Beginnings: RNC, Xcel launch convention buildout
posted at 11:40 am on July 21, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Today, the RNC and the Xcel Energy Center officially began its buildout for the Republican National Convention. The RNC will occupy the entire campus of the River Center for the next nine weeks, spending six weeks building the set, a week holding the convention, and a little over two weeks tearing it down. The partners for the event held a press walkthrough today, giving interviews and touring the facility as the workers arrived to begin work.
During the day today, I’ll be putting together the extensive video I took, the interviews I got, and publishing it at Hot Air — most of it exclusive to the blogosphere. In fact, I’m attending two events this morning, the other being a press conference with a Medal of Honor recipient in the Twin Cities who is announcing his support for John McCain. I’ll have video of that as well, and we’ll show some of it today on the Ed Morrissey Show here at 3 pm ET.
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I’d like to see this pretentious, ridiculous word banned except when referring to colleges.
thuja on July 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Compund?
bikermailman on July 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Will the media even bother to show up for the convention, or will they be busy following Hussein to the bathroom?
revolutionismyname on July 21, 2008 at 11:54 AM
If Obama is traveling abroad during the RNC convention…………
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Will the networks even show up?
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subbottomfeeder on July 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM
I liked what one of our morning guys here on KTLK Rush’s station)in the Cities referred to this story. So they’re unfolding chairs, why is this a story?
Pcoop on July 21, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Is this the Same medal of Honor winner I just sent you a story about ed ?
William Amos on July 21, 2008 at 11:57 AM
The media will probably too busy promoting “Obama’s smart now” stories based on his two hours in Iraq to bother with the Republican convention.
landlines on July 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM
And the Democrats had to cancel their press walk-through. Interesting contrast between the two national parties.
irishspy on July 21, 2008 at 12:11 PM
The RNC’s having a convention? Anywhere near Texas?
E9RET on July 21, 2008 at 12:19 PM
But who’s going to oversee the whole-grain, organic, free-range, domestic, union-labor picked, red, white, and blue fried okra?
Meric1837 on July 21, 2008 at 12:20 PM
San Antonio tried once. Spent suitcases of cash only to be told to eff off.
john1schn on July 21, 2008 at 12:21 PM
You had it right until the word “fried”. No contract for you.
kirkill on July 21, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I will volunteer to help local law enforcement officials deploy the crap cannons.
jeff_from_mpls on July 21, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Will the media even bother to show up for the convention, or will they be busy following Hussein to the bathroom?
revolutionismyname
Yes, but they won’t tell anyone when he starts tapping his foot on the floor, for ’service’. Maybe Michelle will have to follow him into the crapper to make sure her husband remembers what happened to that Repub…
Christine on July 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Finally, we can get in there with a few roach bombs, lots of air freshener, a couple priests to exorcise demons and maybe a witchdoctor or two to clean up after that grandiose victory lap the mesiah did there.
oakpack on July 21, 2008 at 5:08 PM
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