SALON

Friday, Sep 7, 2012 7:48 PM UTC

Relive the DNC through animated gifs

The most memorable moments of the Democratic National Convention in gifs and other media VIDEO

By

Topics: 2012 Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Jennifer Granholm, Joe Biden, Julian Castro, Michelle Obama, ,

Relive the DNC through animated gifs(Credit: J. Scott Applewhite)

Day 1

The DNC kicked off the first night with a tribute to the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, Romney’s former opponent.

Gifs from last night via current.com

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was not impressed:

Around 9 p.m., the actor Kal Penn took the stage. He ended his speech like this:

“Before I close, and as I wonder which Twitter hashtags you’ll start using when I’m done talking–#sexyface–I ask all of you young people to join me. You don’t even have to put pants on. Go to commit.barackobama.com and register right there.”

And lo, #sexyface trended on Twitter:

Kal Penn’s work here is done.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro delivered Tuesday’s keynote address.

via herapotter via current.com

Except that his 3-year-old daughter, Carina, totally stole the show.

via The Atlantic Wire

For the grand finale, Michelle Obama had the audience weeping.

via herapotter via current.com


via BobbyFinger

Including this man:


via The Atlantic Wire

Day 2

Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas started the second night at the DNC with the Pledge of Allegiance.


via GifHound

The God’s Appointed People Choir sang, and there was much rejoicing.


via The Atlantic Wire


via The Atlantic Wire

Then Bill Clinton entered to Fleetwood Mac, and spoke for 49 minutes. He said, “I want a man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama.” (And then Michelle Obama probably did this:)

Hillary was pretty pumped, too.


via Gawker

He and Obama hugged it out.


via The Atlantic Wire

Day 3

The Foo Fighters and Mary J. Blige performed. There were many celebrities, including Ashley Judd, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria. Gabby Giffords led the night’s Pledge of Allegiance, inspiring the crowd.

via The Atlantic Wire

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm fired ‘em up with an epic fist pump.



via The Atlantic Wire

Shortly after 9 p.m., Joe Biden accepted the nomination for vice president.


via Wonkette

Obama closed down the DNC — but not before getting a few pointers from Michelle.

via The Atlantic Wire

His family  looked pleased.

Obama — you got this.


via The Atlantic Wire

Prachi Gupta is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on pop culture. Follow her on Twitter at @prachigu or email her at pgupta@salon.com. More Prachi Gupta.

Next Article

Related Stories

More Related Stories

Featured Slide Shows

The week in 10 pics

close X
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Facebook
  • Thumbnails
  • Fullscreen
  • 1 of 11
  • Lisa Montgomery embraces her nephew Thursday after a tornado tore apart her home in Cleburne, Texas. The twister killed six people and destroyed entire swaths of the North Texas town.
    Credit: AP/LM Otero

  • Jack McMahon, the defense attorney for abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, speaks outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia Tuesday. His client was convicted of killing three babies in his clinic, and will serve multiple life sentences.
    Credit: AP/Matt Rourke

  • A photo taken Monday captures Vice President Joe Biden's response to a Milwaukee second-grader's innovative proposal to end America's epidemic of gun violence. This guy!
    Credit: AP/Jenny Aicher

  • Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., flanked by a grouper-eyed Michele Bachmann, addresses the IRS' admission that it targeted Tea Party groups in advance of the 2012 election. In an op-ed for CNN Thursday, the Kentucky senator slammed the president for his faux outrage.
    Credit: AP/Molly Riley

  • Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill Friday. Miller testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the extra scrutiny the agency gave conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.
    Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite

  • Attorney General Eric Holder pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. Holder is under fire, among other things, for the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at the Associated Press.
    Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster

  • O.J. Simpson sits during an evidentiary hearing at Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nev., Thursday. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison for armed robbery and kidnapping, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial.
    Credit: AP/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Jeff Scheid

  • Major Tom to ground control: On Sunday astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded the first music video from space, a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
    Credit: AP/NASA/Chris Hadfield

  • When it rains it pours. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, inexplicably inspiring an #umbrellagate Twitter meme.
    Credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin

  • A smoke plume rises high above a road block at the intersection of County A and Ross Road east of Solon Springs, Wis., Tuesday. No injuries were reported, but the the wildfire caused evacuations across northwestern Wisconsin.
    Credit: AP/The Duluth News-Tribune/Clint Austin

  • Recent Slide Shows

  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Facebook
  • Thumbnails
  • Fullscreen
  • 1 of 11

Related Videos

Comments

 2 Comments

Comment Preview

Your name will appear as username

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href=""> <b> <em> <strong> <i> <blockquote>

follow salon

Most Read

Popular on Reddit

links from salon.com

vote
Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills. "In an economy where we’re all in the same boat, one person’s spending is another person’s income. So when the government cuts spending, it reduces people’s income, leading to less business, more unemployment, and a vicious spiral of slowing down the economy."
246 points247 points | 227 comments
vote
FBI reportedly joins Bachmann campaign finance probe
240 points241 points | 17 comments
vote
Jon Karl makes things worse: He regrets “inaccurate” Benghazi email but says his story based on it “still entirely stands.” Really. ABC News?
212 points213 points | 31 comments
vote
“Jodorowsky’s Dune”: The sci-fi classic that never was.
79 points80 points | 16 comments
vote
Austerity Kills: Brian McArdle, a 57-year-old man who had had two strokes and could barely walk, was found "fit for work" by a government subcontractor, and had his benefits stopped. He died the next day.
71 points72 points | 6 comments

From Around the Web

Presented by Scribol
listener_new_rect The Listener: So long, Sookie Stackhouse

Recommendations