John Madden Modernizes: “Obama is a Commie”

Here’s a sure sign that the Democratic National Convention is less than ten weeks away: local crazy John Madden has updated his sign! Westword first wrote about the relentless political sign-flier in 2005. Three months after the presidential election and five years since Bill Clinton had been president, the then-63-year-old…

20,000 to Fill City Park for DNC Protest Concert

DNC protest group Tent State University, standing in for the larger protest amalgam Alliance for Real Democracy, has been granted permits to host a series of large concerts in City Park from August 24-28. Parks and Recreation planners expect as many as 20,000 participants will be drawn to the free…

John McCain’s Pork Invaders

So John McCain’s website has a new game you can play and/or embed in your Facebook profile called Pork Invaders, which you can sample below. Yes, I know it sounds like porn. No, I’m not sure they realize that…

James Dobson to Barack Obama: Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner

In a June 24 article by former Denver Post religion writer Eric Gorski, who’s currently writing (and kicking ass) for the Associated Press, Focus on the Family spokesman Tom Minnery said that an aide for Barack Obama recently suggested a sit-down at the evangelical organization’s Colorado Springs HQ. Doubt something…

Delegating Denver #49 of 56: Utah

View larger image Utah Total Number of Delegates: 29 Pledged: 23 Unpledged: 6 How to Recognize a Utah Delegate: Based on national news stories, most Americans would think it was easier to get a second wife than a second drink while visiting Utah — as if residents of the Beehive…

Finding Dubya’s Marbles

Given all the “yee haw!” that’s gone on in the White House since Texan George W. Bush took office in the year 2000, a roundup seems quite appropriate, and Rik Clay of 20/08 Productions in Boulder, is organizing just that. The Great Marble Round-Up is a call to action for…

Reform. Prosperity. Peace. Bullshit.

John McCain ends his new commercial with the following words: Reform. Prosperity. Peace. Wow. The images are a transparent play for the vote of environmentalists, and one has to give the guy (or at least his publicity team) credit for hitting the right buzzwords. But this is one of those…

Slots Announced for DNC Protest Marches

The Mayor’s office has announced which groups have been granted slots to utilize the designated parade route during the week of the Democratic National Convention. In May, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the city for failing to assign what path demonstrators would be able to march through downtown and…

Blunder Road

Democrats have made many mistakes over the years, as this slide show by Joe Horton makes clear. In fact, they’ve made too many to include in a single slide show. So here, a couple of honorable mentions:…

Texas Loves You Anyway

Karen Brooks of the Dallas Morning News certainly isn’t the first person to take umbrage with Westword cartoonist Kenny Be’s point of view, especially his Delegating Denver , an online series devoted to profiling the 56 state and territory delegations. But in this case, Brooks wasn’t insulted because Kenny was…

Delegating Denver #48 of 56: Texas

View larger image Texas Total Number of Delegates: 228 Pledged: 193 Unpledged: 35 How to Recognize a Texas Delegate: This state may be huge and populous, but the Lone Star mystique can be summed up in the image of George W. Bush and Jessica Simpson driving a Ford F-150 pickup…

Al Gore’s Upcoming Speech

As many news sources are reporting, Al Gore will be appearing at a Barack Obama rally in Detroit tonight, June 16, to discuss a very important political issue. In a Westword scoop, we got the lowdown on Gore’s speech, which will echo a presentation he gave right here in Colorado…

Ten Weeks Out

The Democratic National Convention convenes in Denver in exactly ten weeks. But right now, it’s nail-biting time. The first hurdle: today’s deadline for raising the rest of the $40.6 million that the Denver host committee is required to pour into the pot — money that’s slated to be used for…

City Announces DNC Protest Route…Sort Of

Groups hoping to organize marches during the Democratic National Convention got a better idea today of what route they’ll be allowed to take. The Mayor’s office has released what will be the only designated parade route through the city from August 25 to 28. Marches will only be allowed to…

No Need to Panic

Run away! Run away! The Democrats are coming to town for the convention and they’re going to make life hell for us all! Just kidding. Everything’s going to be fine. Just ask Mayor John Hickenlooper. Earlier this month, he issued a lengthy letter to Denverites detailing just how fabulous things…

Q&A With Tom Tancredo

The 2008 presidential race has special meaning for Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo. After all, he was part of the Republican candidates pack mere months ago – and in the hefty Q&A below, he recalls the good, the bad and the fugly parts of his experiences with humor and frustration, not…

The Best of the Online Elite for the Democratic National Convention

DNC chairman Howard Dean recently unveiled the State Blogger Corps, welcoming 55 bloggers who represent all 50 states plus Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Democrats Abroad and the District of Columbia. Selected from a pool of 400 to attend the convention in August, the State Corps will get “unprecedented”…

Delegating Denver #47 of 56: Tennessee

View larger image Tennessee Total Number of Delegates: 85 Pledged: 68 Unpledged: 17 How to Recognize a Tennessee Delegate: There is no greater state than Tennessee. America’s fascination with the Volunteer state has been nothing short of all-encompassing and everlasting. Even the derogatory jokes — duct tape is “Tennessee chrome,”…

A Friend Indeed

Last week, Barbara Corcoran of “The Today Show” recognized Denver as one of the nation’s five friendliest cities, joining San Antonio, Texas; Nashville; Madison, Wisconsin; and Davis, California – an honor that’s nothing to sneeze at. And if someone does, Denverites would certainly say “Bless you” and offer a tissue…

The Nightmare of the “Dream” Ticket

So, it’s Obama. Did anyone doubt that, except the Hillary faithful? And yes, there were a lot of them, and probably still are, until the news sinks in—a process that won’t even begin until Senator Clinton admits that the writing is not only on the wall, but it’s also being…