Democratic National Convention (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

Several prominent Democratic figures are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News.

President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been confirmed as speakers at the convention. Obama and the Clintons delivered speeches during the 2020 DNC, which was largely held virtually to prevent the spread of Covid-19 amid the pandemic.

A source familiar said that former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson Jason Carter is also confirmed to be speaking as a representative for his grandfather…….

Democratic National Convention speakers include Biden, Obama and the Clintons

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination at the convention, which will kick off in Chicago on Aug. 19.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Trump’s more than 90-minute address, the longest convention acceptance speech in recent history,

This is what happens when you just rattle incoherent shirt off all night.

 

[MT15]

Dan Rather’s final thoughts on the convention

Words about the DNC from Dan Rather:

“It is no secret that I have seen a few things, been around not just the block but the whole damn city. I can tell you all about national political conventions. I’ve covered 32 of them, going back to 1960. Here’s my takeaway from Chicago 2024: It wasn’t just well done, it was a spectacularly produced event. Frankly, I can’t recall a convention that went off this smoothly or looked this good.
In big games, you always hope your best players will be in top form. In Chicago, all the big Democrats showed up, ready to play. From the old-school Dems (the Obamas and the Clintons) to the new kids on the block (Governor Walz and the party’s bench of young, rising stars), the speeches were spot on. That was especially true for the newly minted nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris’s address was one of the more impressive acceptance speeches I have heard. Most nominees in the modern era have months or longer to prepare for the biggest night of their political lives. Harris pulled it off with 30 days notice.
For all of the stagecraft wizardry, her speech needed to be everything all at once, a high-wire act with no net. What she said and how she said it could mean the difference between winning and losing.” - Dan Rather

 

[Optimus Prime]

He did delete the tweet and apologized, but only after finding out that Walz’ son was neurodivergent

What if he wasn’t? Then it’s okay to be call a 17 year old a birch boy?

 

[efil4]

He did delete the tweet and apologized, but only after finding out that Walz’ son was autistic

What if he wasn’t? Then it’s okay to be call a 17 year old a birch boy?

i actually replied to this tool on Twitter not 15 min after he posted his "fuller" apology- and apparently it was removed ( language im guessing )

 

[GrandAdmiral]

but only after finding out that Walz’ son was autistic

He's not autistic.

 

[Optimus Prime]

He's not autistic.

I thought I read that he was

my mistake, I see that it's neurodivergent not autistic, edited post

 

[RobF]

I thought I read that he was

He has a nonverbal learning disability, which has some similarities but is different. From here: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...-walzs-son-gus-condition-explained-rcna167804

Amy Margolis, director of the Environment, Brain, and Behavior Lab at Columbia University, is part of a group of researchers that is beginning to call the disability “developmental visual-spatial disorder” in an effort to better describe how it affects people who have it.​

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People with NVLD are “very much verbal,” Margolis said, contrary to what the name suggests.​

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The learning disability is sometimes misdiagnosed as autism spectrum disorder. Margolis led a 2019 study that found that although kids with autism spectrum disorder and NVLD often have overlapping traits, the underlying neurobiology — that is, what’s happening in their brains to cause these traits — is unique between the two conditions.​

 

[Dragon]

i actually replied to this tool on Twitter not 15 min after he posted his "fuller" apology- and apparently it was removed ( language im guessing )

Me too lol - and my language was definitely on the agressive side I am usually able to keep my temper under control but when I saw that post

 

[Dragon]

Man, the Steves of the world are everywhere, hope there aren't too many more of them!!!!!

Quote me if you have a spine? Sounds like his Orange Hero there.....

CNN knew
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[Optimus Prime]

Real life version of this

 

[LA - L.A.]

Real life version of this

Jon Stewart was being unfair to Jesse Watters. Watters was absolutely correct in describing the DNC as feeling like a funeral, because it was a funeral for Trump's and a lot of down ballot Republicans' campaigns.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

Jon Stewart was being unfair to Jesse Watters. Watters was absolutely correct in describing the DNC as feeling like a funeral, because it was a funeral for Trump's and a lot of down ballot Republicans' campaigns.

damn .. that's a burn right there.. lol