Little Nyles is just tooo dang cute! He has such a beautiful smile and growing so fast and graduated to high chair. lol
HEY BOO! Mama loves you. Thanks! And GLA-MA LOVES NYLES!
Thanks Southern Girl!
2012 DNC-CONVENTION NOTES
I INTERVIEWED TWO YOUNG ADULT OBAMA VOLUNTEERS YESTERDAY. BOTH HAD WORKED ON THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN FROM 2007-2008, RIGHT UP UNTIL THE VERY END.
QUESTION:
ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE 4 YEARS AGO?
“K” FROM D.C-27 YRS OLD WORKS ON FOREIGN RELATIONS- VOLUNTEERING
YES, I HAVE 2-3 FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE IN IRAQ, SOME DOING 3-4 TOURS. THEY ARE NOW HOME. PBO SAID HE’D GET US OUT AND HE DID.
I BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE.
THE ONE THING I LEARNED FROM VOLUNTEERING WITH THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS THAT THIS MAN HAS THE OMNIPRESCENCE TO MOBILIZE FOLKS TO COME TOGEHTER.
“DJ, FROM SC-30 YEARS OKLD- MEDIA DIRECTOR – VOLUNTEERING
YES, I WAS 24 IN 2008. I’VE GROWN UP AND LEARNED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LIFE. I’VE LEARNED THAT CHANGE COMES FROM WITHIN EACH OF US.
More vendors. Everybody’s got a story to tell about why they’re selling. And I say: Look, can’t think of anything better to sell than Obama stuff, drop a few dollars in their hat and keep it moving.
Street vendors selling their Obama wares!
Ametia & Ben Labolt, OFA
the fabulous ‘ the GOP can kiss my ass’ Labolt!!!
BWA HA HA HA Girl, when i saw him and David Corn together, I walked up to them slowly and said: “Excuse me David & Ben; when you 2 are done; cann I get a pic with you. Hubby will take them. And Ben said, ‘sure if you can stay ahead of us.”
sooooooo COOOOOOOOOOOL
Ametia & David Corn of Mother Jones
David ‘ folks been sending me Mitt stuff left and right’ Corn
BWA HA HA HA HA These folks are sooo thin. I proly look like a bloated ballon on these pics; and i don’t give a shit. I’m having a blast. David was so gracious. I always try and remember to thank them all for what they do and how they serve.
Stop it!!!!!!!! Ametia, this is too cool!
Convention Center Obama merchandise
HERE GO! This is a photo of Kim Thomas. She told me she was in a car accident in 1996, and she suffered severe injuries, and she has the scars to show for it. She pointed to two circular dents on each side of her forhead. She had to wear the “HALO” She was hospitalized and in rehab for 4 months. And her motto ever since has been “Whatever The Challenge… DON’T QUIT.” The expereince inspired Kim to create a T-shirt with the motto, and this is her message to President Obama too!. Please feel free to visit her website whateverthechallengedon’t.quit.com.
More pics of Obama merchandise. Folks shopping like they need a new pair of shoes or something. LOL
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Wonderful, wonderful pics! You did good, Chica! You did good!
amen, my sista!
Good Morning, Chica!
Thanks for the link. I hope you’re having loads of fun!
Good Morning, Ametia!!!
have a great day!!!!