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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts) Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:02 PM Sep 2012

A taste of the Real Thing: Barbara Jordan 1976 DNC Keynote Address

Just to give you a taste of what a real convention is like. Not this crazy clown car shit we've been seeing on TV the last couple of days.

FULL SPEECH can be viewed HERE

Hat-tip to Amerigo Vespucci for posting this a few years ago.

PB

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A taste of the Real Thing: Barbara Jordan 1976 DNC Keynote Address (Original Post) Poll_Blind Sep 2012 OP

OMG... I remember that...My aunt was THERE! w8liftinglady Sep 2012 #1

Nice! Yeah, I felt we needed a palette cleanser after all that craziness. Poll_Blind Sep 2012 #3

Barbara Jordan was a national treasure... CherokeeDem Sep 2012 #2

+1 freshwest Sep 2012 #6

She was the best! n/t tilsammans Sep 2012 #4

Wonderful, powerful speaker. JohnnyLib2 Sep 2012 #5

k and r and thank you niyad Sep 2012 #7

k+r! TeamPooka Sep 2012 #8

The Dems should play this speech at their convention Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #9

They showed lots of great speakers today, Bobby, Teddy, Hillary, Gore, Ann Richards so many GREATS Raine Sep 2012 #10

very good. k&r! limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #11

She was wonderful. Blue_In_AK Sep 2012 #12

w8liftinglady

(23,278 posts)

1. OMG... I remember that...My aunt was THERE!

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:04 PM

Sep 2012

Thanks for sharing

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

3. Nice! Yeah, I felt we needed a palette cleanser after all that craziness.

Reply to w8liftinglady (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:12 PM

Sep 2012

I love her speech!

PB

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)

2. Barbara Jordan was a national treasure...

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:06 PM

Sep 2012

I adored her....we need her now...

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

6. +1

Reply to CherokeeDem (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:17 PM

Sep 2012

tilsammans

(2,549 posts)

4. She was the best! n/t

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:15 PM

Sep 2012

JohnnyLib2

(11,211 posts)

5. Wonderful, powerful speaker.

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:17 PM

Sep 2012

And so sadly missed.

Thanks for posting.

niyad

(113,259 posts)

7. k and r and thank you

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 12:23 AM

Sep 2012

TeamPooka

(24,221 posts)

8. k+r!

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 01:50 AM

Sep 2012

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)

9. The Dems should play this speech at their convention

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 01:57 AM

Sep 2012

Raine

(30,540 posts)

10. They showed lots of great speakers today, Bobby, Teddy, Hillary, Gore, Ann Richards so many GREATS

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 03:31 AM

Sep 2012

make me proud to be a Democrat.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

11. very good. k&r!

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 03:35 AM

Sep 2012

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

12. She was wonderful.

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 04:14 AM

Sep 2012

I've mentioned here before that she spoke at a Sunday evening service at my Methodist Church near Houston when I was a teenager back in the '60s. She left a lasting impression -- I've never forgotten her power.

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