Bullet-pointed marginalia from last night’s proceedings inside the e-less Xcel Center.... * Jo Ann Davidson, the chairman of the 2008 Republican National Convention Committee, gave the first of many gender-politics shout-outs with a rap about how in 1892, the last year the RNC was held in the Twin Cities, that was the first GOP convention to seat two women alternates. It went on like that ("Ever since that convention, women have been an integral part of the Party!"), until the big punchline, which she gaffed: "And today, 116 years later, we are holding a convention that will nominate a Republican woman, Gov. Sarah Pawlenty , our next vice presidential candidate!" Whoops! * Judging from audience response, delegate enthusiasm for Ronald Reagan outweighs delegate enthusiasm for Teddy Roosevelt by a factor of roughly 10 to 1. * I haven’t talked to a single RNC delegate who didn’t think that not having George W. Bush and Dick Cheney anchor down Day One w...
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George Walker Bush in Being W. - die Doku-Satire spiesst genüsslich die Karriere des scheidenden US-Präsidenten auf - arte - 21:00 Uhr ... more
For America From: myleftwing.com Post Date: 2008-10-28 07:37:01
As if I really didn’t understand
That I was just another part of their plan
I went off looking for the promise
Believing in the Motherland
And from the comfort of a dreamer’s bed
And the safety of my own head
I went out speaking of the future
While other people fought and bled
The kid I was when I first left home
Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
But the freedom that I found wasn’t quite as sweet
When the truth was known
We’... more
A new feature exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Museum is sure to spark debate among baseball fans. Born to Play Ball looks at the fifty greatest players in the game's history, five at every position including the best left- and right-handed pitchers. The exhibit was done in collaboration with the George Herbert Walker Bush Presidential Museum and features numerous artifacts from Cooperstown's National Baseball Hall of Fame and collectors.... more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) last Friday failed to show up at an essential services forum to outline their strategies on how to address the overwhelming problems of health, education, water and sanitation confronting Ghanaians.... more
For the second time this month, defense attorneys are formally requesting that Denver officials quantify costs associated with the prosecution of protesters arrested during August’s Democratic National Convention. The move comes after Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper dismissed defense cost projections first reported by Face The State.
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Former Plymouth resident Dave Mahoney faces serious charges following protests outside the Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minnesota ... more
Chicago 10 - PBS - A Review This week the PBS show Independent Lens showed the uniquely entertaining Chicago 10. I always thought it was 7 but I was wrong. The film include 8th defendant Bobby Seale and the 2 defense lawyers William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass. The documentary included actual footage from the 1968 Democratic Convention along with an animated re-enactment of the courtroom scenes. The voices in the animated sequences are played by Hank Azaria (Abby Hoffman), Mark Ruffal... more
Flobots back tonight From: providencedailydose.com Post Date: 2008-10-28 12:46:00
The Flobots are back in town tonight, with their Providence-inspired alt-hippity-hop. They’re at Lupo’s, backing up Matisyahu, on whom we’ll reserve comment. Here’s Jerzyk’s Phoenix story about them and his coverage of the Flobots at the Democratic Convention,
And here’s the video for their second single, Rise:
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Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Manassas, Va.
Barack Obama made a final closing argument Monday night at the last rally of his twenty-two-month candidacy.
?The change we seek will not just come from government alone, it?s going to have to come from each of us,? Obama told the crowd of over 90,000. ?Each of us has a role to play.?
He used his standard stump speech but also reflected on the campaign he?s run. ?Our campaign hasn?t been perfect,? he said. ?But we?ve go... more
Something strange happened the other day. All these different people -- friends, co-workers, relatives, people on a liberal e-mail list I read -- kept saying the same thing: They’ve suddenly developed a disdain for Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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Former President Clinton will watch the Super Bowl tonight with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who recently dropped out of the Democratic presidential contest and whose backing Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have actively sought.
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Rudy’s gone and now I’m really depressed. It’s winter, you see, a rough time for the self-employed.
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