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DNC Live-blog (08/25/2008)

7:20 Betsy - Graig and Betsy here from the Democratic National Convention

7:28 Betsy - Come on people.... You know y'all want to talk about all these
exciting speeches.

7:39 [Comment From Mtn_blue]

have Seen Liz Dole there....she seems to be missing in NC?
7:39 [Comment From Mtn_blue]
Sorry bad question.....what do you expect Mrs Obama?
7:39 [Comment From Mtn_blue]
Tell the truth is there really a big division between Clinton and Obama supporters
as the media reports?
7:39 [Comment From Christopher]
hey guys!
7:39 [Comment From Guest]
Can't wait to hear Michelle Obama.
7:40 Betsy - Sorry, we are really crammed in here. It's hard to maneuver. Our
delegation is getting the most attention from the MSM

7:40 Betsy - I have a huge camera hanging over me as I type

7:40 [Comment From Christopher]

That's one thing we won't complain about, Betsy.
7:41 [Comment From Leslie H]
Alright! BlueNC! :)
7:41 Christopher - Any wild PUMA's circling?
7:41 Betsy - Our delegation keeps dancing and singing

7:42 Betsy - No PUMA's yet, but Code Pink caused some problems today at one of
the symposiums today with Speaker Pelosi

7:43 Christopher - I read that, it seems as if they've successfully detached

themselves from productive means of communication. Sad.
7:46 Betsy - Graig just brought me some pizza. Yay, Graig.

7:47 Christopher - I'm loving his mutual interview setup. It's a really
interesting way to do things.
7:48 Betsy - It is. Graig has come across a very novel idea.

7:48 Betsy - Graig says he's having fun doing the interviews and he recorded two
this afternoon that are awesome.

7:50 Christopher - I'm officially jealous of all of you. I hope the fun of it all
outweighs the stress of being all over the place.
7:50 Leslie H - Loved Graig's interview with Bob Etheridge. He's my Rep. and he
is a great Congressman for all the people of NC-02.

7:52 Christopher - I can't wait to have a Rep. that attends the DNC on behalf of
the 8th. Wink wink.
7:52 [Comment From Brunette]
Oh it's so beautiful!
7:53 Christopher - Hey, Brunette!
7:53 Betsy - Woman just sung RESPECT. Even the DNC employees were dancing on
the stairs.

7:54 Betsy - I need another panelist or two. Bru, Christopher you two going to be
around for a while?

7:55 Christopher - Sure, I'm around. Just cooking dinner.

7:56 [Comment From BRUNETTE]
You guys!! OMG I am having the biggest time just dancing here in my study with my
Corgi! SOOO beautiful, so thrilling!!
7:56 BRUNETTE - That kinda pudgy white guy in the gold shirt was GETTING DOWN
with that song, and he wasn't all that bad.
7:56 BRUNETTE - T'anks!
7:56 Betsy - Yes, there has been a lot of dancing. The NC delegation is rocking.
Y'all will be proud.

7:56 BRUNETTE - Of course, there are the inevitable number of white folks who
can't quite clap in time, but that's ok. We're full of love anyway.
7:57 Christopher - Brunette, you had the funniest BlueNC comment ever today.
7:57 Christopher - And I kinda want to shake your hand.
7:58 BRUNETTE - Christopher, awww thanks. I have no idea what it was. Sometimes
I'm not sure whether others will receive my comments in the spirit offered.
7:58 Betsy - Well, I haven't had time to read comments, so y'all had better share
that comment

7:58 BRUNETTE - Laura Tyson's presence is an obvious nod to the Clintons.

7:58 BRUNETTE - She goes waaaaaay back with them.
7:59 Christopher - the comment was...
7:59 BRUNETTE - oh dear
7:59 Christopher - "First, I didn't know you are black. All I knew was that you
were posting a bunch of crap."
7:59 Christopher - i had to excuse myself from those threads.
7:59 BRUNETTE - OH that. Well . . . gee, funny, i dunno. That was where he was
attacking Boseman.
7:59 Christopher - BlueNC gives me ulcers
8:00 BRUNETTE - Anyway, despite the catty press coverage, I am believing that
Bill Clinton is going to give a KICKASS speech that brings us all back together
beautifully,.
8:00 Betsy - Well, imagine how I felt when I got in here, logged on and BlueNC
wouldn't open.

8:00 BRUNETTE - And again, I think Laura Tyson's presence on stage is

foreshadowing of that.
8:00 BRUNETTE - Betsy, I had the same problem earlier.
8:01 Christopher - I'm still skeptical about CLinton and his role in the
primaries
8:01 BRUNETTE - Christopher Oh honey. BLUENC is easy. You should go over to TAP
sometime. THEN you'll appreciate BLUENC all the more.
8:01 Christopher - I'm like, whatever the opposite of a PUMA is.
8:01 Betsy - We are having a town hall with Senator Sherrod Brown. The
questions are by videos. The panelists sound just a tiny bit rehearsed.

8:02 BRUNETTE - Christopher Laura Tyson on that panel signals PLUS. Bill Clinton
giving a speech -- that means he gets to make us love him again. You think he'd
pass that up?
8:02 BRUNETTE - Betsy I would bet so.
8:02 Christopher - Oh, my hopes are high. I can't wait to hear him speak.
8:03 BRUNETTE - Me neither. I'm only feeling slightly anxious because Michelle is
speaking so late. I am such a wuss when it comes to bedtime. More importantly, my
Corgi is so insistent upon routine . . .
8:03 Christopher - Where's Philip at, Betsy? The 8th District folks better be
representin'.
8:04 Christopher - Bedtime shmedtime. Democracy trumps shut-eye.
8:04 BRUNETTE - GAL FROM RALEIGH on TV. Ya know because she's posed in front of
da ACORN!
8:04 BRUNETTE - Chris yeah, spoken like a young'un.
8:04 BRUNETTE - <~~~~ old and creaky and such
8:04 Christopher - Charlotte truly is detached from North Carolina. I know little
about the Raleigh/Durham area.
8:05 BRUNETTE - Chris You from Charlotte?
8:05 BRUNETTE - Oh.
8:05 BRUNETTE - I see.
8:05 Christopher - Well, i currently live in Concord.
8:05 BRUNETTE - hmm
8:05 Christopher - But I claim CLT, sadly.
8:05 BRUNETTE - uh huh
8:05 BRUNETTE - <~~~ looking off to the side, edging away ever so slightly
8:06 Christopher - haha.
8:06 BRUNETTE - Where'd Betsy go?
8:06 Christopher - She's dancing, methinks.
8:06 BRUNETTE - No, I think she's paying attention.
8:06 BRUNETTE - Which is no small task.
8:06 Christopher - Which coverage are you watching, CSPAN?
8:08 Betsy - I'm here

8:08 Betsy - I'm trying to edit photos so I can post some for y'all to enjoy

8:09 Christopher - I just visited CNN.com and when it loaded, a video player in
the corner began playing the DSCC's Rocking Chairs ad. Killer.
8:10 Leslie H - I like that ad. It's perfect.

8:10 [Comment From Frank Eaton]

Hey-a Christopher!
8:10 Christopher - Uhoh.. TROUBLE. WHat's up brotha?
8:10 Leslie H - Woo ... I have got to get some more RAM to do this stuff ...

8:11 Frank Eaton - Hey Betsy! I'm proud of you!

8:11 Christopher - Betsy and Graig are kicking ass in Denver. Good call.
8:11 Leslie H - Frank! ... Hi.

8:12 Frank Eaton - I went out and interviewed Kay on Saturday, btw.
8:13 Leslie H - Awesome! Looking forward to seeing that!

8:13 Betsy - Leslie, don't worry about doing the producer thing if it takes too
long.

8:14 Leslie H - No ... it's the video feed. No cable means I have to watch on the
computer. I'm all set up now. Just took a while.

8:15 Betsy - yay

8:15 Christopher - COVERITLIVE hates Safari.

8:16 Frank Eaton - it loves the iPhone tho!

8:16 Betsy - Thanks Frank
8:16 Christopher - Are you using it on there now?

8:18 Christopher - Also, how is the Carter ad coming together?

8:18 gregflynn - I'm here. Watching Pelosi.

8:19 Frank Eaton - Betsy, is it as noisy in the hall as it sounds like on TV?
Tell people to hold it down on there.
8:20 gregflynn - By here I mean Raleigh, BlueNC, not in Denver
8:21 Frank Eaton - yes, I'm using the iPhone. Carter ad is done and will premiere
on Thursday night during convention coverage here in the 5th.
8:21 Christopher - That's stellar. Congrats brother, good move.

8:22 Christopher - Hey Greg, are you watching the CSPAN coverage?

8:22 gregflynn -
Watching MSNBC

8:22 Frank Eaton - Nancy is extra Stepford-wifey tonight.

8:23 Leslie H - John McCain is wrong. Funny how he's gotten wronger and wronger
over the course of the last year or so ...

8:23 Leslie H - It's that funky election year slide to the rrrriiiiight. (say
that with an Office Space accent.

8:24 BRUNETTE - FRANK~ No I don't think she looks Stepford Wifey

8:24 BRUNETTE - She's too animated
8:24 BRUNETTE - Stepford wives are not animated.
8:24 gregflynn - C-SPAN, UNCTV and MSNBC have Pelosi but CNN was talking heads.
8:24 Frank Eaton - the Carter campaign actually chastised her in a press release
this week. Take that, DCCC!
8:24 Christopher - As I open MSNBC.com to watch their live feed, I'm greeted with
"Texas governor OK with gun-toting teachers"

8:24 BRUNETTE - Yeah, we just had an 11 year old shoot a ten year old with an AK7
here
8:25 Christopher - Dear jeebus.

8:25 BRUNETTE - Yes, the ten year old was jumping on a trampoline. The 11 year
old was "just playing around."
8:25 Christopher - Because trampolines just aren't fun enough.

8:26 BRUNETTE - CHRIS But sheesh, the Charlotte Observer is filled with these
kind of stories
8:26 BRUNETTE - Well not for the guy who wasn't bouncing up and down on it
8:26 Christopher - Oh, I can't even read Charlotte news. It's laughable.

8:26 BRUNETTE - Chris It's horrific

8:27 BRUNETTE - AH Louisiana gal
8:27 Christopher - Did this woman say that all she packed up before Katrina was a
Hulahoop?

8:27 Christopher - She likes to party.

8:27 BRUNETTE - I just now turned the volume back up

8:27 BRUNETTE - She's very self-possessed. Good speaker.
8:28 Leslie H - God help us all. An 11 year old with an AK47? When that happens,
can we take the gun "owner's" right to own a gun away?

8:28 [Comment From Robert P.]

Knock-knock...
8:28 BRUNETTE - WAIT, she just said, "NATION, " which is what Colbert always says

8:28 BRUNETTE - Leslie Well, the father was charged with failing to secure. But
that's all.
8:28 Robert P. - Hey all.
8:28 Leslie H - For egregious carelessness and endangerment of minors?

8:28 gregflynn - Judy Woodruff talking to John Daniello, Delaware delegation

chair about Biden on PBS
8:28 Frank Eaton - I love Pelosi. For the record.
8:28 Christopher - Hola, Robert.

8:28 BRUNETTE - Robert Please stop commenting immediately.

8:29 BRUNETTE - ok, just kidding
8:29 Leslie H - Hey Robert.

8:29 Robert P. - OK.

8:29 Robert P. - Nope, you asked.
8:29 Christopher - Haha. I LOVE that. I'm using that from now on.

8:29 Christopher - "Hey, I made my point, so can you shut this bitch down?'

8:29 Robert P. - Bru, Chris Matthews seems old and older.

8:29 BRUNETTE - Leslie 'failure to secure." I don't know how much that packs. The
prosecutor claims to be mulling charges against the kid. Oh, wait, he was 12, not
11.
8:29 BRUNETTE - Chris LOL
8:30 BRUNETTE - Robert yes, he does.
8:30 Betsy - Graig is hilarious...he told me to tell you that Anderson Cooper is
a small man and Soledad O'brien looks better on tv

8:30 Robert P. - Wait....my wife just turned down the volume, I don't think she
understands live-blogging. ; )
8:30 BRUNETTE - I swear I love Jimma Carter
8:30 Betsy - OK, I'll be gone for a few minutes. I want to upload some pictures

8:30 Leslie H - Charges against the kid? I'm not sure there is any help for that
attitude.

8:30 [Comment From Guest]

Ah, I didn't see this till now.
8:30 [Comment From Robert P.]
Sorry, I didn't see the cover it live.
8:30 [Comment From Robert P.]
Betsy, can I still "log-in" somewhere?
8:31 Christopher - you should be able to log-in at coveritlive.com

8:31 Betsy - Robert I'm getting you set up

8:31 BRUNETTE - LESLIE Well, I am not sure it's about trying to punish the kid. I
think the prosecutor is hamstrung on what he can present, so this is a way of
sending a message.
8:31 BRUNETTE - LESLIE I don't think the kid is going to be charged.
8:31 Christopher - How close are the VA and NC delegations?

8:31 Leslie H - Thanks, Bru. Hope not.

8:31 BRUNETTE - LESLIE Prosecutors have a tough time where the laws are written
to ensure MAXIMUM GUN SALES
8:32 Frank Eaton - way to go Msnbc preempting the Carter film with some dumb
interview...
8:32 BRUNETTE - FRANK We've got Carter here on WRAL
8:32 Betsy - VA is on the floor and we are in the seats in the bowl area

8:32 Christopher - I'm forming a church in the name of Jimmy Carter.

8:32 BRUNETTE - CHRIS That's one Church I'd consider joining.

8:33 Christopher - Hell yes.

8:33 Robert P. - Sorry Betsy, I know I USED to be setup, but that was the first
time.
8:33 Leslie H - Bru ... yes, because the Right to Keep and Bear arms must mean
making sure we don't ever punish wreckless gun owners.

8:33 BRUNETTE - LESLIE exactly.

8:33 Robert P. - registering, be back.
8:33 Christopher - Jimmy Carter + Tax Exemption = good times.

8:33 gregflynn - Glad we have a remote to bounce around channels to get the floor
content
8:33 BRUNETTE - AWWWWWWWWWW there's Jimma and Rosalie~
8:33 Betsy - Jimmeh is in da House and is getting a standing O

8:34 Christopher - Makes me want to just plant peanuts.

8:34 BRUNETTE - Boy I swear she sure is holdig onto that hairstyle.
8:34 BRUNETTE - ok
8:34 BRUNETTE - She's entitled.
8:34 BRUNETTE - I haven't changed mine since I was twelve, so I can't talk.
8:34 Frank Eaton - I wonder if jonathan Demme directed this? He did "man from
Plains"
8:35 BRUNETTE - Lawrence TRIBE! NO LESS
8:35 BRUNETTE - HELL YAH
8:35 RobertP - Is Jimmy speaking? What was that, a walk-by?

8:35 BRUNETTE - If this isn't the American Dream, there is no American Dream.
8:36 Christopher - Jimmy Carter doesnt speak, he just transmits good ideas.

8:36 BRUNETTE - Oh if we could just all INHABIT Betsy like that weird flick,
"Being John Malcovich." Sure, it would be rough for Betsy, but we'd all have a
blast.
8:36 Christopher - Gwen Ifil referred to the Obama's as "The Cosby's, but with
shades of Rockwell" or something earlier today.

8:37 Leslie H - Bru ... lol ....

8:37 gregflynn - Bru, I know you're excited about Carter and the convention.
Just make sure you're in bed "An Hour Before Daylight"
8:37 RobertP - There he is.

8:37 BRUNETTE - Greg muahahahahaha

8:38 Frank Eaton - Gwen is doing one of the debates, thank God.
8:38 RobertP - Jimmy knows history. That is true.

8:38 BRUNETTE - Wow, sis is pretty damned good, NO?

8:38 Christopher - Michelle is gonna KILL tonight. I'm hype.

8:38 gregflynn - I'm having Malkovich flashbacks.

8:39 BRUNETTE - Gregg mary kay place was priceless in that flick.
8:39 gregflynn - I heard Michelle speak in Raleigh. She'll do great.
8:39 Leslie H - I just love Michelle Obama.

8:39 RobertP - What is the lineup? I need to recharge this laptop at some point.

8:39 BRUNETTE - Greg I am so crazy about that woman that I am JUST as excited
about HER being in the White House as I am Obama
8:40 RobertP - Hey Chris, clear your throat off camera, futz.

8:40 BRUNETTE - Leslie I have the BIGGEST crush on her! She is a great
inspiration~ She's out-Jackie-O'ing Jackie O.
8:41 Frank Eaton - I heard Michelle back before she was rehabilitated by the
campaign. Fierce.
8:41 BRUNETTE - FRANK we love us some fierce.
8:41 Leslie H - Indeed. I had never heard her before her speech at NC state, but
she just blew me away.

8:42 RobertP - Okay, I need to go into other room to charge this thing, will be
back when Ted kennedy makes his surprise visit.

8:42 BRUNETTE - OK, come on young'un. Handsome kid.

8:42 gregflynn -
We've got Perdue and Hagan ads on TV

8:42 RobertP - there's the DNC ad! I love that one.

8:42 BRUNETTE - Robert what channel are you watching?

8:43 Frank Eaton - I hope she is totally neutered tonight.
8:43 BRUNETTE - FRANK? WHO?
8:43 Frank Eaton - I got T Boone Pickens. Shoot.
8:44 BRUNETTE - whaaaa?
8:44 [Video file] YouTube: fdnp9c5Jx3I Play
8:44 Christopher - The MoveOn.org Dole/Bush/Oil ad just aired during A&E's
"Intervention" Oh, irony.

8:44 RobertP - Are y'all seeing the video file I posted?

8:44 Christopher - Yes, sir.

8:44 BRUNETTE - I closed it.

8:44 BRUNETTE - Sorry
8:45 RobertP - Cool, that is what MSNBC was showing.

8:45 BRUNETTE - It was in the way of the text. I panicked.

8:45 BRUNETTE - <~~~~antsy
8:45 Frank Eaton - I mean ISN'T totally neutered. My phone is correcting my
spelling and dropping words.
8:45 RobertP - Have you seen the new DSCC ad? Anyone?

8:45 Christopher - MSNBC discussed Kissell, AND hagan earlier today, and then
aired the Rocking Chairs ad.

8:45 BRUNETTE - Oh, I'm relieved to hear that, Frank.

8:46 RobertP - Here comes new DSCC ad against Liddy Dole, OLD Liddy Dole.

8:46 [Video file] YouTube: 2cGl6l5o4c4 Play

8:46 BRUNETTE - I'm watching young Jesse. He doesn't look like his Dad, other
than being handsome, which his mother is, anyway. And he isn't imitating his Dad,
though some patterns of speech are there
8:46 Christopher - I don't think he's close with his father.

8:46 BRUNETTE - I hope this kid does well.

8:47 BRUNETTE - CHRIS, well, I know they have had a tiff, and I hate that,
because that's not a good thing for either of them.
8:47 BRUNETTE - Oh wait, this last paragraph was very Jesse-esque.
8:48 Frank Eaton - man, that's a great ad!
8:48 BRUNETTE - I like to think his Dad is watching and is proud and that they
are not going to be estrranged for long even if they are estranged at the moment.

8:49 Christopher - I remember him blasting his pops during the Castration-gate
ordeal.

8:49 BRUNETTE - YAAAAAAY

8:49 BRUNETTE - CHRIS, well, yes, that was unfortunate all around.
8:49 Christopher - JOE B. in the house?!

8:50 BRUNETTE - Go young'un! Yeaaaaah!

8:50 Christopher - This gets me way too hype about November.

8:53 Frank Eaton - that matt Damon ad is goofy.

8:53 Christopher - MMMATT DDAAAAAAAMON*

8:54 Betsy -
Our dancing delegates

8:54 Leslie H - woohoo!! NC!

8:54 Betsy - They just showed Joe Biden on the video screen and the crowd went
wild. Everyone is on their feet dancing and clapping to the music

8:55 Betsy - They just showedhim again. What a great smile!

8:55 Christopher - He's so money and he doesn't even realize it.

8:56 Leslie H - Chris -- I am not cool enough to understand what that means ....
:-/

8:56 Christopher - Haha, it means I should get out of the house more often.

8:56 Leslie H - But I love me some Biden!!!

8:57 Christopher - Where's Linda at?!?!?

8:57 Frank Eaton - Ironically, worth only 150,000 dollars, Biden.
8:57 Leslie H - Prolly dancin' somewhere ... hehe :)

8:58 Frank Eaton - so says Wolf Blitzer.

8:58 Christopher - Almost half of what McCain pays for his Maids a year., which
is roughly 270,000.

8:58 Leslie H - ::::choke::::

8:58 Christopher - Anyone familiar with why in the world people wear stupid hats?

8:59 Leslie H - Is that like one maid for each house?

8:59 Frank Eaton - maybe joe could pick up some weekend hours at the Mcains...
8:59 Christopher - I think it was a rough estimate based on his tax filings

8:59 Leslie H - Joe ... shoot ... maybe I could pick up some weekend hours at the
McCains. lol

9:01 Christopher - Spike Lee!

9:01 BRUNETTE - Hot dayum, thar's Spike Lee

9:01 Christopher - I adore that man.

9:02 Leslie H - LOL.... that would so freak me out ... to see my mug up on a
20'x20' screen...

9:02 BRUNETTE - CHRIS well, he's wearing a funny kinda hat.

9:02 BRUNETTE - Kinda
9:02 [Comment From Andrew Rodgers]
my question... is it time to have a funky good time?
9:02 Christopher - Is there a history of wearing absurd hats at the convention?

9:02 BRUNETTE - CHRIS Well, if you must know, YES.

9:02 BRUNETTE - Absolutely.
9:03 BRUNETTE - Old people are especially prone.
9:03 Christopher - Because?

9:03 BRUNETTE - Especially angry old women.

9:03 gregflynn -
I'd rather be sharing a beer with Obama than sharing a beer company with McCain.

9:03 BRUNETTE - But it serves a purpose.

9:03 BRUNETTE - Greg amen
9:03 Leslie H - greg ... no doubt!!

9:04 BRUNETTE - CHRIS because it's an old person's way of saying F*CK YOU, that's
why. Well it's just the plain truth.
9:04 Christopher - Apparantly, that's the only prerequisite for Presidency.

9:04 [Comment From Jammer]

Anyone think the dems will tackle ending the war on drugs when Obama wins it?
9:04 [Comment From Jake Goad]
I think its mandatory, every 10th person is required or they get kicked out
9:05 BRUNETTE - Ah Soul nourishment on this ad. Very cool.
9:06 gregflynn -
I have to be careful about "old" comments as I sit here with my progressive lenses
looking up at TV and down at keyboard.

9:06 Christopher - I wonder how some of those hats clear security.

9:06 Christopher - Teddy K in the house!

9:07 gregflynn -
Crowd passing around Kennedy signs. CNN saying he wants to speak but may not
have energy. Might get energized by reception.

9:08 Christopher - Kennedy to speak, according to CNN.

9:10 [Comment From Lele]

He's speaking next IF his aides think he has the strength to do it.
9:11 [Comment From Lele]
Where is North Carolina? I see Vermont on CNN but no clue where NC is located.
9:11 Christopher - According to Betsy, they're behind VA, just in that first
section of stands.

9:11 Christopher - Stage-right, methinks.

9:12 Betsy - The code pinkers interrupting Pelosi at the symposium today

9:13 Betsy - North Carolina public radio is about to interview me. She is
interviewing Susan Burgess, Mayor Pro Tem of Charlotte right now.

9:14 BRUNETTE - Oh boy oh boy

9:14 Leslie H - Awesome.

9:14 BRUNETTE - Betsy tell her we all said hi

9:14 Christopher - Big Clinton backer, that'll be a good interview to catch.

9:15 BRUNETTE - CHRIS ok, did you see that weird hat on that young, brunette
white guy?
9:15 BRUNETTE - brown-haired, I should say.
9:15 BRUNETTE - He looked Italian.
9:15 Christopher - Yes, does that just mean he's a dick?

9:15 BRUNETTE - CHRIS NO!

9:15 BRUNETTE - Chris it means that his wife promised something special if he'd
do it.
9:15 Christopher - The guy sitting behind him begs to differ.

9:15 BRUNETTE - ha~

9:15 BRUNETTE - Oh CAROLINE!
9:16 Frank Eaton - Sweet Caroline...
9:16 BRUNETTE - YAAAAAAAAY
9:16 Christopher - If i trekked all the way out to Denver and had to sit behind
some shmo with a chandalier on his head, I'd lose it.

9:16 BRUNETTE - She should have said "leaders like they", not "leaders like
them," but that's ok.
9:16 gregflynn - If she dyed her hair red she'd look like a kinder gentler
Maureen Dowd
9:16 Christopher - I kinda wanted to see an Obama/Kennedy ticket a la Cheney

9:16 BRUNETTE - CHRIS it was a bird, not a chandelier. Be real.

9:17 Christopher - IT'S WHAT I SAID IT WAS. PLEASE CLOSE COMMENTING ON THIS
ISSUE.

9:17 gregflynn - Chris, what do you have against parrot-heads?

9:17 BRUNETTE - Ok, the thing is, that while I love, love, love her, she's
reading from a teleprompter
9:17 Christopher - haha.

9:17 BRUNETTE - CHRIS LOL

9:18 Christopher - Anyw agers on Uncle Teddy being more coherent than McLame?

9:19 gregflynn - I have a t-shirt from the Kennedy softball team via my brother-
in-law who worked for him for a year on health policy. The team is called "Ted
Sox".
9:19 Betsy - My Jack Russell Terrier is more coherent than McCain

9:19 BRUNETTE - well, I just can't help it. I'm missing John John now.
9:20 BRUNETTE - BETSY did you finish your interview?
9:20 gregflynn - My Jack Daniels is more coherent than McCain
9:20 Christopher - John Kerry! Why the long face?

9:20 BRUNETTE - CHRIS!

9:20 Christopher - He's gonna jinx it.

9:20 BRUNETTE - Shame on you

9:20 Leslie H - oooo... could you pass a round over here, greg?

9:21 Christopher - Jack Daniels and I aren't allowed to hang out anymore.

9:21 Leslie H - lol ... I don't wanna know, Chris ...

9:21 gregflynn - Leslie, sure. It's as simple as ABC.

9:21 BRUNETTE - ya know, she reminds me of the old album, the spoof on the
Kennedys, "The First Family," and the Jackie characters's slow, laid back delivery

9:22 Leslie H - ha!!!

9:22 BRUNETTE - I loved that album. My sister and I listened to that before we
even understood what a parody was.
9:23 BRUNETTE - Uh oh, they're gonna get to me with this kennedy thing. I did
have my upbringing ya know. Gonna get weepy ~
9:23 Christopher - Bobby's still my favorite.

9:23 Christopher - But they're all wonderful

9:23 Leslie H - oh, God ... no Bru ... there is no weeping on CoveritLive

9:24 BRUNETTE - I wish I were with my parents right now. I'm sure they're
watching. They reared their children with a reverence for this family
9:24 BRUNETTE - Bought into the whole Camelot thing
9:24 [Comment From Gordon Smith]
So psyched you're using CoverItLive!
9:24 BRUNETTE - LESLIE Bru' never actually weeps
9:24 BRUNETTE - <~~~tough cookie
9:24 [Comment From Gordon Smith]
Betsy, tell Carol Peterson I said hi. She's going to cut her eyes at you, but just
nod and smile.
9:24 Leslie H - lol ... yeah, I think we all knew that ;)
9:24 BRUNETTE - 'cept when I was really little and those people wouldn't let
Heidi go back to her grandfather on the mountain.
9:25 BRUNETTE - That was very upsetting.
9:25 Gordon Smith - You on this thing, Betsy?
9:25 Leslie H - I weep at ever'dangthing ... <------- big softie.

9:25 Betsy - Our intrepid new delegate blogger, Terry Grunwald

9:25 Christopher - She's somewhere. Dodging large cameras, I hear.

9:26 BRUNETTE - I remember thinking I was too young to be exposed to the idea
that Heidi had to yodel signals to the goats to rescue her from the urban
dwellers.
9:26 Gordon Smith - Off Topic, but awesome:
9:26 Gordon Smith - The NRSC reserved about $6 million in ad buys in North
Carolina, according to sources from both parties, which was meant to show that the
GOP was ready to play hard in what has become a dead heat race between Dole and
Democratic challenger Kay Hagan. But on Wednesday the NRSC yanked the money
because, it turns out, the dough was never available in the first place. One GOP
Senate source said it was a �head fake� that pulled the rug out from under Dole.
9:26 Christopher - Bru, you're on an entirely different level than all of us
combined.

9:26 BRUNETTE - GORDON I read some reference to that in the Dome today
9:26 BRUNETTE - CHRIS awww shucks
9:26 Leslie H - Gordon ROFLMAO!!

9:26 Betsy - I'm here trying to take picutres of our delegates and surroundings.

9:26 gregflynn -
Heidi was one messed up girl

9:26 BRUNETTE - BETSY did you get interviewed?

9:26 Gordon Smith - Yeah:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0808/Ensign_slams_GOP_colleagues.html
9:27 Christopher - I had an enthralling conversation with Elizabeth Dole's
Mailwoman the other day...

9:27 Christopher - everyone will enjoy that conversation.

9:27 Gordon Smith - Betsy, take a picture of Carol Peterson. Tell her it's for
Gordon Smith.
9:27 Gordon Smith - What did the mailwoman tell you, Christopher?
9:28 Christopher - "I've never actually seen a human being at that house.
Someone picks the mail up every few days though."

9:28 Christopher - things of the like.

9:28 Gordon Smith - Ha!

9:28 Christopher - Her neighbors had other interesting stories.

9:28 Gordon Smith - Get her on video next time, will you?
9:28 Christopher - Oh, it will be.
9:28 Gordon Smith - Schweet.
9:29 Betsy - I'll try to find her. You wouldn't believe how crowded this is.
I have an entire workspace under my seat.

9:29 BRUNETTE - YAAAAY TED!!!!!!!!!! BEautiful!

9:29 Gordon Smith - Well, keep an eye out. She just loves me and Drama Queen.
9:29 BRUNETTE - <~~~unabashed enthusiast
9:30 BRUNETTE - !@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!
9:30 Frank Eaton - Story is All.
9:30 Christopher - This makes me want to get my boating on. And eat arugala.
And other terrorist activities.

9:30 gregflynn - Gordon, the postman always rings twice. The mailwoman sneaks
up on you.
9:30 BRUNETTE - Greg.
9:30 BRUNETTE - oh greg.
9:30 BRUNETTE - tsk.
9:30 Christopher - What actor was that next to Shriver?

9:30 Gordon Smith - Maybe a better nomiker would be femaleman?

9:30 BRUNETTE - Chris lol
9:30 Leslie H - y'all are cracking me up ...

9:30 Andrew Rodgers - so cool!!! he looks great!!

9:31 gregflynn - Femaleman delivering shemail
9:31 Gordon Smith - I'm not watching the convention. Just reading y'all, so the
more commentary, the better.
9:31 Christopher - He looks decades younger than McLame.

9:31 [Comment From James]

Hi everyone!
9:31 gregflynn -
Ted looks great

9:31 BRUNETTE - Hiya JAMES

9:31 BRUNETTE - We're having a blast here
9:31 Gordon Smith - Hi James
9:31 gregflynn - Ted sounds great
9:31 Christopher - Howdy, James!

9:31 Leslie H - Hey James!

9:32 BRUNETTE - he LOOKs good, too,

9:32 Christopher - He looks like a million bucks.

9:32 BRUNETTE - Of course, I'll be very upset if he keels over mid-sentence.

9:32 Christopher - STOP!

9:32 BRUNETTE - But he looks great.

9:32 RobertP - back online.

9:32 BRUNETTE - re-Hi Robert

9:32 Leslie H - Bru!!

9:32 RobertP - There are no dry eyes in this house.

9:32 Christopher - Even I flinched on that one.

9:32 BRUNETTE - Well . . . I worry

9:33 Christopher - I cannot believe this man.

9:33 BRUNETTE - YESSSIR!@!@!@!@!@!

9:33 [Comment From Guest]
I'm new at this, he does look great! It's good to see Maria in the stands.
9:33 gregflynn - Bru, I have an Elaine May & Mike Nichols CD you need to listen
to.
9:33 Andrew Rodgers - "a better country and a newer world"
9:33 Christopher - She needs to be home kicking the shit out of her husband.

9:34 [Comment From lele]

This is just wahat we need. I love the hype,
9:34 RobertP - I wish Schwarzenegger had shown up.

9:34 BRUNETTE - And what is wonderful is how he makes this speech so lively -- so
immediate! he knows how to deliver
9:34 gregflynn - Hope - it's not just a town in Arkansas
9:34 BRUNETTE - Robert It would make his testicles recede. He couldn't risk it.
9:34 BRUNETTE - OH TED!!!!
9:35 Christopher - He's OLDER than McCain, folks.

9:35 RobertP - Wasn't that his line from the 1980 convention?

9:35 Gordon Smith - No one is older than McCain, Christopher.

9:35 RobertP - Barely older than McCain.

9:35 Christopher - Haha. Touche Gordon.

9:35 BRUNETTE - Robert But lots fresher

9:35 Christopher - McCain is older than the dirt he sleeps in.

9:35 Gordon Smith - O.K., y'all got me interested. I'm streaming Ted now.
9:36 RobertP - This generation of speaker, nay, orator....

9:36 Andrew Rodgers - "never be committed to a mistake... but a mission worthy of

their bravery"
9:36 BRUNETTE - My dog is crossing his legs, but we ain't goin' out on Ted's
speech.
9:36 Gordon Smith - McCain was James K. Polk's first choice for running mate.
9:36 Christopher - Gordon, we can recreate it. Just drop the R's off the ends
of words.

9:36 BRUNETTE - Gordon yes, a little known bit of trivia there, but absolutely
true.
9:36 RobertP - Okay, Gordon, dammit I don't want to laugh!!!!

9:37 RobertP - Polk, I'm still smiling.

9:37 BRUNETTE - This novembah . . .the torch will be passed again . . .

9:37 Christopher - He settled on a "much younger" George M. Dallas

9:37 Gordon Smith - Well Googled, Christopher.

9:37 RobertP - "The Dream Lives On"
9:38 BRUNETTE - Yaaaaay Ted!!!!!
9:38 gregflynn - What's that story about McCain and McAbel?
9:38 Christopher - Haha. Busted.

9:38 BRUNETTE - HOWIE!

9:38 Christopher - BUT HE WAS A POW OMG!

9:38 BRUNETTE - Greg LOL

9:38 Gordon Smith - Ted is just killing 'em
9:38 Andrew Rodgers - "still the one"... tell me they didn't plan that!
9:38 Gordon Smith - lol @ greg
9:39 BRUNETTE - Ok, gonna have to walk the dog now
9:39 RobertP - Wasn't McCain the original 'John'? Back when it became the oldest
profession?

9:39 Gordon Smith - Is Michelle Obama next?

9:39 Betsy - This is incredibly challenging. I can barely move and am trying to
do video, still photos and blog

9:39 Christopher - I think she's slated for a little after 10pm EST

9:39 RobertP - "next" meaning hours later.

9:39 Gordon Smith - Arthur is 90 years old. He's played golf every day since his
retirement 25 years ago. One day he arrives home looking downcast. "That's it," he
tells his wife. "I'm giving up golf. My eyesight has got so bad that once I've hit
the ball I couldn't see where it went." His wife sympathizes and makes him a cup
of tea. As they sit down she says, "Why don't you take my brother with you and
give it one more try." "That's no good," sighs Arthur, "your brother's a hundred
and three. He can't help." "He may be a hundred and three", says the wife, "but
his eyesight is perfect." So the next day Arthur heads off to the golf course with
his brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing and squints down the
fairway. He turns to the brother-in-law. "Did you see the ball?" "Of course I
did!" replied the brother-in-law. "I have perfect eyesight". "Where did it go?"
says Arthur. "I don't remember."
9:40 Gordon Smith - Oops.
9:40 Gordon Smith - Ignore that... er...
9:40 gregflynn -
RobertP I don't know about the original "John" but he is guilty of original
"Cindy"

9:40 RobertP - HA!

9:41 Gordon Smith - Is Kool and the Gang there doing "Celebration"?
9:41 Betsy - No...it's the "House" band

9:41 gregflynn - Gordon, it sounds like Lawrence Welk from here.

9:42 Christopher - If we lose in November, it's solely based on our terrible
dancing and shitty hats.

9:42 RobertP - Kennedy was part of the old guard that fought each other, but
drank together every night. They didn't hate each other.

9:42 RobertP - Hey, Graig has on a shitty hat, be careful!!!!

9:42 Andrew Rodgers - i think by day three it's going to take a lot more than a
little kool and the gang to get delegates to dance between speeches.
9:42 Betsy - No...the hats are awesome.....they really are.

9:42 Gordon Smith - Is it hot in there, Betsy?

9:42 gregflynn - Graig is tall enough. He doesn't need a hat.
9:43 Christopher - whoever's seated behind him is losing it.

9:43 RobertP - I think that is his plan, big hat, big guy, dressed as Uncle Sam.
Should get lots of TV time.

9:43 gregflynn - John McCain has only one hat, but he doesn't know which house
he left it in.
9:43 RobertP - Betsy, I'm now officially jealous. Did I mention to smack Aaron
Meyers in the face?

9:44 Gordon Smith - John McCain's hat has three corners.

9:44 RobertP - Not true, John McCain has a bowler and a coon skin hat.

9:44 Betsy - No. Thank goodness it isn't hot. I'm so crowded I'm 'bout to
push someone's fanny out of my face.

9:44 RobertP - OH!That was better! Gordon!

9:45 RobertP - Betsy, you know you could UStream and we could watch and chat at
the same time. : )

9:45 Betsy - Robert, wait until I post pictures from the concert last night.

9:45 Christopher - I wish this chat was open every night. I could SO watch Lost
with you freaks.

9:46 Betsy - I don't know if I have enough bandwidth. I can try. I also may
not have enough room on the power cord. Also, I have no space to set up my
tripod. When I said I was crowded, I meant it.

9:47 RobertP - Heroes, I've gotten addicted thanks to Netflix instant watching.

9:47 gregflynn - Oops, loosing battery. Got to juice up.

9:47 Christopher - The ketchup lady!

9:49 gregflynn - I'd rather hear from Teresa

9:51 Christopher - "Federal authorities have scheduled a press conference for
Tuesday afternoon amid reports that a fortunate traffic stop by Aurora Police may
have disrupted an assassination attempt against Barack Obama."

9:52 Christopher - via Denver Post

9:53 Gordon Smith - There's a guy telling me that some protesters are being
gassed in a Denver City Park. I've got no confirmation, but he's normally a very
reliable source.
9:53 James - Man, it seems like the crazies are coming out. (Not you guys, the
OTHER crazies.)
9:53 Christopher - I could see that.

9:54 Gordon Smith - There's a group of protesters there calling themselves

Recreate '68.

9:54 BRUNETTE - James Well, naturally, this brings 'em out.

9:55 Christopher - What's this petition shenanigans?

9:55 James - Ah yes. 68. The year they shaved my head. The year of neverending
pushups. That was exactly how I got radicalized, so to speak.
9:55 Christopher - If anyone can catch Fox News' coverage of yesterdays Recreate
'68 march, please do. It's comedic gold.

9:55 BRUNETTE - It has to be rough for the Jerry Kellmans, 'cause the mumbling of
the crowd is fairly loud and he knows they're just a-waitin'.
9:56 Betsy - My first tornado. Was about a mile away and yes, everyone pulled
over to take pictures. Saw it on the way to the concert last night.

9:56 James - Damn, Dorothy.

9:56 BRUNETTE - CHRIS ya want Comedic Gold? Have you been blogging anonymously on
TAP? hmm? 'cause I heard that expression applied to poor old Paul Terrell quite
recently .
9:56 BRUNETTE - Betsy YIKES
9:56 Gordon Smith - Some folks here in Buncombe County vandalized the Party HQ
last night in "solidarity" with some folks out in Denver.
9:57 Gordon Smith - BIG YIKES, BETSY!
9:57 James - Were you skeered?
9:57 BRUNETTE - Gordon Interesting concept.
9:57 Betsy - Maybe I need to click my heels three times.

9:57 Gordon Smith - http://www.scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=5938

9:57 gregflynn - McCain email calling for donation surge before September 1st
and, also pumping up convention bump expectations by comparing to a Clinton 16
point bump in 1992 so they can trash anything less.
9:57 BRUNETTE - I'm still impressed by the one in the movie -- even knowing it
was just nylon hose -- STILL SCARY
9:57 Christopher - Granola makes people do funny things, Gord.

9:58 Gordon Smith - McCain is asking for people to send dubloons and sixpence
9:58 BRUNETTE - Gordon lol
9:58 Christopher - If anyone's packin the Disk Network, they have full HD
coverage of the DNC on ch. 211.

9:58 James - Ha. Sixloons and dubpence is more like it.

9:59 Betsy - No, I wasn't skeered. I pulled over and jumped outta my car so
fast. The road was lined with idiots just like me.

10:00 Gordon Smith - ABC Coverage of the convention just came on. I'm working
with rabbit ears here.
10:01 Betsy - Tom Harkin is on now. It's almost impossible to take pictures.

Spike Lee just passed by. He's really, really short.

10:03 gregflynn - The correct procedure in that situation Besty is for groups of
ten people to line up like pins at a bowing alley facing the tornado.
10:03 Gordon Smith - Gotta run, y'all. Let's do this every night this week, yes?

10:04 gregflynn - Republican Jim Leach (R) Iowa

10:05 Betsy - Congressman Mel Watt and Congressman David Price are around me.
Watt sitting behind and Price standing beside. Miller is several rows up. He
didn't dance to the music, but he at least stood and enjoyed it.
10:05 Betsy - We are going to do this every night. See you later, Gordoon.

10:06 Betsy - Gordon. We were lined up, trust me. There were more like
hundreds of us llined up. I just chided Congressman Watt to move his hand from
his face so I could get a picture.

10:12 Leslie H - ok .. no disrespect meant , I'm loving all this, really, but
where is Michelle? My coach is getting close to turning back into a punkin.

10:24 Leslie H - McCaskill rocks.

10:26 BRUNETTE - LESLIE same here, but any minute now . . .

10:26 Leslie H - awww ... Mom is going to talk ... tissues ...

10:27 [Comment From Betsy]

Internet is screwy
10:28 Christopher - How's things, folks?

10:28 Leslie H - awesome!

10:29 Christopher - Michelle Obama is an awesome awesome woman.

10:29 Leslie H - Indeed.

10:32 [Comment From Sam S]

Hey guys, hope everyone's well
10:32 Christopher - SAM!

10:32 Leslie H - Hey Sam!

10:33 Sam S - Ah, sorry this isnt Sam Spencer haha... different Sam
10:33 Christopher - Oh, even better!

10:33 Christopher - Nice to meet you.

10:33 Leslie H - lol ... ok, well, hey different Sam!!

10:33 Sam S - Just to confuse things, its Sam Spence... and Im also from
Charlotte haha
10:33 Leslie H - cool.

10:33 Christopher - Oh boy. Now I need a map.

10:34 Sam S - It's a quaint little place

10:35 Christopher - Haha. I've heard things.

10:36 BRUNETTE - Here we go.

10:36 Sam Spence - Obama's behind the scenes email was good today
10:37 BRUNETTE - I love this woman
10:37 Christopher - I didn;t have a chance to check it out yet.

10:37 Christopher - SHe's so classy.

10:37 [Comment From Lanya]

Hi BlueNCers
10:37 Christopher - Hey Lanya

10:38 BRUNETTE - Dang, her brother is 6'6"?

10:38 BRUNETTE - THAT is tall.
10:38 Christopher - Biden's got some gangster cufflinks.

10:39 Sam Spence - yea he was much bigger than K couric haha
10:39 Christopher - I'm jealous.

10:39 BRUNETTE - CHRIS he's a toughie.

10:39 BRUNETTE - I can just barely begin to imagine what this must mean to her
Mom to be sitting there.
10:39 Sam Spence - you can see it in her face
10:40 Leslie H - I love y'all, but I gotta go ... see you tomorrow night!

10:40 BRUNETTE - Dang it, she's already working on the tear jerks! Stoppit!
10:40 Christopher - All the talk of the teleprompter. Has she even looked at
it?

10:40 BRUNETTE - She absolutely rocks.

10:40 Christopher - Adios Leslie!

10:40 Sam Spence - shes better than barack

10:40 BRUNETTE - And I'm going to bail, also, and watch this in bed.
10:40 Sam Spence - (with the teleprompter)
10:40 BRUNETTE - SAM I think so. He's good, but she's even better.
10:41 Christopher - Her mom looks like she's all business.

10:41 BRUNETTE - Toodles all

10:41 Christopher - Adios Bru!

10:42 Christopher - John McCain informed Leno that his social security number is
8.

10:42 Sam Spence - ohh johnnnn

10:42 Christopher - Terrible jokes.

10:43 Christopher - What congressional district are you in Sam?

10:44 Sam Spence - right now im a proud resident of the district of columbia...
10:44 Sam Spence - but my voter registration says NC 9
10:44 Frank Eaton - Damn she's good at this.
10:44 Christopher - Oh alright. Good stuff.

10:44 Christopher - She's butter, Frankie.

10:45 Sam Spence - she's got a lot of energy... looks like shes running on
adrenaline
10:46 Sam Spence - there we go
10:46 Sam Spence - YAHTZEE
10:46 Frank Eaton - Unbelievable.
10:46 Christopher - Biden looks like a Soprano's extra tonight. I love him.

10:46 Sam Spence - haha im glad hes there

10:47 Sam Spence - that made up for the "ashamed" comment
10:47 Christopher - This is truly remarkable.

10:47 Christopher - That's what I was thinking.

10:48 Christopher - Let's see Morning Joe run with THAT soundbyte.
10:48 Sam Spence - haha I love morning Joe but they do run with it
10:49 Christopher - Mental Healthcare?! What's that.

10:49 Sam Spence - they definitely had her make sure she said everything tonight.
she could have finished 5 minutes ago
10:49 Sam Spence - (for the republicans)
10:50 Sam Spence - after this, i doubt she'll have a down day for the next 3
months
10:50 Frank Eaton - can't wait for Cindy McCain's speech.
10:50 Sam Spence - i hope not, anyway
10:50 Sam Spence - HA!
10:50 Christopher - hahaha.

10:50 Christopher - They're charing her batteries now.

10:50 Christopher - charging*

10:52 Sam Spence - the daughter stories will do it everytime

10:52 Christopher - Yeah man.

10:52 Christopher - the true test if PUMA's have heart is right here

10:53 Sam Spence - here we go

10:53 Sam Spence - nailed the landing
10:54 Christopher - She's stellar.

10:54 Sam Spence - man it takes guts to stand on a stage that big by yourself
10:54 Christopher - Parade out the kids! yes.

10:55 Frank Eaton - best first lady ever.

10:55 Sam Spence - thats no joke
10:55 Christopher - Move over, Elenor Roosevelt.

10:55 Christopher - or something.

10:55 Lanya - wow, she hit that one out of the park
10:56 Christopher - This is awesome.

10:56 Sam Spence - haha thats a nice surprise

10:57 Sam Spence - that was interesting haha
10:58 Christopher - They're gonna demonize the interrupting child.

10:59 Christopher - I'd love to see the RNC try to top this.

10:59 Sam Spence - theyll get more of an emotional response from the protesters
in st paul than the GOPers
11:02 Christopher - There's no way to deny the importance of tonight's speech.

11:02 Christopher - I'm anxious to hear how the MSM spins it.

11:02 Sam Spence - tomorrow night will be big too

11:03 Christopher - Cindy McCain is on her way to Georgia to "assess the
casualties."

11:04 Lanya - i want to hear from betsy and graig! you know she was even more
moving in person. it's probably chaotic there now, but i hope they'll chime in and
say good night.
11:05 Christopher - Hopefully, I know Betsy was saying they were having some
internet difficulties. Hopefully they return.

11:07 Lanya - you've probably already discussed this, but can anyone tell me the
options for watching coverage online? i don't have tv. i've been watching
cspan.org. what other options are there?
11:08 Sam Spence - cbs news is having a live post-coverage webcast right now with
couric, trippi, and dan bartlett http://tinyurl.com/54pu4a
11:08 Christopher - msnbc has a livefeed.

11:08 Christopher - I can't get enough Olbermann, however.

11:10 Lanya - msnbc link?

11:12 Christopher - lemme find it. I'm not sure if theyre rolling it through
the post coverage

11:12 Sam Spence - http://www.cnn.com/live/ always has stuff

11:12 gregflynn - CNN has a live feed but you need to download a plug-in and
restart browser
11:13 Christopher - �Hey Bob, I got this great idea, see. We�ll get these little
gals on stage in their dresses or whatever kids wear these days, then we�ll give
the damn wife a microphone, and we�ll put their runaway father on the big screen
from Missouri, with his ADOPTIVE WHITE FAMILY, the GIRARDOS or something. Then the
wife will give the mic to the kids, and they�ll interrupt him with, you know, kid
shit or whatever, and it�ll be cute, people�ll love it, won�t be awkward.�

11:13 Christopher - via Wonkette.com

11:14 Sam Spence - anything from perez?

11:14 Sam Spence - just kidding:)
11:14 Christopher - haha.

11:21 Christopher - Someones in the background on MSNBC right now holding a

"BRING BACK CRYSTAL PEPSI" sign.

11:21 Christopher - right on, brother.

11:21 Sam Spence - thats what im sayin

11:22 Christopher - i miss that mystery elixir.

11:24 [Comment From Linda]

The true elixir of life is diet pepsi max, my friends.
11:24 Christopher - you and your aspertame.

11:25 Sam Spence - only in lab rats... only in lab rats

11:25 Linda - It's like crack. I can't give it up.
11:25 Christopher - or whatever the hell they put in diet soda these days.

11:25 Linda - ginseng and caffiene

11:25 Linda - How are you Sam?
11:25 Sam Spence - (thats what i keep telling myself...) *drinks a sip of coke
zero*
11:25 Christopher - Sounds safe.

11:25 Linda - haven't seen you around

11:25 Linda - Did you guys watch Michelle Obama?
11:25 Christopher - Oh, we watched it all.
11:25 Sam Spence - oh yea, right here in this chair
11:26 Christopher - You missed the crowd.

11:26 Linda - What did you think

11:26 Christopher - Butter.

11:26 Sam Spence - yes we can

11:26 Linda - si se peude
11:27 Christopher - You missed Brunette and I combining forces.

11:27 Linda - I was ticked that they didn't let Jimmy effing Carter speak
11:27 Sam Spence - Caroline Kennedy just gave Wolf Blitzer the smackdown
11:27 Linda - Oh, man. It's probably good that I wasn't here. The world might
have ended
11:27 Sam Spence - shes a firecracker
11:27 Linda - Brunette kicks ass and so do you.
11:27 Christopher - She's trouble.

11:27 Linda - Yup.

11:28 Linda - I want to go out there now and just watch the msnbc talking heads.

11:28 Christopher - I want to drink a beer with Keith O.

11:28 Linda - Forget about the convention stuff....exactly!

11:28 Christopher - Obama/Olbermann.

11:29 Linda - Olbermann and Matthews - the more they had to fill, the further
left they got.
11:29 Sam Spence - oh gosh i can only imagine matthews re:michelle
11:29 Linda - By Friday they will be wearing Che berets
11:29 Christopher - I think i like Matthews 51% of the time

11:30 Linda - I like him more and more every time I watch him.
11:30 Linda - Sam - your diary about Biden was awesome on the second time around,
too.
11:31 Linda - I think B.O. made the right choice.
11:31 Christopher - He's an imposter.

11:31 Linda - Who, Sam?

11:31 Linda - Or biden?
11:31 Sam Spence - haha, no me
11:31 Christopher - He's Sam Spence

11:31 Sam Spence - Im not sam spenceR

11:31 Christopher - ALSO a Charlotte resident.

11:31 Sam Spence - But I am Sam Spence and I am also from Charlotte
11:31 Christopher - Dare i say, equally fiesty.

11:31 Linda - I'm so sorry, then. I assumed. Please forgive me.

11:31 Linda - I bet he's not as tall
11:32 Sam Spence - Almost, even funnier
11:32 Christopher - I dunno, he's done a good impersonation job so far.

11:32 Sam Spence - We debated a good bit in high school, Im pretty sure he
mistakenly took some of my points and I did the same for him haha
11:32 Sam Spence - He's a Biden guy though, I was Edwards
11:32 Linda - I was Edwards, too'
11:32 Sam Spence - I interned there last Summer
11:33 Linda - yeah?
11:33 Christopher - I'm a Kucinch guy.

11:33 Linda - Kucinich is either an evil genius or a leprechaun for peace.

11:33 Linda - I can't figure it out
11:33 Christopher - I'm merely alien hunting.

11:33 Sam Spence - got your tin hat?

11:34 Linda - Christopher, did you get the video I sent you on facebook?
11:34 Christopher - I have assorted shapes and sizes

11:34 Christopher - I did, I havent had a chance to catch it yet.

11:34 Christopher - I was hanging out with my mom and then WHAMMY it was
convention time.

11:34 Linda - all convention, all the time.

11:35 Linda - well, check it before you retire this evening.
11:35 Linda - I think you will appreciate it.
11:35 Christopher - I know i will

11:35 Linda - I've gotta go to bed.

11:35 Christopher - It's kind of like saving your last christmas present

11:36 Linda - haha

11:36 Christopher - i have ONE thing youlll like

11:36 Sam Spence - haha

11:36 Christopher - from wonkettes liveblog of Michelles speech...

11:36 Christopher - �Hey Bob, I got this great idea, see. We�ll get these little
gals on stage in their dresses or whatever kids wear these days, then we�ll give
the damn wife a microphone, and we�ll put their runaway father on the big screen
from Missouri, with his ADOPTIVE WHITE FAMILY, the GIRARDOS or something. Then the
wife will give the mic to the kids, and they�ll interrupt him with, you know, kid
shit or whatever, and it�ll be cute, people�ll love it, won�t be awkward.�

11:36 Christopher - i KNOW you'll enjoy that.

11:37 Linda - haha -

11:37 Linda - I love wonkette
11:37 Christopher - its glorious

11:37 Linda - snark to end all snark.

11:37 Linda - except of course, for her
11:37 Christopher - Night, buddy.

11:37 Linda - here.

11:37 Linda - good night christopher
11:37 Linda - nice meeting you sam spence with no r
11:38 Sam Spence - haha, good seeing you
11:38 Christopher - A woman had a toddler on the convention floor

11:38 Christopher - how does one pull that off?

11:39 Sam Spence - must have snuck it through security

11:39 Christopher - Very true.

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