Recreate ’08: Snowballs!

Is it the Denver Public Library or the Way-Bac Machine? A couple of blocks from the downtown Denver Public Library, they’re already shutting down and removing the mailboxes outside of the 14th Avenue post office because of “security concerns” during the upcoming DNC. They’re putting special locks on fire hydrants,…

At the Pepsi Center: Tents and Unions

Here’s where the DNC media will be camping. With the opening of the Democratic National Convention exactly two weeks away, national media organizations have begun to move into the giant white tents that surround the Pepsi Center. As you can see, there’s much work to be done, and the matter…

Ah! SkyNet’s Taking over Denver! Oh, It’s Just a Movie Screen

Today, just in time for the DNC, civic boosters plan to turn on SkyNet. Don’t worry, you can keep your end-of-the-world weapons stockpile locked away; we’re not talking about Skynet the scary computer-based defense system that takes over earth and spews out Arnold Schwarzenegger robots in the Terminator movies. We’re…

Delegating Denver #56 of #56: Wyoming

View larger image Wyoming Total Number of Delegates: 18 Pledged: 12 Unpledged: 6 How to Recognize a Wyoming Delegate: The majority of Wyomingites are uneducated, foul-mouthed cretins who look like toothless meth addicts out on parole. But those are just the Republicans who hate to pay taxes and abide by…

Ralph Nader Pitches His Tent on Block 162

Newly spiffy Block 162, formerly one of the worst blocks in Denver, will be strutting its stuff during the convention. On the 16th Street Mall side of the block, the oft-maligned Fontius Building, now officially the Sage Building (named after future tenant Sage Hospitality), is now scaffolding-free, its historic renovation…

Vote for Honest ‘Arack!

The new issue of Newspeak, Colorado Springs’ alt-alt-publication, hits the stands today with a great Obamaham Lincoln painting by Ron English on the cover. Nice. –Jared Jacang Maher…

How to Score a Seat to Obama’s Invesco Speech

According to the DNC, half of the 60,000-plus seats available for Barack Obama’s DNC acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High will go to Coloradans. Those hoping to attend need to fill out an application here. Officials say it’s first come, first served, but we all know they’ll be…

Some Texans Still Want Hillary

The Divine Ms. C campaigning in the Lone Star state. In an August 7 web chat covered by the Rocky Mountain News, Hillary Clinton emphasized that she’ll come to Denver to praise Barack Obama, not to bury him. But conflicting signals continue to beam forth from her supporters — not…

McCain and Udall, Sitting in a Tree

Mo Udall, mo problems. Our sister paper in Phoenix carries a lengthy cover story this week about the Arizona legacy of John McCain, who allegedly is some sort of presidential candidate (although I haven’t seen him on the cover of any magazines. Weird.) The story — “Postmodern John McCain: the…

DNC Protesters Tent State Plan Pepsi Center Sleepover

Who wants some s’mores? When Judge Marcia Krieger ruled yesterday that the city’s plans for protesters are A-okay, convention planners no doubt breathed a huge sigh of relief that they wouldn’t have to dismantle the massive media tent they’ve erected between the demonstration zone and the Pepsi Center. But the…

Frances and Monica Owens on Cindy McCain: She’s Nifty

Cindy McCain in a photo that begs for a cougar joke I’m way too classy to make. The August 6 Denver Post brings us “Cindy McCain is Perfect for First Lady,” in which Frances Owens, Colorado’s former first lady, and her daughter Monica spend 337 words to say, in essence,…

Brett Favre’s Trade Means One Less Circus in Town, Damn It

Guess who. Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre’s trade to the New York Jets late on August 6, about which you may have heard, has negative repercussions on the preseason schedule of your Denver Broncos. The Pack is slated to face off against the Broncos on August 22, and had…

More Hot, Steaming Doo Doo Accord Coverage!

Discussion of The Denver Doo Doo Accord is burning up the web-o-sphere! Read about it at Michelle Malkin’s blog, the Denver Post, 5280 Magazine’s blog, the Slapstick Politics blog, and, of course, The Drunkablog. Also, The Rocky Mountain News’ story about the accord that was placed on the paper’s site…

Pics from Inside the Pepsi Center

Help! Let us out! It’s so wonky in here we can hardly breathe! The above photo was taken Monday inside the Pepsi Center, during the media walk through. More after the jump. — Jared Jacang Maher…

Jared Polis Endorses Himself

Jared Polis, a former Westword profile subject who’s running for a seat in the House of Representatives from the second congressional district, faces the voters earlier than many candidates; an August 12 primary will determine whether Joan Fitz-Gerald, Will Shafroth or he will represent the Dems in the November election…

Facebook, Slavery, and Bob Schaeffer’s Floundering Campaign

Justin Schaffer, son of Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, is truly sorry about his Facebook page, according to this story in the Denver Post. The site, which has been taken down but can still be found mirrored here, contained stuff guaranteed to provide political ammo against Justin’s dad, including a…

The Potential Horror of the 2008 Colorado Ballot

You civic-minded types out there have no doubt heard by now that the 2008 Colorado ballot could be the largest in the state’s history. But hearing about it and seeing an approximation of what we could be facing in the voting booth in November are two very different things. Ballotpedia.org,…

DNC Dance Card Is Filling Up

With the Democratic National Convention quickly approaching, the dance card around town is quickly filling up with noteworthy performers. In addition to the other artists we’ve already reported, looks like noted firebrand Jello Biafra is going to be back in town on Saturday, August 23, for the Slim Cessna/Ghost Buffalo…

Photos From Inside the DNC Protest Cage

A federal judge is still deciding whether the City of Denver’s plans for protesters at the DNC passes constitutional muster. Perhaps the largest issue is what the Secret Service likes to call the “Public Viewing Area,” a 47,000 square foot lot surrounded by a fence on the grounds of the…

Dick Wadhams Manipulates the Media With His “Ass”

It only took one little word for Colorado Republican Party chief and Westword profile-subject Dick Wadhams to notch a media victory. And the Denver dailies won’t even print it. That term was “ass.” Or, as the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post spell it, “a–.”…