2020 DNC thread (starts at 9pm ET)

[Alben Barkley]

Overall a very successful night one. The virtual format actually seems to be overall a plus: Everything can be recorded ahead of time, then more tightly scheduled and presented in a format that can hold viewers’ attention in a 2 hour primetime slot. Also allows messaging to stay on-point.

Bernie had a great speech, I’ll admit it. He said exactly what he needed to say and I hope it reached some of his holdout supporters.

Kasich being there on the same night as Bernie was good because it showed Big Tent unity. Also, the subsequent montage of white suburbanite ex-Republicans (many in swing states) was perhaps the most underrated part of the night because guess what? Those are the voters that are gonna win the election for is.

And Michelle’s speech was EXCELLENT. She returned to “go high,” but clarified that doesn’t mean “play nice.” She called out Trump and the GOP’s voter suppression dirty tricks and encouraged people to vote but not throw their votes away. Her message was blunt and needed to be said, but the speech was warmly and impeccably delivered. Just perfect.

[Alben Barkley]

Who would have guessed ten years ago that an entire prime time lineup for the 2020 DNC would include the architects of the Iraq War and a tribute to John McCain haha

Who would've guessed ten years ago that 99% of Republican elected officials would become Donald Trump's bitches?

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I don’t understand. You’re apparently an R-MS Never Trumper who supported Bloomberg. I would have thought you would have applauded that ex-Bush/McCain supporters are endorsing Biden. Yet your criticisms sound indistinguishable from far leftist criticisms.

[Alben Barkley]

Emotional garbage

But enough about Atlas Shrugged.

Not applicable.

C'mon. Can't Atlas' Chief Meme Officer come up with a cleverer retort?

Trying to be clever when engaging with people who enjoy political conventions is a waste of material.

You are on a site full to the brim with political junkies who enjoy obsessively analyzing political polls, trends, maps, and returns down to the county if not precinct level. And in a thread on said site discussing a live political convention. You have posted over 5000 times here. Yet you think you are somehow above those who enjoy watching these conventions?

K.

[Alben Barkley]

I can't believe we went from someone as incredible as Obama to this orange clown

It’s a pendulum. Bush was a redneck idiot who couldn’t string a sentence together and only got anywhere because of his family name. We elected his total opposite, an incredibly smart and eloquent, well-spoken black man who earned his success. Now in reaction we’ve got a racist idiot even more incoherent than Bush and even less deserving of his “success.”

[Alben Barkley]

Let us go ahead and eulogize Donald Trump’s presidency now, shall we?

“Let us never speak of it again, under penalty of torture.”

That about does it, don’t you think?

[Alben Barkley]

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1296645682875506688
Lmao

THIS is the best you got, Donnie???

HAHAHAHAHA

You are SO f—ked.

Guarantee you he withdraws those requests for more debates tomorrow. Don’t be surprised if he backs out of the debates entirely.