Florida Democratic Meeting......Thread 6

[Moderator]

Link to thread 5:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=839605

[Moderator]

1. kick

[janx]

2. So what has been happening? I had to do the grocery shopping.

?

[Terwilliger]

4. I didn't know anything was happening until 8p EST

:think:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

3. Some of the better lines in the speeches?

I nominate Dean's "That's not the only fake turkey in this administration."

Others?

[laura888]

5. "we have free trade, but not fair trade"

kucinich

[Zomby Woof]

12. "The Disneyland on the Potomac..."

"A political fantasy land, ...where war is peace, and Democrats are Republicans." A GREAT Kucinich line!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

15. That is indeed a GREAT line!

Best I've seen so far from today's speeches.

[Terwilliger]

6. Clark's "I will go to Iraq"

and his scathing Bush attacks

[Myra]

20. Bet General Clark would do more than show a few soldiers a rubber chicken

Then sneak out after a couple of hours like a genuine
chickenhawk.

[meow mix]

35. thats what he say =)

"and it wont be to deliver a midnight turkey"

haha

[Myra]

44. Hee hee! Clearly Bush doesn't have the right stuff(ing)...

(No harm no fowl.)

[DjTj]

8. "We need to take the for sale sign off the white house..."

"...and put up a sign that says 'for the american people.'"

- John Edwards

Also from his speech, "We need to get rid of Bush in 2004, and you know what else we need to do?"

"Get rid of his brother."
- unknown member of the audience

[RevolutionStartsNow]

10. "get rid of his brother"

that's awesome. :)

[slinkerwink]

7. Moderator

you should have a separate thread for the forum that has Clark, Kucinich, and Dean in it. I think they're the only candidates to show at 8 or 8:30.

[absyntheNsugar]

9. Is CSPAN going to show the Q&A?

or not?

[moz4prez]

11. i think it's at 8 EST

[madfloridian]

13. They showed Kerry's Q&A already, did they show any others?

I thought it was strange how they fitted his in. Maybe I missed parts. Which ones have had their Q&A shown?

[Terwilliger]

14. I believe I saw Kerry doing Q& A earlier

and Edwards had to have an abbreviated Q&A session

very odd how they had Kerry's Q&A, Edwards, then Kerry, then Clark...wee-id

[Moderator]

17. kick to keep this on the top of the page.

:kick:

[maddezmom]

16. thanks for keeping these threads going

my daughter had her 3rd b-day party today so missed a lot. But Thanks to DU I can catch up. :)

[Moderator]

18. Another kick.....the board is fast tonight!

:kick:

[kiahzero]

19. When is this thing going to be in? (n/t)

[dweller]

23. it was on Cspan earlier

which is currently running "Republican Party Agenda"...:puke:

anyone know if the Q&A has moved to cspan2 or 3?

dp

[Jerseycoa]

21. Who were all those people?

Were they Florida delegates? Supporters shipped in by candidates? How did the attendance work?

[slinkerwink]

22. am I going to hear eventual accusations that Dean's supporters

weren't from Florida at the convention?

[Lorien]

41. I was there, and I'm from Florida!

with my Dean sign-but I'll support Clark just as happily. :-)

[Terwilliger]

24. C-SPAN ticker I saw only said Dean and Kucinich at 8:30

could be that they ran out of room

[Moderator]

25. another kickie......

:kick:

[dweller]

It's just started

with Kucinich..well, showed DK momentarily and then an announcer introducing attendees...

dp

[slinkerwink]

26. the forum is now on....

[Khephra]

27. Cool!

A lawfirm pledged $100,000 to the FL Democratic party because they were doing so good. (according to Maddox)

[maddezmom]

28. they just mentioned Dennis K and Howard D are coming up

but not Clark....he is there right?

[slinkerwink]

29. I see three chairs.....

so he must be there.

[Renew Deal]

30. 2 candidates and a moderator

must be that.

[dweller]

31. i stepped away for a moment

and now Gephart is now up doing almost a standup routine?

actually, he's pretty good...

:)
dp

[dweller]

32. anyone else catching this?

:kick:

[Khephra]

33. Back live again

.

[laruemtt]

34. no clark???

where is he? when is he having to take off for milosevich's trial? will he be at the debate on tues. nite? answers anybody?

[pruner]

36. he'll be at the debate

he'll be testifying at the Hague later this month.

[retyred]

40. Clark was there

1)Gebhardt
2)Edwards
3)Kerry
4)Clark
5)Dean
6)Kucinich

All were great, Clark and dean both got standing ovations from the full house, a lot of great lines.

Outside there was a face to face with dean supporters chanting "We want dean" and Clark supporters chanting "Go Wes Go", after about 5 mins. both groups were chanting "No More Bush" in one voice, It was great!


retyred in fla
“good night paul, wherever you are”
So I read this book

[Lorien]

37. Just got back from it!

Clark was great, Dean was great-Kucinich spoke well, but his audience was tiny compared to the others. Missed Kerry :-(. Fantastic energy and optimism from everyone!

[Khephra]

38. I really like Dean's idea of reversing Bush executive orders

That REALLY needs being done.

[slinkerwink]

39. me too----especially the first order bush did was to cut family planning

overseas-----that'd help a lot.

[many a good man]

42. We have GREAT candidates!

I saw everyone today except Edwards. Surprisingly, I thought the best speech was by GEPHARDT. It was one of the best-delivered speeches I've ever seen.

He is a true Democrat. He articulated the true Democratic values. It was a masterpiece. Great Bush slamming and great policy. He was courageous.

I haven't thought much about him and have always had the opinion he rolled too much too easily. But he was awesome today. Anybody else think so?

[carols]

43. Gephardt had my favorite line from the convention

Clark's my candidate, but Gephardt delivered one of my favorite lines today when he said, "if you spent the last three years working under Bush, you'd be running for president too."
They were all awesome though. ALL of them!
Carol

[madfloridian]

45. Just got another call from my friends at the convention.

They said the reception held by Dean and Graham was just wonderful. They walked in together with big smiles.
Hey, us Graham lovers know something is up....even if not VP it is something.
They got to talk to Dean, and Graham both.
She said Dean's energy was just amazing.

[slinkerwink]

46. that's great!!!

;-)

[madfloridian]

47. Hubby just got in with loads of pictures.

He will never wind down from his first convention.

[Justice]

48. Graham Talking To All The Candidates, Not Just Dean

according to this article:

Presidential hopefuls size up Florida senators

Democrats explore how state could help unseat Bush

By Paige St. John
FLORIDA TODAY

LAKE BUENA VISTA -- Presidential politics consumed Florida's Democratic convention Saturday, as would-be nominees took turns claiming they are the "One" to beat George Bush.

Sequined acrobats on stilts paraded the hallways, accompanied by wailing bagpipes. Activists from competing campaigns shouted down one another in the halls. And vendors did brisk trade in anti-Bush T-shirts.

In private corners, the focus on Florida's role in the 2004 presidential election was even sharper.

U.S. Sen. Bob Graham slipped aside to meet with candidate Wesley Clark -- suggesting he is being sized up as a running mate. Graham said he offered Clark access to a group of moderate Democrats he leads in the Senate.

"Our membership would be very receptive," Graham told Clark as they stepped off his campaign bus parked outside a Disney convention center.

"I think we can put together a group of House and Senate Democrats that would be very interested in what his message is, and could be helpful," Graham said afterward.

http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryN1207DEMSCON.htm

[madfloridian]

49. Yes, I know that.

I just mentioned the reception that I had friends attend. That is all.