Here is our live thread for Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Michelle Obama speeches on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Big shocker of the night: FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver, a renowned and accurate election prognosticator, has suddenly shifted his prediction in Trump’s direction.
The media in their endless ratings game is beyond contempt and i will hold these so called liberal pundits responsible if the trump nightmare plays out. i am furious- have switched from cnn to msnbc, hardly any better. the bernie brats should have their diapers changed and be put to bed without their supper. disgusted. craig- you were the best there was , wish you’d get back to your craft. the country needs you. and personally i would like to see you be part of this historical moment, as you should be because despite your current mood, your past work helped to bring us here. and i thank you for that. ps- hang in there kid, i know it sucks. with love, sea
message received, OldSea. perhaps it’s time to respond to TV bookers. but I’m still waiting for HRC to show any sign that her rhetoric is real.
I’m watching DNC live with no commentary on the LA Times site(http://graphics.latimes.com/videochat-watch-live-dnc/) while watching baseball soundlessly sans comments on the TV. DirecTv has ch 347 dedicated to DNC. Talking heads eliminated in politics & sports.
Craig, I will turn up the volume any time you’re on the air.
Mr Crawford,
You cut through the crap coming from both sides & are greatly respected. I know you’ve had a long career; your insights have enlightened & educated a large swath of viewers. I first saw you on Countdown & was taken by your honesty: you are not a bought man. Your words carry that cachet of knowing what the heck you talk about. Why wait for one candidate or another to reach a certain level? Maybe your voice, calling out those rascals, could help influence them in a positive way, or at least be the kick in the butt voters need to vote the buzzards out. You have a true gift & Democracy needs you.
Go Bernie Brats! You are just as important as individuals as the Hillary Supporters. And Oldsea CNN is doing some Hillary Kiss @$$ right now. Give it time.
Also the Hillary camp was slamming the RNC for a negative convention. I fully disagreed as if you get past the context and really listen to content it was not negative as the majority of Americans agree, the Trump Convention was positive.
I am now getting depressed by the start of the DNC. So SAD
Global Warming and Public Education: two issues that should have been addressed, in totality, 30 years ago. Now, we have a country full of idiots that’s hot as f___.
WOW – Nice Hillary (ref video hugging child)
Why don’t you go to enter city Chicago and at least help support these Americans. Oh, that might not get you votes!
Why not get on the path to Citizenship?
Why not go help your native country be GREAT?
It is hard to see but Trump is the better choice for all.
(OK – WOW the little girl did a great job. Does Karla’s Mom know English? Come to America please assimilate as has always been the tradition )
…some of them even know how to type, sort of.
DNC is helping Trump.
Trump does at least put Americans First. Why can so many Americans not find jobs? Hmmm?
Who will put Americans first?
Luis Gutierrez, Please go visit Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, 9-11 memorial and strawberry fields. Read the words of the foundation and values of our Country. Why not talk to those that had the power 4+ years ago and ask WHY? Why did you not do something when you had power?
Hillary you are part of the problem.
Equal pay for women? Oh Trump is the example
Luis – You are so out of touch as part of the establishment and you are so impacted by the MSM that you missed the facts.
OH – Luis – you have FEAR in Chicago !!!!!! More votes for Trump
The gratuitous kissing of the Spanish vote is making me sick.
Absolutely loving the C-SPAN coverage. I check CNN & CSPAN to find out what the talking heads and rabble rousing ratings hunters are up to, but if you want to know what is happening, watch C-SPAN>
Oh Ping
Stop imitating my Tweet ranters. You’re not that ignorant.
Thanks Jamie,
CNN, FOX, MSNBC are all a joke Makes me sick
Crawford trailmix – truly fair and balanced – All welcome
Bob Casey is painful.
Question
If you take the RNC vs DNC which one has more establishment speakers?
SJWNY – I have never heard of Bob Casey – I get your point
Ping
What do you really think? Aren’t you kind of a Romney guy?
Hi Ping,
I know who Senator Casey is. Still painful 🙂 Maybe he’s one of those guys who comes alive in the flesh. Then again, maybe not.
Senator Gillibrand looks really washed out on front of the industrial oven background. Bet it doesn’t show any fingerprints though …
Al Franken … Tom Davis.
Farai Chideya 8:38 PM @FiveThirtyEight
An update today on the DNC email hack that, among other things, ended with the resignation of the DNC chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: FBI sources speaking on background say they think the hack may well be of Russian origin and may have been intended to help elect Donald Trump, who has spoken favorably about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last month, security experts who studied the breach told several newspapers that it bore the hallmarks of Russian government hackers, based on the patterns of the intrusion and some of the data that the researchers discovered. The bureau also announced Monday that it will investigate the breach.
Craig,
If Silver is correct I guess the public is going to go with the ‘devil’ they don’t know.
SJ, thanks
Thank You. And because it’s me, Thanks to Mr Olbermann for having you on as a valued guest. You two are gold.
Trump and company want to reconsider making fun of people with disabilities. This young lady is doing a great job.
KCG,
I am a less government and a strong republic kinda guy. I just wish Trump would have been not the gym rat guy at the start. If you filter his context and get his content I see someone that will put Americans first. I see Trump questioning why those in other countries do not want to make their country first. Trump was asking why we send our young men to fight and die in foreign countries and their own young men run away.
If Trump continues to grow up and gets past what Hillary is using now he will win. Hillary cannot run past her dishonesty. Her going to bed when those under her administration died. Hillary is the establishment. I do not think Hillary is evil, I think she is just history that does not need to be repeated.
SJ: “industrial oven background”
yes, not a huge deal but why such a hideous stage?
Pretty good live stream courtesy of the DNC. Lack of reporters and pundits actually enhances coverage. Plenty of time to grab a beer.
DNC backdrop. Not enough flags! Need more flags than the Donald.
I hope Donald Trump is watching Anastasia Somoza. This is powerful and I believe if he sees this speech it will speak to him. Sadly Hillary and the Establishment have had their chance. They did not make it happen.
Anastasia did a great job. That was very powerful. If Trump overcomes his ignorant action and apologizes and owns it, grows from it he will win.
I believe that the Donald will figure out the new world he is now in and will mature and grow. He needs to resolve his very inappropriate actions and comments early in the process. They do not reflect what he truly does for Women in his business.
We will see…
Thanks Ping
I just can’t get over Trump’s ridiculous behavior I think he is too shallow and ignorant to be president
KCG
I see your point and if he can get past his stupid behavior he will win.
If I could win the free trip to Philadelphia to be with HRC Thursday I’d give it to Tony, Jamie, OldSeaHag, RebelliousRenee, Flatus & any other Trail Mixer who wanted to go. Then I’d be very happy thinking about them.
I understand Bernie is making a batch of Kool-Aid and is getting ready to serve the crowd.
Maybe a brownie or two also?
Ping, your thoughts, not kgc ‘s.
The bots are being made to appear asses. If you watched the labor leaders, teachers and now AL & Sarah, there is little doubt that the dead enders are out of touch with the party they’ve chosen to crash.
I just signed up to win the trip. And hey I am in the I-4 corridor and Hillary wants to Kiss our ….. Gives me a better chance than someone from NY or Virgina
Art Garfunkel should be the half of that ex-duo singing their songs. Sad when personal poop mucks up great artistry.
GOP got Scott Baio. DNC gets Paul Simon. Who great. We Great
Favorite Simon Song
Bernie supporter Sarah Silverman on convention stage: “To the Bernie or bust people, you’re being ridiculous.”
Ping, “If Trump overcomes his ignorant action and apologizes and owns it, grows from it he will win.” That would be a first for the worst your party has floated to lead the nation. It will never happen.
Bridge over troubled waters is a nice idea. Hard to listen to Paul Simon struggle with it. Not like I remember it.
Bridge over Troubled Waters ?????? I thought everything was wonderful and good??? We are weary but the Clinton Campaign was saying Trump was negative and sad.
OH MY !!!!!
Time to DVR and shut it down.
Trump for President – He will put you first as an American, Just hope he grows up
Good night all…….
Sarah, always ridiculous, but intelligentand incisive, nails it. She and Franken just FRICKING nailed it.
Ping, bullshit.
Oh, and God help us if Bernie becomes Ted.
If you hear Mario Cuomo and can’t tell the difference between the Democratic Convention and the Republican convention. Those ideas never got breath at the Trump nightmare,much less voice. God I miss his voice.
Oh Pogo. The … Not … A … Handshake on the platform. Know what? That despicable diss of President Carter cinched my decision to register as non-affiliated.
Eva Longoria nailed it. A Latina from Texas introduces the first black senator from New Jersey on the week that the Democratic party will nominate the first woman for president. It is not the Pugn party.
“Just hope he grows up”
Ping,
You don’t go from pre-adolecent bully to serious experienced statesman and executive in one hundred and twenty days. Just doesn’t happen. You can’t fix stupid.
Sj, I might agree with you if I knew what the he’ll you’re referring to.
Booker starting to bring the heat.
Jace,
“You don’t go from pre-adolecent bully to serious experienced statesman and executive in one hundred and twenty days. Just doesn’t happen. You can’t fix
stupidasshole.”I fixed your typo. (Sorry. (Not really))
Loved Al Frankin being a little bit of a comedian in his speech
Between Sarah Silverman and Eva Longoria, Hillary just got the backing she needed.
Longoria particularly. Her family has been in the part that became the United States since before there was a United States.
Attorneymaryjane, welcome to the bus. Always appreciate another lawyer in the mix.
our greatness should be measured not by how many millionaires and billionaires we have, but instead by how few people living in poverty we have ….. well said Cory, well said.
Thanks Pogo …. nice to be “hanging with” other Craig Crawford lovers!
Jace, he’s setting the stage. The bots sre being drowned out, and to boo HRC in these speeches would show them as the petulant children they are.
Pogo,
OK, you’re off the flight to Philly 😉
I was talking about your comment ‘Bernie becoming Ted’ – I assumed you meant Ted as in Kennedy. Of course, only an ass – sumes.
Guilty as charged.
“you and I together, … connected …. respecting each other …. helping others ….. that is when we are stornger, when we go from an already great America to an even greater America” …… These are reasons we CAN NOT let trump get elected …
Pogo,
Thanks for the correction!
Cory is on FIRE. GoD damn he’s good.
Booker is nailing this!
I think we have just heard a future presidential candidate speak.
Loving the Booker/Bill Clinton picture for Angelou’s “And Still I rise” … leading to Hillary Clinton … “And Still I Rise”
I think we may have just watched the second black president of the US.
Sj, really, what the hell were you talking about when you said Jimmy (one of my favorites) was dissed?
Cory Booker totally kicked it
Didn’t even notice the background when Booker spoke. He just peeled the paint off the walls. those coming will have a tough act to follow.
Booker – impressive, impassioned and inspiring. Even Steve Schmidt, who brought you Sarah fricking Palin, said he’s a super star and no one in the pugn party could make that speech.
Widow cheated by Trump “University” powerful stuff
craig- waiting for what? she has a career full to prove she backs her rhetoric.
Craig use to cut through it on both sides, sadly not of late. so miss his unique insight.
And now Michelle, this should be good.
Even after seven years, whenever Michelle Obama shows up I hear:
There won’t be enough left of Trump after this convention to mop up
Looking good for Gary Johnson
Michelle: “When they go low we go high”
Go ahead, bots. Boo her. Show how small you are.
They’re putting the Trump puzzle together piece by piece and the picture ain’t pretty. Michelle will now add the depth and perspective.
Note to Steve Schmidt: No republican could give any of these speeches. Simply beyond their world view. They are too narrow, too fearful and too ugly.
Great line: Hillary did not pack up and go home.
Michelle knocking it out of the park for unity.
Twitter joke: Melania Trump shushes the room, turns up the volume with the remote.
Oh, my, god. Back the Bernbots into a corner, using Hillary as the example. Damn is she great. (Is Michelle married?)
How do Liz and Bernie follow this? It would be like having Zeppelin as your opeming act.
Wow!!! I wake up every morning in a house built by slaves to watch my daughters playing with their dog on the White House lawn.
Oh Boy
Elizabeth Warren is up next
Guaranteed, that the President gave his wife thumbs up on that one.
MIchelle is the bomb!
Joseph P. Kennedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_III … Oh my, another Kennedy that looks like a Kennedy …. Be prepared next generation of voters … LOL
Michelle: “I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. … Hear me, we need to do what we did 4 years ago and 8 yrs ago”
I’m with Hillary … one of the smartest, toughest, most tenacious persons on this earth.
michelle was sublime.
Ashley Judd cheering Warren. Who needs Sarandon?
AttorneyMaryJane, welcome back. Michelle sold me, best convention speech I’ve ever seen
Hello Mary Jane
Welcome to the Trail. Don’t be a stranger. The natives are friendly.
You go Elizabeth Warren …. love you
Thanks Craig … glad to be back!
I sure do hope that Warren is correct when she says “the American people are not falling for it {Trump’s rhetoric]”
Liz starting to put the boots to Trump.
Karma is such a bitch.
Liz was OK but Michelle owned this night.
Follow Along: Prepared Speech by Bernie
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-bernie-sanders-dnc-speech-226187
Am I watching Bernie Sanders or a rerun of Maude?
This night contained better speakers than the whole of the RNC
Truly great Tweet:
Sebastian Arcelus @SebArcelus 13m13 minutes ago
I’m With Her! And Her! And Her! TY, @FLOTUS, @SenWarren, @HillaryClinton! From a man trying to raise a daughter to know her wondrous worth.
Bernie had a tough couple acts to follow, delivering a message his heart couldn’t be in to. All considered I give him good marks.
Kc, yes. Makes the RNC convention seem like a state Bar convention. I’ve been to them and they are not uplifting.
Bernie’s hitting important marks. I can’t hear the bots over the cheerst for ideas greater than Bernie.
And Bernie, thank you for the SCOTUS point and the don’t sit it out message. The 9% of your supporters who don’t and won’t hear you were only in it for themselves. You were just an opportunity.
Poobah, ” July 25, 2016 at 11:00 pm” you are right.
A very good night for the Democratic campaign!!!
Jamie…thanks for posting the Bernie text…I enjoyed following along…
Thank Goodness for Michelle Obama. Warren is awesome, too.
Stay classy, Berniecrats.
welcome attorneymaryjane!
“Michelle sold me, best convention speech I’ve ever seen”-Craig. Wow , that’s saying something.
Welcome to the Hotel California, Mary Jane.
Bernie is humping the shark.
He did what he had to do to get Hillary elected and to be able to go back to the Senate without be the most hated man in the halls.
Really an impressive night. Even Tweety was wowed by Michelle. Now gotta head to bed.
God, tax all churches.
See? They need DWS on the gavel, lol
One more. I suspect there may be a bit of liquor spilled in Philly tonight.
I was ready to pack myself in a box and mail it to New Zealand before Michelle spoke. I’ll just keep these stamps handy, to be safe.
wonder who hillary spent the evening with… wished i could have been there.
Bernie did what he had to do to remain relevant going forward. He laid out the case for HRC point by point (think supreme court and healthcare) even the ‘Big Dwag’ seemed pleased.
If Sanders supporters didn’t get the message they need to leave sooner rather than later, because they are no better than Trump supporters.
The Dems. drew a line in the sand tonight. Impossible for rational people not to notice.
The Electoral map still favors Hillary
Bink
I’ve arranged for housing in Australia just in case
Can’t the sore winner Clintoncrats around here grow up ? You’ve got unity. Shame on you.
So much for trying to stay up to watch FLOTUS and Warren. Will look for video of Bernie’s face when his followers booed him. They really are not Bernie supporters, just rabble rousers looking to cause trouble. None of the polls count until Labor Day.
kudos to whoever selected the songs. soothing the savage beasts so to speak. it was genius to catch that mob up into a sing-along of battle hymn and bridge over troubled waters…. hard to boo when your humming and swaying en masse or singing at the top of your lungs “glory glory hallelujah”