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Republican_Man
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 Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:50 am Democratic National Convention Day I |
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| Quote: | Monday: Highlights From Boston
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
BOSTON--Teresa Heinz Kerry offered up Monday's quote of the day, although not one anyone scripted for the podium. She told Colin McNickle, the editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, to "shove it." Read the story and watch McNickle's comments on FOX News.
Before either Bill Clinton or his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, make their own individual speeches from the podium, some speculated that this high-powered former president or his spouse and potential future presidential candidate would upstage the current ticket. Did they? Check out Bill Clinton's speech and Hillary Clinton's speech.
The Clintons certainly weren't the only speakers on the convention's first night. Among the others:
Al Gore � the party's 2000 presidential candidate urged Democrats to make sure to turn out at the polls. "Take it from me, every vote counts," Gore said. Read his remarks.
Jimmy Carter � the one-term president (who beat one Republican incumbent in 1976 only to lose his bid for a second term four years later), concentrated his remarks on foreign policy. "At stake is nothing less than our nation's soul," Carter said in his remarks.
FOXNews.com sent our reporters out in and around the FleetCenter to find out what some of the Democratic interest groups think about John Kerry.
Liza Porteus kept tabs on all the proceedings on the convention floor and wrote a full wrap of the day.
Peter Brownfeld stopped in and noticed how, compared with a group of enthusiastic Latin-American Democrats next door, gay and lesbian Democrats were more of the "we hate Bush" camp than they were "we love Kerry."
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos reported on some of the men who served with Kerry in Vietnam � the candidate's "band of brothers" � and found an intensely loyal bunch.
And political editor Sharon Kehnemui canvassed the troops for the tidbits that didn't make it into their stories for a reporter's notebook.
Elsewhere in Conventionland on Monday:
� National security is a key thrust at this convention as Democrats seek to find a way to have Kerry effectively challenge one of President Bush's strong suits.
� The media hordes are joined at this convention by the bloggers, those independent Web scribes. They even have their own patch of territory called Bloggers' Boulevard.
� John Edwards, the man soon to be nominated as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, remained at home in North Carolina working on his speech.
And what about the Republicans? Although Bush is spending the week at his Texas ranch, he has political representatives in Boston to offer a rebuttal to the Democrats. "We're behind enemy lines and we're well aware of that fact," said Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie.
The protester front was fairly quiet, a day after a federal judge refused to let anti-abortion groups demonstrate in front of Kerry's town house in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Interested in more? Check out some of the other stories highlighted elsewhere on this page. And check back for Tuesday's wrap-up. |
In order to check out the links, visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127103,00.html
But my opinion is that this was all crap. Especially both Clintons. And Gore is getting a COMPLETE makeover, like Kerry. Remember him yelling: "He betrayed this country!!! He played on our fears!!!" I've heard him say it MANY, MANY times on the Sean Hannity show.
Carter was the attacker! He said that Kerry won't "Mislead" us and stuff.
But the jest of it: I was about to throw up, it was such--ugh!
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Puck
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:00 pm |
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 These conventions are so worthless, I don't know why the Democrats or Republicans even bother holding them.
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Republican_Man
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:09 pm |
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| JanewayIsHott wrote: | | These conventions are so worthless, I don't know why the Democrats or Republicans even bother holding them. |
I have to disagree with you. They are not worthless. Conventions are for people to meet and people to speak and for people to discuss the matters of the day.
But then you have to say that Sci-Fi conventions are worthless as well.
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Puck
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:10 pm |
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But honestly, is the whole week of the convention....is it really needed? Couldn't it just be one night with Bill, Hillary, Al, and then Kerry speak? There is no reason to drag it out forever.
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And hearing the democrats whine like babies. Is so annoying in my opinion, they think they know what's best for America when they have no clue.
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Republican_Man
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:13 pm |
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| JanewayIsHott wrote: | | But honestly, is the whole week of the convention....is it really needed? Couldn't it just be one night with Bill, Hillary, Al, and then Kerry speak? There is no reason to drag it out forever. |
I see what you're saying, but there are a lot more important people in both parties that have to speak, and they want the conventions to go on where people will watch it during Prime Time.
Of course, perhaps they could have it last just one or two days and make it longer and have the less important people on earlier.
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| kmma wrote: | | And hearing the democrats whine like babies. Is so annoying in my opinion, they think they know what's best for America when they have no clue. |
Republicans are no better you can't just say one group is bad and leave the other out.
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:54 pm |
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| Jeff Miller wrote: | | kmma wrote: | | And hearing the democrats whine like babies. Is so annoying in my opinion, they think they know what's best for America when they have no clue. |
Republicans are no better you can't just say one group is bad and leave the other out. |
Republicans ARE better. A lot better. Name a group like MoveOn.org or the NAA(L)CP that the Republicans have.
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your saying their better because your republican one person of each group will say their group is better only someone who is open can really be fair I'm not saying who is right and wrong just remember there are people that you put down by saying that one group is less better than the other.
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:06 pm |
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| Jeff Miller wrote: | | your saying their better because your republican one person of each group will say their group is better only someone who is open can really be fair I'm not saying who is right and wrong just remember there are people that you put down by saying that one group is less better than the other. |
Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry.
But can you name a Republican organization like those two? Huh?
Just wondering.
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I'll be honest I cant and I should know more.
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Republican_Man
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:14 pm |
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| Jeff Miller wrote: | | I'll be honest I cant and I should know more. |
See? 
I have yet to see a Republican organization as Liberal as MoveOn.org or the NAA(L)CP and more.
Once you find that out, then argue with me.
And I CAN safely say that SOME FAR RIGHT Republicans are like that, but...
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