Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
For all who were hoping for a floor fight today… Those hopes were dashed by a classy show of unity as Hillary Clinton called on the DNC to end the roll call vote and nominate Barack Obama by acclamation (emphasis mine):
Although there was some suspense over how the nomination process would play out, in the end, Senator [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
If you are wondering where the bloggers are blogging from who are blogging the convention live in Denver, you’ll find most of them at the ‘Big Tent.’
If you want to find bloggers here at the Democratic convention, don’t look inside the Pepsi Center, an island of concrete surrounded by fences, barriers, checkpoints, and heavily armed [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It’s day 2 of the Democratic Convention. This photo caught my eye today, making it the Photo of the Day:
From Yahoo News: “A statue of ‘Hope’ modeled after the famous ‘Love’ sculpture by Robert Indiana sits outside the Pepsi Center during the Democratic National Convention.”
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Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I could not resist commenting on this photo from the NY Times Blog The Caucus. The Caucus reports: “Rednecks love Barack Obama. Or at least two of them do.”
“We hunt, fish, drink beer and support Barrack Obama,” said Tony Viessman, a 74-year old former Hillary Clinton supporter from Rolla, Mo. He and his buddy Les [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
It’s not exactly movie season. We are only 32 days until the summer solstace. The lawns and gardens call. Appropriately, Al Gore’s film debut in “An Inconvenient Truth” opens May 24th. Based on the power point presentation he had been taking around the world, the movie aims at what Gore describes as “Category 5 denial” in the American Public.
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