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Hope and Change 2 - Day One of the 2012 Democratic National Convention

Season 17 • 09/05/2012

With all the soldiers and clergymen, you almost forget it's the Democratic National Convention.

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Tom Brokaw
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"The Time of Our Lives" author Tom Brokaw compares modern, tightly-scripted political conventions to the raucous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
09/04/2012
06:12

Hope and Change 2 - The Democratic National Convention
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The nuanced economic reasoning at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, faces the combined force of Ronald Reagan and Chuck Norris.
09/04/2012
04:26

Hope and Change 2 - Charlotte, NC
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The Best F#@king News Team Ever explores the food, culture and NASCAR history of Charlotte, NC, site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
09/04/2012
00:16

Moment of Zen - Joe Biden's Call to Arms
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Joe Biden reminds voters of President Obama's domestic and foreign policy successes.
09/04/2012
03:43

Hope and Change 2 - Yes We Can, But
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The Best F#@king News Team Ever asks Democratic National Convention delegates for 2012 Obama campaign slogan suggestions that won't be turned into an insufferable pop song.
09/04/2012
02:56

Hope and Change 2 - Democratic National Convention Security
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Media credentials in hand, the Best F#@king News Team Ever reports from impregnable security checkpoints located outside the Democratic National Convention.
09/05/2012
05:41

Kirsten Gillibrand
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New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand makes the case for increasing the number of women in Congress.
09/05/2012
03:40

Hope and Change 2 - The Party of Inclusion
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At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, the Best F#@king News Team Ever tests the limits of the Democratic Party's big-tent inclusiveness.
09/05/2012
00:20

Moment of Zen - Julian Castro's Speech
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San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro explains Mitt Romney's stance on same-sex marriage to Democratic National Convention delegates.
09/05/2012
03:01

Hope and Change 2 - Johnny O's Secondhand Meat Paste
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John Oliver discusses a time he was personally touched by Barack Obama, specifically when the president reached down his throat to dislodge a stray hot dog fragment.
09/05/2012
05:14

Hope and Change 2 - Day One of the 2012 Democratic National Convention
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The Democratic National Convention co-opts supposedly Republican-owned issues, like the military and Christian moral values, and doubles down on rising Latino stars.
09/05/2012
05:54

Hope and Change 2 - Bill Clinton's Math
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Bill Clinton's Democratic National Convention speech ran long, but used more specific numbers than the Republican leadership did during an entire week in Tampa.
09/06/2012
04:41

Hope and Change 2 - Barack Obama: It Could Have Been Worse
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Larry David suggests that Americans consider how f**ked they could've been without President Barack Obama.
09/06/2012
04:56

Hope and Change 2 - Democratic Platform Amendments
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Under criticism from hard-core, dead-end Republicans, the DNC votes by faux-acclamation to amend their platform to include mention of God.
09/06/2012
00:24

Moment of Zen - Nancy Pelosi's Final Word
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Nancy Pelosi assures Anderson Cooper that the Democratic platform's religion "controversy" is over.
09/06/2012
04:47

Austan Goolsbee
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Former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee doesn't regret leaving government, nor is he surprised at the Republican National Convention's amnesia.
09/06/2012
05:00

Hope and Change 2 - Barack Obama's Nomination
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President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination and replaces the audacity of hope with the more reasonable calibration of expectation.
09/07/2012
03:26

Hope and Change 2 - Democratic National Convention Parting Thoughts
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The Best F#@king News Team Ever shares impressions, memories, breakfast choices and Latino copies from their time at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC.
09/07/2012
04:52

Hope and Change 2 - Bin Laden Isn't Better Off
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The Democratic National Convention speakers accentuate the non-livingness of Osama bin Laden, in film, words and slogans.
09/07/2012
01:36

Moment of Zen - Where Mitt Learned About Russia
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John Kerry believes that Mitt Romney's foreign relations knowledge comes from the movies.
09/07/2012
05:41

Hope and Change 2 - Last Week This Week
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Discrepancies arise in Fox News's coverage of the Republican National Convention and its Democratic counterpart.
09/07/2012
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