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Full text of President Barack Obama's speech at 2012 DNC
09/07/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, DNC, 2012 election
Provided by the Obama campaign: Below are President Obama’s remarks as prepared for delivery --
Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud…but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.
Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States.
The firs...
Be the first to commentMedea Benjamin talks about Code Pink at the Democratic National Convention
09/06/12 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CODEPINK, Code Pink, DNC, anti-war, Democratic National Convention, drones
Medea Benjamin talks about her and CodePink's involvement at the Democratic National Convention. Last week at the RNC in Tampa, CodePink emphasized the issues involving the curtailment of women's reproductive rights and thus their slogan "bring your vagina to the RNC". At the Democratic Convention, CodePink's emphasis has been on the economic crisis in the country and they have been focusing on ending the wars and getting the money out of politics."pink banners have been unfurled all over C...
Be the first to commentThe DNC in Charlotte
09/06/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Judithanne Scourfield Mclauchlan, DNC, Charlotte
USF St. Petersburg Poli Sci Professor Judithanne Scourfield Mclauchlan spoke to WMNF from Charlotte, where she was attending the Democratic National Convention.
Open phones followed, including a focus on the controversy regarding the Democratic Party platform involving the word "God" and including a provision about Jerusalem being the proper capital of Israel.
Be the first to commentAre Hillsborough County's Environmental Protection Regulations Under Attack? And a Discussion of Last Night's Opening Session of the Democratic National Convention
09/05/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pamela Jo Hatley, Bob Dylan, Stacy Lihn, Ted Strickland, DNC, Deval Patrick, Economic Stakeholder Prosperity Committee, Hillsborough County
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll hear excerpts of some of the speeches from last night’s opening session of the Democratic National Convention. But first – is the Hillsborough Environmental Protection Commission in danger of being done away with?
Later in the show we’ll hear a brand new song from Bob Dylan’s Tempest album which is coming out next Tuesday.
But first- we’re joined by local attorney Pamela Jo Hatley who was appointed earlier b...
Be the first to commentListeners react to controversial changes to Democratic Party platform listen
09/05/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: DNC, Israel, Palestine, God, Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention is going on this week in Charlotte. We’d spoke about listener's thoughts about the speeches, the protests, or their experiences in Tampa during last week’s Republican convention.
Just before going to air, the Democrats passes two amendments to their party platform in a controversial voice vote.
The amendments put two provisions back into the platform that had been r...
Be the first to commentRNC state delegations plan for 2012 convention. listen
08/05/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, DNC, convention, 2012 GOP Convention, 2012 Election, Tampa
Wednesday the RNC began a week of meetings in preparation for next year's Republican National Convention in Tampa. State party chair members gathered in the afternoon to review election strategy and convention plans.
Next year, Tampa, Florida can expect to see one of the largest events ever in the city's history. The RNC is planning to draw hundreds of thousands of people to the city, a...
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01/08/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Democrats, DNC, Victor DiMaio
After the Democratic National Committee (DNC) stripped Florida’s of its presidential delegates because of the timing of the state’s primary election last January, a Democratic activist in Tampa filed a lawsuit claiming that in doing so, the party discriminated against Florida voters.
Today, Victor DiMaio asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to rule that the DNC disenfranchised Florida’s Democrats by not allowing them to choose their party’s nominee for president.
A fe...
Be the first to commentFreedman balks at decision on delegates listen
06/02/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Democrats, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, DNC
Former Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman is a strong Hillary Clinton supporter. She attributes the fact that so many superdelegates have chosen Clinton over Barack Obama to the power of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Freedman is not happy with the decision to cut Florida’s congressional delegation in half, and she’s as unhappy as Clinton advisor Harold Ickes about how the delegate breakdown came out in Michigan.
1 commentsTampa Democrat gets a little notoriety
06/02/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Democrats, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, DNC
Megan Foster is a grassroots Tampa Bay area Democrat.
At the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting on Saturday, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson invoked her name when talking about how Florida’s 1.75 million voters who participated in the Jan. 29 primary should have their vote counted.
Foster, who supported the idea of restoring Florida’s delegation with half their votes, thought Nelson was on a different page.
Be the first to commentDNC member okay with delegate split listen
05/29/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Democrats, DNC, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Delegates
In less than 48 hours, the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee meets to decide what to do with the delegates in Florida and Michigan.
Sen. Bill Nelson is scheduled to make a presentation shortly after 9:30 a.m., representing the Florida Democratic party. He’ll be followed by Florida DNC member Jon Ausman and Tampa Sen. Arthenia Joyner, representing the Clinton campaign. It is not known at this time who will represent the Obama campaign.
ABC News reports that many...
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