Denver Diva Dispatch for Sunday
Posted by: Donna
I have a few minutes before we head upstairs for the Arizona-Washington-Oregon delegation reception. It’s a tradition for these 3 states to hang out at the DNC together so I’m looking forward to meeting some peeps from the Great Northwest.
The big event tonight was a celebration to recognize various Katrina relief organizations. There was Cajun food and music, and plenty of free alcohol. Randy Newman took the stage to perform a few numbers and Howard Dean gave a speech recounting the abysmal response to the disaster by Dubya.
The most irritating aspect of the evening were the anti-abortion protesters outside of the Convention Center. At each entrance were pairs of men with banners emblazoned with the grisly photo of either a very late term abortion or a stillbirth. They had bullhorns and were screaming about how “a vote for Obama is a vote for the murder of children!!”
Did I mention they were all men? I actually walked up to one and asked where the women were. He responded, “they’ll be along later.” Sure. Like those guys are really going to unshackle the female chattel from the kitchen sink long enough to join them in a public protest. Assuming they were clever enough to trap any women. Kinda doubtful considering one of them had this to say about legalized abortion: “I’m sure one of those millions of abortions could have been my best friend! But I’ll never know!” Or, grisly-dead-infant-sign-holding-up-guy, maybe you could get yourself some deodorant and a personality and befriend some of the billions of people currently on the earth. Just a thought.
A reading highlight for y’all is in today’s Denver Post. Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine wrote an oped denouncing the Bush admin for using their music to torture people.
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