*** DAY 2 - LIVE IN 2 HOURS ****** MASTODON DNC WATCH PARTY ***
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"This is our time to stand up for what we know in our hearts is right."
"Don't just sit around and complain, do something."
"Do something."
"Make sure everyone we know is registered and have a voting plan.
"You know what you need to do."
"Consider this to be your official ask... I'm asking you, no I'm telling to DO SOMETHING."
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"We need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt."
"We have the power to pay forward the love and sacrifice of or parents..."
[That was very special.]
Former President Barack Obama
[beautiful embrace]
sustained applause
"Chicago, it's good to be home... don't know about you but I am feeling fired up..."
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"Even if I'm the only one stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama."
"Chance to elect someone who sees you... will get up everyday and fight for you... the next POTUS Kamala Harris."
"First decision was one of my best... Joe Biden to serve as VP... We became brothers... it was his empathy, his decency... everyone deserves a fair shot... those are the characteristics we needed."
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"At a time when the other party had turned into a cult of personality...."
"Rarest this thing in history..."
"Proud to call him my president... prouder to call him my friend."
"Make no mistake. It will be a fight."
"Who will fight for me... our children's future... DT not losing sleep over..."
"Constant stream of gripes and grievances... weird obsession with crowd sizes... it just goes on and on and on...
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"Herd someone compare Trump as the neighbor who runs his leaf blower outside your window..."
Border "He thought trying to solve the problem would affect his chances..."
"He think you will think you will be richer if you just give him more money to them back in their place..."
"America is ready for a new chapter... "
"She actually cares..."
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"She fought big banks and for profit colleges... get as much relief as possible for the families that deserved it."
"In other words KH won't be focused on her problems she be focused on yours."
"She will work on behalf of every American, because that is who she is."
TW " I love this guy... he knows who he is.. those flannel shirts don't come from some political consultant... they've been through some stuff."
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"Even when we don't agree with each other, we can live with each other."
"Our job is convince enough people to live with that vision."
"We need to chart a new way forward to meet the challenges of today."
Talks about home building, Affordable Aare Act. Notice that since it has become popular they don't call it Obamacare no more.
"College not the only path forward..."
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"We need to care for the people who do the thankless work... KH will be that president."
"Yes she can." BOOM
"When everyone gets a fair shot we are all better off."
[Lots of good stuff]
"Donald Trump and his well healed donors they don't see the world that way. They think one groups gain is another groups loss."
"Freedom to breath clean air and drink clean water..."
[Lots of good stuff]
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"An America where we the people includes everyone..."
"Most Americans understand that."
"Democracy is the way we treat each other, even those who don't look like us."
"Our politics has become so polarize... don't bother to vote... ok for those who thrive on division... won't work for us... if we want to win over those who are not yet willing to support our candidate we need to listen to their concerns..."
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"Our fellow citizens deserves the same grace we hope they will extend to us."
"The rest of the world is watching to see is we can pull this off."
"No society has ever tried to build a democracy as big and diverse..."
"American be must be a force for good... [lots of good things]... that's what KH believes and so do most Americans."
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"Know these ideas can seem naive right now... we build all manner of walls and fences around ourselves and wonder why we feel so alone... fear each other."
"Here's the good new America the ties that bind up together are still there... [lots of good things]... the vast majority do not want to live in a country that is bitter and divide... the joy we see in this campaign" shows us the way.
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Talks about his mother in law and how she reminds him of his mother. Strong smart resourceful women full of common sense. "Unshakeable foundation of love..." Represented a generation that built this country... "Just to give their children something better."
Honesty and hard work. Didn't obsess about what they did not have.
"Seeing their children do things and go places that they never would have imagined for themselves."
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"Managed to leave this country just a little bit better..."
"Believe this is what we yearn for... bonds of affection... the better angels..."
"If we work like we've never worked before... if we hold firm to our convictions we will elect KH... TW... up and down the ballot.
"Let's get to work..."
[Superb!]
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It's a wrap. Here is the entire night raw feed with offsets for some of the speeches.
8/20 - Democratic National Convention: Day 2
DNC Feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBBLupEL99Y
Sanders: 2:57:48
Pritzger: 3:11:00
Angela Alsobrooks: 3:36:15
Duckworth: 3:50:20
Emhoff: 3:55:54
Michell Obama: 4:10:45
Barack Obama: 4:32:55Top of this live posting thread >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/112996231399808893
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As with yesterday THANK YOU so much for live-blogging!
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Full text of Michelle Obama's speech: