Democratic National Convention
Posted at 4:11pm on Jun. 25, 2008 The Greenest political convention in the Whole Wide World!
Dems seek biodegradable fanny packs.
By Mark Kilmer
Rupert Murdoch, a devout greenie himself, owns the Wall Street Journal, which reports that it's not easy being green. The WSJ tells us those Dems planning the Denver mob event convention "are discovering the perils of trying to stage an event that's also politically and environmentally correct."
The host committee for the Democratic National Convention wanted 15,000 fanny packs for volunteers. But they had to be made of organic cotton. By unionized labor. In the USA.
Official merchandiser Bob DeMasse scoured the country. His weary conclusion: "That just doesn't exist."
Ditto for the baseball caps. "We have a union cap or an organic cap," Mr. DeMasse says. "But we don't have a union-organic offering."
They blame Denver's Dem Mayor John Hickenlooper, who is both named 'Hickenhooper' AND has challenged the Dems to organize "the greenest convention in the history of the planet." So the Dems hired an environmental activist to be their first-ever Director of Greening. I'm not making it up.
Now, she must pull it off.
To test whether celebratory balloons advertised as biodegradable actually will decompose, Ms. Robinson buried samples in a steaming compost heap. She hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed. The Democrats hope to pay penance for those emissions by investing in renewable energy projects.
Perhaps Ms. [Greening Director Andrea] Robinson's most audacious goal is to reuse, recycle or compost at least 85% of all waste generated during the convention.
How does one reuse… oh, never mind. These people are freaks.
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Posted at 10:20am on Jun. 14, 2008 Clintonista DNC Delegate for McCain
By Soren Dayton
This is making the Wisconsin Democratic Party very unhappy. They nominated someone that even their own hyper-activists can't support:
As an avid supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, Debra Bartoshevich is not alone in her frustration over Clinton's defeat.
She’s not alone in refusing to support Barack Obama.
And she’s not entirely alone in saying she’ll vote this fall for Republican John McCain instead.
But what makes her unusual is that she holds these views as an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer.
Why? The biggest reason seems to be her sister, who served in Iraq and who wants a leader who she can believe in:
Encouraged by her sister, who has served in Iraq, Bartoshevich signed up as a supporter with “Citizens for McCain,” an arm of the campaign targeting Democrats and independents.
She just doesn't trust Barack Obama. Read on for why.
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Posted at 1:53pm on Mar. 11, 2008 How the Democrats could lose EVERYTHING
How the Republicans could win EVERYTHING
By Mark Kilmer
Richard Cohen is not a political strategist, but in June of last year, he penned this column: How the GOP Could Win. He has since become impressed with his work – "The Post's 10th most e-mailed column of 2007" – and has ventured another: How the Democrats Could Lose. It is '72 all over again, he insists, though "John McCain lacks Nixon's raw talent for hypocrisy." Basically, he has it that McCain has to hang on to the surge and its "limited success," while painting the Democrats plan to surrender.
Cohen credits Mitt Romney with inventing, in his gracious speech leaving the GOP nominating contests, with inventing McCain's plan for campaigning on this matter:
Referring to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Romney said, "They would retreat, declare defeat, and the consequence of that would be devastating."
Romney's right, but McCain was saying it looking before that. It is part of the GOP message, Mr. Cohen, and it's obvious that we mean it.
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