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Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - maximus - 09-05-2012 06:27 PM
What a ******* embarrassment.
...and whats up with putting God and Jerusalem back in the platform. Then getting boos from the crowd about it. Looks like a circus.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - DrTorch - 09-05-2012 06:30 PM
(09-05-2012 06:27 PM)maximus Wrote: What a ******* embarrassment.
...and whats up with putting God and Jerusalem back in the platform. Then getting boos from the crowd about it. Looks like a circus.
bread and circus, that's what they're about.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - Native Georgian - 09-05-2012 06:35 PM
(09-05-2012 06:27 PM)maximus Wrote: Looks like a circus.In the old days, ALL conventions looked like a circus. That was considered part of the appeal. The idea of a tightly controlled, scripted coronation-ceremony started with LBJ's convention in Atlantic City in 1964 and it's gotten worse (in both parties) ever since. The last one that really "decided" anything was the GOP in 1976 where Reagan and Ford were going at it. Wasn't until the third day (out of four) that people even knew that Ford has won the nomination.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - BlazerFan11 - 09-05-2012 06:43 PM
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - maximus - 09-05-2012 07:51 PM
Another couple of gems from the DNC:
"Romneys not economically patriotic"
"Reproductive Freedom [Abortion] Means Economic Freedom"
What a bunch of clowns
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - DaSaintFan - 09-05-2012 11:07 PM
(09-05-2012 06:35 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:(09-05-2012 06:27 PM)maximus Wrote: Looks like a circus.In the old days, ALL conventions looked like a circus. That was considered part of the appeal. The idea of a tightly controlled, scripted coronation-ceremony started with LBJ's convention in Atlantic City in 1964 and it's gotten worse (in both parties) ever since. The last one that really "decided" anything was the GOP in 1976 where Reagan and Ford were going at it. Wasn't until the third day (out of four) that people even knew that Ford has won the nomination.
Blame the Chicago Democratic convention.. that's what started the "controlled" situation.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - Fo Shizzle - 09-06-2012 05:43 AM
No Lib comments?
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - Native Georgian - 09-06-2012 10:16 AM
(09-05-2012 11:07 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:Chicago '68 definitely had a lot to do with it. But even 4 years earlier, Lyndon Johnson was terrified that a spontaneous demonstration might cause the delegates to waver, and give the VP nomination to his bitter and hated enemy, Robert Kennedy. So LBJ went to great lengths to make sure that RFK's speaking slot was scheduled after Humphrey's nomination was formally sealed. LBJ also took a lot of time dealing with the Mississippi situation. The official delegation was all-white, but a protest group showed up uninvited and demanded to be recognized as either the "true" Miss. delegation, or else as an "alternate" delegation. We know today, from Johnson's secret tape-recordings, that he was furious at the protesters, but publicly he kept mum. Both of these things (RFK and Miss.) would have been knock-down, drag-out political brawls in the pre-1964 era. Ever since, the bosses have tried to keep the proceedings scripted to a fare-thee-well (the GOP started doing so in 1968; Dems didn't really get the hang of it until 1976). Which is the main reason why the TV networks have cut down on the coverage: almost nothing interesting ever happens at conventions anymore. The little flare-up yesterday with Villaraigosa and the imaginary "2/3 majority" ((09-05-2012 06:35 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: In the old days, ALL conventions looked like a circus. That was considered part of the appeal. The idea of a tightly controlled, scripted coronation-ceremony started with LBJ's convention in Atlantic City in 1964 and it's gotten worse (in both parties) ever since.Blame the Chicago Democratic convention.. that's what started the "controlled" situation.
) was a brief reminder of how things used to be.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - RobertN - 09-06-2012 11:06 AM
(09-06-2012 05:43 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: No Lib comments?
Btw, I also like the "Once you vote vlack, you never go back" buttons.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - Jugnaut - 09-06-2012 11:08 AM
Imagine the outcry if there was a white counterpart version of this button lol.
Example for fun:
"VOTE WHITE: Can you think of any country that's ever been successfully run by a black man? Me neither."
Or
"VOTE WHITE: It worked for America for over 200 years. Let's go back to what works."
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - Machiavelli - 09-06-2012 11:12 AM
I saw a couple of those buttons in Tampa last week Jug.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - Jugnaut - 09-06-2012 11:14 AM
(09-06-2012 11:12 AM)Machiavelli Wrote: I saw a couple of those buttons in Tampa last week Jug.
Lol, I hope not, but given the sad state of politics, I wouldn't be surprised.
RE: Vote Black buttons at the DNC? Are you kidding me? - RobertN - 09-06-2012 11:15 AM
(09-06-2012 11:12 AM)Machiavelli Wrote: I saw a couple of those buttons in Tampa last week Jug.So you are saying Rebel went to Tampa?