Overnight Open Thread
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:29:45 pm PDT
When a man’s dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.
— Mark Twain
Conventional Discussion Thread 9
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:46:54 pm PDT
As Joe Biden relentlessly hammers the word “change” into our frontal lobes...
Conventional Discussion Thread 8
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 6:34:51 pm PDT
And now for some more John F. Kerry...
Conventional Discussion Thread 7
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 6:03:51 pm PDT
And now for some Bill Clinton...
Zombie: Scenes from a Convention
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:33:15 pm PDT
(Cross-posted at Pajamas Media.)
Not everything that happens outside the Democratic National Convention fits into a “theme” of some sort. Instead, a chaotic kaleidoscope of sights and scenes assault your senses, until you just get overwhelmed. The following series of images were all taken within the space of two hours. I present them here to give everyone a more gut-level impression of what walking around Denver is like this week.
Conventional Discussion Thread 6
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:58:00 pm PDT
They’re going to take the roll call of delegates soon, and we’ll see whether Hillary’s last minute pleas succeeded in convincing many hardcore holdouts to join the Obamatons.
Also, several radical left wing groups have sponsored a concert by Rage Against My Allowance the Machine, going on now.
Zombie: Pro-Hillary March
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:51:33 am PDT
(Cross-posted at Pajamas Media.)
On Tuesday, some Hillary Clinton die-hards held a march along the “designated parade route” from Denver’s Civic Center Park to the “free speech zone” at the Pepsi Center, where the convention is being held. Their goal: a last-ditch attempt to secure the nomination for Hillary.
An Ego for the Ages
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:45:38 am PDT
With the news that Barack Obama will be giving his acceptance speech on a set that looks like an ancient Greek temple, Political Inquirer posts this classic Photoshop by Tennyson Hayes: An Ego for the Ages in a Classical Setting.
Zombie: Biden to Boxer and Beyond - Celebrity-Hopping Convention Style
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:59:08 am PDT
(Zombie’s reports are cross-posted at Pajamas Media.)
The rumors are true. Political conventions are prime territory for star-chasers and celebrity hounds. In the space of just a few hours, I shook hands with the potential next Vice President (Joe Biden), had lunch with my Senator (Barbara Boxer) and a movie star (Danny Glover), then not long after met Dan Rather and San Francisco Attorney General Kamala Harris, and finally caught a glimpse of Hillary Clinton. And I wasn’t even trying. Real fame addicts have innumerable other opportunities in Denver this week to chum around with lawmakers, legends and superstars.
