Quote:The Democratic National Convention is so typical of Democrats. They want to tell you it's about "joy."

But meanwhile, behind the scenes and frankly spilling out in front of the scenes are protests, backstabbing, drama, division, and complete dysfunction. These are the folks who want your vote, but they can't even put on a simple event without it being a complete mess.

We've reported on some of the mess already, including things running late on Monday night, so that Joe Biden's address was pushed back until very late in the evening.

But it turns out there's even more of a mess than that — even basic things like just getting the mechanics right.

Even the media wasn't happy with what's going on.

This is Slate's Communications Director, Katie Rayford:

Senator noted while Kamala Harris had been getting positive press, the media was not happy with what was going on at the DNC.

[L] ogistical headaches, like long lines, bad internet connections, expensive price tags, and limited access to the floor, leaving many of the 15,000 credentialed media grumbling, and their representatives openly battling convention organizers.

“We are concerned that the decision to reduce dedicated and accessible workspace by hundreds compared to prior conventions will hinder journalists’ ability to cover the historic nature of this convention,” the Standing Committee of Correspondents, the apolitical representative of journalists on Capitol Hill that represents the media to political conventions, said in a statement shared with Semafor.

They pleaded with the DNC for more space but were turned down.

It was also more expensive (which follows, because it's Democrats).

TV network executives also told Semafor that the event was more expensive. Broadcast suites inside the United Center were nearly double the cost and much smaller than those offered a month earlier at the RNC.

They also noted the difference between the DNC and the RNC, which they called a "smoothly operated event."

A Trump official didn't hold back on how symbolic this was.

“Waiting in lines are all part of the Kamala economic plan …bread lines , gas lines …you name it , you’ll be in line for it. Be Joyful!” Chris LaCivita, Trump’s campaign advisor and chief operating officer of the RNC, said in a text message.

If they lose the media, they lose the only thing that has been holding up Kamala's vacuous campaign.

Link

And we wonder why everything in DC is screwed up…..

These aren't serious people. Most of them have no idea what life in the public sector is like. This is the kind of incompetence you can only get away with in government.

I'll bet Veronica Escobar, D, El Paso had a hand in this. She. Not. Too. Esmart. This. Woman. Senor.

(08-21-2024 02:54 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:The Democratic National Convention is so typical of Democrats. They want to tell you it's about "joy."

But meanwhile, behind the scenes and frankly spilling out in front of the scenes are protests, backstabbing, drama, division, and complete dysfunction. These are the folks who want your vote, but they can't even put on a simple event without it being a complete mess.

We've reported on some of the mess already, including things running late on Monday night, so that Joe Biden's address was pushed back until very late in the evening.

But it turns out there's even more of a mess than that — even basic things like just getting the mechanics right.

Even the media wasn't happy with what's going on.

This is Slate's Communications Director, Katie Rayford:

Senator noted while Kamala Harris had been getting positive press, the media was not happy with what was going on at the DNC.

[L] ogistical headaches, like long lines, bad internet connections, expensive price tags, and limited access to the floor, leaving many of the 15,000 credentialed media grumbling, and their representatives openly battling convention organizers.

“We are concerned that the decision to reduce dedicated and accessible workspace by hundreds compared to prior conventions will hinder journalists’ ability to cover the historic nature of this convention,” the Standing Committee of Correspondents, the apolitical representative of journalists on Capitol Hill that represents the media to political conventions, said in a statement shared with Semafor.

They pleaded with the DNC for more space but were turned down.

It was also more expensive (which follows, because it's Democrats).

TV network executives also told Semafor that the event was more expensive. Broadcast suites inside the United Center were nearly double the cost and much smaller than those offered a month earlier at the RNC.

They also noted the difference between the DNC and the RNC, which they called a "smoothly operated event."

A Trump official didn't hold back on how symbolic this was.

“Waiting in lines are all part of the Kamala economic plan …bread lines , gas lines …you name it , you’ll be in line for it. Be Joyful!” Chris LaCivita, Trump’s campaign advisor and chief operating officer of the RNC, said in a text message.

If they lose the media, they lose the only thing that has been holding up Kamala's vacuous campaign.

Link

It’s because they’re so busy trying to keep the free press and protesters out that they can’t really let anyone in. Yet these are the same idiots to support open borders.

(08-21-2024 03:05 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  And we wonder why everything in DC is screwed up…..

Yep. If they can't run a convention, HTH can they run the country?

I mean, these are the peeps who put a non-binary dress & lipstick wearing bald XY luggage thief in charge of nuclear waste.

The same peeps who just revised the job numbers down by 818,000 for the past year.

(08-21-2024 04:12 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-21-2024 03:05 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  And we wonder why everything in DC is screwed up…..

Yep. If they can't run a convention, HTH can they run the country?

I mean, these are the peeps who put a non-binary dress & lipstick wearing bald XY luggage thief in charge of nuclear waste.

The same peeps who just revised the job numbers down by 818,000 for the past year.

again, out of the past 16, what dipshite power chordal has occupied the oval for 12 years....

if #groverII, nuts zongo would poundcake that message home!

It's how they do everything. Don't think. Put idiots in charge that can't find their ass with a map. Tell everyone how great it is.

(08-21-2024 04:17 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(08-21-2024 04:12 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-21-2024 03:05 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  And we wonder why everything in DC is screwed up…..

Yep. If they can't run a convention, HTH can they run the country?

I mean, these are the peeps who put a non-binary dress & lipstick wearing bald XY luggage thief in charge of nuclear waste.

The same peeps who just revised the job numbers down by 818,000 for the past year.

again, out of the past 16, what dipshite power chordal has occupied the oval for 12 years....

if #groverII, nuts zongo would poundcake that message home!

Yep. Even a CNN talking head is pointing that out.

(08-21-2024 04:19 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  It's how they do everything. Don't think. Put idiots in charge that can't find their ass with a map. Tell everyone how great it is.

That’s the Democrat party in a nutshell