DFL confab - Day 2

Posted at 10:01 AM on June 10, 2006 by Bob Collins (4 Comments)

I'm not at the DFL convention, it's my day off, I'm trying really hard to be motivated to sit inside and blog while listening, even though I have lots of stuff to do around the house, and -- besides -- there are some really good bloggers who are at the convention (see previous entries), so what more can I add other than an occasional picture and an occasion "snarky" (I never really heard of that word until KvM started calling me that everytime they read something they don't like on Polinaut and can't come up with anything else. Seriously, I love you guys, whoever you are since you keep canceling lunch plans. I think one of them is supposed to keep me busy while the others break into my house looking for political campaign contribution receipts, and they just haven't gotten their own schedules together yet. Or maybe not. But I digress.) comment, and maybe an occasional bit of sound (although that'll be hard to pull off from the confines of this ridiculously cluttered home that I should be cleaning today). I guess we'll just have to see.

Let's start off with some pictures that Zdechlik and Scheck have sent me.

Steve Kelley arrives a the convention hall. Father's Day must be fun at Casa Kelley. "Oh, how nice! A tie."

I really don't know who this is but I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest it's a Mike Hatch supporter speaking to Mike Hatch supporters. Why? I really don't know. Maybe to convince them that yellow is coming back? I also have no idea how big "Nurses for Hatch" is but if I'm Becky Lourey or Steve Kelley, I suddenly want to be sure I'm living a healthy lifestyle.

Yesterday, one of those people who was nominated for Senate made a whole speech about how he'd prove that America can run on car engines powered by water. I wonder where he is today (probably broken down by the side of the road), because maybe he has some tips for the Lourey windpower strategy.

You folks know these are all jokes,right? It's a good thing I was on vacation last week. I couldn't do this with another political party. The candidate flaks would be on the phone with the boss ... again. But DFLers get humor; even when it's not funny.

Let's continue and see what other goodies have arrived in the INBOX.

"Shoot, those Hatch people have nifty yellow shirts, the Lourey people have a big pinwheel, and all I've got is this stinkin' sign." You know, from behind, this guy looks like Tim Pawenty.

I don't really follow Russ Feingold's career much, or at least what people say about him, so maybe I'm not the first to notice that he and Adam Arkin appear to have been separated at birth.

Well, geez, Russ Feingold gives the keynote speech. I guess that's your clue to go listen to Eichten and his gang, or go read other bloggers because I got nuthin', and it looks like the fun has started inside. Funny and Feingold don't go in the same sentence, anyway.

I gotta go clean the bathrooms and check the locks on the doors and windows anyway. I'll be back later for the afternoon show. Maybe.

Here's your link to the podium audio. And here's your link to the live news stream, on which Eichten's show can be heard. You have a choice. Pretty cool, huh? 1-800-227-2811. Or just go here. 'Cuz it didn't happen by accident, and there's lots of folks who'd rather spend the money elsewhere than political stuff.

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Comments (4)

You've never heard of snarky?

And you call yourself a blogger....

Posted by Jon-David | June 10, 2006 11:43 AM

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Well, as revealed on the Current yesterday, I also don't know how to play "rock, paper, scissors." I got a damned clean house, though.

Posted by Bob Collins | June 10, 2006 11:49 AM

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Hey Bob, do a favor for another Bob, will you? Call my buddy Tom or anyone else covering the DFL convention and see if DFL party platform item #81 passed on Friday.

I gotta know...

I got a dog in that particular fight...

Posted by Bob from ALAMN | June 10, 2006 3:38 PM

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The problem with the Hatch shirts were that they were the same color as the Sande shirts! It looked like Hatch had twice as many people!

Posted by Max | June 12, 2006 2:32 AM

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