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It's hard to believe that day one is here. I was out way too late last night (so late that I had save instead of post when I wrote this last night- ...-Bob) So, the links: I got interviewed by Rich Piatt Live, From Inside Pepsi Center Sitting with the Utah Delegation I Got the Smackdown from WWE United States Champ Shelton Benjamin www.theworldaccordingtome.us .adHeadline {fo...
Bob Aagard - Wed 10:04 p.m.
What's ironic about the blogger access to the DNCC is that there is so much going on (and most of it is not happening inside the convention center) there is little time to blog. Panels, debates, presentations. For now I'm just sending back a picture of the McCain supporters we ran into who traveled all the way from the University of Utah to stand on the streets of Denver and be wrong. He...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:47 p.m. - 2 clicks 
"Our greatest presidents—from Abraham Lincoln to Franklin Roosevelt to John Kennedy—they all challenged us to embrace change. Now, it’s our responsibility to meet that challenge. Millions of Americans have been knocked down. And this is the time as Americans, together, we get back up. Our people are too good, our debt to our parents and grandparents too great, our obligation to our childr...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:07 p.m.
This last Sunday night I attended an event where Robert Kennedy, Jr. told the story of how his father, Robert Kennedy Senior, took his then teenaged son overseas to several foreign nations three years after RFK’s brother, President John F. Kennedy, had been martyred. He explained how awe inspiring it was to see how the people of these nations were desperate for leadership from our America...
Utah Amicus - Wed 7:43 p.m.
How in the freaking hell do those spam comments keep getting through, when legitimate comments are tagged as spam? I know! It’s a man’s world, isn’t it….. ...
Trapped by the Mormons - Wed 5:00 p.m.
So I finished blogging at Murder She Writes, and and when I was done, I found myself thinking, “And so it is written.” That’s some Bible verbiage there, if I ever have heard it, and TRUST ME, I have heard it. Along with a healthy dose of Book of Mormon verbiage, which was pretty much [...]...
Trapped by the Mormons - Wed 5:00 p.m. - 2 clicks
Today Hillary cast New York delegates' votes and then with tremendous grace asked the convention to suspend the rules and declare Obama the candidate by acclimation. The motion was seconded and loudly affirmed. A historic moment. The Democrats proved today they are the party than can bring strongly divergent forces together for the good of the nation....
RedStateBlues - Wed 5:00 p.m.
The nominating speech was delivered by a registered life-long Republican, and a military medic who served in Iraq. "American needs a president with the strength, wisdom, and courage to talk to our allies . . . to use war as a LAST resort." "If you do what you always did, you get what you always got. America needs a change."...
RedStateBlues - Wed 3:44 p.m.
Is the economy fundamentally strong as McCain tells us? Here's one more straw to add to the camel's back From Reuters: FDIC may borrow money from Treasury Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) might have to borrow money from the Treasury Department to see it through an expected wave of bank failures, the Wall Street Journal reported. The borrowing could be needed to cover short-term cash-flo...
RedStateBlues - Wed 10:50 a.m.
I got a phone call asking me if I wanted a pass to get me into the Pepsi Center, but not in the hall itself. I took it, figuring I could find a way further in. Well, by the time we got through security, someone else had a hall pass. I'll post more, but I'm almost out of battery....
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
I haven't posted yet about my experience here in Denver for a couple of reasons. First, there has been so much going on I haven't had much time. Taking it in, so to speak. Second, I'm no good at forcing a post unless I have something to say. It is amazing to see what the DNC has done with this convention, not only for the party, but for the process itself in allowing an unprecedented level of ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
DENVER – Demonstrating a commitment to service and active participation in the community, nearly 1,400 delegates from across the country will participate in various community service projects as part of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Delegate Service Day, TODAY, WEDNESDAY, August 27th beginning at 10:00 am MT. Projects will range from serving meals to the homeless and park cleanup, ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
I've had a feeling of ... an incomplete experience at the 2008 Convention so far and I couldn't, until a moment ago, figure out what it was. I miss Senator Ed Mayne. This is my first time at a National Convention, and I had a certain, subtle expectation of what happens and what to expect from my time here and at this morning's breakfast, aside from the happy faces and smiling Democrats, the...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
State Senator Pat Jones (D-Bob's House) shaking hands with Mitt-Flop Romney outside the front door of Pepsi Center. Also in the picture: Former State Senators Karen Hale and Partice Arent. Source: AP via CNN....
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
by Rob Miller from the Utah Amicus - Special to Utah Pulse Rob Miller, from the Utah Amicus, speaks with Utah Senator Gene Davis at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Editor's Note: Rob Miller, from The Utah Amicus, is the head of the only blogging group from Utah to get credentials to the Democratic National Convention. Rob and his team are filing reports for Utah Pulse ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m. - 6 clicks
Everywhere I've been so far in Denver that hasn't been within a few blocks of the hotel I have had a driver. When I walked out of the Pepsi Center after Michelle Obama's speech I realized I had no idea how to get back to the hotel. I started talking to the guy in the video above who was also lost. It only took a moment for me to realize that I was speaking to actor Richard Schiff who played ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
My ride home was Green and helped the economy Utah House District 38 Candidate Charles Henderson says hello from the Pepsi Center ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m. - 4 clicks
Back when I was in Junior High, we had this news program on called Channel One. One of my favorite reporters on that show was a young man named Anderson Cooper. I distinctly remember him almost getting blown up on camera in Bosnia. I have followed his career, from ABC to National Geographic to CNN, with a stint hosting a reality show ("The Mole"). His name was at the top of my list of pe...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
I was driving away from the Denver Convention Center and all hell broke loose at 15th and Court street. There were riot cops suddenly swarming in, by the hundreds (seriously) from every direction. Fast response vehicles, mounted police, foot troops, and everyone wearing tie-fighter amour. I have no idea what the hell was happening, but gun shots were heard, heads were bonked and pepper spray was...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
Aaron and I both sat down to talk to KUER on Sunday. His story was about all of us getting settled into the hotel. I really felt like this interview did not go well, but I like the sound bite that came out of it. Click here to listen ....
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
"Now John McCain is my colleague and my friend. He has served our country with honor and courage. But we don’t need four more years…of the last eight years. More economic stagnation…and less alternative energy. More job’s getting shipped overseas…and fewer jobs created here. More skyrocketing debt…home foreclosures …and mounting bills that are crushing our middle class families. ...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
Where to start? It was go, go, go yesterday. When we went to the Pepsi Center we found out that the DNC had not given us the right credential to get into the blogger room to blog, so, as usual, I'm behind. I did a few interviews for UtahPulse.com which we are trying to send and download now, and I have a few videos to share with you. I'm also sending some video a pics to Zannel'sPoliti...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m. - 4 clicks
Serendipity strikes. Misty, Craig and I walked 3 million miles this morning to catch a presentation by David Sirota (author, The Uprising ), at the Starz Green Room just outside the security checkpoint of the Pepsi Center. After a slight altercation with a man wearing mirror shades pretending to be secret service, we were able to use our press credential to get all three of us in. The even...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
"I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling for cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people who in this country who feel invisible?" Hillary Rodham Clinton From her remarks...
Utah Amicus - Wed 9:05 a.m.
She rolled out a litany of her hopes for America. Powerful. She was the picture of strength and assurance, with a real grasp of the issues that affect us all. "Never give in, never give up." "There are no limits to what is possible in America." No how, no way, no McCain! Elect Obama!! (And again, thanks to Duane for the video code.)...
RedStateBlues - Wed 9:05 a.m.
We did not really expect much of a speech. We should have known better. You would scarcely have guessed how gravely ill Ted Kennedy is. His speech was powerful, positive, inspiring. Who, but a Kennedy. He was introduced by his niece Caroline who is rarely in the public limelight, and who proved to be as ever articulate and gracious. Who, but a Kennedy. From both we heard only posit...
RedStateBlues - Wed 9:05 a.m.
Build the world as it should be. Wonderful, intelligent, heartwarming, sincere, honest. Just beautiful. As Olbermann said: Pitch perfect. Case closed. And Sasha's "Hi daddy" was just too much. Not scripted, just talking to her daddy, "What city are you in, daddy?" "I love you, daddy." I love this sweet family! Everything else aside. They have won my heart. (Thanks, Duane, for sending me the...
RedStateBlues - Wed 9:05 a.m.
I'm sorry if my opinions offend. That is not my intent. I have a[n] . . . approach to the plants in my yard. Many little volunteers show up and I haven't the heart to pull them up. The Russian Sage and Jupiter's Beard are particularly prolific. Left to their own devices, I'd have a yard full of just them in a couple of years. So some of them do get pulled up by the roots. And some get repotted...
RedStateBlues - Wed 9:05 a.m.
This past Saturday I found myself in a car with my best friend, his soon to be wife, and my friend’s younger cousin (lets call him YC), all of us on our way up to the Box Elder Fair. I was a bit apprehensive on my way up, after all cows, corn, and country folk aren’t exactly my cup of tea, but I sucked it up none the less. On the drive up I was being my usual annoying self, pointing to any and ...
Blue In Red Zion - Wed 9:03 a.m. - 8 clicks
At the end of today's program Chris thought he'd get some man on the street opinions from a very vocal crowd at the broadcast location. After a handful of McCain supporters, he moved on to three women holding a sign for "Clintons". The middle woman (I swear an Ann Coulter look-alike) launched into a tirade about how Obama was, as a child, registered as a Muslim at a Madras school in Indonesia....
RedStateBlues - Mon 3:46 p.m.
Here's my posts from Sunday of the 2008 Democratic National Convention: Bob On C-SPAN CSPAN had one of their buses at the Presidential Experience Exhibit at INVESCO field. While we were waiting in line, they offered to have some people come and state what their #1 issue was. Watch the Video at Utah Amicus. Interfaith Meeting -- Part 1 I had the opportunity to attend the Interfaith Gath...
Bob Aagard - Mon 2:51 p.m. - 9 clicks
Experience comes with baggage. Biden has been around a long time. You know that every misstep he has ever made is going to be paraded out to shock us all. I watched the announcement from start to finish yesterday and I felt so excited with the positive message. I know there are good political reasons why Biden was the choice, but seeing the two together with their sleeves rolled up seemed s...
RedStateBlues - Sun 4:48 p.m.
So, the Utah Republican Party made it official: Just because it's in the party bylaws, doesn't mean it's really how we're really going to do things. As I reported a few weeks ago , the bylaws of the Utah Republican Party clearly state : B. Allocation and Binding of National Delegation. All National Convention delegates and alternates shall be allocated to the candidate receiving the most ...
Bob Aagard - Sun 8:06 a.m. - 10 clicks
As you know, I'll be doing most of my posting about the Democratic National COnvention over at The Utah Amicus. However, every evening, I will be posting highlights on this, my real blog, for all of my on the Amicus. So, here's the posts from day -1: Sidewalks Hurt While walking down 16th Street Mall, I somehow missed a curb, and tripped over it, landing fairly hard. I banged up my kn...
Bob Aagard - Sat 11:06 p.m. - 13 clicks
I think Representative Steve Urquhart is right -- the Deseret News needs to release the recording of their editorial board meeting last Monday with Senator Bramble. The reason this needs to happen is that there is a discrepancy between what the Republicans say Bramble said and what the DNews reported. Why am I standing with Steve on this? Because at worst, it shows just how bad their politica...
Bob Aagard - Sat 6:42 p.m. - 12 clicks
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Bob Aagard - Sat 8:27 a.m.
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Bob Aagard - Sat 6:44 a.m.
Why won't McCain get the joke? He can't count that high.... I really need to get some sleep. The convention hasn't really started.... -Bob www.theworldaccordingtome.us .adHeadline {font: bold 10pt Arial; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;} .adText {font: normal 10pt Arial; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} Your Ad Here ...
Bob Aagard - Fri 11:25 p.m.
The Associated Press is Reporting that Joe Biden is the Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate. WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack Obama's pick as vice presidential running mate, The Associated Press has learned. ADVERTISEMENT Biden, 65, is a veteran of more than three decades in the Senate, and one of his party's leading experts on foreign policy, an area in which polls indic...
Bob Aagard - Fri 10:22 p.m.
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Bob Aagard - Fri 4:25 p.m. - 2 clicks
I wish I was making up the agenda for the Republican Convention (why am I in Denver writing about the Republicans?). I don't know if irony or hypocrisy is the correct word that I want. The theme of the convention: "Putting Country First" they just don't say which country. Monday: "Service" Like helping people? Tuesday: "Reform" You know this country is messed up when the incumbent party is usi...
Bob Aagard - Fri 3:32 p.m. - 2 clicks
Check out McCain's plans for Monday: John and Cindy McCain appear at a fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard. Tickets start at $500, and several celebrities are to attend including Angie Harmon, David Zucker, Craig T. Nelson, Jon Voight, Robert Duvall, among others Los Angeles,CA Beverly Hills! That's where I want to be! Because regular Americans hold functions at the B...
Bob Aagard - Fri 3:11 p.m. - 2 clicks
I made it to Denver. It's only been a few hours, and we really haven't gone and seen anything, but I already love this town. While I am here, my main blogging focus will be over at The Utah Amicus . Head over there and see what we're up to. I'll try and post links from my posts on this blog every evening (or the next morning, depending on how late we're out). -Bob www.theworldaccordingtom...
Bob Aagard - Fri 2:46 p.m. - 15 clicks
So, I hopped on the net, and saw this at the top of the Deseret News Home Page: 'No check' policy at pizza place draws ire of Senate leader By Josh Loftin and Leigh Dethman Deseret News Published: Friday, Aug. 22, 2008 12:47 p.m. MDT Really, it took two people to write a story that we had on the blogs 72 hours ago? What's next? Mitt Romney -- Utah's choice for VP. Oh wait, you ran that...
Bob Aagard - Fri 12:30 p.m. - 19 clicks
I'm almost in Denver. We'll post from there soon.... www.theworldaccordingtome.us .adHeadline {font: bold 10pt Arial; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;} .adText {font: normal 10pt Arial; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} Your Ad Here ...
Bob Aagard - Fri 11:53 a.m. - 2 clicks
First, the ad: Now, McCain's brass-knuckles-in-a-gun-fight response: “Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people “cling...
Bob Aagard - Thu 8:01 p.m.
McCain says he's not sure how many houses he and his wife own. Now, does he have so many that he just lost count? Or is he is just way too forgetful to be the president and leader of the free world.? Either way . . ....
RedStateBlues - Thu 10:23 a.m.
Yahoo News : Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wealthy wife actually own. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain responded to a question posed by Politico, according to a story Thursday on the publication's Web site. "It...
Bob Aagard - Thu 8:25 a.m.
From Think Progress : HEWITT: But I do want to ask you about the Olympics and your experience there, in terms of whether or not the Russians ought to get the Olympics in 2014 after what they’ve done in Georgia. ROMNEY: Well, Hugh, my own view is as the Caucuses are a hot spot, and as Russians have shown their willingness to act militarily against a sovereign nation, that the International Olym...
Bob Aagard - Thu 8:05 a.m.
She's ba-ack ! "Dear Senator Bramble, "I am sorry if my blog about my recent experience with you caused you a headache. In my naivete, I thought that, since I am not a public figure, no one would notice anything I said on my blog or elsewhere. Clearly, I neglected to consider the possible ramifications of what I thought was the innocent telling of an interesting story to my friends and family....
Bob Aagard - Aug 21
Back in 2006, Pete Ashdown had his campaign Headquarters in a building called the Party Palace, named for the parties he had there. Now, the Obama people will be doing some serious work there. Join them this Saturday from 2-5 PM as they throw open the doors of their new Utah HQ! Utah for Obama Salt Lake City office opening 780 E. South Temple St. Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Saturday, August 23rd 2...
Bob Aagard - Aug 21 - 24 clicks
This is an initiative that I have thought about for several years. That it comes from the opponent of the person who argues with the pizza girl , this makes it even better. From RaDene for Senate : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 PROVO—RaDene Hatfield, candidate for State Senate, announced today a campaign policy that promotes transparency and accountability in the fina...
Bob Aagard - Aug 20 - 20 clicks
Salt Lake City, Utah – Rob Miller, owner of the political blog The Utah Amicus, and Vice Chair of the Utah State Democratic Party, has assembled a team of Utah political bloggers and activists to travel to Denver for the Democratic National Convention next week. In 2008, the Democratic National Committee is opening their Convention to more people than ever before. Democrats, independents, and Rep...
Bob Aagard - Aug 20 - 16 clicks
So, first of all, let me make it clear that my sister did NOT name her youngest daughter Fluffy. I already had a policy of not really naming people in this blog, because there are people like JOYCE MCKINNEY out there, but my little niece came up with this nickname all on her own. Her [...]...
Trapped by the Mormons - Aug 19 - 2 clicks
Things must have been really bad at that meeting with the Deseret News' Editorial Board Monday. Because, surely, a guy like Curtis Bramble couldn't possibly get his garments in a bunch over a check, could he? Cartoon Brick Wall , with my usually expected snarkyness: Work tonight was uneventful as usual, until my second delivery of the night. I show up at this pretty house with a 3 car gar...
Bob Aagard - Aug 19 - 19 clicks
I could not resist posting this link: My Run In with the Majority Leader in the Utah State Senate . Seems good ol' Bramble harassed a poor pizza girl while she was (gasp) doing her job. Perhaps he is just upset about the less than flattering article in the Dez News today , perhaps he is grumpy over the 4/10 workday , perhaps he is just upset that liquor laws could be loosened . All I kn...
Blue In Red Zion - Aug 19 - 27 clicks
This needed to be said. Now we need to repeat it daily to all of the radio and tv talk show hosts, pundits, writers, and hacks. Obama said. "One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. I have never suggested that Sen. McCain picks his positions on national security based on politic...
RedStateBlues - Aug 19 - 2 clicks
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Bob Aagard - Aug 19
Transcript of a robocall left on my voice mail about an hour ago: Bill Dew Hi, I'm Bill Dew, Republican running for Congress. Congress is on vacation, not working on the energy crisis because of one vote -- Jim Matheson's vote. That one vote was the difference. If I was your Congressman, Congress would still be in Washington where they should be. This is one example of why we need change get ...
Bob Aagard - Aug 19 - 11 clicks
This post is a summary of Sam E. Antar’s posting labeled Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne Pays Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to Defame a Blogger . - August 2007 Deputy Attorney General Richard Hamp invites Sam E. Antar to speak at the 14th Annual White Collar Crime Conference, Antar agrees to do so at no cost to Utah taxpayers. Approximately two weeks later Hamp contacts Ant...
Blue In Red Zion - Aug 18 - 18 clicks
You know, I feel a little safer now that people are ACTUALLY KINDA pursuing Joyce McKinney, and maybe ONE of her puppies? Is she going to try to sneak into Korea to get the rest? Booger would be so proud, as Boogers often are. That oughta be interesting. Don’t the Koreans frown on that sort [...]...
Trapped by the Mormons - Aug 17
ONCE YOU GO BARACK YOU CAN’T GO BACK Join Young Democrats of Utah and the Salt Lake County Democratic Party FOR A CONVENTION WATCH PARTY Thursday, August 28 * 5:pm (Speech @ 7PM) Brewvies * 677 S 200 E * 21+ Event www.youngdemsofutah.org www.slcountydems.com Costs: come at 5 PM to participate in a Youth Vote Barackathon & get in FREE! $5 if you come at 6 PM or la...
Blue In Red Zion - Aug 17 - 14 clicks