By now you’ve seen it all and the blogs are buzzing about the convention, so I’ll just link to our Montana guv, Brian Schweitzer. Unless you switched over to C-SPAN you missed him, so check it out on Youtube..
Fun fact: when a reporter commented that he was getting a prime spot on the speaking schedule, right before Hillary, he poo-pooed the notion that he was becoming a party bigwig: “Shucks, everyone who ever shot a gopher’s speaking at this thing.” And from the local paper, when asked about getting the crowd revved up: “Some of these other folks are used to speechifyin' in front of the bigshots, and everybody sits on their hind end. If you're gonna win an election, you need people involved.” Yes, he really talks like that.
All in all, the Democratic convention will be a hell of an act to follow. Top five predictions for the Republican convention:
5. John McCain spotted wandering around the upper class part of town with a fistful of keys, trying various doors and muttering, “I was sure I owned a house here somewhere.”
4. The vigorous vetting process for the VP slot: “We finally found someone who hasn’t been indicted!”
3. The most popular photo op: take a picture of your “stance” in the Larry Craig stall at the Mpls. airport.
2. Cindy McCain’s speech about family
values, transportation, real estate, health care, and how elitist those rich stuck-up Obamas are.
1. Bitterness, acrimony and in-fighting – and that’s just among the MSNBC anchors.
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