Democratic Convention to Be Simulcast In Spanish

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:17:20 PM EST
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The Denver National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced today that the August convention in Denver will be simulcast in Spanish:

In keeping with its commitment to make the 2008 Democratic National Convention the most accessible and technologically-savvy event of its kind, the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced today that Comcast Corporation will produce simultaneous, online streaming coverage of the Convention in Spanish at DemConvention.com and make available a broad range of Convention content through its signature On Demand service.

...From the Comcast Media Center, based in the Denver metro area, Comcast will provide live, gavel-to-gavel Spanish-language interpretation of all Convention activities from the Pepsi Center to be streamed online at DemConvention.com from August 25-28. This marks the first time a national political Convention has been completely simulcast in Spanish and made available to a worldwide audience.

Spanish is the primary language of 35 million Americans. World-wide, there are more than 300 million people who speak Spanish.

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There's a politically incorrect. . . (5.00 / 3) (#1)
by LarryInNYC on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:28:47 PM EST

comment to be made here to the effect that given the current surrender predilections of the Democrats in Congress, perhaps French would be the more appropriate language, but a chaque un son gout.

Meanwhile the GOP convention is broadcast in... (5.00 / 4) (#10)
by Salo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:52:55 PM EST

...its original German. Gaulieter Giulliani will give the keynote address.

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thats an insult to frenchmen everywhere (none / 0) (#11)
by Capt Howdy on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:53:39 PM EST

and the women who love them.

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French women love two things. (none / 0) (#14)
by Salo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:01:56 PM EST

Themselves. Sensible thing. And cigarettes and coffee. Three things. tney love three things. Expensive shoes. Make that Four.

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with a good pair of shoes a lady can (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by hellothere on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:07:46 PM EST

wear and inexpensive dress. something i leaerned from my mother.

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me too. (5.00 / 1) (#19)
by Capt Howdy on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:18:34 PM EST

no that was a total lie.

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: tell you the truth, i run around bare foot (none / 0) (#39)
by hellothere on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 12:06:10 AM EST

since i started officing at home. i swear my feet have grown larger. geez, i feel like cinderella trying to squeeze my feet in those nice shoes i liked several years ago.

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Not only French women, Salo... (none / 0) (#29)
by oldpro on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:01:29 PM EST

this Irishwoman agrees with all four...but had to give up three.

Dang.

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larry, i studied spanish and german. (none / 0) (#12)
by hellothere on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:56:03 PM EST

unfortunately french wasn't one i did get to study. would you please translate that. thanks

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: The literal translation. . . (5.00 / 2) (#15)
by LarryInNYC on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:04:46 PM EST

is "To each his own" (the literal literal translation is "To each his own taste"). But the actual translation is "LarryInNYC isn't really a francophobe, he's just joking".

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: to each their own? (none / 0) (#17)
by Salo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:07:47 PM EST

everyone has their own taste.

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Nice (5.00 / 2) (#2)
by Steve M on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:30:10 PM EST

This is great to see.

The lengua-phobes.... (5.00 / 2) (#3)
by kdog on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:31:05 PM EST

won't like it, but I think it's cool.

I might watch it in Spanish...the bullsh*t they will be shoveling will at least sound cooler.

: Service a la aero! (5.00 / 3) (#6)
by Salo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:36:39 PM EST

Gooooooooollllllllllllll!

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Gotta give credit where credit is due. (5.00 / 1) (#4)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:33:27 PM EST

Kudos.

very cool. (5.00 / 3) (#5)
by Salo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:35:32 PM EST

will it be like the soccer where it's more fun to watch the Spanish version than the clueless American commentator?

Given the primary season (5.00 / 3) (#7)
by cawaltz on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:43:30 PM EST

I'd say the spanish version might make me a little less prone to throwing things at my TV.

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I supppse the Spanish version will have ... (5.00 / 2) (#18)
by RonK Seattle on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:17:30 PM EST

... more gratuitous cleavage.

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: Democratico Sabado Gigante! (5.00 / 1) (#22)
by Salo on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:34:37 PM EST

Con Maestro Esteban Colberto!

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I guess Latin really is a dead language. (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by oculus on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:48:08 PM EST

: why didn't anyone tell me before (none / 0) (#41)
by DandyTIger on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 12:31:32 AM EST

I spent all of those years studying it. The best part: the novels. At least the ones we read were a riot. Now there's a crowd that new how to party, and how to be kinky.

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well sad to say the amount of viewers (5.00 / 0) (#13)
by hellothere on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:57:12 PM EST

has gone done at every convention, and i don't expect to see it change this time.

Well, this relates to a (5.00 / 0) (#26)
by camellia on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 06:21:56 PM EST

question I asked the other day (I am a foreigner, so this is a legit question) -- if the nominee has already been chosen, why is the Democratic Party spending jillions of dollars on a convention to choose their standard bearer?

I know -- tradition, it's always been done this way, way for folks to get together, etc. .... BUT -- does it make financial sense?

Well, forget I asked. Nothing makes financial sense this year.

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well the convention used to be held to (5.00 / 0) (#28)
by hellothere on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 07:50:33 PM EST

select candidates for president and veep. now? it is one long commercia.. i won't be watching much this year.

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The nominee has NOT been chosen, (5.00 / 1) (#30)
by oldpro on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:09:34 PM EST

Camellia. The is why he is referred to as the 'presumed' or 'preseumptive' nominee...because it appears he has the votes to win when the Democrats convene officially.

Until they do...and actually cast their votes...nothing is official. Delegates could change their votes between now and then...depending on what happens re the candidates.

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: i like your view and hope the super delegates (5.00 / 1) (#36)
by hellothere on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 11:09:00 PM EST

share it.

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The convention is the start of the election (none / 0) (#31)
by MissBrainerd on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:14:24 PM EST

really, now they are getting their people in place, working on strategy etc. The conventions mark the official start of the GE.

And lots of great speakers get mucho media attention, like Obama in 2004!

Does seem pointless most years since the decision part is always over. But also, political parties are really just clubs and the those members like a good party!

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Thank you all! (none / 0) (#33)
by camellia on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:20:34 PM EST

I feel MUCH better now that I know that there is a point to spending all this money on the convention!

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: Like public financing... (none / 0) (#35)
by MissBrainerd on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:45:02 PM EST

If McCain refuses a convention, we will!
Just saw a report that 1 billion has been donated so far in all the primaries til now. It is tooooo much and though there are REASONS for a convention, it may still be pointless!

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It's a pep rally. (none / 0) (#37)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 11:58:12 PM EST

1st and ten, let's do it again!

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Si! Vero Possumus! (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by camellia on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 06:17:42 PM EST

Oh. Well, I thought that was Spanish. Never mind.

(and, it's "chaqun a son gout", (please imagine the circonflex) and translates colloquially as " Everyone's taste is different".

speaking of vero posthumous.... :) (none / 0) (#34)
by PssttCmere08 on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:25:41 PM EST

obama ditched his official seal....he took quite a beating over that ridiculous thing...flippity flop

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LOL, wondered how long that would take n/t (none / 0) (#40)
by DandyTIger on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 12:28:59 AM EST

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: Too long if you ask me, and it should (5.00 / 1) (#42)
by PssttCmere08 on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 01:15:37 AM EST

never have seen the light of day....

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Lovely (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by Gabriel on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:46:47 PM EST

Now we can have a debate as to who speaks 'real' Spanish!

Under the bus (1.00 / 4) (#20)
by moe21885 on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:19:36 PM EST

Welcome under the bus, Reagan Dems...apparently the DNC doesn't respect your language or your candidate.

Doesn't respect the language???? (5.00 / 1) (#23)
by CST on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:40:44 PM EST

It's being broadcast in English too you know. How does broadcasting it in Spanish equate to throwing Reagan Dems under a bus?

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: Heh (5.00 / 1) (#24)
by Steve M on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:43:18 PM EST

The same way that including a sign language interpreter throws all of us with perfect hearing under the bus.

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This is great news (none / 0) (#27)
by Carolyn in Baltimore on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 06:50:22 PM EST

Best news about the convention since they decided on Denver IMO. The money, the artillary, etc are downers.

It is, especially since the GOP can't (5.00 / 1) (#32)
by MissBrainerd on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 08:15:43 PM EST

do this or they risk the wrath of the zenophobes that dominate their party.

And they really want the Hisapanic vote, too bad!

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: They want the English-speaking Latinos. (5.00 / 1) (#38)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 11:59:36 PM EST

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Conventions are great (none / 0) (#43)
by SamJohnson on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 02:32:53 AM EST

The networking that goes on builds the Party. Each state gets together and does their thing. There are all kinds of meetings. At the last convention I remember thousands of people running into the hall to hear Wes Clark's electrifying speech. "Who is this guy?" was the most common expression. I saw some incredible speeches. My favorite part was talking to hundreds of people who just volunteered their time and efforts because they felt it was their responsibility as hosts of their town. Everyone was into the whole being part of Democracy thing.

: Too bad.... (none / 0) (#44)
by kdog on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 10:08:51 AM EST

it's all an illusion of choice and democracy.

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