Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Blogging Kerry and the Dems
Once again, in general, you simply want to go to Rob Sama and Katie for some great coverage of and commentary on the primetime convention proceedings for the evening.
Rob has fun with Al Sharpton, who sounds to have undone a lot of the respect he gained (at least from some of us, in a peripheral sort of way) during his spirited primary campaign.
Katie also watched Al Sharpton, as she put it, “so you don’t have to.” Much appreciated. Al made her want Obama back for an encore.
Then she covered some stuff on C-SPAN, providing a wealth of snippets and commentary; almost like little fisklets.
Then the Edwards Clan comes onto her radar. She shoots… she scores! Currently the commentary is to be continued, which is why I’m encouraging you to read the whole thing, rinse and repeat. I just love this:
Now here comes John. It’s like Vice President Ken Doll.
Want more? Eric has been posting various brief commentaries, and he is always worth regular visits in the first place.
James was not impressed with Al Sharpton’s speech, consumed via radio, either. Or the strange audience reaction. He found Edwards to be better, but oddly time warped.
Ketchup? Isn’t that what you use when staging a filmed reenactment of a purple heart winning injury? Just asking. Sean also suggests that the real action is outside the Fleet Center.
Steven Taylor follows the career of young padawan Edwards with great interest here, here, here, and here. Will there be a pony for my daughter when she’s old enough to want one?
Lest I forget, Steven also did a supplement of bite-size toast so it wouldn’t get stale during the convention, in the lengthy stretch between his Pre-DNC Toast-O-Meter and the anticipated post-DNC edition.
Last but not least, for this edition of Jay goes uncharacteristically crazy with links, Chan did an unusual amount of fine blogging tonight. The sandbox left is disturbing. To me those kids walking in the bar chanting would be about as revolting as the street-dancing Palestinians celebrating 9/11. I was surprised - well, maybe not, but at least unaware - at how dismal Kerry’s record is on civil liberties. Finally, a couple reasons why Kerry should not be President.
Update:
Checking back right after I posted this, I see Katie completed the Edwards post in particularly entertaining style. Katie rocks.
I also see that Sama did his post on Edwards, which is also particularly nice. I like his commentary on raising minimum wage. Sounds like Edwards is trying to tell us loopholes are a dangerous thing, and without them North Korea and Iran would be civilized, pleasant nations. Perhaps even preferred vacation spots? Sounds like Edwards was unexpectedly tiresome as a speaker. That’s not good for the ticket. Cool.