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[rokkerkory]

Nice folksy speech that tried to humanize Hillary by going through their history and their love story which conveniently glossed over anything that happened in 1998.

Can't help but roll my eyes a bit, but going through her (positive moments) in political hisTory and the changes she fought to make definitely was a win.

You rolled eyes on all the positives she's brought?

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

@ClareMalone 1m1 minute ago Philadelphia, PA
That speech landed in the hall, no matter the "bill Clinton talks a lot" jokes on Twitter.

Yup. Sounds about right.

 

[Jeels]

Gotta say, as a Muslim American, I was in tears when Bill Clinton said not just not to leave, but to stay and fight for the freedoms of America. ;_;

 

[Boke1879]

Rachel Maddow certainly has an interesting 'hot take' on the start of the speech.

She thinks it was chauvinistic and not feminist enough and too much about Bill. I don't agree at all.

What do you guys think?

IMO he's explaining how he met his wife.

But this is just a masterclass and a total contrast to the RNC. The entire RNC was trying to rip Clinton down. Today alone was about humanizing her and listing her accomplishments.

No one at the RNC could do that for Trump.

 

[NullPointer]

THERES THE SCREAM

BLUE BALLS NO MORE.

(well that's just going to look weird now).

 

[Geist-]

the true GOAT

 

[Squalor]

Y'all: What has Hillary even done???

Bill:

He showed the receipts.

 

[DietRob]

MSNBC has been uncharacteristically hard on the DNC this year. What's up with that?

Personally I think they are trying to shed the "Fox news of the left" moniker

 

[Geg]

Ah, Streep finishes what Dean started lmao

Antici...






...pation!

 

[TheFatOne]

MSNBC has been uncharacteristically hard on the DNC this year. What's up with that?

Horse race.

 

[Eidan]

Rachel Maddow certainly has an interesting 'hot take' on the start of the speech.

She thinks it was chauvinistic and not feminist enough and too much about Bill. I don't agree at all.

What do you guys think?

I dunno. I definitely hear where Maddow is coming from, but if his goal is to humanize his wife, cut through the decades of smear that have caricaturized her in the public's eye, I don't think it's bad form to begin by discussing his relationship with her.

 

[RustyNails]

What is she wearing. :O

Freedom

 

[SilentRacoon]

Bill has an enviable way with words. He nailed the whole Republican party without really pointing fingers, or going into any specifics, what a beautiful man.

 

[Velcro Fly]

I can see why he wouldn't talk about it but your fairy tale narrative seems a little phony when you gloss over your numerous indiscretions, Bill.

 

[Leeness]

Hillary is speaking tonight?

 

[Hellsing321]

Did exactly what was needed. Tomorrow we get the current VP and the president.

Biden has got his work cut out for him trying to top his stirring 2012 speech.

http://www.theonion.com/article/biden-says-life-better-than-it-was-4-years-ago-but-29477

 

[Lord Frieza]

Can't wait to see how its meaning is perverted by the anti-Hillary crowd.

They can try, but that shit is gold. No matter what they try to do, it'll stick. Guaranteed.

Yep, he humanized hiullary. That just leaves Biden and Obama to bring the pain

I feel like the fire is hot, but when Obama gets up there, the true inferno is going to start. I have a feeling his speech with be a lot more anti-Trump, I don't know why.

 

[darkwing-buck]

had a crush on meryl streep since seeing her on the deer hunter

 

[echoshifting]

Wow, Streep is starting strong. God damn. This story.

 

[D i Z]

Rachel Maddow certainly has an interesting 'hot take' on the start of the speech.

She thinks it was chauvinistic and not feminist enough and too much about Bill. I don't agree at all.

What do you guys think?

I thought that was going to happen. There is method to how he presented that speech, but I knew that some people would get up in their heads about him speaking on himself, and not hearing it as his life and times with Hillary.

 

[Grisby]

MSNBC hates it, haha

"Wedding toast gone wrong."

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

MSNBC has been uncharacteristically hard on the DNC this year. What's up with that?

And yet Rudy Giuliani gave a great speech. Seriously, Chris Matthews said that.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

If that was Bill, I'm GIDDY at Obama tomorrow.

Jesus, he's going to lay the smack down like nobody's business. This isn't even fair to the GOP

 

[cdyhybrid]

I think Biden will be the one going after Trump. I would love nothing more than for Obama to snatch Trump's soul on that stage tomorrow, but I think he'll try and reach across the aisle to moderate Republicans that aren't sold on Trump.

 

[AniHawk]

after last night i was concerned, but it seemed that after michelle obama, things settled down. the roll call today went really well, especially the nomination via acclamation coming from sanders. and bill's speech left everyone quiet at the right moments.

got a good feeling about the rest of this.

i'm not kidding when i wonder if jerry brown and the other california all-stars showing up got the bobers to settle down. were they there yesterday?

 

[Alligatorjandro]

We need more people to call out trumps hate

 

[PopeReal]

I would have liked him talking about his infidelity in a round about way.

Well that would have been awkward for everyone.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Sorry, but how was Bill Clinton not the evening's keynote speaker?

Streep is great and all, but he brought the house down.

 

[Xplatformer]

Wait...Hillary talks TONIGHT? Not tomorrow?

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

@SabrinaSiddiqui
This segment of Bill Clinton's speech on coal miners, Muslims and African Americans is not on the teleprompter. #DemsInPhilly

They don't make them like him anymore. Damn.

 

[Squalor]

Biden has got his work cut out for him trying to top his stirring 2012 speech.

http://www.theonion.com/article/biden-says-life-better-than-it-was-4-years-ago-but-29477

Figured he would have preferred the summer of '69.

 

[jerd]

the true GOAT

Legit the best part of his speech was off the cuff that was so damn great

 

[120v]

What is up with MSNBC being overly negative about a lot of things at this DNC? Aren't they supposed to be "the left version of Fox News" or something?

hate to lend credence to "crybaby liberals" stereotyping but msnbc will whine about anything

 

[Vestal]

Gotta say, as a Muslim American, I was in tears when Bill Clinton said not just not to leave, but to stay and fight for the freedoms of America. ;_;

I am not a Muslim, and that one line teared me up as well. Such a truly powerful statement.

 

[Clydefrog]

THERE

Howard Dean didn't do his fucking scream, I waited, I waited, I waited some more, and MERYL did it for me. THANK YOU

ahahahahaha

 

[Alrus]

I know this is not very important but that shirt is hideous. Meryl Streep is still amazing though.

 

[sprsk]

Y'all: What has Hillary even done???

Bill:

This gif, LMAO

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I feel like Trump has no chance in America, and for a moment, I'm considering migrating...

Nights like this, sparked by a powerful message, yeah, it seems we're going to be alright. Nothing to fear.

 

[Boke1879]

If that was Bill, I'm GIDDY at Obama tomorrow.

Jesus, he's going to lay the smack down like nobody's business. This isn't even fair to the GOP

Obama is going to have that place electric.

 

[Ekai]

Serious question. Has the LGBT community bought in Drumpf's alleged commitment to the L....G....B....T community? Outside of this and the politically tapped in gays, what's the general pulse so far? More presciently, though, have they become indifferent to the issue altogether? The idealist in me assumes that, no, they aren't naive, but in this soundbyte world of reality television, IPADs, and twitter, it's hard to know if anyone is engaged.

I despise Drumpf and the Republican party as a whole. Have for pretty much all my life. I can't stand pretty much anything that comes from a right-wing ideology. Plus, I mean, their party platform is the farthest right-wing it has ever been. It has conversion therapy in it for fucks sake. Being a trans-person, it terrifies me. I hope it would terrify everyday Americans too.

That said I'm not too confident about Hillary's commitment to LGBT issues. Particularly trans rights ones. I worry we'll be thrown under the bus yet again. But I would love to be proven wrong. Eitherway, the LGB parts are certainly supported.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Bill..great speech

 

[Betty]

What is she wearing. :O

AMERICA!

 

[Klocker]

the one thing that mainly caught my attention for super republican trolling is dropping hillary into a problem area and having her make it better. If not Benghazi, then just Libya in general.

True... that will be pointed out for sure... if Lord even dares to go Benghazi again tonight after last nights beat down by Begalla I'd be surprised but Lord is a little slow on the uptake

 

[echoshifting]

Wow I can't believe 538 just cut their live blog short. This is a great speech.

 

[NullPointer]

Obama is going to have that place electric.

He's going to have to do some work to compare to Michelle.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

MSNBC is too busy scrambling to find some bernie holdout to interview to contemplate anything else.

 

[Jeels]

I am not a Muslim, and that one line teared me up as well. Such a truly powerful statement.

And then the entire audience cheering. ;_; OMG....so much love.

 

[BFIB]

What's amazing about Bills speech is for the first time, it wasn't acknowledging her as his support system. He's HER support system now, and he fucking nailed it. GOP hates how Bill can reach masses, they all fear him.

 

[Dominican Power]

How do you find a Bill Clinton talking about his younger self falling in love with a "girl" creepy?

 

[cdyhybrid]

Wait...Hillary talks TONIGHT? Not tomorrow?

Just a quick video appearance, from what I understand. Her actual speech will be Thursday.