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Busting Cindy Adams' balls, and other WTF moments from the Democratic National Convention

By Joe Tone
Aug 29, 2008

We awoke this morning and wouldn't you know it: The stench has lifted. You know, that smell that hung heavily all week -- that subtle mix of patriotism (the proud delegates) and patchouli (the street whores), with a touch of bad-ass (Obama) and a slight whiff of bullshit (still Obama)...
Spotting the meth den while in the DNC's Invesco line

By Joel Warner
Aug 29, 2008

Meth ahoy! Those waiting to get into Invesco Field at Mile High last night to hear Barack Obama’s acceptance speech went on quite an odyssey as the queue snaked this way and that through the stadium’s asphalt wasteland. Attendees were forced to clamber down hillsides, guard against line cutters at...
Connecting the dots on the DNC Invesco line

By Joel Warner
Aug 29, 2008

View image. The line to get into Invesco Field at Mile High for Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night seemed to go on forever - but just how long was it? Using Westword's advanced mapping tools (Google, a ruler and a calculator), we traced and measured the line's route at...
There and Barack again: the journey to and from Mile High

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

Lines, lines, everywhere lines. The day started out so well. At 10 a.m., my boyfriend and I heard from friends who had two extra community credentials to Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech at Invesco Field. They hadn't been properly "activated" with our names by the deadline the night before, but...
The end of the Democratic National Convention

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

At last. Oh yeah: After 8 p.m. during the big Invesco Field at Mile High Show on Thursday, Barack Obama came out and talked for a while. Not a bad speaker... -- Michael Roberts...
The Springsteen- and Bon Jovi-free DNC acceptance speech

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

"Now please welcome... who?" One of the big debates among inhabitants of section 524 at Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech on Thursday involved the musical acts that would be taking part -- especially the headliners. Over the previous week or so, the media had been filled...
The downside of patriotic displays at the DNC/Obama acceptance speech

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

The stars and stripes, supersized. Shortly after the speakers began appearing at Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance shindig, crews of yellow-smocked minions (whose activities at the Pepsi Center during the DNC were documented here and here) materialized and began giving small American flags to each member of...
Al Gore scores at the Obama acceptance speech

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

Al Gore, bigger than life (if that's possible). What an unlikely journey it's been for Al Gore. When he ran for the presidency in 2000, he didn't engender the sort of enthusiasm among rank-and-file Democrats that his predecessor, Bill Clinton, enjoyed -- and that accounts for his subsequent loss more...
An empty I-25 outside Invesco Field for the Obama speech

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

No slowdowns on I-25... Took a look outside Invesco Field at Mile High around 6 p.m. on Thursday in time to catch an astonishing sight: the security-related closure of I-25, seen here. For a moment, I thought I spotted Will Smith strolling the pavement with his dog, but this was...
Our Obama speech section leader

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

"And a-one, and a-two." With hours to wait until the main festivities began, those of us fortunate enough to make it through the huge lines leading to Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High DNC acceptance speech searched for ways to amuse ourselves. No wonder we eventually turned to one...
Jennifer Hudson makes a wrong turn at Obama's DNC speech

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

Jennifer Hudson wisely fleeing the little people. Most of the celebrities and performers on hand at Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech no doubt came and went through entrances as special as they are. I was surprised, then, that during a walk on the stadium's general access...
Scanning the skies before Obama's acceptance speech

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

"Look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Obama Man!" Our seats for the Barack Obama DNC acceptance speech were also quite close to a platform from which security personnel continuously scanned for trouble both inside and outside the stadium. The view opposite us, which featured heavily armed officers standing...
Watching the Obama acceptance speech from Bob Uecker's seats

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

Our section. Watching Barack Obama's Democratic National Convention acceptance speech made my family and I feel more than a mile high -- since we were in section 524, in Invesco Field's north end zone. Still, the view was okay -- much better than a lot of folks, who got stuck...
Mile High Stadium -- a little behind the times

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

John Lynch -- Bronco no more. Just prior to finding my family in the massive line to Invesco Field prior to the Barack Obama acceptance speech, I was handed a bottle of water by a happy volunteer. Since all of us had heard for weeks that no water would be...
The endless line to the Obamathon at Mile High

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

The underpass morass. Heeding media reports advising attendees of Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech to get an early start, I left Westword's 10th and Broadway offices at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. On 15th, I asked a DNCC volunteer for the best route to the stadium, and...
DNC Swag: 20 things we wish we bought (or stole) during the Democratic National Convention

By Joe Tone
Aug 29, 2008

Hidden among all the complete crap that was being hawked on the streets of Denver this week was some stuff that we'll likely wish we snagged when we saw it. Don't get us wrong, some of it is pretty craptastic. But it would been fun to have in our closet...
Obama in LoDo: Party for the masses

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

The Jet Hotel welcomed the masses. Some of us weren’t VIP enough to get into Invesco last night, and some of us were just too lazy to stand in line. For all of the above, there was a populist screening of the Barack Obama speech in LoDo, where the real...
Joe Biden sends his love to ex-Bronco Floyd Little

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 29, 2008

Vote for Floyd! One of the best Denver moments from Thursday night’s Democratic National Convention was the opening of vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s speech. "Ladies and gentlemen I always dreamed I would stand in this place,” he said to some laughs and comments from the audience (in Mile High Stadium?)...
The endless line to the Obamathon at Mile High

By Joe Tone
Aug 29, 2008

The underpass morass. Heeding media reports advising attendees of Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech to get an early start, I left Westword's 10th and Broadway offices at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. On 15th, I asked a DNCC volunteer for the best route to the stadium, and...
DNC: The scene from Invesco

By Joe Tone
Aug 29, 2008

While most of Westword was stuck in the World's Longest Line, photographer Kimberly Berky was inside, capturing the historic scene. See her slide show at http://www.westword.com/slideshow/view/134594...

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