Elections DNC today in Chicago

[rocketskates]

I hope @idrankyourbeer has a speaking slot

I think that’s something both sides can agree on. Dude is a riot.

 

[Deorum]

Man, I was such a Chris Benoit mark I know exactly what you mean.

I agree. I know that Clinton has personal faults, and he had political faults.
When he took office, we were in a recession, which Bush Senior had left us. I was 14 going on 15, my lower middle class parents had moved up a bit economically, and bought a new house in a nice neighborhood—and my dad got laid off. My mom was still a waitress—she’d land a much better job later in the Clinton years—but at that time, still a waitress, and we survived on her income and my dad’s unemployment benefits. Those were hard times, but by the end of Clinton’s term, the economy was booming. We were doing well, America was doing well, the budget was balanced, and we had a surplus.

BFoe: Bill Clinton.

 

[fingercuffs]

Lol at bringing up Mango Molester going on about Hannibal Lecter

 

[Captain Tenneal]

He's the most prolific speaker in DNC history. I dunno anybody who really dislikes him, either. The 90s were a really good time for a great many people - hopefully it was your childhood - and Bill is indelibly associated with the decade.

I associate the 90s as the last time the US presidency was a respected position

 

[The Diplomat]

Man, I was such a Chris Benoit mark I know exactly what you mean.

I agree. I know that he has personal faults, and he had political faults.
When he took office, we were in a recession, which Bush enjoy had left us. I was 14 going on 15, my lower middle class parents had moved up a bit economically, and bought a new house in a nice neighborhood—and my dad got laid off. My mom was still a waitress—she’d land a much better job later in the Clinton years—but at that time, still a waitress, and we survived on her income and my dad’s unemployment benefits. Those were hard times, but by the end of Clinton’s term, the economy was booming. We were doing well, America was doing well, the budget was balanced, and we had a surplus.

Bill is someone who I grew up on as a young left of center Democrat. He was JFK. He was my go-to when I had to argue Bush Jr era people about why it was so great. I've read everything I can about the man.

Which is why I know he's a horrible person. I know he's a sex addict. And I know he's abused people in his life with his position. There's no denying that. We *don't* know he's a child predator, but I assume he is knowing everything I do about him. And that's what puts me in a weird position with him.

 

[emefer]

Reminder
Check your voter status and check it often
Republican group true the vote has 44,000 people challenging the eligibility of people to vote in the hundreds of thousands.
You don’t want to find out one of those challenged is you on Election Day.
Tell your family and tel your friends.

 

[BFoe]

Bill is someone who I grew up on as a young left of center Democrat. He was JFK. He was my go-to when I had to argue Bush Jr era people about why it was so great. I've read everything I can about the man.

Which is why I know he's a horrible person. I know he's a sex addict. And I know he's abused people in his life with his position. There's no denying that. We *don't* know he's a child predator, but I assume he is knowing everything I do about him. And that's what puts me in a weird position with him.

I agree. I think we all excused a lot of awful behavior on his part when he was POTUS. He’s a womanizer, probably a consummate sleazeball politican, and it’s tough to balance that knowledge with his performance as President—which had its faults for sure, I have no issue listing several—but he steered the nation right at a time we really needed that, and for that I’ll always be grateful.

 

[Deorum]

Reminder
Check your voter status and check it often

Unregistered.

 

[The Diplomat]

I agree. I think we all excused a lot of awful behavior on his part when he was POTUS. He’s a womanizer, probably a consummate sleazeball politican, and it’s tough to balance that knowledge with his performance as President—which had its faults for sure, I have no issue listing several—but he steered the nation right at a time we really needed that, and for that I’ll always be grateful.

Aye. "In the name of partisanship", we shouldn't excuse bad behavior. We can acknowledge someone's strengths, while also banishing them. The nuance is hard for most humans. It's like if you endorse someone's political career, you're endorsing their lifestyle. We, as people, need to move past that binary way of thinking.

Ideally, we'd move past that lifestyle.

 

[emefer]

I agree. I think we all excused a lot of awful behavior on his part when he was POTUS. He’s a womanizer, probably a consummate sleazeball politican, and it’s tough to balance that knowledge with his performance as President—which had its faults for sure, I have no issue listing several—but he steered the nation right at a time we really needed that, and for that I’ll always be grateful.

Some say him following reaganomics and taking money from corporations kinda ruined the dem party.

 

[The Diplomat]

Unregistered.

Unregister deez nuts.

 

[koquerelle]

There's one DNC speech that Bill Clinton would like to forget​

Of the dozen or so times Bill Clinton has addressed delegates at a Democratic National Convention, there is one speech he’d like to take back.

The year was 1988. The candidate was Michael Dukakis. And for Clinton, the speech was an unmitigated disaster.

For starters, the lights in the convention hall stayed on while he was speaking, meaning no one on the floor was paying any attention.

He spoke for almost double the time he was allotted. By the end, someone backstage typed “PLEASE. YOUR TIME IS UP” into the teleprompter. His biggest applause line was: “In conclusion.”

“It was thirty-two minutes of total disaster,” Clinton would recall later in his memoir.
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I thought it was interesting to have some insight.

 

[emefer]

Unregistered.

You don’t vote or you mean you’re independent?

 

[Deorum]

Unregister deez nuts.

Show dem balls, bro.

You don’t vote or you mean you’re independent?

Both.

 

[The Diplomat]

Show dem balls, bro.



Both.

PM coming when Obama gets that 3rd term I've been waiting for.

 

[Joe]

BFoe: Bill Clinton.

Bill is a literal genius. The arkansas spirit really hides that but he knows his shit.

 

[The Diplomat]

Going from Bill to Pelosi is a boner kill.

[Edit] only 5 minutes? Surprising. Boners rising.

 

[Rygu]

Well one thing Dems and Reps have in common is they both have the shittiest people talking and performing at their little shindigs.

 

[syct23]

PM coming when Obama gets that 3rd term I've been waiting for.

You’re on a roll

 

[emefer]

Props to the audio engineer.