http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dncconvention/ en-us Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:12:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341767/posts I was going back through some of my old postings to different threads and I found the live thread of day 2 of the DNC of 2004. This was the day that Obama was the keynote speaker. The comments start at post 1671 and go on through about 1950. Some of the comments I found to be surprising and some prophetic. Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341767/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:12:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141433/posts Dec 1, 2008 7:34 pm US/Mountain Troopers Have Yet To Be Paid For DNC Overtime DENVER (CBS4) ― Colorado state troopers say it's been more than three months since the Democratic National Convention and they have yet to get compensated for their overtime. The economy is bad and the holiday season is here and the extra money or time off that some troopers counted on has yet to be approved. There seem to be a lot of factors of work in the hold up, including an extraordinary event, troopers were used from around the state, and asking federal government to... CBS 4 Denver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141433/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:18:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085274/posts Manuca Salazar came to downtown Denver to protest the war in Iraq on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. The protest ended Aug. 25 with Salazar in police custody for 10 hours. The 22-year-old Denver child-care worker is charged with, among other things, "throwing stones or missiles." She denies it and says she didn't see anyone else throwing rocks, either. "I wasn't violent at all," Salazar said. Salazar is among more than one-third of the demonstrators arrested during the convention who are expected to fight the charges against them. Of 154 people arrested, 29 have pleaded not guilty... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085274/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:44:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084195/posts She wasn't the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, but millions of supporters noted her with keen interest on the first night in Denver. Michelle Obama delivered a remarkable speech that made the audience shed tears of joy, and gave a smile of hope with her firm support for her husband, Barack Obama. The leading lady of the first day of the convention, Obama tried to connect with the common American through her personal story. She shared her moments of pains and gains to let everyone know she was not different, but one of them. Throughout her speech, Michelle... Texas Christian University Skiff (Student Paper) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084195/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:44:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084185/posts Handlers of the Democrat Convention took pains to finesse protests like those that roiled the 1968 Chicago convention, even erecting a concrete pen to hold protestors. The spectacle of agitators gone ballistic, observed Charles Hurt before the convention, could have reminded the public of Barack Obama's involvement with radicals like William Ayers, the Weather Underground terrorist. "Any images," said Hurt, "reminiscent of radicalism will cement for voters the idea that Obama is a risk not worth taking." Obama may very well succeed in convincing most Americans that he espouses their more moderate, traditional mind-set: According to a recent New York... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084185/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:29:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082678/posts Results of a program using Aspen’s Canary Initiative to sell carbon offset credits to Democratic National Convention attendees are a little underwhelming. The program, set up by the DNC Host Committee through the Denver Convention and Visitors Bureau and rolled out about a week before the convention started, raised a total of $18.34 worth of Canary Tags... Aspen Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082678/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:22:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081631/posts ALL THE elements were present: the individual stories told by real people of their situations and hardships, the packed-to-the rafters crowd, the crowd's chanting of key phrases and names, the action on the spot of texting and phoning to show instant support and commitment to jump into the political battle, the rallying selections of music, the setting of the agenda by the power people. The Democratic National Convention had all the elements of the perfectly organized event, Saul Alinsky style. Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081631/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081215/posts This much is certain: On Friday, a vendor at Invesco Field in Denver discovered dozens of trash bags full of small U.S. flags (about 12,000 in all) that Democrats bought for the crowd at Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. The bags were found among the tons of garbage from "the greenest convention in history." Before they could be buried in a landfill, the vendor collected the flags and turned them over to Sen. John McCain's campaign, which distributed them at a rally in Colorado Springs. The rest of the story is open to interpretation, aka spin,... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081215/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:28:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076962/posts Transposed from the comments thread of the Sean Hannity Show [commenter's identities deleted] "The pictures are obviously staged for shock and outrage value" Sean Hannity Discussion » Discussion Topics » Washington Politics Where were the flags at the Democrat's Convention? Where were the flags at the Democrat's Convention? I remember someone here posting about not seeing American flags in the audience at the recent convention.They have been found: http://radarsite.blogspot.com/2008/08/after-hoopla-contempt-of-country.html There's a lot I could say, but I think the pictures tell it all. I think there were a lot of them later on in the convention (specifically at Bam-Bam's... Radarsite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076962/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:21:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076753/posts Democratic Trash: The Story That Just Won't Go Away A note from Radarsite: This is fascinating. As happened before with the Hillary Forum, Radarsite started getting an inordinate amount of hits from an Obama camp website. So we looked into it. If anyone is interested in the differences between the Clinton Dems and the Obama Camp just read these comments, lifted directly from Democratic Underground and compare them with the Clinton Dems responses from The Hillary Clinton Forum reported here in an earlier Radarsite article. Whereas the general consensus from the comments thread at the Hillary Forum was one of... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076753/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:31:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076334/posts Democrats are not caring for their Stars and Stripes. At least that’s the message out of John McCain’s campaign. McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000 miniature American flags from the site of Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday, redistributed the orphan flags to audience members ahead of a McCain rally in Colorado Springs on Saturday. The move was an overt swipe at Obama from a campaign whose motto has been “country first.” But Democratic convention organizers claimed the flags were not going to be discarded — but instead were snatched from the site of Obama’s historic address to carry... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076334/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:03:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076204/posts David Harsanyi had a Republican in Denver contact him about what they found in the garbage after the Democratic National Convention: All American Blogger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076204/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:59:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076196/posts The McCain Campaign recycled the flags thrown into trash bins at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver last week after the invocation of the Obamessiah. It seems that the disciples of the Obama had no use for the flags after Obama’s performance last week. So they promptly heaved them in waste receptacles. Some were thrown to the ground. The McCain campaign recycled them at a stop in Denver on Saturday in which McCain and Palin dispersed them to Republicans in attendance. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2076196/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075848/posts WASHINGTON, September 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released four new print ads, two addressing stem cell research and two focusing on abortion.   The ads were initially published in the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, and were distributed at the Democratic Convention in Denver and at the Republican Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul, by pro-life groups. The stem cell research ads highlight scientific advances using adult stem cells that are making embryonic stem cells obsolete. One ad shows a commuter running for a train, and asks: "Science is moving... life site news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075848/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 05:04:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075809/posts The GOP presidential candidate attracted roughly the same number of viewers to his convention acceptance speech Thursday as Obama did before the Democrats last week, according to Nielsen Media Research. It marked the end of an astonishing run where more than 40 million people watched political speeches on three nights by Obama, McCain and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The Republican convention was the most-watched convention on television ever, beating a standard set by the Democrats a week earlier. Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075809/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 03:27:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2075605/posts Grab a beer with... Biggest disappointment... Biggest star.... Freep it. Sarah is biggest star, Biden is biggest disappointment. TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2075605/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075595/posts Freep this poll: Who had the better convention D's or R's InstaPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075595/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075260/posts American presidential politics went from the sublime to the ridiculous within little more than 12 hours last week. Being in the Denver stadium filled with over 80,000 supporters of Democratic Presidential Nominee Sen. Barack Obama last Thursday night, this writer experienced the palpable shared sense of a great moment in time, and the strongest, most refreshing rekindling of the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King in the 40 years since his death. Obama was forceful, eloquent, and not strident but firmly resolved to lead the nation back on the path it abandoned in the years following Dr. King's assassination, toward... Falls Church News Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075260/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:28:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2075217/posts NUREMBERG FILLED WITH NAZIS ON EVE OF PARTY MEETING Nearly a Million Gathering for the Congress – Hitler’s Plans Kept Secret LONDON IS STILL WORRIED Fears Blow in Hitler’s Terms to the Czechs and Thinks Time Limit Has Been Set A stream of singing Nazis marched into Nuremberg yesterday in preparation for the party congress opening today. Although rain was general in Germany, tens of thousands were on the roads. A huge tent city outside the walls will accommodate most of the visitors. Adolf Hitler was expected to make his chief address, defining his foreign policies, at the close of... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2075217/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073227/posts PROOF THAT OBAMA DELAGATES KNEW ABOUT BRISTOL, according to a contributor/blogger at obama's official site barackobama.com, http://alaskareal.blogspot.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073227/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:43:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070011/posts For those Democrats who are too young to have a proper appreciation of their party's history, which likely includes most of Senator Obama's supporters, we direct your attention to a memorable moment in DNC history that shows how the current nominee really is connected to the party's past as much as its future. It was forty years ago today that Barack Obama friend and political ally, and unrepentant terrorists, William Ayers was arrested while protesting the DNC proceedings. William Ayers set no bombs that day, but he was only working his way up from petty criminal to domestic terrorist. And... johnmccain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070011/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069763/posts 2004 DNC Schedule Monday Bill Clinton Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) Al Gore Jimmy Carter Gov. Bill Richardson (N.M.) Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.) Rep. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.) Tuesday Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) Sen. Tom Daschle (S.D.) Former Gov. Howard Dean (Vt.) Gov. Janet Napolitano (Ariz.) Barack Obama, Ill. Senate Candidate Wednesday Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) Jesse Jackson Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.) Gov. Ed Rendell (Pa.) Gov. Bill Richardson (N.M.) Thursday Gov. Mark Warner (Va.) Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.) John Sweeney, President of AFL-CIO Sen. Joe Biden (Del.) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) Sen.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069763/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069361/posts DENVER, (AP) -- Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been placed into nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention. Labor activist Dolores Huerta of California put Clinton's name into nomination. She said, "I love and respect Hillary Clinton." Barack Obama, standing where no black has ever stood before, campaigned his way into the Democratic convention city Wednesday to claim the presidential nomination won so improbably in winter and spring. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069361/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069312/posts DENVER, (AP) -- Less than an hour before the Democratic convention calls the roll of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton began an emotional gathering with her delegates Wednesday by telling them she was releasing them as delegates to vote for Barack Obama. Many in the crowded ballroom yelled back "No!" Clinton told her delegates she's not telling them what to do, adding: "You've come here from so many different places, having made this journey and feeling in your heart what is right for you to do." Clinton told her loyal followers: "I want you to know that this has been... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069312/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:25:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069132/posts Most prevalent theme during Tuesday night's coverage of the Democratic National Convention, after speculation over healing the Clinton-Obama fued: TV journalists worrying about how the Democrats are not adequately aggressive in their attacks against John McCain as reporters, especially on CBS, repeatedly pressed for more “red meat” and wondered if the speakers are being “hard enough” or “tough enough” on McCain? CBS's Bob Schieffer rued to keynoter Mark Warner that “normally keynote speeches” deliver “a lot of red meat,” but “I didn't hear a lot of that.” Over on NBC, Brian Williams pushed Warner: “You know there's some in the... News Busters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069132/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:02:28 GMT