More detailed schedule of the 2004 Democratic Convention
Boston, Massachusetts July 26 - 29
Monday July 26
8:00 pm - Opening flag burning ceremony
8:05 pm - National anthem sung by Rosanne Barr
8:09 pm - Secular liberal prayers by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
8:15 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:18 pm - Speech: "Why I hate Bush" by Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio
8:38 pm - Speech: "We all need to hate Bush" by Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
9:00 pm - Special video presentation - "LBJ and the Great Vietnam Legacy"
9:15 pm - Speech: "Lets keep Bush where he belongs" by Whoopi Goldberg
9:20 pm - Whoopi Goldberg proposes a toast.
9:25 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes another toast.
9:30 pm - Al Gore delivers a reprise of his "I have a scream" speech ("How dare they!")
9:45 pm - Special award of bravery presented to former President Jimmy Carter
10:00 pm - Speech: "How I defeated the great killer rabbit" by Jimmy Carter
10:30 pm - Speech: "Anyway enough about all of you, lets get back to me" by Bill Clinton
Tuesday July 27
8:00 pm - Opening Feng Shui ritual
8:10 pm - Invocation and distribution of the chakras by Shirley MacLaine
8:20 pm - Song: "The Age of Aquarius" by Barbara Steisand
8:25 pm - Speech: "Crossing the bridge to bigger Federal programs" By Senator Ted Kennedy
8:45 pm - Speech: "I really cannot stand Bush" by Christie Vilsack of Iowa
9:00 pm - Speech "Boy do I hate Bush" by Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona
9:15 pm - Insider trading workshop led by Martha Stuart
9:30 pm - Presentation of awards of appreciation to CNN, NBC, CBS,ABC, Time & Newsweek
9:40 pm - Song: "Anticipation" by Teresa Heinz Kerry
9:45 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
9:52 pm - Speech: "The time for a friendlier, happier Democratic Party" by Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota
10:20 pm - Keynote address: "Our candidate may not be all that wonderful, but we certainly can't support Bush" by Barack Obama
Wednesday July 28
8:00 pm - Drum circle led by Bill Bradley
8:15 pm - Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United Nations
8:18 pm - Opening anthem: "We are the World" led by Willie Nelson and the Dixie Chicks
8:25 pm - Speech " "Why the National Debt is good for America" by Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico
8:45 pm - Speech: "Lets raise up our nation by raising taxes" by Walter Mondale
9:10 pm - Reenactment of Kerry's fake medal toss
9:20 pm - Speech: "Somalia - a showcase of Democrat led military action" by Retired Marine Lt. Col. Steve Brozak of New Jersey (With showing of edited version of "Black Hawk Down")
9:44 pm - Speech: "Racial harmony: My days in the Klan" by Senator Robert Byrd
10:00 pm - Speech: "Our year of destiny - 2008 ..oops I mean 2004" by Hillary Clinton
10:20 pm - Interpretive dance by Janet Reno
10:32 pm - Speech: "Chasing the ambulance of our failed social security system" by Senator John Edwards
Thursday, July 29
Tree hugging ceremony led by Al Gore and Ted Danson
Tribute theme to France
Speech: "Lets all really, really hate Bush" by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Tribute theme to Germany
Speech: "Time to force the Republicans to stop their monkey business" by Former Senator Gary Hart
Speech: "Effective military action through Monica missiles" by Former Green Beret Jim Rassman
Speech: "Putting a new face on the Democratic Party" by Chelsea Clinton
Fire walking ritual led by Oprah Winfrey and Madeline Albright
Speech: "Democrats, you had better wake up and get your butts in gear" by Dr. Phil
Counting of the delegates
Conclusion of delegate count led by Howard Dean ("Yeeeeaaaah!")
Speech: "Solid convictions - the backbone of this campaign" by John Kerry
Speech: "On the other hand there can be other backbones as well" by John Kerry
Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
Closing sing-along anthem: John Lennon's "Imagine"
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Hello My name is Mary Jo Kopechne. I would have been 65 years of age this year. Read about me and my killer below.
When Sen. Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloating on Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past. But now that he's become Sen. John Kerry's leading campaign attack dog, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over.
It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why Sen. Kerry's chief spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in
1980 - time to say the words Mary Jo Kopechne out loud. As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this "Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath the Edgartown Bridge in July 1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young blonde campaign worker. But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin Joe Garghan to say he was behind the wheel.
Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of. Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish final. Or why the US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests. As they listen to the Democrats' Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach, when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.
It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House. And if the Republicans don't, let's do it ourselves by passing this forgotten disgrace around the Internet to wake up memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is. The Democratic Party, not to mention Sen. John Kerry, should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as their spokesman. And the GOP needs to say so out loud. I remember all of this and I'm sure most of you do too.
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Boston, Massachusetts July 26 - 29
Monday July 26
8:00 pm - Opening flag burning ceremony
8:05 pm - National anthem sung by Rosanne Barr
8:09 pm - Secular liberal prayers by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
8:15 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:18 pm - Speech: "Why I hate Bush" by Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio
8:38 pm - Speech: "We all need to hate Bush" by Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
9:00 pm - Special video presentation - "LBJ and the Great Vietnam Legacy"
9:15 pm - Speech: "Lets keep Bush where he belongs" by Whoopi Goldberg
9:20 pm - Whoopi Goldberg proposes a toast.
9:25 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes another toast.
9:30 pm - Al Gore delivers a reprise of his "I have a scream" speech ("How dare they!")
9:45 pm - Special award of bravery presented to former President Jimmy Carter
10:00 pm - Speech: "How I defeated the great killer rabbit" by Jimmy Carter
10:30 pm - Speech: "Anyway enough about all of you, lets get back to me" by Bill Clinton
Tuesday July 27
8:00 pm - Opening Feng Shui ritual
8:10 pm - Invocation and distribution of the chakras by Shirley MacLaine
8:20 pm - Song: "The Age of Aquarius" by Barbara Steisand
8:25 pm - Speech: "Crossing the bridge to bigger Federal programs" By Senator Ted Kennedy
8:45 pm - Speech: "I really cannot stand Bush" by Christie Vilsack of Iowa
9:00 pm - Speech "Boy do I hate Bush" by Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona
9:15 pm - Insider trading workshop led by Martha Stuart
9:30 pm - Presentation of awards of appreciation to CNN, NBC, CBS,ABC, Time & Newsweek
9:40 pm - Song: "Anticipation" by Teresa Heinz Kerry
9:45 pm - Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
9:52 pm - Speech: "The time for a friendlier, happier Democratic Party" by Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota
10:20 pm - Keynote address: "Our candidate may not be all that wonderful, but we certainly can't support Bush" by Barack Obama
Wednesday July 28
8:00 pm - Drum circle led by Bill Bradley
8:15 pm - Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United Nations
8:18 pm - Opening anthem: "We are the World" led by Willie Nelson and the Dixie Chicks
8:25 pm - Speech " "Why the National Debt is good for America" by Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico
8:45 pm - Speech: "Lets raise up our nation by raising taxes" by Walter Mondale
9:10 pm - Reenactment of Kerry's fake medal toss
9:20 pm - Speech: "Somalia - a showcase of Democrat led military action" by Retired Marine Lt. Col. Steve Brozak of New Jersey (With showing of edited version of "Black Hawk Down")
9:44 pm - Speech: "Racial harmony: My days in the Klan" by Senator Robert Byrd
10:00 pm - Speech: "Our year of destiny - 2008 ..oops I mean 2004" by Hillary Clinton
10:20 pm - Interpretive dance by Janet Reno
10:32 pm - Speech: "Chasing the ambulance of our failed social security system" by Senator John Edwards
Thursday, July 29
Tree hugging ceremony led by Al Gore and Ted Danson
Tribute theme to France
Speech: "Lets all really, really hate Bush" by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Tribute theme to Germany
Speech: "Time to force the Republicans to stop their monkey business" by Former Senator Gary Hart
Speech: "Effective military action through Monica missiles" by Former Green Beret Jim Rassman
Speech: "Putting a new face on the Democratic Party" by Chelsea Clinton
Fire walking ritual led by Oprah Winfrey and Madeline Albright
Speech: "Democrats, you had better wake up and get your butts in gear" by Dr. Phil
Counting of the delegates
Conclusion of delegate count led by Howard Dean ("Yeeeeaaaah!")
Speech: "Solid convictions - the backbone of this campaign" by John Kerry
Speech: "On the other hand there can be other backbones as well" by John Kerry
Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
Closing sing-along anthem: John Lennon's "Imagine"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello My name is Mary Jo Kopechne. I would have been 65 years of age this year. Read about me and my killer below.
When Sen. Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloating on Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past. But now that he's become Sen. John Kerry's leading campaign attack dog, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over.
It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why Sen. Kerry's chief spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in
1980 - time to say the words Mary Jo Kopechne out loud. As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this "Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath the Edgartown Bridge in July 1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young blonde campaign worker. But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin Joe Garghan to say he was behind the wheel.
Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of. Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish final. Or why the US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests. As they listen to the Democrats' Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach, when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.
It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House. And if the Republicans don't, let's do it ourselves by passing this forgotten disgrace around the Internet to wake up memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is. The Democratic Party, not to mention Sen. John Kerry, should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as their spokesman. And the GOP needs to say so out loud. I remember all of this and I'm sure most of you do too.
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