Posted on August 28, 2008 by wemediaguru
By Evan Anderson – This is the time when some omnipotent voice comes out of the intercoms shouting, “Def con one. Repeat: we are at Def con one.”
The entire lobby of the hotel has been turned into an Ellis Island émigré holding pen as the non-floor-seated delegates mill about anticipating the moment fast approaching [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008 by wemediaguru
By Rod Boshart – By no surprise, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama carried a lopsided majority of Iowa’s delegation in the roll call vote to nominate Obama as the party’s presidential candidate today during the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Obama garnered 48 or Iowa’s 57 nominating votes, while nine Iowa delegates voted for New York Sen. [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008 by wemediaguru
By Evan Anderson – “Plant the seeds of change” is what the protestors were yelling at convention-goers. The TV cameras were taking pictures of the protestors. The police were watching the protestors, but the DNC delegates were taking pictures of the swat team police.
“Civil blood” has been shed in Denver, with protestors on the Ped-Mall [...]
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