The party was unified and happy leaving Boston in 2004. The difference between this year and four years ago is that many of us voted against George Bush rather than for John Kerry. When casting our ballot this year many will be voting for Barack Obama.
The pundits had nothing to talk about those first few [...]
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Yes We Did!
Posted on 28 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 15-minutes, 1970’s forced bussing, 1992, 2004, armed Mass. State Police escort, birth-right, black governor, blatant distortions and lies, Boston, candidate John McCain, clinton, CNN, Convention, David Milliband, Denver, forced a roll call, former party nominee, G-8, get over it, giving the Republicans a library of attack adverts, Governor Deval Patrick, groused, Hillaristas, inner city black children, Joe Biden, Louise Day Hicks, many voted against George Bush rather than for John Ker, Massachusetts, McCain, McCain’s strident and bellicose talk against Russia, moan and complain, name calling, nattering nabob of negativity, not planning for contests beyond 05 February, obama, other diplomatic means, other G-8 leaders, over-reaction, Party Unity My Ass, perceived slight of Hillary, President Bill Clinton, PUMA, racial tensions, Republican Party tried to portray him as “too young and, Repug hate and slime machine, riots, rock throwing, running up a $20 million dollar personal campaign debt, seal the deal, Senator John Kerry, show why he has so inspired so many people, significance of the moment, sleaze tactic, South Boston, spun out of control, swift boating tactics, this year many will be voting for Obama, UK Foreign Secretary, unified, Veep selection, Yes We Did
Mama Michelle, Massachusetts Lion Make Mountain Mojo
Posted on 26 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: announcer intoned his intro, CNN, community service, core, dedicated to her kids and family, Democratic Convention, Denver, dignity, family values, fist clenched, four minutes, full of support and admiration for Obama, giving back, grace, heart of a lion. Ted Kennedy, her Jackie Kennedy moment, high political theatre, his last appearance at a Democratic convention?, It was much stronger, Mama Michelle, Massachusetts Lion, McCain, Michelle Obama, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, not a dry eye in the house, out of touch, Pepsi Centre, placed in a golf cart, planning to speak, portrayed as “uppity”, rose from his sick bed to cast a key vote to save Medic, said not a word to a single soul, scion of the greatest family not named Clinton, Senate Chamber, Senator Kennedy, serve in the community, slow first night, so much was expected of her and her brother, spiritual leader of the party, stirring appearance, stood, stool kicked off to the side, The Hall exploded in admiration, The Vadimus Post, unexpected call to arms, video ended, vintage Kennedy, walked to the entrance of the stage, whingeing, “case closed”
Michelle Obama, vilified by the fringe right, accused of horrible racial slurs and tarred with the same brush as her kooky pastor, wowed the Democratic convention last night with her dignity, grace and the heart of a lion. Speaking of lions, Ted Kennedy, the spiritual leader of the party, tied a bow around what would [...]
Get Ready, ‘Cause Here They Come
Posted on 25 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 17-minute speech that made today possible, 40th anniversary of Bobby Kennedy’s tragic run for Pres, 45 years earlier The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, 527 groups, 7 (or is it 8) houses gaffe, a noun a verb and 9-11, ABC’s This Week, Bill Clinton, born in Hawaii, Britney and Paris adverts, Colorado Rockies baseball team, Convention, democrats, Denver, Donna Brazile, George Bush the elder, George Stephanopolous, Invesco Field, Jr. delivered his seminal “I Have a Dream” speech, Karl Rove playbook, kitchen sink strategy, living abroad is somehow bad, lynched for hisd non-Christian peccadilloes, Mark Halperin, McCain, McCain’s “price-scanner moment”, Merle Haggard, Michelle, Mile High City, not American, obama, opened the door with his attack on McCain, patriotism, philandering, POW, problem is you just can’t get any of it into your damne, Republican bluff and bluster, repugnant attacks, Repugs, Rudy Guiliani, safe choice, serious, sober, spinning out lies, substituted by POW, surprise visit, Swift Boat, Ted Kennedy, the cost of a gallon of milk, The Kennedy family, united, US misery index, war room, “bad news for Obama”
The Democrats bring their convention today to Denver, the Mile High City. A place Merle Haggard once said about during an open air concert, “yes the air’s beautiful here, problem is you just can’t get any of it into your damned lungs!”
Tonight the convention will feature a retrospective look at The Kennedy family on the [...]
Where’s my Veep Text Message Dude?
Posted on 23 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 72-hours, Ann Richards’, Architectural Digest, called it for Biden, camped outside the doors of three people, deke fake, Delaware, Denver, disciplined news management efforts, equal parts anticipation and teasing, Evan Bayh, every news organisation, fake pizza deliveries, fears being scooped, five weeks, gardening, great humour, Illlinois, impact each potential Veep pick to online gaming, Iniana, jangling house key rings, Joe Biden, McCain, media’s pack of baying wolves, obama, paparazzi stakeout, Saturday afternoon, Sedona home, sprint to the finish, thinks they know, three presidential debates, Tim Kaine, two conventions, Veep Text Message, vice presidential debate, Virginia, World Poker Tour magazine, yogurt selection, “but where was George?”, “how many houses do you own?”
The media’s pack of baying wolves have been camped outside the doors of three people for the last 72-hours wondering who is The One? In one of the most extraordinarily disciplined news management efforts of equal parts anticipation and teasing, the families of Indiana’s Evan Bayh, Virginia’s Tim Kaine and Delaware’s Joe Biden are sequestered [...]
The Radioactive City Convention Hall
Posted on 14 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 1 in 5, 80 lies in the first 36 pages, Broward County Florida, Bush, Bush/Cheney, Cheney, Chuck Hagel from Nebraska, clinton, democrats, Denver, Dr. John Corsi, eight Republican US Senators, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, Georgia, Gordon Smith of Oregon, John Kerry, Kansas City, Kansas side, key foreign policy advisor, Larry Craig of Idaho, lobbyed by the government of Georgia, Maine’s Susan Collins, McCain, meddling, MediaMatters.org, Minneapolis, Missouri, not attending their party’s convention, not understanding the conflict, politics of destruction, President Saakashvili, Radioactive Convention Hall, Randy Scheunemann, Republican, Republican Convention, Rocky Mountain high, Russia, Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, skip the festivities, smear book, St. Paul, support of US troops, Swift Boat, Ted Stevens of Arkansas, UN Security Council, Wayne Allard of Colorado, Welcome to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International A, Welcome to Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airpo
While the Democrats have planned a Rocky Mountain high for Denver (that is if the Clinton’s stop thinking everything is always about them and come back to the reality of planet earth), those heading to the Republican convention in Minneapolis (or is it St. Paul?) have been jumping ship like proverbial rats.
Senator Pat Roberts of [...]
Ma’am, Step Away From The Sign
Posted on 10 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: "Renegade” Obama code name, 15 February 2003, 21-million people, 61-year old, 665 cities, Andy Warhol 15-minutes, Ann Sparanese, Bob Woodward, Bush = McCain, Bush Administration/Karl Rove playbook, Bush the Younger, Carol Kreck, curtail dissent, delete of negative comments, Denver, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, dreaded librarian stare, escorted off public property, fight censorship, Harper Collins, hushing finger to the mouth, last bastion of free speech, legal defence team, let inspectors finish, librarian, McCain, Michael Moore, New Jersey, no one hears or sees dissent or protest, Phoenix McCain code name, Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, protest zones miles away, rallied librarians, Regan imprint, Republican SPIN, Secret Service, Stupid White Men, town hall meeting, trespassing citation, we don’t listen to focus groups
Never mess with a librarian. They are the last bastions of free speech in the USA. 4’ 10”, 61-year old part-time librarian Carol Kreck of Denver was issued a citation and escorted off public property by four burly police officers at John McCain’s town hall meeting in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Her [...]
Denver, Sioux Falls, Billings, San Juan… Aboooaaarrd!
Posted on 31 May 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 50-state campaign, Bill Clinton, By laws committee, change, clinton, Democratic Primary wind down, Denver, Hope, Howard Dean, internet, Mark Penn, Michelle Obama, Michigan and Florida, Montana, obama, Puerto Rico, Raock Star appeal, Rush Limbaugh, South Dakota, Super Tuesday, wander off the reservation, White Voters Outside Appalachia, WVOA
The Democrat Primary local heads this weekend to a crucial (yawn) convention by-laws committee meeting that seems certain to have the thrill and impact of a wet firecracker vs. Hillary’s much feared nuclear option of three weeks ago. The Michigan and Florida delegations will be seated but with a 50% penalty and the delegates split [...]
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