doghouse dems
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What’s in a word? In politics, very little
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As a largely unskilled person who’s pulled 30 years’ worth of paychecks at the word factory, it grieves me to break this to you. Words have never been cheaper. In politics, they’re a penny stock. Some words still matter. “I promise.” “I do.” “Roll Tide.” “Extra chili.” The political lexicon, however, has been sinking in…
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Ken for Hillary, Joe for Bernie: Colorado Salazars deliver dueling convention speeches
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Back-to-back barn-burner speeches — one making the case for Hillary Clinton and one for Bernie Sanders — drew thunderous cheers and boos from the 4,000-plus attendees at the state Democratic Party convention in Loveland on Saturday. The effect in the Budweiser Events Center felt like an enormous valve turned in the ceiling and lifted the…
