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It was disgusting watching the giddiness of some of MSNBC's Democrat National Convention commentator panel at the possibility that Hurricane Gustav will slam New Orleans in catastrophic fashion, kill a lot of people, destroy a lot of property, and remind voters about the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. As you can see above, the latest National Weather Service track shows a direct hit on New Orleans, late Monday or early Tuesday, and Louisiana has declared an emergency in anticipation of landfall. Rachel Maddow was the worst--she could hardly contain her glea at the approach of the already deadly Gustav....

These days, Obama worshippers file two kinds of columns. The first school is well-represented by Ezra Klein, the elderly bobby-soxer of The American Prospect: "Obama's finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don't even really inspire. They elevate. They enmesh you in a grander moment, as if history has stopped flowing passively by, and, just for an instant, contracted around you, made you aware of its presence, and your role in it. He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh, over color, over despair."

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We have something special planned for the Democratic Convention this coming week! Little Green Footballs and Pajamas Media are joining forces to send the undead creature known only as Zombie to the Convention, for the kind of exclusive, slightly bent coverage only an undead creature can provide. We have a full schedule of newsworthy stuff laid out, but you’ll just have to keep checking LGF because the Recreate 68 moonbats may act up and change our plans. We’ll be staying in touch with Agent Z minute by minute during the circus, through the magic of teh innernut.Zombie’s reports will begin...

So Joe Biden it is for Obama's vice-presidential pick. Biden, the bloviator, and man of a thousand words. Uhhhh, make that 50,000 words. He's abridged his acceptance speech from his hoped-for presidential acceptance speech of 200,000 words. Uhhhh, that would be one day or evening when I'd definitely want to be anyhere else. 50,000 words comes to 416.6 minutes at the conversation speaking rate of 120 words per minutes. Divide that by 60 and you get 6.94 hours. But then, you have to add in at least a hundred hoped-for standing ovations. That would bring his time at the podium...

DETROIT – A judge ruled Thursday that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will no longer have to wear an electronic tether ordered as part of his bond in his perjury case and may travel to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, where he is a superdelegate.

It has the makings of international intrigue. Less than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention a man has been found dead in a Denver hotel room with a container of what authorities initially suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide. Adding to the intrigue is that the dead man, Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, appears to be from outside the U.S. No passport was found on Dirie, who is believed to have entered the country from Canada. A large container of a white powdery substance was found in the man's room on the fourth floor of the Burnsley Hotel at...

"Hundreds of Denver's homeless could be cooling their heels in a movie theater or museum while the Democratic National Convention is in town next month. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless plans to get 500 movie tickets as well as passes to the Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and other cultural facilities for the people it helps. Bus tickets will be provided for events beyond walking distance, said John Parvensky, the non-profit's president."

OBAMA XLVI: GO RALPHIE! June 25th, 2008 No matter what else one may think of Ralph Nader–that he’s a spoiler, a great voice for consumers or a horse’s ass–most people would have to admit he’s honest. Today, Ralphie took honesty to a whole new level when he said that Senator Obama “wants to appeal to white guilt. You appeal to white guilt not by coming on as black is beautiful, black is powerful. Basically he’s coming on as someone who is not going to threaten the white power structure, whether it’s corporate or whether it’s simply oligarchic. And they love...

Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life advocates met with Denver officials on Wednesday to secure the permits necessary to protest abortion at this summer's Democratic convention. The Christian Defense Coalition and a pro-life youth group called Survivors said they want permits soon so they can begin planning or they will consider filing a lawsuit against officials. The groups are concerned that Denver authorities have removed 14 downtown city parks from the list of public venues in which groups may peacefully assemble. Thus far, city officials have refused to accept applications from the pro-life groups seeking to conduct peaceful First Amendment activities...

Keith Weissman and Steven Rosen Are PhDs and Middle East Experts Who Did Some Lobbying. They Thought They Were Doing What Washington Insiders Always Do. Thomas O’Donnell didn’t reveal his job when he phoned Keith Weissman in 2004 and got the policy analyst’s wife. He says he didn’t want to scare her. When Weissman returned the call and found out O’Donnell was an FBI agent, his first reaction was to attempt a joke: “What did I do?” “I’m sure you didn’t do anything,” O’Donnell told him. He wanted to meet that day, for five or ten minutes, and get Weissman’s...

The host committee for the Democratic Party's 2008 convention will fall short of the $7.5 million it was required to raise by today, but the national party is cutting local volunteers some slack. Despite pledges from nearly 30 local corporations and individuals and national fundraising trips by Mayor John Hickenlooper and Gov. Bill Ritter, the host committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention will miss its first financial deadline, the group's president said Thursday.

Convention-al wisdom divided on moonbats and hacks By Howie Carr Boston Herald Columnist Friday, June 2, 2006 - Updated: 03:18 AM EST Top Ten things overheard at tomorrow’s state Democratic convention in beautiful downtown Worcester: 10. “If I vote for Reilly, can he get my OUI broomed too?” 9. “Trav’s taking me with him to Massport.” 8. “Goin’ anywhere special for Bunker Hill Day?” 7. “I ain’t paid for a meal since Gabrieli got in the fight.” 6. “Why didn’t we go to Springfield - they got more strip joints.” 5. “You mean this isn’t the Michael Moore film festival?”...

The first phalanx of police attacked the marchers at 8 p.m. from the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Street, just north of the Conrad Hilton Hotel, swinging their clubs. The young demonstrators ran in all directions -- into the park, across Balbo, up and down Michigan. Some escaped. Some were caught and beaten. From the window of his campaign head-quarters on the 23rd floor of the hotel, Sen. Eugene McCarthy watched, horrified. "It's incredible," he said. "Like a Brueghel." Classic McCarthy. Detached even in his compassion. And what other American politician, then or ever, would think of scenes from...

While running for Senate against Bill Weld in 1996, a lot of the same issues that dog Kerry now were part of the political landscape. To placate some concerns, John Kerry allowed reporter Charles Sennott of the Boston Globe to watch five hours of his homemade video that was taken while he was on the Meekong Delta in Vietnam. The article, which is entited: "The making of the candidates: JOHN FORBES KERRY" was published on page A31 of the Globe on 10/6/1996. In it, Kerry admitted that he had used a video camera while in combat and had reenacted many...

It’s time for the chickens to come home to roost. Here are my predictions, word for word, from 30 August, 2004: “It isn’t necessary to wait until the end of the Republican Convention to make this year’s predictions. Bush will have a 5% lead after the convention. That will increase to 10% by November 2, and the Electoral College results will be a landslide for Bush. At the same time, the Republicans will gain two seats in the Senate, and 11 seats in the House. “Outside Washington, Republicans will gain one governorship, 121 seats in the various state legislatures, and...

But Droz, a key witness in the ongoing debate over Kerry's service record, is missing from it, killed in a rocket attack in Vietnam in April 1969 days after Kerry returned home. While Droz cannot defend Kerry, his widow, Judith Droz Keyes, said she feels she must. She said she is confident that her husband would defend both Kerry's record in Vietnam and his antiwar activism. "John Kerry was a good friend, and a loyal friend to my late husband," she said in a telephone interview from her office in San Francisco. "My husband isn't here to speak, and all...

The thoughtful and sensitive war of John F. Kerry Recently, Democrat presidential nominee, John F. Kerry told Americans that he would fight the war on terror in a more sensitive and thoughtful way. Are we able to see on the political battlefield, by his campaign words and actions just what he means by thoughtful and sensitive? As John F. Kerry recently praised his Hollywood (Whoopi Goldberg) campaign fundraiser supporters for being what America is all about, one could not miss how thoughtful and sensitive he was. Moreover, as he directed speakers at the Democrat Convention to do as they please...

TO:  Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign LeadershipFM:  Matthew Dowd       Chief StrategistRE:  The Democratic convention and its       effect on the presidential race John Kerry becomes the first presidential candidate since 1972 to receive a negative bounce from his convention.  Kerry’s performance in Gallup's post-convention poll is even worse than George McGovern’s in 1972, making it the worst convention bounce in Gallup’s history of presidential campaign polling.  "An examination of Gallup polls in presidential elections since 1976 reveals that a challenger's vice presidential selection and nominating convention can have a dramatic (if often short-lived) effect on the head-to-head poll numbers.  In fact, historical analysis suggests John Kerry should...

Screechingly dull. A monumental waste of time. Am I talking about the Democrat Convention in Boston last week? No. I’m talking about my assignment, which I willingly accepted last week, to listen to each and every speech, no matter how dreadful or how obscure the speaker, at that Convention. I did this to be prepared for a live radio summary at 5:30 every day with my friend, Jerry Agar. (He’s a good guy. He talked me into it. He rides 50,000 watts on WPTF, out of Raleigh, NC, in afternoon drive time. The piece was called the “Fahrenheit Follies of...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/08/01/do0102.xml He was complacent, arrogant and humourless. How they loved him By Mark Steyn Aug. 2, 2004 It was interesting to see Ben Affleck emerge as the Hollywood mascot of the Democratic Convention. The week reminded me of Ben's movie Pearl Harbor: wall-to-wall evocative military imagery, a cast of thousands, superb production values, but a huge gaping hole where the star performance was supposed to be. On TV the other night, young Mr Affleck offered a pearl of wisdom to Mr Kerry and his consultants: "You have to enervate the base," the Hollywood heartthrob advised solemnly. If it's enervating the...

Drudge is linking to a MSNBC story about Kerry getting a 4 point bounce in some polls from the Dem convention.4 points is PATHETIC. The Dems are on life support with this campaign - a convention is usually worth a 8 - 10 point bump in the polls, even if it's temporary.

Just in case anyone missed this one. Sharpton's claim that the freed slaves never got the 40 acres and a mule is correct. But it's actually not the fault of the Republicans. It was President Andrew Johnson (Democrat) who vetoed the bill passed by Congress in 1869. Take that mule all the way to the DNC!

Here’s what he really said By Howie Carr Recent Columns by Howie Carr Friday, July 30, 2004 If he really wanted to properly introduce himself to the American people last night, why didn't John Kerry [related, bio] use his trademark line, the one he has employed for so many years around here, whenever anyone calls him on anything? ``Do you know who I am?'' Instead - before the now famous balloon and f-bomb drop on CNN - we got the lame refrain, ``Help is on the way.'' Presumably, good help, which as John and the widow Heinz can tell you,...

Tonight Bill Clinton spoke to the Kool-aid drinkers in Boston. He struck a famous pose. But wait! Hello??? Holy Crapper Batman!!!Where have we seen this picture before???

USA Today Put The Speakers In A Cage July 26, 2004 Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston, conservatives are deploying a series of covert signals to identify one another, much like gay men do. My allies are the ones wearing crosses or American flags. The people sporting shirts emblazened with the "F-word" are my opponents. Also, as always, the pretty girls and cops are on my side, most of them barely able to conceal their eye-rolling. Democrats are constantly suing and slandering police as violent, fascist racists -- with the exception of Boston's police, who'll be lauded...

ALL INVITED: SIMMONS COLLEGE, BOSTON Vietnam vets plan conference to counter Kerry Event to be held during Democrat convention to dispel war 'myths' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 23, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A military-history organization is sponsoring a conference in Boston during the Democratic National Convention it hopes will dispel some of the "myths" anti-war activists, including candidate John Kerry, have spread about the Vietnam War. "Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War" will be held at Simmons College in Boston from Monday to Thursday, corresponding with the Democrats' convention there. Sponsored by the RADIX Foundation, it is...

BOSTON, July 22 -- Maryland's delegation to the Democratic National Convention is refusing to attend a city-hosted reception here Sunday night, after a Boston police union declared it will go forward with plans to picket 29 state welcome parties, despite an arbitrator's ruling that settled a protracted contract dispute with the city. Officials for the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, which will receive a 14.5 percent raise over the next four years, said they will carry out their protest on behalf of other municipal unions that lack contracts and to show their displeasure with the way their binding agreement came about.

BOSTON, July 21 PRNewswire -- The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today released a preliminary list of primetime speakers for the 2004 Democratic National Convention, held July 26-29 in Boston. The following speakers -- listed alphabetically by day -- will all address the Convention between 7 pm and 11 pm: Monday, July 26 The Kerry-Edwards Plan for America's Future David Alston, Vietnam Swift Boat Crewmate of John Kerry Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator from New York Al Gore, Former...

Dem’s Extreme Makeover Call at 10:00 a.m. EDT – Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie and Bush-Cheney Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman are joining forces at 10:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday in a conference call to lay out plans for our coverage of the Dem’s Extreme Makeover in Boston next week, including the full slate of guests available for your show through our Radio Free Boston operation. The call-in number for the event is 1-800-236-9788 and the pass code to join the call is ‘Convention’. And ya, it’s cool to roll tape.RNC Hits the Road For Boston – With the Radio...

July 21, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani is getting a starring role during next week's Democratic convention — as the lead Republican rebutting John Kerry on the day of his big speech to the nation, sources say. Republican strategists said the former mayor will be in Boston to speak to reporters on the morning of July 29, just hours before Kerry's address accepting the Democratic nomination for president — the speech seen as the convention's key moment.

The Democrats’ Extreme Makeover – Can John Kerry and John Edwards do anything to shake their extreme liberal record? That’s what they’re trying to do in Boston next week but it’s a big job considering those pesky National Journal ratings that list Kerry as the most liberal member of the Senate in 2003 and Edwards as the 4th most liberal member that year. The Problem With the Democrat Platform – Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie began setting the stage for the RNC’s response to the Dems Extreme Makeover in Boston, telling journalists in a conference call Monday, “John Kerry...

BOSTON -- When Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) welcomes delegates to the Democratic National Convention here, the chairman of the California delegation plans to stand up and walk out. Art Torres has asked the rest of his state's 541 delegates, alternates and committee members to leave with him as a show of solidarity with Boston police and firefighters, who are locked in a bitter contract dispute with Menino that threatens to disrupt the convention. "I don't know what other message to give to this mayor that workers who protect our lives deserve a contract," Torres said. A week before 35,000...

Was Kerry Correct About Vietnam? Are There Lessons for Iraq? Conference of Vietnam Veterans and Scholars to Reexamine Realities of War and Expose Common Myths at Boston's Simmons College, July 25-29 . An independent group of Vietnam veterans and scholars will hold a conference in Boston at the time of the Democratic Convention to expose "myths" of the Vietnam War and help educate the public about what really happened and why. They will note that subsequent events have disproved most of the arguments used against the war, discuss the harm done by Kerry's allegations most Vietnam veterans were "war criminals"...

Protesters paraded before the MBTA board yesterday to slam a new security policy that critics say will erode the civil rights of mass transit riders. Anyone who expects Denise Jackson to consent to a search just to ride the subway is ``totally delusional,'' the activist said. ``That is not going to happen.'' An advocate for Arab-Americans said no search policy is truly random because Muslims and other natives of Middle Eastern countries will be the target of extra scrutiny. But MBTA officials argue the searches are necessary because of the threat of terrorism. Beginning before the Democratic National Convention, MBTA...

Bill and Teddy Will Be Heavyweight Opening Acts for Kerry - Hollywood contingency will be strong at Democratic Convention By Maria L. La Ganga, Times Staff Writer BOSTON — Former President Clinton will get the coveted primetime speaking slot on opening day of the Democratic convention here, while hometown favorite Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will speak during primetime on Day 2. Ben Affleck, Sean Astin, Larry David and two Baldwin brothers, Billy and Alec, are set to headline a sizeable Hollywood cast that also will be on hand, helping John F. Kerry accept his party's nomination for president next month....

BOSTON, Mass.— When Bill Richardson and his entourage move through Boston— the site of next month's Democratic National Convention— people notice. On Wednesday, Richardson, chairman of the convention, arrived for a quick visit to prepare for next month's event. The city's notorious rush-hour traffic jams relented, if only for a moment, to make way for the New Mexico governor's Massachusetts state police-powered motorcade. And when Richardson, a former minor league baseball pitcher, arrived at historic Fenway Park for a sold-out Red Sox game, team officials hustled him through the players' entrance to a second-row seat on the first baseline, where...

<p>Adasm reports this blurb: "Out during summer's conventions will be a documentary on the making of John Kerry. Title: 'Tour of Duty.'"</p>

<p>Democratic convention hunting for big donorsIn the year since Boston was awarded the 2004 Democratic National Convention, organizers have attracted only about $3 million in cash donations, including just two worth more than $250,000, according to a list of corporate sponsors posted on the host committee's website. The list shows that fund-raising has slowed considerably since Mayor Thomas M. Menino and US Senator Edward M. Kennedy secured $20 million in private cash commitments before winning the convention. Republicans, meanwhile, have already obtained more than $60 million in pledges for their convention, which will be held in New York City.</p>

Transforming Boston's Democratic party into a day-after hangover, Republican Gov.-Elect Mitt Romney and Democratic State House leaders are frowning on City Hall pleas for millions of taxpayer dollars to pay for the 2004 Democratic national convention. ``We don't want to spend taxpayer funds for corporate welfare or political welfare,'' Romney said. ``I'm delighted the convention is coming here, but of course our responsibility is to safeguard the funds of the taxpayers and to use them wisely.'' Senate Ways and Means Chairman Mark C. Montigny, a New Bedford Democrat, said, ``The city of Boston, with the tremendous benefits, needs to not...