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“The government is the only thing we all belong to.”
Obama is not responsible for the content of his nominating convention.
Stadium? Couldn’t fill it. Moving it indoors because of the best weather of the week.
– JD
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OUT OF CONTEXT!!!!!
Comment by JD (144812) — 9/5/2012 @ 1:50 pm
All your bones are belong to us.
Comment by Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:01 pm
I can has cheeseburger?!
Comment by JD (144812) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:01 pm
Gubmint is a bootiful thang! Just axe me!
Comment by PatriotRider (fdec5d) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:18 pm
Bank of America Stadium. Didn’t they just ship thousands of jobs overseas? These nitwits had to move the second coming.
Comment by mg (44de53) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:25 pm
When you don’t have a real message, particularly one that real people will believe, you don’t have to worry about getting off-message.
Which sort of explains Cutter, Axelrod, and DWS!
Comment by AD-Restore the Republic/Obama Sucks! (b8ab92) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:36 pm
even I look more honest than Obama – so there’s that…
Comment by EPWJ (8a4ca7) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:40 pm
Kinsley? Please explain.
Comment by Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:42 pm
Bank of America Stadium.
I think the Democrats were calling it another name.
Comment by Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:43 pm
I think the Democrats were calling it another name.
Comment by Sammy Finkelman — 9/5/2012 @ 2:43 pm
Yes, they were calling it “Panther Stadium” as the Carolina Panthers NFL team plays there, and they preferred not to bring attention to cooperating with a Bank.
Rush took a clue and called it “Black Panther Stadium”.
Comment by MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:49 pm
Moved it indoors so we won’t have Dems talking to empty chairs.
Comment by The Sanity Inspector (0472b5) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:52 pm
Comment by The Sanity Inspector — 9/5/2012 @ 2:52 pm
“If you build it, they will come.”
“If they’re not coming, perhaps you didn’t build that!!“
Comment by MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 9/5/2012 @ 2:56 pm
Elitists!
Comment by daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:16 pm
Sammy – a Kinsley “gaffe” is where one utters an accidental truth that is revealing of the underlying philosophical ideal.
Comment by JD (6e921a) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:20 pm
There’s such a creepy, Orwellian undertone to the notion that “government is the only thing we all belong to.” I assume the Dems intend the phrase to be some warm and fuzzy contention that government is the societal glue that binds us all together, a wonderful unifying force, without which we’d all be savages at each other’s throats, but the phrase merely comes across as representing a myopic and excessively worshipful view of the virtues of government, which, I guess, does actually jibe with the modern liberal view that government is this unfailingly benevolent force for societal good, unworthy of any criticism and incapable of doing more harm than good.
Comment by Guy Jones (851e14) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:22 pm
Must see TV–
Caleb Bonham and Kelly Maher interviewed Democrat convention-goers about the “we all belong to the government” tag line.
http://www.redstate.com/2012/09/05/this-is-what-democrats-believe/
Comment by elissa (9fa026) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:41 pm
“If you build it, they will come.”
“If they’re not coming, perhaps you didn’t build that!!“
Comment by MD in Philly — 9/5/2012 @ 2:56 pm
“If you build it, they will come. But only to tell you you didn’t build that.”–swiped from didntbuildthat.com
I’m sick and tired of the Borg telling us it’ll be fun. Can’t wait till Nov 7. When oh when…
Comment by no one you know (325a59) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:44 pm
“government is the only thing we all belong to.”
On Nov-7, the Government will begin scheduling of appointments for all residents at their local DMV to have their individualized bar-codes tattooed on their forearms.
Comment by AD-Restore the Republic/Obama Sucks! (b8ab92) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:48 pm
Who was that trollish person we used to argue with all the time about Democrat initiated and perpetrated election fraud?
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Ark-lawmaker-pleads-guilty-to-election-charge/qjc8PtXwfkC8frDCgwLNrg.cspx
Comment by elissa (9fa026) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:50 pm
Welcome to “The Collective.”
You will be assimilated!
Comment by WarEagle82 (1907f0) — 9/5/2012 @ 3:53 pm
I don’t belong to any government, and I try to avoid governments whenever possible.
‘How psychologically impoverished must you be to find validation in “belonging” to a government? You’re forced to “join,” your “dues” are typically squandered on stupid, wasteful projects, half of the other members are perpetually at your throat, and the whole thing is shot through with corruption at every level.’–Allahpundit
Yeah, that pretty well sums it up all right.
Comment by Dave Surls (46b08c) — 9/5/2012 @ 4:06 pm
Latest doings at the con:
Mayor and Chairman of the con Tony Villar says the vote is yes when it is clearly no, crowd boos.
Will the msm cover this?
Comment by kinlaw (8f4928) — 9/5/2012 @ 4:55 pm
I feel sorry for those 50,000 imaginary people who now won’t be able to see Teh One give his coronation speach. Where will they go? What will they do?
Comment by Pious Agnostic (ee2c24) — 9/5/2012 @ 4:57 pm
I suppose if we had mandatory voting like Australia. Or something.
Comment by carlitos (49ef9f) — 9/5/2012 @ 5:20 pm
Watching the DNC could provide a great drinking game. It could also elicit people to end up in the ER for alcohol poisoning.
Last nite, with Me-chelle Obama, take your pick from among magical, often-repeated words such as, “I,” “me,” “mom,” “struggle,” “understand,” et al.
With the Holy Obamessiah Himself (peace be upon him), we could each take a sip every time he utters, “I,” “me,” “middle class,” “inherited,” or even his tired catch phrases such as, “let me by clear,” “make no mistake,” “the policies that got us into this mess,” or “fair share.”
Dang, I’ll need a designated driver just to get me from my living room to my bedroom after all these predictable speeches.
Comment by Elephant Stone (65d289) — 9/5/2012 @ 5:50 pm
I think Americans, including Democrats, are smart about voting for what’s in their self-interest. Unfortunately for America and for Republicans, it’s in many Democrats’ interests to vote for government because they don’t have anyone to fall back on when tough times hit, or because it’s their best hope of advancement and status.
Too many Democrats are single or divorced mothers, or not employed, or in low-paying jobs with little hope of advancement. Many of them are right to view government as their best hope, but I fear it is a misplaced hope because government won’t be there for them when it runs out of money.
In addition, while elite and wealthy Democrats don’t need government to provide for them, they need it to give them hope for advancement and status. IMO that’s why they will be among the last to give up on the Democratic model. In fact, one could even say they will bitterly cling to it.
Comment by DRJ (a83b8b) — 9/5/2012 @ 5:50 pm
Isn’t that how feudal society worked? Everything actually belonged to the government (the King), which he allowed other people to use?
Just like how tax cuts cost the government money.
Progress! Forward to Serfdom!
Comment by malclave (1db6c5) — 9/5/2012 @ 5:51 pm
#14… c’mon, daley! that was cruel and unusual punishment. You’ll have Sammy up all night learning all he can about that pencil-neck geek!
Comment by Colonel Haiku (530222) — 9/5/2012 @ 5:55 pm
I forget when and where and who, I think I saw it on PowerLine – but one of ya’ll might remember someone who wrote how the struggle between the L and R was actually quite fundamentally religious/faith related. People do trust in God (in the form of their fellow-man and providence linked with their own work as well as directly) or they don’t, in which a promised guarantee that “someone” will take care of them if they need it is some assurance. That “someone” doesn’t have to like me or be related to me or anything that might be “risky”, because it is their job. The loss of faith in much of Europe correlates with the rise of the socialist state. America remains much more a nation of people of faith and reliance on other then government.
Does one belong to God or belong to government?
Comment by MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 9/5/2012 @ 6:19 pm
obama and his second coming are on a detour.
Better call AAA for service.
Comment by mg (44de53) — 9/5/2012 @ 6:26 pm
Obama’s second term would look a lot like the Atlee government of 1945-51, which took a broke postwar England and made it much poorer.
Comment by Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 9/5/2012 @ 7:07 pm
Does one belong to God or belong to government?
Or to one’s own self? The fealty to one and/or the other ought to be freely given.
Comment by Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 9/5/2012 @ 7:10 pm
Comment by Kevin M — 9/5/2012 @ 7:10 pm
I didn’t make up the rules of reality.
Comment by MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 9/5/2012 @ 7:30 pm
I think Bill wrote this speech about ten minutes before he went on stage. He’s definitely an entertaining guy, and I’d love to go to a strip club with him, but it sounds like a boilerplate script that he’s winging.
Comment by Elephant Stone (65d289) — 9/5/2012 @ 7:40 pm
So the Dems take the vote three times, and when it’s clear they lose they claim they won. Perhaps this is a precursor to the election? I can hear Mr. Obama saying: “Let’s do this again.”
Comment by navyvet (f5da59) — 9/5/2012 @ 9:13 pm
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Mayor and Chairman of the con Tony Villar says the vote is yes when it is clearly no, crowd boos.
Sheesh. Pathetic and contemptible—coming and going.
Very telling that Obama knew before hand about the changes in question that involved his party’s platform and only pushed to switch them back after controversy ensued. Sort of echoes of his originally close, extremist adviser Jeremiah Wright becoming non-close extremist adviser Jeremiah Wright.
What really is the ultimate sign of how ultra-liberal Democrats have become — certainly based on their convention — is that something as basic and simple as mentioning “God” apparently now rankles many of them—or certainly the party’s activist rank and file. I’m sure these are the same types who keep pushing for everyone to call “Christmas trees” “holiday trees,” and, even more ludicrously, to refrain from characterizing Islam as a religion founded by a bloodthirsty, pro-assassination warrior/fanatic.
Finally, liberals have become so flaky and corrupt, that even though a clearly large percentage of Democrat delegates opposed altering the party’s new platform, a person similar to them (in terms of his ideology), namely LA’s mayor, shrugged it off and forced the outcome to be the one he wanted. It was sort of a variation of ballot tampering or ballot stuffing on full display.
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