Joho the Blog » dnc08 http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger Let's just see what happens Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Convinced http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/29/convinced/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/29/convinced/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:23:29 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7169 Those who are not convinced won’t be convinced.

Those who are convinced are struggling to remember similar moments.

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]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/29/convinced/feed/ 5 Chattting about the Dem convention, right here, right now http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/chattting-about-the-dem-convention-right-here-right-now/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/chattting-about-the-dem-convention-right-here-right-now/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:35:27 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7166 We’re live now, chatting away at irc://irc.freenode.net/#democonvo. (Dave Winer has had a chat going also, at #dnc08)

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]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/chattting-about-the-dem-convention-right-here-right-now/feed/ 1 Obama to unveil voter registration drive? Is that where Bill Richardson went? http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obama-to-unveil-voter-registration-drive-is-that-where-bill-richardson-went/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obama-to-unveil-voter-registration-drive-is-that-where-bill-richardson-went/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:02 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obama-to-unveil-voter-registration-drive-is-that-where-bill-richardson-went/ Wasn’t Bill Richardson supposed to speak last night? Aswini Anburajan at HuffingtonPost posts that Obama will unveil a “massive” voter registration drive tonight, which would be a fantastic move — symbolically right, but, more important exactly how you win an election without running to the middle. Perhaps Obama is going to bring out Richardson to help kick that off?

Also from Rumor Land comes the idea that McCain may name Kay Bailey Hutchison as veep. No reason to think it’s true, but, what the heck, there it is.

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]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obama-to-unveil-voter-registration-drive-is-that-where-bill-richardson-went/feed/ 1 Obamemes for tonight http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obamemes-for-tonight/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obamemes-for-tonight/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:44:46 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obamemes-for-tonight/ Care to predict Obama’s memes for tonight? The aim of the game is to anticipate particular phrases or turns of idea he might use.

For example:

John McCain will undoubtedly use images of this very event against us. That’s because when he sees tens of thousands of Americans eager to participate, eager to pick up the tools to build a better America for themselves and for their neighbors, John McCain sees celebrity. As I look out tonight, I see democracy.

The McCain campaign’s first reaction to my selecting Joe Biden as my running mate was to air an ad that shows Joe disagreeing with me during the long primary season. I truly thank Senator McCain for that. I’m proud that I can talk with people with whom I disagree, that I can listen to them, that I can work with them. Why, John, I even look forward to working with you. You are going to be a very important senator in the Obama administration, and we’re going to count on your support in building a bi-partisan agenda to rebuild this country.

There are 75,000 of us here tonight, tens of millions at home watching on TV, and millions and millions online, watching on the Internet, and undoubtedly chatting with friends and strangers around the world. Now, a few weeks ago, a senior aide to John McCain said that Senator McCain “is aware of the Internet.” That is totally acceptable for a candidate for the presidency of the United States…in 1992. But it simply is not acceptable for a country that wants to regain its leadership in the global economy.

Your turn…

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]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/28/obamemes-for-tonight/feed/ 5 Chatting about the Dem Convention right now http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/27/chatting-about-the-dem-convention-right-now/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/27/chatting-about-the-dem-convention-right-now/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:07:30 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7153 We’re live now, chatting away at irc://irc.freenode.net/#democonvo. (Dave Winer has had a chat going also, at #dnc08)

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]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/27/chatting-about-the-dem-convention-right-now/feed/ 2 Ballpark, see “out of” http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/26/ballpark-see-out-of/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/26/ballpark-see-out-of/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:37:06 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/26/ballpark-see-out-of/

I may get around to blogging about Michelle Obama’s speech. I’m still floored.

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]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/26/ballpark-see-out-of/feed/ 5 DNC chat again tonight http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/26/dnc-chat-again-tonight/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/08/26/dnc-chat-again-tonight/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:45:19 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7143 Last night’s IRC chat party was fun. I’m going to set up a room again tonight, starting at 8pm EDT, so we can watch the Democratic convention together: irc://irc.freenode.net/#democonvo. (If that link doesn’t work for you, you’ll have to download an IRC client. I use Chatzilla, an add-on to Firefox. Once you’ve installed it, plugging the URL into Firefox’s address bar should launch Chatzilla automatically.) (Dave Winer also had a chat going, at #dnc08.)

See you then!

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