memeorandum: Transcript: Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech (ABCNEWS)

12:25 AM ET, September 6, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

DNC's Wasserman Schultz, Gaspard cancel interviews amid platform debacle — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic National Committee chiefs Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Gaspard cancelled interviews with local media outlets tonight, amid controversy surrounding the party's decision to reintroduce “God” and “Jerusalem” to the platform.

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BuzzFeed:

Chaos As Democrats Try To Put Jerusalem, God Back In Platform — Three votes and boos as convention chairman LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pushes through platform amendment after criticism. — Source: youtube.com — The Democratic National Convention dissolved into unexpected procedural …

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CNN:

Just in: Democrats update platform with Jerusalem, God reference — (CNN) - Democrats voted to update their party's platform Wednesday evening at their convention to include a reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, as well as the insertion of the word “God,” …

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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:

Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Obama ordered his staff to have the Democratic Party's platform language changed to include God and affirm Jerusalem as the proper capital of Israel, a campaign source said Wednesday.

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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:

Division over platform at DNC — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two platform planks sparked division at the Democratic National Convention here Wednesday. — Things got so bad that President Barack Obama was forced to personally intervene, ordering language mentioning God and naming Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel be added.

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Justin Sink / The Hill:

Romney: DNC a ‘celebration of failure’ — Mitt Romney blasted the first day of the Democratic convention on Wednesday, saying that the effort by his political rivals was “so far a celebration of failure.” — Romney and his allies have pounced on Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's comments …

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update: Obama pushed for language to be added; Update: Or did he? Update: Will MSNBC cover? — The amazing conclusion to yesterday's snafu involving the Democratic platform's language on Israel.

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David Brody / The Brody File:
DNC Almighty Nightmare In Charlotte: Now Dems Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Platform

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BuzzFeed:
DNC Chair On Why God/Jerusalem Were Overlooked: The Platform Is Many Pages Long

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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
After three votes, Dems put Jerusalem, God back into party platform

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Josh Voorhees / Slate:
With GOP Push, Democrats Find Absent God (in DNC Platform)

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio

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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem

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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
RESURRECTION: DNC OVERRULES DELEGATES, RAMS GOD AND JERUSALEM BACK INTO PLATFORM

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CNN:
Convention floor chaos: Democrats alter platform, disagree

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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:

Monica Lewinsky's Former Rabbi To Deliver Benediction After Bill Clinton Speaks At DNC — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This could get awkward. — Rabbi David Wolpe of Los Angeles' Sinai Temple, where Monica Lewinsky and her family were congregation members …

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Washington Wire:

Text of Bill Clinton's Address to the Democratic Convention … Here is the text of President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention as prepared for delivery and released by the convention's press office: — We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.

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Justin Sink / The Hill:

Republicans push to pre-empt Bill Clinton — Republicans are trying to preempt President Clinton's prime time address to the Democratic convention on Wednesday by claiming the former president will speak more about his economic record than President Obama's.

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ABCNEWS:

Transcript: Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech — Former President Bill Clinton's remarks to the Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery. Clinton veered from these prepared remarks multiple times throughout his speech. — We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Bill Clinton: ‘Of course’ country better off now

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CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington

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Nikki Haley / CNN:
TRENDING: Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy

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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
5 things to watch tonight

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BuzzFeed:

PricewaterhouseCoopers On Romney's “Ransomed” Tax Returns: We're Working With The Secret Service — The firm from which Anonymous hackers claim to have obtained Romney's tax returns is taking the threat seriously : “[A]t this time there is no evidence that our systems have been compromised.”

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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt

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Mashable!:
Hacker Group Claims to Have Romney's Tax Returns

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Ken Whitehouse / Nashville City Paper:
Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm

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Fernando Alfonso III / Daily Dot:
Hackers hold Mitt Romney's allegedly stolen tax returns for ransom

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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:

Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to ‘Pure Fury’ From President Obama — An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner …

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Miranda Green / The Daily Beast:

Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Bob Woodward's Book ‘Price of Politics’ — How exactly did the nation's debt crisis play out behind closed doors? From Obama ‘chomping on Nicorette’ to Biden as the GOP ‘whisperer’ and Ryan's anger at the president, the highlights of Bob Woodward's The Price of Politics, out Sept. 11.

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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:

‘Best weather of the entire week’: Local meteorologist puzzled by Obama speech move — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.

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David Hill / Washington Times:
Sununu: Democrats moved convention indoors because of poor attendance

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Daily Mail:
Democrats WILL move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to smaller indoor …

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CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for September 5, 2012

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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:

Tens Of Thousands Of Feminists Call On CNN To Fire Sexist Contributor — This afternoon, in just over one hour, 23,000 people signed a petition asking CNN to fire contributor Erick Erickson. — His offense? He referred to the Democrats' packed list of female speakers at their convention in Charlotte …

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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:

FACT CHECK: FIRST LADY'S FALSE FAIRY TALE OF STRUGGLE — First Lady Michelle Obama's pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. She spoke movingly about their early years—about how a young Barack Obama drove a car that was …

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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:

Democratic Disinformation from Charlotte — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We heard a number of dubious or misleading claims on the first night of the Democratic National Convention: — The keynote speaker and others claimed the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, would raise taxes on the “middle class.”

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Lee Fang / thenation.com/blogs/168901:

Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash — Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstorming the country, promising to repeal every provision of the Affordable Care Act if the Romney-Ryan ticket is elected. But a letter he wrote to the Obama administration may undermine this message.

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