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« Reply #150 on: August 28, 2008, 10:03:03 PM »
Great speech.
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« Reply #151 on: August 28, 2008, 10:03:08 PM »
What the hell is this music?  Weird. Is this only CNN.
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« Reply #152 on: August 28, 2008, 10:03:15 PM »
This thing reminds me of a movie.  I think I need to get up and go pee.
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« Reply #153 on: August 28, 2008, 10:03:45 PM »
Any convention that plays Hans Zimmer music gets an A+ from me. Smiley
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« Reply #154 on: August 28, 2008, 10:04:32 PM »
This is the problem with having this event at a stadium - the post speech celebration doesn't seem that exciting. It's not as loud and, most importantly, there are no balloons!  Tongue
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« Reply #155 on: August 28, 2008, 10:04:48 PM »
Quote from: New Deal Democrat on August 28, 2008, 10:03:45 PM
Any convention that plays Hans Zimmer music gets an A+ from me. Smiley

Ah... that's it.  Thank you.
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« Reply #156 on: August 28, 2008, 10:04:54 PM »
Epic ending!
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« Reply #157 on: August 28, 2008, 10:05:12 PM »
Quote from: Supersoulty on August 28, 2008, 10:02:43 PM
What are they playing... music wise.  I know it, but I can't place it.

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« Reply #158 on: August 28, 2008, 10:05:22 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on August 28, 2008, 10:04:32 PM
This is the problem with having this event at a stadium - the post speech celebration doesn't seem that exciting. It's not as loud and, most importantly, there are no balloons!  Tongue

They will have plenty of hot air for the balloons at the Republican convention.
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« Reply #159 on: August 28, 2008, 10:05:39 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on August 28, 2008, 10:04:32 PM
This is the problem with having this event at a stadium - the post speech celebration doesn't seem that exciting. It's not as loud and, most importantly, there are no balloons!  Tongue

Exactly.
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« Reply #160 on: August 28, 2008, 10:06:21 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on August 28, 2008, 10:05:22 PM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on August 28, 2008, 10:04:32 PM
This is the problem with having this event at a stadium - the post speech celebration doesn't seem that exciting. It's not as loud and, most importantly, there are no balloons!  Tongue

They will have plenty of hot air for the balloons at the Republican convention.

How many coinflips will be included? And will they be statistically significant?
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« Reply #161 on: August 28, 2008, 10:07:21 PM »
Quote from: But Mama, that's where the fun is on August 28, 2008, 10:05:12 PM
Quote from: Supersoulty on August 28, 2008, 10:02:43 PM
What are they playing... music wise.  I know it, but I can't place it.

Deutchland Ubber Alles.
Totally because half-Black people dig this music so much. Roll Eyes

Really people if you are going to try and make jokes, try and make them make sense.
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« Reply #162 on: August 28, 2008, 10:08:12 PM »
And during the entire convention, Obama and Hillary, or Bill, never appeared on stage together.
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« Reply #163 on: August 28, 2008, 10:09:51 PM »
Pelosi didn't wait for Noes.
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« Reply #164 on: August 28, 2008, 10:10:43 PM »
Quote from: Supersoulty on August 28, 2008, 10:04:48 PM
Quote from: New Deal Democrat on August 28, 2008, 10:03:45 PM
Any convention that plays Hans Zimmer music gets an A+ from me. Smiley

Ah... that's it.  Thank you.

You wouldn't happen to know the exact track?  I wanna limewire that.
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« Reply #165 on: August 28, 2008, 10:12:07 PM »

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« Reply #166 on: August 28, 2008, 10:14:03 PM »

This is extremely off topic, but I think I can read your username in Farsi.  It's pronouced "Zahar" right?
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« Reply #167 on: August 28, 2008, 10:23:06 PM »
OK, the music was...an odd choice.  I'll grant you that.
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« Reply #168 on: August 28, 2008, 10:26:20 PM »
Quote from: Yankee Doodle Dandy on August 28, 2008, 10:23:06 PM
OK, the music was...an odd choice.  I'll grant you that.

The music was part of the staging, and they should five the idiot who thought this up.
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« Reply #169 on: August 28, 2008, 10:28:39 PM »

Kennedy didn't embrace Carter in 1980. 
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« Reply #170 on: August 28, 2008, 10:31:38 PM »
Wow... they are really talking this up.  It wasn't that good.
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« Reply #171 on: August 28, 2008, 10:37:51 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on August 28, 2008, 10:04:32 PM
This is the problem with having this event at a stadium - the post speech celebration doesn't seem that exciting. It's not as loud and, most importantly, there are no balloons!  Tongue
Yeah, I kind of missed that. Maybe they could have filled a zeppelin with balloons and dropped those. I'm not even sure if that's possible...

Great speech though. Managed to be uplifting, specific, and McCain-skewering, all at once.
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« Reply #172 on: August 28, 2008, 10:38:45 PM »
Quote from: Supersoulty on August 28, 2008, 09:18:05 PM
As I said earlier, I love the design of the facade on stage, very neo-classical, nazi-esque.  All the people cheering exact same thing, and columns and stadium atmosphere really take me back to Nuremberg in 1936.

Yep.  The days of torture, wiretapping, lack of due process and invading countries that never attacked you in the first place.  Sends me back, too.
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« Reply #173 on: August 28, 2008, 10:40:32 PM »
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Quote from: Supersoulty on August 28, 2008, 09:18:05 PM
As I said earlier, I love the design of the facade on stage, very neo-classical, nazi-esque.  All the people cheering exact same thing, and columns and stadium atmosphere really take me back to Nuremberg in 1936.

Yep.  The days of torture, wiretapping, lack of due process and invading countries that never attacked you in the first place.  Sends me back, too.

You sure as Hell don't end oppression by going hard in the other direction.
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« Reply #174 on: August 28, 2008, 10:42:25 PM »
Quote from: Governor Lief on August 28, 2008, 10:37:51 PM
Great speech though. Managed to be uplifting, specific, and McCain-skewering, all at once.
Agreed. Most important was the specifics though. Obama's needed to provide voters with more red meat and he provided a lot of that tonight. If he runs the rest of the campaign like this the Presidency is in the bag for him.
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