Actually, there were only four Yippies — one for every two journalists desperately trying to fill their DNC quota. The sixty or so younger activists who had also attended the “consulta” gathering of DNC protest groups at the Tivoli center earlier on Sunday wanted nothing to do with the Yippie…
Is it the Denver Public Library or the Way-Bac Machine? A couple of blocks from the downtown Denver Public Library, they’re already shutting down and removing the mailboxes outside of the 14th Avenue post office because of “security concerns” during the upcoming DNC. They’re putting special locks on fire hydrants,…
Here’s where the DNC media will be camping. With the opening of the Democratic National Convention exactly two weeks away, national media organizations have begun to move into the giant white tents that surround the Pepsi Center. As you can see, there’s much work to be done, and the matter…
Today, just in time for the DNC, civic boosters plan to turn on SkyNet. Don’t worry, you can keep your end-of-the-world weapons stockpile locked away; we’re not talking about Skynet the scary computer-based defense system that takes over earth and spews out Arnold Schwarzenegger robots in the Terminator movies. We’re…
View larger image Wyoming Total Number of Delegates: 18 Pledged: 12 Unpledged: 6 How to Recognize a Wyoming Delegate: The majority of Wyomingites are uneducated, foul-mouthed cretins who look like toothless meth addicts out on parole. But those are just the Republicans who hate to pay taxes and abide by…
Newly spiffy Block 162, formerly one of the worst blocks in Denver, will be strutting its stuff during the convention. On the 16th Street Mall side of the block, the oft-maligned Fontius Building, now officially the Sage Building (named after future tenant Sage Hospitality), is now scaffolding-free, its historic renovation…
The new issue of Newspeak, Colorado Springs’ alt-alt-publication, hits the stands today with a great Obamaham Lincoln painting by Ron English on the cover. Nice. –Jared Jacang Maher…
According to the DNC, half of the 60,000-plus seats available for Barack Obama’s DNC acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High will go to Coloradans. Those hoping to attend need to fill out an application here. Officials say it’s first come, first served, but we all know they’ll be…
The Divine Ms. C campaigning in the Lone Star state. In an August 7 web chat covered by the Rocky Mountain News, Hillary Clinton emphasized that she’ll come to Denver to praise Barack Obama, not to bury him. But conflicting signals continue to beam forth from her supporters — not…
Mo Udall, mo problems. Our sister paper in Phoenix carries a lengthy cover story this week about the Arizona legacy of John McCain, who allegedly is some sort of presidential candidate (although I haven’t seen him on the cover of any magazines. Weird.) The story — “Postmodern John McCain: the…
Who wants some s’mores? When Judge Marcia Krieger ruled yesterday that the city’s plans for protesters are A-okay, convention planners no doubt breathed a huge sigh of relief that they wouldn’t have to dismantle the massive media tent they’ve erected between the demonstration zone and the Pepsi Center. But the…
Cindy McCain in a photo that begs for a cougar joke I’m way too classy to make. The August 6 Denver Post brings us “Cindy McCain is Perfect for First Lady,” in which Frances Owens, Colorado’s former first lady, and her daughter Monica spend 337 words to say, in essence,…
Guess who. Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre’s trade to the New York Jets late on August 6, about which you may have heard, has negative repercussions on the preseason schedule of your Denver Broncos. The Pack is slated to face off against the Broncos on August 22, and had…
Federico Peña, Leah Daughtry and Bill Ritter talk tickets at Invesco Field. Despite the term typically used to describe them, the bowels of Invesco Field at Mile High looked pretty spic-and-span at around 2:30 p.m. on August 6, and that made sense. After all, a press conference was scheduled then…
Discussion of The Denver Doo Doo Accord is burning up the web-o-sphere! Read about it at Michelle Malkin’s blog, the Denver Post, 5280 Magazine’s blog, the Slapstick Politics blog, and, of course, The Drunkablog. Also, The Rocky Mountain News’ story about the accord that was placed on the paper’s site…
Help! Let us out! It’s so wonky in here we can hardly breathe! The above photo was taken Monday inside the Pepsi Center, during the media walk through. More after the jump. — Jared Jacang Maher…
Jared Polis, a former Westword profile subject who’s running for a seat in the House of Representatives from the second congressional district, faces the voters earlier than many candidates; an August 12 primary will determine whether Joan Fitz-Gerald, Will Shafroth or he will represent the Dems in the November election…
Justin Schaffer, son of Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, is truly sorry about his Facebook page, according to this story in the Denver Post. The site, which has been taken down but can still be found mirrored here, contained stuff guaranteed to provide political ammo against Justin’s dad, including a…
You civic-minded types out there have no doubt heard by now that the 2008 Colorado ballot could be the largest in the state’s history. But hearing about it and seeing an approximation of what we could be facing in the voting booth in November are two very different things. Ballotpedia.org,…
With the Democratic National Convention quickly approaching, the dance card around town is quickly filling up with noteworthy performers. In addition to the other artists we’ve already reported, looks like noted firebrand Jello Biafra is going to be back in town on Saturday, August 23, for the Slim Cessna/Ghost Buffalo…
Which is weird, because if you’re going to go to the trouble to ask God to take time off from his weekly Pai Gow game to ensure that a torrential downpour dampers the mood during Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, why wouldn’t you just ask God to rig the vote? It’d…
A federal judge is still deciding whether the City of Denver’s plans for protesters at the DNC passes constitutional muster. Perhaps the largest issue is what the Secret Service likes to call the “Public Viewing Area,” a 47,000 square foot lot surrounded by a fence on the grounds of the…
