As the Democratic National Convention’s stars, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, took the stage yesterday, an overflowing arena expressed every emotion that came to heart.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Yes, Congressman John Lewis will say some words, and there’ll be that big speech thingy, but what about this?
From CSPAN’s schedule of tonight’s events in Denver:
Now that convinced me to tune in.
If you don’t know the King of Yacht Rock, you’re missing out:
Edward McNally is a guest blogger for CL and is blogging about his experiences as a runner for the press at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
The past 48 hours are a blur of faces, sounds, sights and physical extremes.
The Democratic National Convention may attract the strangest, widest mix of celebrities from the worlds of film, TV, sports, books, art, news media, underground protest movements and, perhaps the strangest entertainment form of all, politics.
Getting the obligatory name dropping out of the way, I’ve seen, run into, greeted or chatted with: Hillary, Ted & Caroline Kennedy, Sean Penn, Hilary Duff (chatting together at The Brown Palace Hotel, believe it or not), Kal Penn, Richard Wright, Lou Gossett, Jr, Spike Lee, Jacob Dylan, Cyndie Lauper, George McGovern, Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, Gloria Borger, Mark Shields, Tom Freidman, Sen. Harry Reid, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. John Lewis, Mayor Franklin, and Rev. Joseph Lowery….”to name a few.”
Sen. Reid wouldn’t stop shaking my hand as he vowed to help Jim Martin beat Saxby Chambliss in the GA Senate race. “We’re gonna send him money and get Chambliss back for what he did to my friend!” Reid declared, looking me straight in the eye. By friend, I assumed he meant Max Cleland, whom the GOP smeared in 2002 by running ads showing Osama Bin Laden, to make the claim that Max was soft on terrorism.
I can tell you that the Denver Police Department is absolutely NOT soft on terrorism — or groups of 20-somethings in jeans and T-shirts standing together on the street without DNC credentials. The shock troops here are in full all-black riot gear from helmeted head to steel-footed toe. (more…)
As the DNC continues, big moments for the Democrats, like Hillary Clinton’s speech, are in abundance.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
