2012 Democratic convention live, #4

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5:33 PM PT: Nancy Keenan, the head of NARAL Pro-Choice America, just gave a stirring speech, ending with the chant of "four more years" echoing throughout the hall.

5:36 PM PT: One thing that really strikes me about this convention is that unlike the Republican one, this convention isn't trying to pretend to be anything that it's not. This is the Democratic Party, and what it stands for. There's no scripted attempt to twist Mitt Romney's words the way the RNC tried to build a single night around "build that." It's just more genuine. And it's a lot more fun to watch.

5:37 PM PT: Nancy Keenan has said Mitt Romney's name more in her speech than EVERY speaker at the RNC last week. #DNC2012

' @KnittingRad via TweetDeck

5:41 PM PT: Conservatives cannot tell the difference between being the party that wants to preserve the right of women to control their own bodies and make their own choices ... and being the party that tells them what they have to do.

Go head, Obama volunteers, knock on doors with enthusiasm for abortion, see how that goes #NARAL #2012DNC

' @kathrynlopez via Twitter for iPad So, go ahead Romney volunteers. Knock on doors and tell them you support a guy who wants to amend the constitution to ban all abortion. See how it goes.

5:42 PM PT:

RNC: "I love you women!" DNC: "I trust you women!"

' @DaveStroup via Twitter for iPhone

5:44 PM PT: With Tammy Duckworth's moving speech, this seems appropriate:

So what are we? 8,000 more words on the sacrifices of service men and women than the GOP managed in their Convention?
— @emptywheel via TweetDeck

5:48 PM PT: Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, now an independent and formerly a Republican senator, takes the stage to make the case for independents to vote for the president. "And even though my former party has hijacked the word, there's really nothing conservative about today's Republican Party."

5:49 PM PT: Chafee said he's "conservative" in that he supports a liberty and "liberal" in that he supports the idea that government can play a positive role in the economic arena. Hmmm. Sounds like a Democrat, to me. How about it Lincoln? Drop the independent schtick and just admit you're one of us.

5:50 PM PT: Tammy Duckworth lost her legs while piloting a Black Hawk helicopter in Iraq. Paul Ryan once drove the Weinermobile. #DNC
— @tbogg via web

5:51 PM PT: Now Chafee is talking about how good education shouldn't be a privilege exclusively for the wealthy. Dude, if you keep on talking like a Democrat, you might as well be one.

5:59 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): New thread here.