Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Hey, What can I say but:

"Yes We Can"

Spike

As i've said several times it is the venue, an open stadium doesn't hold the noise in like an arena does.

If this had been held back in the convention hall the place would still be rocking but the stadium is now almost empty. People came to see the event and went home like a football game.

Jack

Dog yet the place emptied out in 15 min.
Strange

Jack

Hey Lush,

All those that came for the free entertainment, somehow stayed for the sermon.

And, to think about it...McSame can't even fill a stadium in Dayton, OH that holds about 10,000. They are saying he can't even get the people to attend!!!

Poor McSame!

Jack -- Dog yet the place emptied out in 15 min."

No beer in the venue...

Spike

A bad mistake then.
alcohol and politics a natural combination.

Jack

I didn't think the speech met the standard of Tuesday's and Wednesday's. In trying to hit every base, he added content from months ago that is really stale and, in a sense, discredited.

The fireworks were limp in comparison with what we saw during the past couple of weeks out of China. And, of course, it was simply impossible to achieve the massive choreographed production that occurred there. Was it a good idea trying when critics would certainly draw unfavorable comparisons?

FWIW, Bill Kristol thought it was great. I usually disagree with him and tonight is no exception. I thought it was a magnificent historic spectacle, but not a great speech so far as content was concerned.

Craig -- "Clearly conscious of the charge that he is in empty suit devoid of specifics... In short, he defined change instead of just calling for it."

Craig, agree with you, but I think would have been much more powerful if it wouldn't have been a laundry list. I don't think it wouldn't have been to far to combine the rhetoric he's known for with the specifics he laid out.

Hell I wouldn't buy their $5 beer even on per diem, I'd head to the car for my cooler lol

have at it, folks. Craig has left the building

This was as perfect a speech as any politician has given this political season. BRILLIANT!

Man, poor GOP, who'd want to follow this week, they better hire those guys for their hurricane dance (KGC). LOL

Craig,

You've already partied too much. Sleep it off!!

MSNBC reported that they're bringing in GOPers from other cities to fill up the empty seats that McCain can't fill.

Wonder how the environmentalist are reacting to Obama's pledge for off-shore drilling and nuclear power.

The GOPer on CNN has just said that the Republican who hadn't been picked as the VEEP is lucky.. now THAT is high praise.

"The speech was like a symphony" paraphrasing D Gergen

Are environmentalists opposed to nuclear or just nuclear without concern to safety?
The healt care remarks seemed to forbode a coming fight with the insurers.

Well done, Barack Obama! Time to move forward and seize the opportunity to kick John McCain's butt and sweep the Republicans out of office at all levels.

KGC......article on basket weavers......

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/28/basket_weaving_endures_from_african_tool52170/

This is the most complete and clear War Cry Since WWII.

I'm satisfied. that man is a brilliant strategist and this is a campaign with very few mistakes.

Brilliant Convention and congrats to all concerned!

To paraphrase MY favorite POTUS:
He was not the first choice. But he is the last one and the right one."
"What do you say, Democrats? You up for a good fight?"

~Gidget

What do you say, Democrats? You up for a good fight?"

~Gidget

YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!!!!

All those right leaners at CNN are speechless after Gergen goes on and on about the success of the Demo convention and how the GOPers can't match it.

YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!
YES WE WILL!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, but. . . .

What a terrible convention;

No beer available,
Fireworks were limp
Everyone left early

All those important thingys

But Rez,

Your missing all the fine points ;0)

I'm listeing still on CSPAN and the sound is gorgeous. I'm exited at the sound....

later

Fired up he was, and he delivered the speech well. I like the side profile we were afforded on TV ... it made Obama look even more serious and intense.
I sincerely hope the push from Iraq into Afghanistan bears success, and Obama seemed to take on the old Bush promise to smoke Osama bin Laden up outta that cave. I sincerely hope he gets that job done without sacrificing more thousands of American troops to do it. I also hope his anti-Iran saber rattling is just words.
Flatus, I feel ya, but nobody expected China-Olympics style fireworks; my god!---in the history of the world nobody has EVER witnessed that type of majesty.
The Denver bash was OUTSTANDING...even though I am jaded...I was so confident Kerry would boot the scoundrel out in 2004, and I was even more confident in the summer of 1988 when Mike Dukakis had a SEVENTEEN POINT lead over old man Bush. I know we have a tough fight on our hands.
GREAT JOB from Denver, Mr. Crawford!
I just wish Dr. Hunter S. Thompson could have driven in from Woody Creek to see this....to me, the fireworks were a tribute to him.

I came back because I didn't want to leave a wrong impression since I'm sure some have one.

My point was best stated by Al Gore. It's about the status quo that no one in both parties want to relinquish. Make of that what you will.

One of my favorite lines:
Change doesn't come FROM Washington...it comes TO Washington!

YES!!!

Thought for sure the campaign would pivot from "Yes We Can!" to "Yes We Will!" as part of this speech...

SoetorObama's Info Suppression
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"Stanley Kurtz's appearance on the Milt Rosenberg radio program in Chicago last night provided an unsettling look into the authoritarian tactics being employed by the Obama campaign to stifle and intimidate its critics.

One female caller, when pressed about what precisely she objected to, simply replied, "We just want it to stop!" Another angry caller was asked what "lies" Kurtz had told in any of his reporting on Barack Obama. The thoughtful response? "Everything he said is dishonest." The same caller later refused to get into "specifics." Another gentleman called Kurtz "the most un-American person" he'd ever heard."

http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmRhYmE3NzFlMTljNTdmZGQ3MjhkYTVjNzdmMjVhMzE=

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I don;t recognize the music but (I'm on a theme here)but I would have used the song track from The West Wing and The American President!
~Gidget

GORDO for Prez 2008

If folks were looking for a game chaser, they got one.

Obama Lawsuit
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What happens if Obama is removed as the Democratic Party nominee

"We are receiving many emails asking what happens if in fact Senator Obama is forced to step down or is removed as the Democratic Nominee. For this reason, we have posted the Democratic National Comittee's 2008 Call Rules and
Regulations pertaining to replacement of a Democratic Nominee.

In particular, page 19, Section "G" states:

G. Filling a Vacancy on the National Ticket: In the event of death, resignation or disability of a nominee of the Party for President or Vice President after the adjournment of the National Convention, the National Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee shall confer with the Democratic leadership of the United States Congress and the Democratic Governors Association and shall report to the Democratic National Committee, which is authorized to fill the vacancy or vacancies. "

http://obamacrimes.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-main/10-what-happens-if-obama-is-removed-as-the-democratic-party-nominee

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I saw a really good movie this evening..Don Cheadle in Traitor..Excellent!!!

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