"All I've fought for..."
At about 9pm or so Faith and I will kick in with running "live blog" commentary here on the MuscleHead pages. The headliner for the night, HILLARY CLINTON. The big question is "will she or won't she" unite the troops? We shall see. Faith and I might have other guest bloggers joining us tonight - so check back around 9pm and throughout the evening for commentary you won't find anywhere else. YOU can join the discussion if you are so led in the comments to this post as well...
11:23pm
LOVELY: Hillary did the bare minimum in her speech--she did what she was expected to do, but never gave him more than absolutely necessary on her part. The speech was much more about her and everything she had achieved as a woman running for senator and president--tying it in with the 19th amendment, and breaking glass ceilings, etc. etc. She did not come out in overwhelming support for Obama--all she said was that people should vote for him so McCain doesn't get into office. There was no acclaim for who he is as a person, no support of his character or ability to be president. She did the bare minimum. It was all about her and that wasn't surprising.11:18pm
Matlock: Her obvious point was to unite the party. But it did not come off like that at all. She talked about Obama very little. The speech really was more about her. It think her motivation had to be out of some deal she and Obama have struck. After all the personal attacks she has lost that directly contradict what she said tonight, how can she not have different motives. Of course she wants Obama to win, he is a Democrat who can put her in a position of power. I think she did what she had to do but no more. If I was a hard core Hillary supporter I would not have changed my position because she gave me no reason to. Her argument was to "do it for her" or for the American people. She didn't address any issues or anything that would change my mind specifically about Obama.11:09pm
LOVELY: This speech was all about her and what she's done, and then she just threw in "oh yeah, vote for Barack Obama" here and thereMatlock: Kevin, I'm thinking more a Supreme Court position
LOVELY: totally disconnected from the rest of her speech and the points she was making
FAITH AMMEN: Can't believe she said Biden would be a good VP when he's the one who said "“I think he (Obama) can be ready but right now I don’t believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”
11:06pm
Matlock: They story of America is not about defying the odds, it's about freedom Hillary personal freedom from government interferance...
LOVELY: What does this story about Harriet Tubman have to do with Hillary and Obama?
LOVELY: Like the choice to let your child be born and not aborted...Matlock: It's funny that her speech about women's freedom and voting rights and empowering women is to support a man for president.
11:03pm
Matlock: Why is she asking if they want "more" of things? They are democrats! They fundamentally want "more" government!FAITH AMMEN: Can anyone name ONE program that excels more when it is run by the government rather than private citizens?
11:01pm
LOVELY: Democrats know how to do this: we tax the He#$ out of the American public...Matlock: "change from the ground up" would be starting with the family. I thought she was against empowering the family, she just lets the government take the family's job
LOVELY: Hillary: It's the Health Care plan, stupid...
10:59pm
FAITH AMMEN: Who are they supposed to vote for? Oh yeah! Finally, after 20 minutes she says Obama's name...Matlock: I love how they strategically placed all those different signs: Unity, Hillary, Obama
LOVELY: She said global warming... Are we even calling it that anymore?
KMC: MEMO to HILLARY: The Globe has been cooling for the last six years...
LOVELY: I thought it was now climate change
FAITH AMMEN: What new green technologies? OH...the ones that require causing food shortages in 3rd world countries because we are increasing the cost of corn?
10:58pm
FAITH AMMEN: Who are they supposed to vote for? Oh yeah! Finally, after 20 minutes she says Obama's name...Matlock: I love how they strategically placed all those different signs: Unity, Hillary, Obama...
10:56pm
LOVELY: Yeah we have to buy oil from the Saudis because we won't drill in our own landFAITH AMMEN: (What do these people know about the middle class?!)
LOVELY: Why should parents know that the government will take care of their children?
Matlock: Make college affordable again? When did it switch from being affordable to being not? It has always been hard to pay for college.
LOVELY: What about the God-given potential of unborn children? Do they have rights? If she mentions children and the rights they should have one more time I'm going to puke...
10:49pm
FAITH AMMEN: When did coloring books for 3 year olds and being the World's Doctor become America's priority?KMC: SEE... its still all about her
Matlock: If Hillary believes so much in the power of family why does she cripple the family's ability to govern itself? Leave the family alone Hillary. If they are so pivotal, let them function without taking away parents rights to parent their kids.
LOVELY: What do any of these stories have to do with why people should elect Obama?
KMC: See Hillary SHOULD have been the nominee. She knew the number of states we have.
10:47pm
LOVELY: Michelle is all business tonightMatlock: The first thing she talks about is uniting. There is no doubt what her priority is. Do you think she sees Hillary as competition... as a woman? Michelle is the wife while Hillary is in the spotlight.
LOVELY: She only "advocates" for children already born
FAITH AMMEN: The things she supports are not things that government have other or should ever be about...
KMC: I'm not BUYING it... this is still all about her...
10:46pm
KMC: THIS IS A CLINTON Crowd... me thinks the Obama camp noticed that ovation... Michelle got bupkis last night by comparison...KMC: Look at Michelle's eyes; watch the look on her face
10:43pm
LOVELY: Yeah--all the babies at the end of her video were ones that were allowed to be bornFAITH AMMEN: (Tell the woman to put a skirt on! Pretty sure Bill likes legs...)
KMC
: It looks like she's going sans podium... and went with... wait for it - THE ORANGE!
LOVELY: Opposite of blue on the color wheelCouldn't stand out more
Matlock: At least she would let the born ones live, Obama wouldn't even do that.
KMC: Podium appeared...
10:40pm
Matlock: Do they really want little girls to look up to Hillary? "She's calm, cool, and collected"... have these people watched her talk about Obama on national television? There was nothing calm, cool, and collected about that.
LOVELY: They make it sound like she is the only female role model for girls...
LOVELY: What about all the mothers who quit their jobs and ambitions in the world to stay home and raise their kids?FAITH AMMEN: Technically, she has done nothing but campaign and run for Senator in a state she doesn't live in... Hillary believes in "God-Given Potential..." What about God-given life?
10:35pm
Matlock: How will Obama's plan give us energy independence? Does he plan to drill in Alaska...?If he says "4 more years" one more time...
KMC: Billy smooched all the girls in his skybox
Matlock: He gets them interested by making his speech interactive. It's a speakers crutch. Just make them stand up and shout, raise their hands up and shout
LOVELY: The Petrol dictators? Are you kidding? It's such a slap in the face when these guys say "God bless America." They don't really want God to bless America.
They want to take God out of every part of America...
FAITH AMMEN: Amen!
10:33pm
KMC: The Governor of Montana is speaking...
FAITH AMMEN: "There isn't enough oil offshore?" What kind of moron is he?KMC: He's also a horrible teleprompter reader...
LOVELY: does he mean the corn that is being used now and driving up the cost of food? Nice bolo tie by the way - he's on national tv--couldn't he put a real tie on? Is that supposed to be a fashion statement shoutout to his country peeps?
10:32pm
KMC: Faith, Matlock, and the Lovely Bride are all back and ready to go!
10:26pm
LOL!!!! Howard Wolfson just on with Megyn Kelly, "Mark Warner was a tremendously MISSED opportunity, and went far too long." OUCH!!! From the more or less "Karl Rove" of the Clinton camp...
10:20pm
KMC: Billy boy has arrived... kissing and groping, er hugging, every person - er woman in his skybox...
9:59pm
KMC: One pundit after another continue to slough off the "Ayers/Obama" connection - even though they have given speeches as recently as two years ago, and Ayers said on 9.11.01 - that he wished his terrorist group could have killed MORE people and bombed MORE buildings when he bombed the capital... This acting as though it shouldn't be talked about ignores the issue that they had RECENT relationship with each other, and Ayers worked on Obama's behalf in raising money, hosting brunches for Obama since 2000. That to me is NOT so distant history...
9:50pm
KMC: While Warner must have been so boring, Alan Colmes started debating Rudy Giuliani on FNC. Rudy ate his lunch on the Ayers' issue. Ayers SAID on 9/11/2001 - that he wished HIS terror group had caused MORE damage. On 9/11!!! As we were having our hearts ripped out of us watching 3000 of our fellow countrymen suffer the cruel deaths at the hands of terrorists. And Ayers - wishes he could have done even more...
And HE held a fund-raiser for Obama...
And HE had Obama serve on the board of the organization HE founded...
And Obama called him respectable and mainstream...
Give it up Dems - it's a legit issue, and you darn well know it!
9:45pm
KMC: Warner sucks so bad - that FOX is cutting his speech... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's the freakin KEYNOTE!
9:41pm
KMC: Oh boy... "the race of the future..." what is this Seabiscuit... YAWN....
9:39pm
MATLOCK: I still don't understand how they shot to the top. He became a senator then immediately decided to run for president. They really didn't climb up the success latter, they shot up like a freight train...KMC: Well it started by them being able to go to PRINCETON and HARVARD
then both getting to attend Harvard Law. Then he got to teach law, and she went into the professional world... and both did well
financially
MATLOCK: Are they both just really smart? She did come from a lower income family.
KMC: She came from essentially a black middle class family... Any family that had a mother and father in the black community in that day as in this - had many advantages...
9:35pm
KMC: I just realized that when Michelle and Barack were shooting their way to the top of the success chain, and taking advantage of every opportunity this country gave them... did all of it with GOP Presidents serving 26 of the last 38 years...
LOVELY: Interesting point!
9:30pm
KMC: Thats not a "maverick" that's a sidekick... wow - how long did he work on that one...KMC: Casey's a real stemwinder! The moron keeps stepping on his own lines..
MATLOCK: the 4 months rather than 4 years... I wonder who realized Bush has 4 months. That's impressive!
9:25pm
KMC: Senator Casey - speaking as a "pro-life" Democrat - which is in itself funny given that he has not cast a vote on the life issue in his elected life. His father - who was ardently pro-life was BANNED from speaking in the 1992 Convention because of his pro-life beliefs. (Says a lot about the "tolerance" in the DNC huh?) Tolerance to Democrats is agreement with them. If you disagree then you need to be shut up, and put away...
LOVELY: how can dems talk about having "deep faith"???? I don't get it considering the values they champion...9:14pm
KMC: Dick Morris wholeheartedly believes Hillary DOES have a point to make, and trying to one up - not Obama but likely Biden... and leaves open the possibility that Billy Boy will behave badly tomorrow night... DUH!8:26pm
KMC: (Early comment) The problem with the "Obama narrative" is that both Barack and Michelle have succeeded because of America's opportunities that are available to everyone. THUSLY following a politic of dependency upon government is an unsellable message...