Democrats ARE having a Grand ole Time❗️….
More like an old fashion Revial get Together….
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will speak to the largest audience of his political career on Wednesday night as he formally accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president. His speech, on Day 3 of this week’s political coronation in Chicago, will be the biggest test so far of the choice by Vice President Kamala Harris to put the jovial, blunt-spoken Midwesterner on the ticket.
Before Mr. Walz’s keynote speech, former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to whip up the crowd, two days after his wife, Hillary Clinton, energized the delegates with a passionate plea for Ms. Harris to finally break the presidential glass ceiling.
Former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, will campaign this afternoon in Asheboro, N.C., focusing on national security in a state that Mr. Trump won twice. The Republican ticket appeared to be on solid footing in North Carolina before President Biden withdrew from the race last month and endorsed Ms. Harris. She edged ahead of Mr. Trump in the state in a recent poll from The New York Times and Siena College.
Here’s what else to watch for today:
-
The theme: At the Democratic convention, organizers say the speeches tonight will fit broadly into the theme of “A Fight for Our Freedoms.” It is an expansive category that will allow speakers to address legislative fights for abortion rights and health care, champion working families or touch on the need to defend democracy at home and abroad. Campaign officials predicted even more of a focus on Mr. Trump, accusing him of “again running on an extreme agenda to go even farther in turning back the clock on all the freedoms we hold dear.”
-
The 42nd president: Mr. Clinton is expected to continue the parade of big-name Democrats at the convention with an evening address aimed at demonstrating how the party has coalesced behind Ms. Harris. In speeches, Mrs. Clinton, former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, the former first lady, have all called on Democrats to rally behind Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz.
-
The blue wall: With two days left on the convention schedule, several “blue state” governors have not yet given speeches, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who was a finalist for the vice-presidential spot on the ticket. Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, is also expected to speak this week. All three represent electorally competitive states, and Ms. Harris will most likely need to win some combination of them to secure a victory over Mr. Trump in a close race. Convention organizers have yet to say when the governors will appear on the stage, but it’s a safe bet that they will do so before the week is over.
-
The veep: The big moment tonight will be when Mr. Walz takes the stage. Largely unknown across the country before he joined Ms. Harris on the ticket, Mr. Walz has so far proved to be a feisty speaker with an aw-shucks manner but a sharp tongue when he attacks Republicans and Mr. Trump…..
image…Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota in Milwaukee on Tuesday.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Last night’s roll call with DJ was fantastic! Easily the most entertaining and fun thing I’ve seen in years of watching conventions.
Dem’s be Rockin It!
Bill clinton and Walz coming up later tonight
Bill Clinton is speaking….
He’s horse….
His diction is slow ….
He looks Good….
The audience IS embracing him….
Crowd size question to laughter…..
Jobs….
Ptrizkedr, Hillary and Amy….sitting together….
He’s doing policy…..
In general….Drug prices, Housing….American Respect/Trump?….
Inclusion….
She knocked it out of park when she asked Tim Walz….
Follow his record….
Harris to protect the right to vote….
Brings up Trump’s vote this time and u won’t have to vote…
This is a brutal tough business….
Harris is doing well because Democrats are Happy….
Trump sells negative
Democrats have to be tough….
Treat everyone with respect…
Vote to bring fresh air that ur children and grand children will be proud of….
Harris the President of Joy to Lead
Nancy Pelosi….
Quickly Says nice things about Biden….
Goes into Jan. 6…
Something personal for HER…
Waiting for Oprah Winfrey
Josh Shapiro....
We are the party of Freedom…
Are you ready to protect our Freedom?
Shapiro whipping the crowd
Amanda Gorman
Who did the wonderful inaugural speech…..
Don’t just dream the American dream….
Be worthy of it….
Oprah Winfrey in the House….
We can’t wait to leave here and DO SOMETHING!
Elect Harris as the next President of the United States
She will talk about Freedom….
When we stand together it is impossible to conquer us…
Freedom isn’t free….
It Requires hard work and standing up to Bullies.
She goes into the problems with race in America…
And how we have advanced….
But some want to go backwards on thes gains….
The spirit to pursue that passion to move ahead…..
Immigrants made Kamala Harris who IS running for President as the BEST of America ….
‘USA’ chants….
She is an Indie who votes values….
Chose loyalit to the ccomnstitiopn over loyality to one person…
We won’t go Back…
We’re NOT going Back..
Choose Joy…
That’s the BEST of America.
Pete Buttigieg…..
Crowd roars…..
At least Mike Pence was polite ….
He’s going after JD Vance HARD…..
Trump campaign is about Darkness…
Anyone different than you is a threat …The enemy
His gayness was a problem decades ago….
Trump’s politics of Drakness…..
Walz video…Vets angle…..Political Bio
Business
Education
Gun Owner….
Being a Dad….
Birthing challanging assistance
Fight for what’s Right….
Walz eneters
John Legend/Sheile E performance ….
‘Lets go Crazy’…..
Tim Walz…
I accept the nomination for Vice President
We’re all here because we LOVEV THIS COUNTRY…
Thank for bringing the Joy to this Fight…
Keith gives us a view of the Convention Ceneter that IS JAMMED….
He loves his kids who took him and his wife thru tough times…
Freedom….
He IS a hunter….
Believe in the second amendment ….
But to keep our kids safe
(The gun issue, eh?)
Project 2025…
If someone takes the time make up a playbook?
They will use it….
GOP agenda is weird….
Absolutely….
Leaders don’t spent all day insulting people….
We’re NOT going Back…
Chris Cillizza
@ChrisCillizza
I noticed this too.
Repeatedly at DNC, the speakers — Bill Clinton, Barack Obama Oprah etc. — have emphasized the need to not demonize those we disagree with.
None of that sort of messaging at RNC.
I haven’t been doing big sppechlike this….
But I’m giving a peep talk….
Our job is to get in ntrenchs and do the hard parts …One thing at time….
and the government stays out of your bedroom….
When we Fight!
We WIN!….
His wife greets him on stage and his kids….
11:40 PM East Coast Time
People ARE STILL on their feet
His son was crying during the speech….
We’re all in this TOGETHER…..
Never underestimate a Public School teacher
He learned how to compromise being in Congress and went back to Minnesote and worked across the aisewl to get things done….
Working on hunger….
Reproductive freedom….
‘Mind your OWN Damn Business’
Gwen Walz……Video….
Student support….
Brief thoughts
-Geoff Duncan gave me food for thought
-Bill Clinton ruined that for me. The nerve of that guy to even be there and say the things he said without irony. I sort of liked the Hannibal Lecter part though
-Either the 2028 or 2032 primary debates for Democrats will be brutal between all these guys (they seem to mostly be guys) who are going to plan to run against each other
– Walz gave a great, short, speech. It was very effective. He should have been able to give it an hour earlier. Once again, that was a huge scheduling problem. The speech was about 95 percent vibes and 5 percent policy. There is a reason for that. The vibes seemed to work though.
– Some campaign staffer is going to have to earn his/her pay to keep Donald Trump’s phone away from him so he doesn’t start attacking Tim Walz’s son who has special needs.
Walz speech was good
But the media talking heads have gone nuts over it
BTW?
Nancy Pelosi is 83 years old……
Trump is sure to go after Walz’s son…..
Bill Clinton’s women issues have dropped from sight like Trump’s
Harris is a genius in picking Walz over Shapiro…
@CG It’s already happening in Magaland, or some of it:
MAGA Mocks Tim Walz’s Son For Crying During DNC Speech
Published Aug 22, 2024 at 9:15 AM EDT
The pro-Trump account @AutismCapital posted an image of Gus Walz crying. “Poor kid. It was a heartfelt moment, but he’s definitely going to become a meme,” garnering 256,000 views. It later posted another image of the 17-year-old crying with the caption: “When you find the one working McDonald’s Ice Cream machine in your city.”
Menswear writer @dieworkwear wrote a critical reply about mocking a neurodivergent person. “What goes through your head when you bait your audience to make jokes about people with ALS and children?” The reply was liked 20,000 times, while @AutismCapital’s original post was liked 1,200 times. @AutismCapital had previously posted a clip of a person with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) speaking at the DNC.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-mocks-tim-walz-son-crying-dnc-nomination-speech-1942889
Ur up DSD…..
Those MAGA people are totally classless. I am also old enough to remember some left-wing blog commenters who had all sorts of horrible things to say during and after a convention speech regarding an infant son who had Down’s Syndrome of a Republican Vice Presidential candidate.
I have a rejoinder to DSD’s comment under moderation. Please post it.
CG?
U surprised with GOPer’s picking on Walz’s kid?
Like Jack says
They among themselves low lifers
I really hope you can put my post up so we can be reminded that low-lives have existed across the political spectrum, especially in 2008.
I suppose we can also include Rosie O’Donnell and others who said horrible things about Barron Trump.
It’s up and I commented on it…
“Thank God for Social Security survivors benefits ” Gov Tim Walz.
As someone whose family was similarly saved from falling out of the middle class by these benefits after my dad died–Fuck. Yeah!
Thank Goodness for regular Social Security also!
I guess my comment about how awesome it was that Walz said “thank God for social security survivors benefits” is in moderation?
S S Survivo R Be-Nefi-its
Test.
Awesome of our next VP to acknowledge his family was saved by the above. As mine was. As former VP candidate Paul Ryans was.
Walz went over VERY WELL last night….
My comment about Walz’s son & MAGA waiting in moderation.
Comment on I saw on Twitter said that maybe the surprise guest is Melania Trump with a suitcase. She will proclaim, “I am not going back.”
Then joins Beyonce and Taylor Swift to perform “Single Ladies.”
The question…. would he pay her?
Would he deport her and her parents?
Now, just imagine if Melania shows up tonight and reads Michelle Obama’s speech, word for word.
Plus a lame shout out to that Rick Astley song?