The most important speech of last night was Duvall Patrick (although Michelle was AMAZING, inspirational and made me cry) his point needs attention: Democrats, we need to grow a spine and give the one liner summary of HUGE accomplishments, not the lease of which is healthcare that will keep Americans alive, we need to list these accomplishments often and in harmony. I ask you this, republicans-especially mothers- Do you have a child who is 21-26 or one that will be? Is their life important to you? Mine is, and just this one point-that they will be covered, as part of OBamacare (and yes we need to call it Obamacare to take credit for it) that one point (not to mention a million others) I would vote, enthusiastically for Obama. If you don't care about your 21-26 year old, or one that will be, how can you call yourself "prolife"? Answer: You can't.

Maureen Dowd, is it? more like dowdy brain.

i haven't heard such a thorough jealousy-motivated tirade out of a so-called professional writer in ever so long.

envious that the Republicans had no worthy EXs to trot out in front of their own convention audience, she denigrates the manhood of current and former Democrat presidents by calling them "barry" and "bill" (referring to them both as black, in the bargain) when complaining about Clinton's up-coming speech.

another hint like Mrs. Romney's? that there are currently no "grown-ups" --- just a black boy --- residing in the white house, now as then?

give me a break. is this now the racial dog-whistle to be blown by the right-wing hate-mongers for the rest of the time remaining until election day?

i reckon it's "anything goes" during a last hurrah. might as well give that a try, too.

Democratic LIES... FactCheck.org

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We heard a number of dubious or misleading claims on the first night of the Democratic National Convention:

• The keynote speaker and others claimed the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, would raise taxes on the "middle class." He has promised he won't. Democrats base their claim on a study that doesn't necessarily lead to that conclusion.
• The keynote speaker, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, also said there have been 4.5 million "new jobs" under Obama. The fact is the economy has regained only 4 million of the 4.3 million jobs lost since Obama took office.
• Castro also insisted Romney and Ryan would "gut" Pell Grants for lower-income college students. Actually, the Ryan budget calls only for "limiting the growth" of spending for the program, and Ryan has said the maximum grant of $5,550 would not be decreased.
• A Democratic governor said Romney "left his state 47th out of 50 in job growth." Actually, Massachusetts went from 50th in job creation during Romney's first year to 28th in his final year.
• Two advocates of equal-pay legislation said women make 77 cents for every dollar men earn. That's true on average, but the gap for women doing the same work as men is much less, and not entirely or even mostly the result of job discrimination.
• A union president accused Romney of seeking "a government bailout" for "his company." Not really. In fact, Romney negotiated a favorable but routine settlement with bank regulators on behalf of a former company, the one he had left to form his own Bain Capital firm. No taxpayer funds were involved.
• Multiple speakers repeated a claim that the Ryan/Romney Medicare plan would cost seniors $6,400 a year. That's a figure that applied to Ryan's 2011 budget plan, but his current proposal (the one Romney embraces) is far more generous. The Congressional Budget Office says it "may" lead to higher costs for beneficiaries, but it can't estimate how much.
• In prepared remarks released to reporters, Rep. James Clyburn engaged in partisan myth-making with the claim "Democrats created Social Security" while Republicans "cursed the darkness." History records strong bipartisan support in both House and Senate for the measure President Roosevelt signed in 1935.

Note to Readers

Our managing editor, Lori Robertson, is on the scene in Charlotte at the convention center. This story was written with the help of the entire staff, based in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. We are vetting the major speeches at this convention for factual accuracy, holding Democrats to the same standards we applied in last week's coverage of the Republican convention.

The two days of rousing speeches, personalities, political policies and
Ideologies, emotional positive Energies, and excellent productions displayed
within the 2012 Democratic Convention held in North Carolina thus far this week
has evoked many strong and passionate responses from me (and others) throughout
these two evenings. And has made this American Citizen rev-up with renewed vigor
and Faith in America and We the People of America and the World.

This Tear Of……

This Tear rolling away from the Orb of my Eye
Holds another Orb of
Imaginings
The blue-green gemstone - Planet Earth
I Am a Land-Child, a
Water-Child of the Earth
The spinning Orb within This Tear
rotates
Revealing North America -
The United States of America -
My
HomeLand
I Am an Air-Child, a Fire-Child of America
Of the Planet
Earth
This Tear - an undulating current of Emotion -
Of the Heart and
Mind
Manifested within This Physical Being
Is an Expression of Joy -

Of Pride -
Of Hopeful and Inclusive Patriotism
And Present and Future
EnVisionings
American Hopeful and Inclusive Present and Future
EnVisionings
Planetary Hopeful and Inclusive Present and Future
EnVisionings
This Tear of the Salt of the Earth
And Oceanic Living Voices
Singing
In resonant and dissonant Harmonies
Throughout the Knowable Events
and Patterns -
The Seductive Mysteries of Time and Space
Is Mine -
Is
Ours -
Singularities United
A Tear of Joy -
Of Pride -
Of Hopeful
and Inclusive Patriotism
Manifesting brilliant Present and
Future
Nurturing and Sustaining
National and Planetary EnVisionings

This Tear Of.....

Respectfully,

Leah Sellers