http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dnc/ en-us Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047652/posts The event Democrats tout as "the greenest convention ever" may be fading into brown. Last week's decision to move Barack Obama's acceptance speech from Denver's Pepsi Center to Invesco Field is expected to magnify the modest carbon footprint the party has boasted about for months. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for including up to 56,000 more people in Obama's Aug. 28 audience, especially if most of them are Coloradans. After all, some things, such as political participation, are more important than greenhouse emissions from one event on one evening in Denver. But it should be noted that the switch... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047652/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047810/posts <p>Limiting protesters to a "free speech zone" means First Amendment rights will be under assault at the Democratic National Convention, civil rights lawyer David Lane said during a training class for lawyers today.</p> Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047810/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047642/posts The Democratic National Committee is asking America to weigh in on its party platform, and this week kicks off more than 1,300 meetings to hear from voters across the country on the big question: What should Democrats stand for - and against? If the idea sounds politically challenging, or even risky - think Rush Limbaugh and his dittoheads weighing in - San Francisco attorney Michael Yaki, who heads the party's platform committee, says not to worry. In fact, he's even invited Limbaugh and his dittoheads to come on down and take part in the meetings that will happen around the... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047642/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047391/posts JOHNSON: Homeless say DNC diversions not for themBy Bill Johnson, Rocky Mountain News (Contact) Thursday, July 17, 2008 Debbie - and this is merely a hunch - will probably be going to jail next month. Unless they are giving away free booze and marijuana at the movies, the zoo or the Nature & Science museum - along with the free tickets to those venues they plan on giving the homeless during Democratic National Convention week - I can't see Debbie budging from the dirt beneath the Speer Boulevard bridge she has called home the past 26 years. She and scores... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047391/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047375/posts Dozens of protest groups are planning a full schedule of classes, concerts, marches and other actions during the Democratic National Convention, hoping to capture the world's attention and recruit new activists. Ron Lewis shoots video and transmits it to his Web site, ronlewis.com/live, at an event Thursday by We Are Change Colorado. The organization said it plans to video DNC protests and police, posting clips on YouTube.com for the public to see. They are both energized and organized, and most insist they are not looking for trouble. "We are completely peaceful," said Rob Weiland, a 37-year-old courier from Denver and... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047375/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047268/posts This is pretty powerful. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047268/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:14:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047134/posts "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." Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047134/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046736/posts From the Maha - Guess who's been involved intimately with Fannie Mae? Does the name Jamie Gorelick ring a bell? This woman is everywhere, and Jamie Gorelick got a 26 million payout when she left the place. Jamie Gorelick got 26 million to leave, one of Clinton's guys, Franklin Raines, Franklin Raines, he was kicked out after corrupting the place. He left shortly before he was taking it in the shorts, but he got out of there with no penalty whatsoever. What is it with these Clinton people? This is why we don't get any tell-all books on the Clinton... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046736/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046713/posts There's apparently some grumbling from Hill Democrats about their lack of input into Obama's Democratic victory strategy -- such is par for the course at this quadrennial U.S. Open we call a presidential race. But the Obama campaign has found a smart way to keep the party's reigning elder statesman, Howard Dean, busy: they're sending him on a cross-country voter registration tour. He'll travel in style on a 45 foot long biodisel bus flagged in red, white and blue. The tour kicks off in Crawford, TX on Thursday, heads to Austin where Dean will say hi to peeps at the... Marc Ambinder http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046713/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:39:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046492/posts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has promised he would not make his GOP rival John McCain’s wife a political issue, but at least one of his television surrogates is trying to make her personal wealth a major campaign issue. “I would never consider making Cindy McCain a campaign issue and if I saw people doing that---I would speak out against it,” Obama said in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network on June 18. Now, less than a month later, an Obama loyalist deployed by the Democratic National Committee to various television shows for the purpose of promoting Obama’s candidacy... 560WIND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046492/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046323/posts Do you think Denver is trying to hide the homeless during the Democratic National Convention? Yes No Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046323/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046012/posts In this morning's New York Times, Barack Obama published an op-ed on Iraq that presumably previews his "major speech" on the subject tomorrow. Even by Obama's standards, the piece is breathtakingly dishonest. Obama admits that he opposed the surge, and the attendant change in strategy and tactics, that have brought us close to victory. But he somehow manages to twist his being wrong about the surge--the major foreign policy issue that has arisen during his time in Congress--into vindication: But the same factors that led me to oppose the surge still hold true. The strain on our military has grown,... Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046012/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045930/posts You are welcome here. That's the message that Denver officials say they hope to convey to its homeless community as the Democratic National Convention approaches. No one will be swept or bused out of the city in an effort to "clean up" Denver during the event. But some homeless advocates say that a city program makes the homeless feel particularly unwelcome in public parks, and that the city plans to empty parks of the homeless before the convention. Called Come On In, the program, which was launched in 2006, urges charities that serve outdoor meals to the homeless to move... The Colorado Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045930/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045164/posts Denver businesses stiffed by DNC By ELIZABETH AGUILERA - THE DENVER POST | 7/13/08 8:09 PM EST As soon as Charlotte Kulscar heard the Democratic National Committee named Denver its 2008 convention site, she began researching how to get a piece of the estimated $160 million economic impact for her print shop. She thought she had a good shot. L&M Pressworks already does printing for the city, the state and the Downtown Denver Partnership. She filled out the application for the DNC Vendor Directory and was sure to include the shop's status as female- owned and green-certified. Yet so far,... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045164/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:54:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044797/posts This Friday the Howard Dean version of the Obama Love Fest Tour headed out to New Hampshire to help campaign for Obama in a State whose 4 electoral votes are up for grabs in November. Among Dean's stops was a semi-private meeting held at the home of New Hampshire Democrat Terie Norelli in Portsmouth on Friday. Speaking to a groups of 60 prominent local Dem. leaders and activists, Dean weighed in the unification efforts following the primaries. Howard Dean has some interesting comments concerning the primaries and especially... PDOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044797/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043415/posts You might want to sit down. The fate of the universe depends on Denver voters approving a plan to welcome extraterrestrials on a May 2009 ballot. If Denver cracks open the door for alien beings, the rest of the world will follow, UFO expert Steven Greer... "If the people will lead, the politicians will have to follow,"... He rallied support for a ballot initiative to form a Denver Extraterrestrial Commission Among Greer's many strong assertions: President Eisenhower met with aliens in 1954 and hoped to tell the world, but ... The aliens at Roswell didn't crash; they were zapped by... The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043415/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042930/posts Rest assured: Chicken tenders and doughnuts will make appearances at the Democratic National Convention. In the midst of media mockery and embarrassment among national Democrats that Denver had declared fried foods a party foul and had ordered multihued entrees, the Denver host committee has softened an original document that called for caterers to be "lean and green." Local officials are now calling the 12 stipulations laid out in a May Request for Proposal to caterers "guidelines." (snip) A memo, titled "Fiction Fuels Frivolous Food Fight," will be issued later this week in an attempt to bring everyone — caterers, national... The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042930/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:15:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042740/posts Barack Obama's campaign changed the rules of a highly publicized fundraiser Tuesday, after gambling regulators said the contest — a chance at one of 10 trips to the Democratic National Convention — was an illegal lottery. "We are happy to have resolved this issue working closely with state officials," said Nick Kimball, spokesman for the Obama campaign ... A spokesman for the Colorado Secretary of State said Democrats would have to get a license if they were conducting "a standard raffle where they're buying tickets" in order to win. But under the new rules, supporters don't have to donate money... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042740/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042449/posts Will Denver or St. Paul have a harder time keeping politicos in line during the national conventions? Our unscientific findings reveal that bad behavior is bipartisan. September is a long way off, but Jessica Giordani already predicts a bump in business in the waning days of summer. "Are you kidding me? Of course it's on my radar!" she said. "It" would be the Republican National Convention. And Giordani would be the co-founder of Smitten Kitten, a Minneapolis adult sex-toys shop. "The sheer number of people who are going to be flooding the area looking for interesting things to do" is... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042449/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042436/posts The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category. Last month, 11% of voters gave the legislature good or excellent ratings. Congress has not received higher than a 15% approval rating since the beginning of 2008. The percentage of Democrats who give Congress positive ratings fell from 17% last month to 13%... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042436/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041781/posts TV Network heads and suits are scrambling to cover tech issues, logistics problems, and their butts as Obama Campaign is reportedly ready to move his Dem Convention acceptance speech from the indoor Pepsi Center to outdoor Ivesco Field. The idea would be to convert it from a political convention to a huge "love-in" with 40,000 to 60,000 of the great unwashed there to celebrate, smoke dope, dance, chant, channel the spirit of Eleanor Roseveldt, etc. Obama's handlers are trying to do something, anything to show he is broad spectrum, not the far-left radical he is, so this is their idea... Friends and Fiends at TV Networks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041781/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041865/posts From Hippie infestation and silly food rules to Howard Dean's spending money like a drunken sailor, the convention is a picture of chaos. Heh. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041865/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041800/posts The Obama campaign announced Monday that he will leave the hall of the Democratic National Convention in Denver and deliver a rock-star-style acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High, quadrupling his live audience. The speech will be on the fourth and final day of the convention, Aug. 28. Adding to the historic resonance of the first African-American to be nominated for president, that’s also the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech.” The move means additional expense for the television networks, where executives are having a conference call Monday to discuss the expense and... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041800/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041586/posts Pepsi Center Getting Makeover For DNCManager: 'Transformation Will Be Enormous' UPDATED: 12:21 pm MDT July 6, 2008 By CHUCK PLUNKETT and ELIZABETH AGUILERA The Denver Post DENVER -- The Pepsi Center hands over the keys to construction teams for the Democratic National Convention Committee at 8 a.m. Monday, and the on-the-ground, multimillion-dollar race to transform the arena into a convention hall by Aug. 25 begins. Standing inside the Pepsi Center not long after Denver won the bid, the facility's general manager, Dave Jolette, waved his hand at the vast space in something like awe, or maybe fear. "The transformation," he... The Denver Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041586/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041251/posts No, ignore that photograph, and its possible implications, and look further down the piece at this fellow (pictured at right; click to enlarge). Look closely at his medals. As any American veteran can tell you, it's as easy to spot the fact that those aren't American medals as it is to tell the difference between, say, an M4 and an AK-47. In particular, take a look at the top right medal in the gentleman's array. Then, take a look at the image below at left. See a resemblance? The medal is the "Order of the Patriotic War" -- "an Order... www.JeffEmmanuel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041251/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:32:28 GMT