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I'm having a proud parent moment... K1 and I were listening to the DNC coverage on NPR as we drove home from second swim practice tonite. She was listening, commenting, asking questions. She knows many of the issues, chuckles at the memes, and had a mini-discussion about separation of church and state in American history based on something her teacher said.
She registered for her dailykos account recently. I'm keeping the name private until and if she chooses to announce herself. She's been so busy with starting her freshman year of high school and swim team that she hasn't yet had time to comment, but I expect she will. We'll be registering her for NN13 this weekend. She's looking forward to her first political conference. I hope you all welcome her enthusiastically... awww, I know you all will.
The next generation is engaging. K1 will be voting in the 2016 elections (not the primary due to her birthdate, but the general). She's told me she wants to pay attention now, so she knows what's up when her vote will be counted.
This is what Hope looks like. This is what the future of the Democratic party looks like. A kid busy doing vocabulary and french homework while looking up to see Jill Biden speak... and knows who she is.
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From ThirtyFiveUp:
indycam on that woman in the RNC ad.
From Steveningen:
In Kaili Joy Gray's diary 2012 Democratic convention, President Obama officially nominated, labradog summed up President Clinton's outstanding speech with the enthusiasm it deserved.
From phonegery:
This one by DoLooper on Paul Ryan gets my nod.
From FrugalGranny:
In her diary about Notable Eunuchs, Wee Mama posted a delightful comment. It's so very true and it made me giggle. The point of her diary was to quit making "balls" the equivalent of courage.
From BlackSheep1:
In last night's diary 2012 Democratic convention: The Big Dog brings down the house, there was a fantastic thread: madhaus lights the fires, decembersue kicks the tires, dougymi pulls the chocks, and HugoDog takes us rolling toward takeoff in fine style.
From lineatus:
A nice little nugget from indycam.
From mdmslle: 50 shades of chair, by Rustbelt Dem
Top Mojo for yesterday, September 5th, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you
mik for the mojo magic!
1) Tips for crushing them by Delilah — 199
2) There was a time... by Yamaneko2 — 182
3) Haaaaaaa! by GenXangster — 181
4) Chuckles the Todd couldn't find ANYTHING to by zenbassoon — 174
5) The Republican Party is disintegrating over by Calvino Partigiani — 169
6) My take away was different by yashko — 161
7) I wondered about that myself by Andrew C White — 133
8) My favorite lines: by sparkysmom — 128
9) I Saw That Earlier by webranding — 128
10) I blame Sorkin for this new media reaction by psilocynic — 125
11) Seriously by Delilah — 124
12) dengre's exceptional diaries, by marina — 120
13) The mom with 5 kids by marigold — 119
14) he was not working for the law firm by teacherken — 119
15) Lolz @ "Am I the jack-ass whisperer?" by ericlewis0 — 116
16) Eh....Warren/Castro! by smileycreek — 114
17) Frankly, after the opening day of the DNC, I can by mumtaznepal — 113
18) You know, we are Democrats, so, we argue. by Its the Supreme Court Stupid — 113
19) This just keeps getting better. Pretty soon by mrsgoo — 112
20) Republican strategist Alex Castellanos... by Trix — 112
21) I have often heard the term 'barn burner of a by Olympia — 110
22) And THIS is why I love you, little sis. by Aji — 109
23) The Daily Kos has reached a new height, by elwior — 108
24) key words : by doesnotworkorplaywellwithothers — 105
25) who would have thunk it... by jbou — 99
26) Highly recommend.... by PvtJarHead — 98
27) My bigger point is that last night by TigerMom — 98
28) That was brutal. As I said on Twitter... by weatherdude — 95
29) It's about time by Demi Moaned — 93
30) Bill puts mitt on top of his car by lucretiamott — 93
31) Seriously, Mr. Moyers - by occams hatchet — 93
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