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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Denver’

Yes We Did!

By Denis Campbell • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics
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 [...]



Mama Michelle, Massachusetts Lion Make Mountain Mojo

By Denis Campbell • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Features
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

By Denis Campbell • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Features
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?

By Denis Campbell • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Features
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

By Denis Campbell • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Features
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

By Denis Campbell • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Features
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!

By Denis Campbell • May 31st, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story
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 [...]