dems day 1

I was planning to wait until the end of the convention before blogging about it, but since I'm home sick today, and won't catch Kerry's speech live anyway, now seems as good a time as any to catch up on the rest of it.

Monday:

Can Bill Clinton be President again? Please?

Republicans believe in an America run by the right people, their people, in a world in which we act unilaterally when we can, and cooperate when we have to. They think the role of government is to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of those who embrace their political, economic, and social views, leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves on matters like health care and retirement security.

He twists the knife in the President even further when he discusses the tax cuts:

When I was in office, the Republicans were pretty mean to me. When I left and made money, I became part of the most important group in the world to them. At first I thought I should send them a thank you note—until I realized they were sending you the bill.

The other notable event on Monday was USA Today's spiking of Ann Coulter's column. I can't imagine why. Her lede:

Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston, conservatives are deploying a series of covert signals to identify one another, much like gay men do. My allies are the ones wearing crosses or American flags. The people sporting shirts emblazened [sic] with the "F-word" are my opponents. Also, as always, the pretty girls and cops are on my side, most of them barely able to conceal their eye-rolling.

and later:

Support the troops, the signs say, bring them home. That's my new position on all government workers, except the 5% who aren't useless, which is to say cops, prosecutors, firemen and U.S. servicemen....I love public school teachers punishing any mention of God and banning Christmas songs so much -- I think they should go home.

She's gone from moronic and insulting to just plain incoherent. Nice.