# We need a DNC 2012 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 5, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695 "2012-09-05T00:04:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/1 "2012-09-05T00:04:13Z")
So, what are your reactions? Is it going well? Any major gaffes? How well are the Dems making their case for Obama/Biden 2012? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/2 "2012-09-05T00:20:47Z")
QUOTE=Truman Burbank;15456917]So, what are your reactions? Is it going well? Any major gaffes? How well are the Dems making their case for Obama/Biden 2012? [/QUOTE] Well, my first reaction is, if they haven’t managed to make a case over the past four years, three days of speechmaking ain’t gonna cut it. Anyway, just got home and flipped on MSNBC. I’ll see if I have anything useful to say after getting my minimum daily requirement of rhetoric. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/3 "2012-09-05T00:24:12Z")
Never again should anyone on this board talk about the GOP bringing up social issues to pander to their base. Anyway, to answer the question, not very well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/4 "2012-09-05T00:45:17Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Anyway, to answer the question, not very well. Shocking. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/5 "2012-09-05T00:48:39Z")
Man, the KKK must really hate that gay, Jewish congressman. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/6 "2012-09-05T01:19:18Z")
So far, they’re knocking it out of the park. Let’s not let Romney kill baby Zoe ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/7 "2012-09-05T01:21:46Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > So far, they’re knocking it out of the park. Let’s not let Romney kill baby Zoe I thought that story was pretty powerful. [And I started a thread about it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664412). It’s hard to argue that the ACA is bad with families that would essentially lose everything (through no fault of their own) without the ACA. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/8 "2012-09-05T01:31:10Z")
I love the rabble-rousing, “Fired the reindeer and out-sourced the elves.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/9 "2012-09-05T01:40:11Z")
Ok, I’ve got a completely shallow comment. That stage is hideous. The backdrop appears to have been designed by a crew that normally does sets for high school musicals, and the lectern looks like a big ol’ barrel. I am also informed that tonight’s keynote speaker is San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro. Castro. Castro. COMMUNISTS!! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/10 "2012-09-05T01:54:21Z")
Deval Patrick is killing it! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/11 "2012-09-05T01:57:28Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Deval Patrick is killing it! Yep. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/12 "2012-09-05T01:58:32Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Deval Patrick is killing it! Yes he is. I wish they had more like him. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/13 "2012-09-05T02:00:58Z")
You can thank me. I’m from Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/14 "2012-09-05T02:07:02Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Shocking. It shouldn’t be shocking, really, considering the lack of accomplishments to hang their hats on. …Or were you talking about my comment? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/15 "2012-09-05T02:07:57Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Deval Patrick is killing it! People say god-damn! ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/16 "2012-09-05T02:09:28Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > It shouldn’t be shocking, really, considering the lack of accomplishments to hang their hats on. > > …Or were you talking about my comment? Reading your comments while listening to Patrick is the best way to illustrate how petty, small and sad your worldview is. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/17 "2012-09-05T02:16:31Z")
I can’t hear “Forward. Not Backward” without thinking of the Simpson’s “We must move forward, not backward, upward, not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!” ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/18 "2012-09-05T02:18:51Z")
Contrast Patrick’s impassioned recounting of Obama’s laundry list of accomplishments with Chris Christie’s first night RNC speech about Chris Christie. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/19 "2012-09-05T02:22:14Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Reading your comments while listening to Patrick is the best way to illustrate how petty, small and sad your worldview is. That’s odd. I think the same of your worldview. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695/20 "2012-09-05T02:26:35Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > That’s odd. I think the same of your worldview. “I know you are but what am I?” Impressive rhetorical skills. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-dnc-2012-thread/633695.md?page=2)