Democratic National Convention Blues
President Empty Chair is trying to solve the problem of empty seats when he delivers his big speech:
College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.
Their goal: help fill a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium to capacity when President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination Thursday night.
Apropos, yes?
Let’s set the Wayback Machine for August, 2008, when Senator Rock Star had no problem at all filling 84,000 seats in Denver. And while you might accuse me of rubbing it in to even mention that Denver is a smaller and more remote city than Charlotte, well…
…that’s why you come here, yes?
Maybe they should try just giving away free tickets in bars or something. Oh, wait — that’s so been done already.
UPDATE: Or just move the whole shebang to a more “intimate venue,” with about one-quarter as many seats to fill.
To add to the problems of the DNC this week, it is apparently being reported that the Charlotte hotels & motels are in the midst of a bedbug epidemic.
And I’m betting that those bused in will need to show some form of ID to get into the place!!!
The venue wouldn’t be a problem if Obama weren’t addicted to Leni Riefenstahl-esque esthetics. There really is no reason to reenact scenes from “Triumph of the Will” when accepting your party’s nomination. The convention hall is as good a place as any for that.
Ouch!
I can see an “Apple 1984″-style advertisement in Youtube’s future.
Oh my! Dems are Downsizing from a 74,000 seat venue to a 20,000 seat venue for Barack Obama’s speech? Democrats are suffering from that condition known klismos kenophobia, or fear of the empty chair!
Either they found one or two adults at the DNC, or they just couldn’t make the math work. My bet is on the math, as they still let Harry Reid open his mouth in front of live human beings. The stadium was always a stupid idea, only Obama’s ego kept it alive this long.
I think that handing out tickets willy-nilly to drunks at bars was a wonderful idea. What could go wrong?