Thu
Aug 28 2008
08:21 pm
By: R. Neal
Checking in from INVESCO Field. The place is filling up and it is rocking and the excitement is building. Just saw Sheryl Crow. Waiting for Al Gore.
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- Peace (1 reply)
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- GOP misleading on federal health care funding (1 reply)
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Go Al!
Go Al!
Cute comment, sweetie, but
Cute comment, sweetie, but Mr. Gorebasm forgot to mention his 10,000 square foot house that uses 12 times the amount of electricity used by the rest of us peons.
Don't believe me? Google it and weep.
Mr. Gorebasm forgot to
What's Mr. McCain's energy bill for the seven... er... nine? I can't remember. How many houses does John McCain have?
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the distance between black & white is much further than i would like until now i never noticed that fascism has many disguises -d. boon, 1981
Yowza! Al was better than
Yowza! Al was better than ever!
"The oil industry has a 50 year lease on the Republican Party and is drilling it for everything it is worth."
Excellent!
American Voices! We need a
American Voices!
We need a president that puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney. Yeah!
Barack Obama. "... The
Barack Obama.
"... The Republicans say, pull yourself up by your bootstraps (even if you have no boots). You're on your own."
Good line.
Go Obama!
Go Obama!
Troll spoiler news flash
This is not about Gore, his home, how his home is supposed to disprove global warming, or about John "Elite" McSame's 7-12 homes and the carbon footprint he stomps all over Gore with.
It's about Obama and how he rocked tonight! Yes he did and yes we will!!
*Fist Pump* I cannot wait to
*Fist Pump*
I cannot wait to push the 'vote' button for our next President, Barack Obama!! He was on fire, tonight, what a speech...i'll bet it was awesome to be there, R. and bizgrrl!
Three Days I will Never,Never Forget
That cold January night in Iowa..Fired Up..Ready to Go!
The absolutly gorgeous Feburary day in Knox County when a record shattering 38,000 Democrats voted in the primary.Change we can believe in!!
The late August afternoon in the Mile High City @ 4:47 p.m. Mountain Time when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton from the floor of the Convention said"I move that Senator Barack Obama be selected by this convention by acclamation as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States."
YES WE CAN!!!!!!