Stadium move may cost Democrats coverage of convention
posted at 4:30 pm on July 9, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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The DNCC announced yesterday that they would move the last night of their Denver convention to Invesco Field in order to accommodate a large throng of cheering supporters. The move is intended to give Barack Obama a big boost for his acceptance speech, the final event of the convention, but it may mean a lot less coverage for the rest of the festivities. Networks spent months planning their coverage, and the additional cost will force cutbacks:
According to several broadcast executives, the networks will still cover all the major speeches. But beyond that, all options are open as they look for savings to balance out the anticipated costs surrounding the stadium event. The acceptance event is an unexpected departure from the traditional convention hall format for which they have spent months planning.
Network executives expect Obama’s relatively late-breaking decision to speak at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat football stadium, could add hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs to already cash-strapped news divisions. Each network has budgeted millions to cover the political conventions, but that spending is already accounted for in specific costs ranging from hotel rooms to staffing to building convention platforms.
As Paul Friedman of CBS News put it, the move and its additional cost calls into question whether the networks should cover the convention at all. He calls it a “non-event”, which is true of most conventions. For this one, most of the interesting news stories will come long before Obama’s speech at Invesco. If Hillary Clinton decides to conduct a floor challenge, that will grab attention, but that’s a long shot at best.
For a campaign short on cash and long on organizing troubles, this move complicates matters beyond belief. For a short-term benefit of having some good optics for Obama’s speech, the DNCC has added layers of costs for security and access that could easily have been avoided. They have also risked the national coverage they need for the big bounce candidates usually get from conventions, all to highlight a speech that viewers could have seen just as easily from the Pepsi Center. Had they planned this from the beginning, it might have made more sense, but now it’s just a costly vanity.
If this is the kind of planning that an Obama administration would bring to government, voters may well wonder what vanities will follow next.
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Ed, you just don’t understand…
Whatever Obama does is right by definition
this is part of his plan to heal invesco field…
right4life on July 9, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Its gonna be fun watching the MSM primadonna types bitch about having to stay home.
Iblis on July 9, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Ed, I think you underestimate how much the media would cover this. They are sooooo in the tank for Barry. I’m sure Chrissy Matthews (and his leg) as well as Hollywood idiots would open up wallets to “get the message out.”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 9, 2008 at 4:34 PM
and the broncos could sure use whatever help they can get!!
right4life on July 9, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Oh my, is Obama arrogant, or what????
pullingmyhairout on July 9, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Pray for rain.
jgapinoy on July 9, 2008 at 4:36 PM
The real fun will be outside the convention with the lunatic fringe running around.
I read that they want to march around the Republican convention. Not just stay in one place but march COMPLETELY around the place in and unending march like their trumpets will bring down the walls of Jerico.
Both conventions will have it share of craziness.
William Amos on July 9, 2008 at 4:37 PM
With less coverage, there would be fewer flip-flops displayed on the media.
BobK on July 9, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Nooooo, not the house that Elway built! Elway is conservative too.
Pray for Hail. And not to the Chiefs…
kirkill on July 9, 2008 at 4:37 PM
The Messiah will open up the heavens and the light of a thousand suns shall shine upon his believers.
Or, it could rain :))
fogw on July 9, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Well, I’m hoping there is still enough in the budget for a balloon drop.
wise_man on July 9, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Pray for major thunderstorm, only the dims could put on an event specifying food no-one can supply and fewer want to eat then hold something this important in the out of doors.
dhunter on July 9, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Yep, this is a perfect metaphor for what an Obama presidency would look like. Vainglorious and disastrous.
Buy Danish on July 9, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I have another question for the DNC…..did this ‘deal’ with Invesco include the shuttering of all the hot dog stands, or will the vendors offer tofu burgers?
Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 4:41 PM
It would be great if they were unable to fill the stadium. Does anyone know if I can buy tickets for seats, but not show up. I’m thinking Op. Chaos III
infidel2 on July 9, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Speaking of Democrats, Fox has a tape of comments Jesse Jackson made regarding Obama. Drudge writes:
amerpundit on July 9, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Ed. If the Denver fireworks are anything like they’re billed, (shades of Chicago ‘68) don’t you think the media would know enough not to broadcast it into everyone’s livingroom?
I always assumed they wouldn’t let us see what was really happening. If they think he’s gonna lose, then they will protect the party and skip his “bounce.”
JiangxiDad on July 9, 2008 at 4:43 PM
No problem. Just ask the Network anchors and the liberal talking heads covering the convention to donate 10% of their yearly salary towards the cause. After all, their interest and the democrats are the same.
RMR on July 9, 2008 at 4:44 PM
How many barrels of oil does it take to power one of those stadium lights?
Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I know it was busted by the Mythbusters, but maybe they just did it wrong:
Brown Note!
kirkill on July 9, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Answer: None, they just use the energy left over from Running Backs burning the Denver Defense.
kirkill on July 9, 2008 at 4:45 PM
So much for their “green” convention. Maybe they will replace all of the bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs? Or how many carbon offsets do they need to
bribeobtain from the Algore?Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 9, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Heh, no need to pray for rain when there will be thousands of moonbat-dems already getting in position to crash the convention to “rage against the machine!”
Them there fireworks will be fun to watch and I’m already chillin some beer and buying popcorn in anticipation!!
Liberty or Death on July 9, 2008 at 4:48 PM
He’s an impetuous, spoiled child. Doesn’t give a rat’s arse about the costs to his servants in the MSM. His majesty is doing us all a favor by making himself available wherever it is that he might appear.
Akzed on July 9, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Well we all remember Costas and Olby doing the ‘green’ Sunday Night Football game. Maybe that’s the plan? :)
Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Hey it’s only money and being spent in a good cause, the adoration of the Obamassiah….with Kennedy overtones. Probably have a big pic of John right next to Barry. Ever notice how the underlings come up with these ideas to glorify the savior? Kinda reminds me of Hitler’s stooges.
GarandFan on July 9, 2008 at 4:49 PM
The move is intended to give Barack Obama a big boost for his acceptance speech
Wouldn’t it be sweet if Hillary pulled it out!
kirkill on July 9, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Now his ego is costing HIM. :)
ThePrez on July 9, 2008 at 4:50 PM
My God! CBS is racist, too? Why, it’s everywhere!
Blacklake on July 9, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Who does this meathead think he is? Is it just me, or are all these Black democratic politicians a few bubbles off level. I guess it is their victim mentality coupled with their sense of endless entitlement.
First a new presidential seal, now this nonsense. This goofball will make a find President……of Haiti !!!!!!
Boy are the Americans getting really stupid these days.
saiga on July 9, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Interesting.
Rick on July 9, 2008 at 4:56 PM
If McCain and the RNC did this, the media would flip them the collective middle finger and refuse to show up. For Obama, they’ll grouse and complain about him ruining their careful plans and costing them more money, but they’ll find a way to be there for him, legs a’tingling.
aero on July 9, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Jesse Jackson has already apologized.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 9, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Imagine what a joke the presidential elections will be after all the illegals are granted amnesty. The candidates will probably wear Mexican wrestling masks to take pandering to a new low.
Then maybe McCain will be happy with this new style of campaign reform. We might even get spanish subtitles, or maybe english ones depending on how many illegals these idiots grant US citizenship.
saiga on July 9, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, because he got caught.
D2Boston on July 9, 2008 at 5:01 PM
The morons at the DNC decided they needed to have this Nuremberg Rally before even running it by any of the networks. Republicans would never be this stupid. These conventions are planned months in advance, down to the minute, and because they are for all intents and purposes four-day media events, the parties can scarcely afford to piss off the media by pulling huge last minute changes like this.
If you have ever been to an NFL football game, you’ve seen the massive amounts of equipment, cables, etc. that the media bring in to broadcast it. The networks don’t have extra stuff like this just sitting around in their basement waiting to be pulled out for something like this. It’s really expensive, they’ll have to truck it in from somewhere (imagine the extra CO2 emissions!) and they will never recoup their costs through advertising sales as they do with NFL games, because nobody is going to be watching.
This is just stupid X 10.
rockmom on July 9, 2008 at 5:01 PM
What a risk - even the small chance of weather negatively affecting the stadium event would cost the Democrats the one moment when the maximum number of people would be watching on TV. It would be very, very, hard to recover from a rainout. Maybe they could play old Bronco Super Bowl games - with RAIN DELAY at the bottom? What kind of CinC would risk the campaign when a perfectly good alternative (inside at the convention center) would negate the uncertainty? (Not to mention security, protestors and the loss of a controlled atmosphere to shape the event).
jerseyman on July 9, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Hmmm but now they can say that 1 Billion no 2 billion people came to the stadium.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM
And the protesters? Oh they came, but after the alter call . .
- The Cat
MirCat on July 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Security should be interesting too.
Judgement to lead………stupid leftie dems maybe, not me.
saiga on July 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Oh, cry me a river. The networks will lovingly pay a few more dollars for the “visuals” they are going to create for their messiah. Are you kidding me? I’d not be surprised if one of them rented a blimp for the aerial shots. And come on, you know they’ve already begun writing the speeches they will give and try to pass off as “observations” while there. They’re are going to make this Barack-a-palooza.
Sugar Land on July 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Code Pink would not have much problem getting into the stadium - the convention center much easier to control.
jerseyman on July 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM
I’m hoping for snow. The first snow on record in Denver was September 3rd, so it’s not likely, but snow has a way of following moonbat events.
forest on July 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM
This gives the networks an excuse to cut down on their coverage of the protesters.
jaime on July 9, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Obama: “And those Neurenberg rallies seemed to come together so easily.”
BohicaTwentyTwo on July 9, 2008 at 5:06 PM
I can see Al Gore speaking to the thousands in the midst of a snow storm in August. What a picture!
jerseyman on July 9, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Hmm huge oil incentives for only the rich and powerful… the simplicity of more or less working like a slave to make anymoney… hmmm should I go on?
upinak on July 9, 2008 at 5:07 PM
the ? Mark guy is on ustream! The stuff that the government doesn’t want you to know! Free Money!
- The Cat
P.S. I’m easily impressed it would seem
MirCat on July 9, 2008 at 5:08 PM
A quite ironic touch, that with man made global warming™ and all …..
wise_man on July 9, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Costume malfunction! Film at 11!
Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Without this, and his upcoming Berlin/Nurermberg speech, how else can the media manufacture a false sense of excitement and support for Obama’s failing candidacy? Like another poster said, the media has no choice but to pay.
If they don’t support Obama, there is no Obama. And as newspaper companies have shown, they’re not afraid to go out of business and/or fire people (commit suicide) in order to further their political agenda.
JiangxiDad on July 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Wha…?!
Is he kidding?! This will be the moment that Jesus is replaced by the new messiah, Jeebus. The networks will spend every cent they can to make this speech sparkle and thunder like the very voice of God has come down from the heavens.
He isn’t and He won’t, unless it’s time.
Jaibones on July 9, 2008 at 5:10 PM
I’d be down with that. Do it in the dark without a microphone. Perfect.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 9, 2008 at 5:11 PM
It will be the Phenomenal Possum Pentecost.
Or not.
Maquis on July 9, 2008 at 5:14 PM
There are all kinds of visuals to hope for….the crowd ripping down the goal posts, a parking lot full of Toyota Priuses, the inevitable ‘green’ streaker, a sack at the fifty yard line. What network wouldn’t want to cover this?
Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Memo from Leni Riefenstahl
By Clarice Feldman
Rally Memo
From: Leni Riefenstahl
To: Barack Hussein (dare I say it?) Obama
Subject: Ideas for the rally
Dear Mr. Obama: I’ve been reading of your plans for the Invesco Field mass rally in Denver. I’ve had some experience documenting such things and am delighted to offer my suggestions. You are the one I’ve been waiting for.
1. You need a name for this rally.
Surely this will be the hallmark of your governance — large, well-staged events in which you make very impassioned, high-minded speeches which do not bear parsing for content and which permit no impudent questioning by the media or participants. This, I can tell you, is a successful strategy.
My first thought about a name is Democratischeparteitag der Einheit und Starke or, as you would say, Democrat party Rally Day of Unity and Strength.
2. Make the Rally Very Long.
In my experience you cannot speak too long or be accompanied by too many cadres of supporters. Start around 5:30 and continue speaking until considerably past dusk. Have lots of torches. This makes for a dramatic and memorable effect. It may well be that the television crews will not be able to broadcast over such a long period, but never mind that. We can make a movie and ads out of it, whether they use it all or not.
3. Have Lots of Marching.
Before you start, have lots of marchers carrying banners of their affiliation. I notice on your website you have 17 groups backing you. I’d start with the LGBTs if only for the costumes. Follow on with the First Americans for much the same reason and continue down the list. (I notice you have no white men listed. Good thing. The last rallies we had like this were just seas of white men. It’s time for rainbow fascism to come out of the closet and show its face.)
3. Remember the point of the rally.
The thing about the rally is that it is sure to strengthen the Obama cult, which I must say has proven an astonishing development to me. I thought that surely America was immune to such things outside of sports and entertainment, but to someone like me it’s a delightful surprise. Undoubtedly it was a good idea for you to speak to higher order things like change and hope while your wife — undoubtedly working the masochist vote — stresses the order and discipline you expect of your supporters and then the nation. You need to bring in the gullible idealists and the anti-democratic self-punishers.
4. Film The Rally.
I cannot emphasize this enough. Lots of torches, banners, close ups of youth and of your face as you hit the high points of your peroration. Unfortunately, I’m in no shape to do this, but there’s that nice Michael Moore or maybe Bill Moyers and a cadre of music video makers. They have lots of experience with this sort of thing.
5. Leave the Young With a Task.
Undoubtedly much of your audience will be young and impressionable .Give them an assignment to carry out or they’ll just wander off, drink, dope-up and dance and forget to work for you. Maybe your neat idea to have them work for nothing — probably as community organizers as you did — might appeal. (For goodness sake though shut up those folks who tell them how you and Ayres ran through $50 million of Annenberg money without in any way shape of form improving the Chicago schools, but merely enriching your pals. Ditto the use of tax money to subsidize slum landlords.) Keep their eyes on the skies and away from the realities. Surely you can find ways to use your newly created youth corps. We did.
6. Get a catchy Song.
Very important. I’ve tried my hand at it for you, but my head doesn’t work well with hip hop. Maybe 25 cent or whatever that guy’s name is can help.
7. Line up Lots of Celebrities.
It’s obvious your followers are not linear thinkers. They need images. But I see you’re working Hollywood already and know how too handle that. Keep Kerry and Carter off the stage and far away from the event. Ditto McGovern and Dukakis and that nitwit Wesley Clark.
Remember, my darling, The Future Belongs to You
Janos Hunyadi on July 9, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Snow would be better (although unlikely), but the irony would not be lost on any of us.
Rain would mean the protestors would at least get a bath, though.
SouthernGent on July 9, 2008 at 5:18 PM
I think a lot of you underestimate how broke the networks are, other than Fox. The guys who run the business side do not give a damn who wins this election, their job is to keep that stock price from falling any further. They already think they put too much money into their news divisions, which are money eaters. They’ve drastically cut back their convention coverage in the last three election cycles, and they are NOT going to give lavish coverage to the Nuremberg rally without taking it away from other convention events. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of dollars in added expense here. Not chump change.
This rally may end up being covered live only on MSNBC. Wouldn’t THAT be a riot??
rockmom on July 9, 2008 at 5:19 PM
linkee no workee for me–the previous was from one of the Hotair ‘quickees’ at the top of their webpage
Janos Hunyadi on July 9, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Take your racist garbage elsewhere. Jerk.
Gilda on July 9, 2008 at 5:21 PM
And don’t they consider Invesco to be an eeeeeevil corporation or are they big donors?
Brat on July 9, 2008 at 5:21 PM
The Great Hussein wants a big audience to preach his lies, hatered of America, and denounce everything American, regardless of the cost to donors or America, which will be thrown under the bus for the new Socialist Utopia.
madmonkphotog on July 9, 2008 at 5:28 PM
OT (sorry)…sober time….emergency meeting of Security Cabinet in Israel….
40,000 missiles in S. Lebanon
ok….back to the ObamaBowl
Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Heh.
Jaibones on July 9, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Suggestion: if it’s rained out, they could always play the Shirley Temple movie, “Heidi.”
(That was Nov. 1968, by the way. Re-create 68!)
iurockhead on July 9, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Lim,
Wha…?!
Jaibones on July 9, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Hmm, anybody wanna join in a rain dance?
Sekhmet on July 9, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Not only is the DNC overspending its budget because of irresponsible and unrealistic planning, they want others to over spend their budgets too. That is the kind of administration that we will have to look forward to.
Mallard T. Drake on July 9, 2008 at 5:48 PM
The drive-by media will blow their 2008 and 2009 budgets helping this potted plant win the election. This is a non-story…..let’s stay focused folks.
David in ATL on July 9, 2008 at 5:52 PM
From Drudge. Don’t know what the bigger shock is ,
Drudge reporting it or Jessie saying it.
REV. JACKSON TRASH TALKS OBAMA: ‘CUT HIS N**S OUT’
OT
How is this going to help Michelle O’S kids.
REV. JACKSON TRASH TALKS OBAMA: ‘CUT HIS N**S OUT’
Wed Jul 09 2008 16:28:20 ET
—————————————-
SHOCK: REV. JESSE JACKSON SLAMS OBAMA, WANTS TO ‘CUT HIS N**S OUT’… APOLOGIZES FOR ‘CRUDE AND HURTFUL COMMENTS’ CAUGHT ON TAPE… FOXNEWS WILL PLAY JACKSON TAPE IN ITS ENTIRETY TONIGHT ON ‘O’REILLY’ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT… DEVELOPING…
Texyank on July 9, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Ohhh, being the loyal lefty Obama supporters that they are, I’m confident they’ll come up somehow with the dough.
petefrt on July 9, 2008 at 5:53 PM
For once, at least, they would be clean smelling hippies!
Mcguyver on July 9, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Too bad nobody but us political junkies is paying attention to this debacle and understands what it foretells about a Dem-run government.
aero on July 9, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I wonder just how many people will really watch this? I understand the whole brainwashing/cult point to this kind of rally with tens of thousands of chanting Obama Obama Obama…but there is something sort of creepy about it all too. Not to mention the fact that Americans are used to watching sporting events with cheering crowds etc. This is guy is running for President, not MVP or the World Cup or whatever.
I don’t know, but I think a lot of people are already sick of this campaign. It is hard to tell how many will care.
BTW, when I was a kid I used to go to Yellowstone a lot and they had a mock Christmas thing on August 25 back then..in honor of the earliest snow in the region.
Hope for sleet. That is a combination or rain and snow and it would muss Michelle’s hair something awful.
Terrye on July 9, 2008 at 5:54 PM
This OT isn’t helping Michelle Obama’s kids. Maybe another appearance on “Access Hollywood” to explain how these missiles are a part of HOPE! and CHANGE!. The Messiah will tell us!
///
What’s that I hear? IAF warming up the fighter planes again???
mjk on July 9, 2008 at 5:55 PM
OT:
According to Kudlow, McCain throws cap and trade under the bus.
JiangxiDad on July 9, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Let it be true, please…
Jaibones on July 9, 2008 at 5:58 PM
I dunno if there was a chance that mother nature would strike a blow against the dems, I think plenty of people would tune in. It’s not every day you get to see a bunch of hippies take a shower. And, heck, if someone got struck by lightning, God Forbid, you could probably get plenty of takers on pay-per-view.
Lily on July 9, 2008 at 5:58 PM
hot damn!
JiangxiDad on July 9, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Nurse Hillary scrubbed and ready to assist.
Lily on July 9, 2008 at 6:00 PM
I’m not near as worried about what’s going to happen at the Dems convention as I am what kind of crap they are going try to pull at the republican convention.
GoodBoy on July 9, 2008 at 6:01 PM
If they arrive by bus, I am going to laugh my *ss off.
As a prank, the conservative should place manikins under all of the buses.
right2bright on July 9, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Does any one else see a new Obama Bowl tax in the future? Is there a stadium large enough for this clown’s ego? Do you suppose Slick Willy’s Wife will give her speach at CC? (I’m suprised Obambi didn’t think of that) Are there enough spotlights in Colorado to shine on him? Will we be blessed with camera shots of the Reid skybox, the Pelosi skybox, Durbin, Streisand, etc, etc, etc…….? So many important issues and so little time before the Mesiah Convention. Forget about debates (that little “any time any place” thing) Iraq, oil, economy and such. We must plan where to put all the celebs. By the way celebs, remember, we the movie not goers, are watching. Where will we put all the people coming to see this……event? (Whoops! didn’t think of that) That whole planning things has really got you stumped, doesn’t it Obarry.
oakpack on July 9, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Well, he is adjusting to the times…energy is a priority. If this is true, then he is going to shove energy down Barack’s thoat, so deep that Jessie will be able to “feel the energy”.
right2bright on July 9, 2008 at 6:12 PM
LOL!
When I saw a post about Jackson’s comments on another thread, I thought it must be a joke (because it sounded too good to be true). This should be good!
AZCoyote on July 9, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Shades of Nuremburg. Do you think they will march and carry torches.
Zelsdorf Ragshaft on July 9, 2008 at 6:29 PM
The star of this event will not be Barak Obama. Too many things can go wrong. Super Bowl security takes years of planning. Here you have weeks to get everything right. I hope they succeed. But it reminds me of a Tom Clancey novel.
meci on July 9, 2008 at 7:03 PM
I wonder if Chip Monck will be there to tell people not to take the brown acid…
Nahanni on July 9, 2008 at 7:03 PM
He is sooo arrogant.
becki51758 on July 9, 2008 at 7:06 PM
it will be amazing to see how the MSM, who is best buds with John McCain, figures out someway to let everyone know John McCain is a war hero and a POW during the middle of Obama’s speech. I am sure Andrea Mitchell will find a way.
Monkei on July 9, 2008 at 7:38 PM
All this means is that the networks will use pool coverage of the stadium instead of showing up and constructing gaudy sets filled with giant corporate logos and “DECISION 2008″ signs & will just broadcast from home. Fine by me.
Also, Obama’s campaign can be classified as many things, but calling them “cash strapped and disorganized” is 17 different kinds of crazy. What the hell campaign have you been watching Ed?
e-pirate on July 9, 2008 at 7:38 PM
I want to know who is paying for the Stadium…
It aint cheep to rent folks.
Romeo13 on July 9, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Obama is SHOWBOATING! What an arrogant A$$!
ordi on July 9, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Leftists have way too much vanity… you likely won’t see them in a tweed shirt or eat grub, for instance.
HotAirJosef on July 9, 2008 at 8:24 PM
They better not be releasing any of those helium filled petroleum based balloons into the air as this would be a severe enviromental hazard to the planet and a danger to small mammals and birds.
Come on PETA speak up this would be an outrage!
dhunter on July 9, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Any chance some rich radio guy could buy a block of say 30,000 seats and sell them to his listeners? I’d love to buy one buy no way would I go anywhere near this fruit and nut festival.
dhunter on July 9, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Ha ! ! Lockbox open and ready.
Texyank on July 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Hmmmm…. been looking around, and I can’t seem to find out how much it would cost to RENT the stadium for a day…
but considering staff and security, its got to be a whole bunch of money… I want to know who is paying for it…
Because the stadium was built with TAX revenue. If Barry is getting a deal from our Democrat Mayor, I want to know about it.
Romeo13 on July 9, 2008 at 8:39 PM
He should have just rented the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and hung a Mission
AccomplishedChanged banner on it.Limerick on July 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Never, ever use any word that has “box” and “Hillary” is a sentence ever, ever again.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 9, 2008 at 8:55 PM
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