C-SPAN?
Millions of Americans will fall back asleep watching it.

Oh please let it be the rumored Jessica Alba/Scarlett Johansson sex tape?

Yeesh. I'd rather do the yard work I'm currently avoiding.

There hasn't been a reason to turn on the TV on Saturday morning since the Sci-Fi Channel stopped running MST3K.

More like, "Look, The democrats are changing their own rules in a smoky back room again".

Why the hell is there even going to be a convention now?

/grin

kronicfeld: There hasn't been a reason to turn on the TV on Saturday morning since the Sci-Fi Channel stopped running MST3K

Or before that when CBS dropped the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show.

Dancin_In_Anson: kronicfeld: There hasn't been a reason to turn on the TV on Saturday morning since the Sci-Fi Channel stopped running MST3K

Or before that when CBS dropped the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show.

seconded on the bugs/roadrunner

/taz collector

going green at 11am, this circus start at 9:30 biatches.

Oh it's on. It's on.

Insurance_EE_guy: going green at 11am, this circus start at 9:30 biatches.

I think there's a strategy going on here. The TF'ers get riled up and the Liters love it. Raise the hit count.

This thing isn't televised is it? the inside workings?

I think it's Andrea and her zits talking from the front porch.

GaryPDX: Insurance_EE_guy: going green at 11am, this circus start at 9:30 biatches.

I think there's a strategy going on here. The TF'ers get riled up and the Liters love it. Raise the hit count.

and for the first hour and a half, Liters will go "Where is the Committee Thread?" and continueally submit links.

I have worked at the Wardman for multiple committee/Board meetings, their food isn't the best. and the place... IS dark.

coolbeans56: I have worked at the Wardman for multiple committee/Board meetings, their food isn't the best. and the place... IS dark.

So it's a "dark" smoky back room. That's even better..:)

GaryPDX: More like, "Look, The democrats are changing their own rules in a smoky back room again".


Hopefully they'll do the right thing and stick with the rules they already have in place. Giving Hillary any delegates from Michigan without giving some to Obama will show that they have no spine whatsoever.

clancifer: GaryPDX: More like, "Look, The democrats are changing their own rules in a smoky back room again".


Hopefully they'll do the right thing and stick with the rules they already have in place. Giving Hillary any delegates from Michigan without giving some to Obama will show that they have no spine whatsoever.

I kid mostly..but I just don't get it. They're basically choosing the nominee today. So what would be the point of Denver now, other than dinner theater?

There actually was an interesting presentation about NASA's Constellation program this AM

GaryPDX: I kid mostly..but I just don't get it. They're basically choosing the nominee today. So what would be the point of Denver now, other than dinner theater?

Dude, you've been riding this point all day. By your logic, there shouldn't be a GOP convention either.

John Paul Jones: GaryPDX: I kid mostly..but I just don't get it. They're basically choosing the nominee today. So what would be the point of Denver now, other than dinner theater?

Dude, you've been riding this point all day. By your logic, there shouldn't be a GOP convention either.

lol..it's dinner theater now too. Seriously, they're changing the rules..again..today. I'm just pointing out the obvious and it seems everyone is more interested in avoiding a train wreck in Denver than the rules already set in place.

I mean really..c'mon..:) Why is it sooo important to NOT let this play out?

I love train wrecks.

Holy crap..they're actually televising the internal meeting. I never thought they'd do that. This should be good.

GaryPDX: Holy crap..they're actually televising the internal meeting. I never thought they'd do that. This should be good.

The whole thing. This is going to be interesting.

I am looking forward to seeing how this is going to be done.

I wonder how many protesters will come out during the meeting.

coolbeans56: GaryPDX: Holy crap..they're actually televising the internal meeting. I never thought they'd do that. This should be good.

The whole thing. This is going to be interesting.

I am looking forward to seeing how this is going to be done.

I wonder how many protesters will come out during the meeting.

I like how the main guy warned everyone to CHECK YOUR MICS!!!

I almost spit coffee on that one.

Eh. It's the equivalent of televised sausage-making.

*grabs popcorn* This should be good.

Good Lord, Dean can make a pig look like a princess. He sure can blow the smoke up everyones dresses.

Can we get a YEARRRGHH!!

Epic thread will be epic

"It's not about you, it about your Country"

Wow... We know what Howard is going to do...

Is anybody really subjecting themselves to watching this? If so, thank you. Now I don't have to. Update frequently. Thanks.

Holy crap..he just called 5 SCOTUS Justices brain dead. Way to go Howie.

Dean shut the hell up... let's get this thing going

GaryPDX: I kid mostly..but I just don't get it. They're basically choosing the nominee today. So what would be the point of Denver now, other than dinner theater?

that's pretty much entirely the point. they're meeting to resolve the issues because they don't want to go to denver.

Holy crap..he just called 5 SCOTUS Justices brain dead. Way to go Howie.

He always was a class act.

GaryPDX: Holy crap..he just called 5 SCOTUS Justices brain dead. Way to go Howie.

he's allowed to have his opinion of the justices.

burndtdan: GaryPDX: I kid mostly..but I just don't get it. They're basically choosing the nominee today. So what would be the point of Denver now, other than dinner theater?

that's pretty much entirely the point. they're meeting to resolve the issues because they don't want to go to denver.

Dude, this is shaping up as the most entertaining piece of television in a long time. I can't count the logical misteps in the rhetoric. It's amazing. They are actually shaping the selection of the nominee over the votes 2 months ahead of the Convention where this is supposed to take place. It's just amazing.

burndtdan: GaryPDX: Holy crap..he just called 5 SCOTUS Justices brain dead. Way to go Howie.

he's allowed to have his opinion of the justices.

I know..but it seems like a slap in the face at a time where the Dem's want to be in power. It just seems like very odd to be using words like "brain dead" when talking about the highest Justices in the land. I'm like.."Whoa" with a Keanu Reeves accent.

Isn't it a bit of a conflict of interest to be a superdelegate and be on the party rules and bylaws committee?

UNC_Samurai: Isn't it a bit of a conflict of interest to be a superdelegate and be on the party rules and bylaws committee?

I think "conflicts of interest" only exist in EvilCorporationLand.

GaryPDX: burndtdan: GaryPDX: I kid mostly..but I just don't get it. They're basically choosing the nominee today. So what would be the point of Denver now, other than dinner theater?

that's pretty much entirely the point. they're meeting to resolve the issues because they don't want to go to denver.

Dude, this is shaping up as the most entertaining piece of television in a long time. I can't count the logical misteps in the rhetoric. It's amazing. They are actually shaping the selection of the nominee over the votes 2 months ahead of the Convention where this is supposed to take place. It's just amazing.

no they aren't. they have a nominee. the result of this committee cannot overcome his lead.

the conventions of both parties are generally nothing but a rally before the general election, or in this case, the last few months of it.

it's not amazing unless you're trying reeeeeeally hard to insist that obama isn't already the presumptive nominee. clinton thinks this meeting is about her candidacy, but to the party as a whole, it is about what they will do to make amends with florida and michigan, or if they will stick to the rules.

UNC_Samurai: Isn't it a bit of a conflict of interest to be a superdelegate and be on the party rules and bylaws committee?

Harold Ickes in on the committee... and is one of Hillary Clinton's top Advisors.

All of the Committee members are SD's.

GaryPDX: burndtdan: GaryPDX: Holy crap..he just called 5 SCOTUS Justices brain dead. Way to go Howie.

he's allowed to have his opinion of the justices.

I know..but it seems like a slap in the face at a time where the Dem's want to be in power. It just seems like very odd to be using words like "brain dead" when talking about the highest Justices in the land. I'm like.."Whoa" with a Keanu Reeves accent.

i like dean because he doesn't always talk through the PC filter.

burndtdan: GaryPDX: burndtdan: GaryPDX: Holy crap..he just called 5 SCOTUS Justices brain dead. Way to go Howie.

he's allowed to have his opinion of the justices.

I know..but it seems like a slap in the face at a time where the Dem's want to be in power. It just seems like very odd to be using words like "brain dead" when talking about the highest Justices in the land. I'm like.."Whoa" with a Keanu Reeves accent.

i like dean because he doesn't always talk through the PC filter.

I like him too, in a Wile E Coyote kinda way.

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I wonder how many rank and file Dem's are going to understand what the hell is going on?

They're talking lawyer litigation shiat now.

Please limit the brown-nosing shout-outs to 15 minutes, please.

UNC_Samurai: Please limit the brown-nosing shout-outs to 15 minutes, please.

I was just thinking, there sure is a lot of foreplay before biting each others dick.

I'm so geeking out for this.

The guy makes a point about the 50% thing. Of course the Hillary representatives will yell "Disenfranchisement!" and try to get 100%. I think we'll see 50%. Whether or not Hillary tries to bring this to the Credentials Committee, I seriously have no idea. It would be incredibly silly to try that, but I've said that about 5 times about Hillary's campaign right before she did something silly.

Charters, Delegates, Super Delegates, Discretionary Rooms, Language of the Charter, Chosen, Officers, Processes??..other than votes??..blah blah blah

Jesus, my head is spinning and I'm reasonable intelligent.

every now and then, the guy talking looks/sounds like a young steve martin

GaryPDX: Charters, Delegates, Super Delegates, Discretionary Rooms, Language of the Charter, Chosen, Officers, Processes??..other than votes??..blah blah blah

Jesus, my head is spinning and I'm reasonable intelligent.

Srsly.

Charter, Charter, Charter... *clap clap* Bjork Bjork Bjork.

GaryPDX: Jesus, my head is spinning and I'm reasonable intelligent.

i'm interested to see the counter argument, if there is something in the rules elsewhere that overrides what this guy is talking about. the geek in me wishes i had a copy of the charter here printed out.