In less than two weeks, I’ll be able to review the world from my front door. After exactly one hundred years since the Democrat’s last visit en masse to Colorado (the 1908 Democratic Convention), they are coming back again with their Democratic National Convention of 2008 that will be located just a handful of miles from my front door.
Only this time, the entire world will be watching. Google already lists over a half million sites that are triggered by any mention of the coming convention, most of them with the word “Official” in the title.
On August 28th, Barack Obama will be speaking at Invesco Field, the Denver sports stadium with 80,000 seats where the Denver Broncos play during football season. The only question is, will Paris Hilton be in the audience?
People are reaching a fevered pitch talking about what is more important: the money the convention will bring in, the media coverage of Denver during August 25th to 28th when it definitely will be the center of world events, or, according to a vocal few, the aliens from outer space that are sure to visit Denver sometime during this convention. From the latest information I have been able to gather, Denver UFO sightings are steadily rising.
Everything was already in place when Denver put in their bid for the convention. The new Convention Center, a massive hotel to service the Center, a new football field, and everything else that Denver needs to service almost any sized convention. Only the fund raising has been slow but even that is beginning to fall into place. After all, we can’t have Xcel Energy shut off the lights in the middle of the convention.
On the other side of the coin, since I’m an Independent and don’t have a ticket for anything, if possible I’ll stay away from downtown Denver during the week after next. So don’t look for me on TV. But nonetheless, I’ll probably be wandering around the far west side of town where I’m sure I can get enough information on the bus and in Wal*Mart’s to satisfy even the most ardent convention goer.
- Bob