Live from the Hyatt – Day 2

The gavel drops at at about 9:35.

Opening joke:

The President has declared war on bird flu.

He attacked the Canary Islands.

FYI, WNYMedia is streaming live again.

Right now, Manhattan Congressman Jerry Nadler is talking about the need to protect our civil rights and protections against unlawful search & seizure. First time the Magna Carta’s come up that I know of.

He calls on the need for a Democratic majority in the House & Senate.

Now, he’s moving on to assailing Bush’s pretexts for invading Iraq as not “mistakes, but deliberate lies”. Congress must investigate this, but this “Republican congress” won’t – it hears, sees, and speaks no evil when it comes to this war, and asks no questions.

The crowd starts chanting “No more war!”