Slog - Comments on Scenes from a Nascent Convention http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention 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.... Copyright 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:10:53 -0800 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:42:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by John Bailo
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/

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117773 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:31:42 -0800 Comment by osu student ^^^wtf is wrong with you?

]]> osu student http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117776 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:35:40 -0800 Comment by Postum those dudes definitely don't look like press or peons

]]> Postum http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117797 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:10:12 -0800 Comment by demo kid @2: Ignore him. He's just a pathetic, whiny little asshole, trying to piss off some liberals.

]]> demo kid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117798 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:18:44 -0800 Comment by princess @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.

]]> princess http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117800 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:26:22 -0800 Comment by Sara 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

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117807 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:04:15 -0800 Comment by mike hey, why's palin's giving the nazi salute on that billboard? is minnesota a bastion of neo-nazi thugs?

]]> mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117822 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:15:10 -0800 Comment by MidwayPete Brendan, try to get into that big white tent to eat with the CBS crowd. They've got a great caterer making their food.

]]> MidwayPete http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117836 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:47:41 -0800 Comment by Somthing about the Gelding's pony smells fishy.... 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?

]]> Somthing about the Gelding's pony smells fishy.... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117839 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:49:34 -0800 Comment by Josh 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.

]]> Josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117855 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:59:24 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley @ 2: Relax. As a press person, I'm including myself in the peon category. We're all peons to her.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/scenes_from_a_nascent_convention#c1117957 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:42:58 -0800