The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., brought out some of the Democratic Party’s well-known and rising stars. There were certainly some significant quotations that stood out throughout the event. Below are some of the best quotes.
“I’ve worked on a lot of fun movies, but my favorite job was having a boss who gave the order to take out bin Laden – and who’s cool with all of us getting gay-married. Thank you, invisible man in the chair, for that, and for giving my friends access to affordable health insurance and doubling funding for the Pell grant.”
– Kal Penn, a former associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement and actor, who took a shot at Clint Eastwood’s “invisible chair” improv at the Republican National Convention last week.
“Maybe 23 cents doesn’t sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account and a Cayman Island investment … and an IRA worth tens of millions of dollars.”
– Lilly Ledbett, the 74-year-old Alabama woman whose fair-pay suit became the basis of the first law President Barack Obama signed, referring to Mitt Romney.
“Well, today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen first hand that being president doesn’t change who you are – no, it reveals who you are.”
– Michelle Obama on her husband Barack Obama.
Some of the other notable speakers
– Stephen Kerrigan, chair of the Democratic\National Convention Committee.
– San Antonio Mayor, Julian Castro
– Mayor Anthony Foxx of Charlotte.
– Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-choice America.
– Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senate challenger.
– Former President Bill Clinton.
– Vice President Joe Biden.
