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Title: Oh, what a night! A dispatch from the Denver D.N.C.
Post by: Natasha on August 29, 2008, 01:13:53 AM
Post by: Natasha on August 29, 2008, 01:13:53 AM
Oh, what a night! A dispatch from the Denver D.N.C.
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_278/notebook.html (http://www.thevillager.com/villager_278/notebook.html)
Arthur Z. Schwartz
8/29/2008
I came to Denver with a cynical view of big meetings like this. They are carefully scripted and there will be no hint of a floor fight or debate about anything. Perhaps I'm spoiled by Community Board 2; I'd like to see a debate about gay marriage, or about the party plank that says that we must win the war in Afghanistan. Within the Obama network (see mybarackobama.com) there is plenty of debate, and sometimes Obama himself joins in. But Democratic Party events just lack that spirit of challenging authority.
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_278/notebook.html (http://www.thevillager.com/villager_278/notebook.html)
Arthur Z. Schwartz
8/29/2008
I came to Denver with a cynical view of big meetings like this. They are carefully scripted and there will be no hint of a floor fight or debate about anything. Perhaps I'm spoiled by Community Board 2; I'd like to see a debate about gay marriage, or about the party plank that says that we must win the war in Afghanistan. Within the Obama network (see mybarackobama.com) there is plenty of debate, and sometimes Obama himself joins in. But Democratic Party events just lack that spirit of challenging authority.