2008 Scenes from a Nascent Convention
posted by on August 30 at 14:10 PM
I.
Down at the Xcel Center, CNN has rented, renovated, and renamed an entire bar for its VIP headquarters:
And, on a giant digital billboard, Fox’s paean to Palin looms over press, workers, and other peons:
II.
This is a maddening NYT story about a billboard controversy in St. Paul—portraits of Iraq veterans cancelled, at the last minute, for being “inappropriate”:
Ms. Opton’s photographs, part of a series called the Soldier Billboard Project, have been displayed on billboards in Syracuse, and one was on a billboard in Denver during the Democratic National Convention. But the company that owns the Minneapolis-St. Paul billboards, CBS Outdoor, part of the larger media conglomerate, canceled her contract last week, having decided that the pictures sent a confusing and inappropriate message.
If by “inappropriate” CBS means “affecting,” then yes—they’re inappropriate:
And you know what? They’re not even all that affecting. They’re mild. I thought McCain—and the Republican—were the tough guys and broads, made of sterner stuff.
Out with the ol(D), and bring in the (R)eal, but before we leave them behind, here's a last look at Barjaya giving that speech during Electoral Idol in Denver:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47446064@N00/2811916066/
^^^wtf is wrong with you?
those dudes definitely don't look like press or peons
@2: Ignore him. He's just a pathetic, whiny little asshole, trying to piss off some liberals.
@1-
is that you with the fucked up acne scars and fat ugly jowels in your sad flikr page? the same page with the retarded, worse-than-photoshop anti obama patch-together images that your mother probably has only seen? and hates? cause they're retarded? huh? i hope you really do work for the PI.
infant.
SIDEBAR:
Any of y'all following Palin's baby-grandmama-drama? I'm still skeptical, but find the dkos coverage to present a fairly compelling argument.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/121350/137/486/580223
hey, why's palin's giving the nazi salute on that billboard? is minnesota a bastion of neo-nazi thugs?
Brendan, try to get into that big white tent to eat with the CBS crowd. They've got a great caterer making their food.
Palin's grandkid should be tested to make sure Palin's husband isn't the daddy. How do you think THAT would play in Peoria?
Gawd, I was just thinking about how brave and prescient Dan was when he wrote this:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=12237
I get all tingly around the prostate just from re-reading it.
@ 2: Relax. As a press person, I'm including myself in the peon category. We're all peons to her.
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