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that question: "Why was Karl Rove at the Democratic National Convention?" This is what I got first off:
Karl Rove Pageantry and Democratic National Convention
Posted: 09/10/2012 6:09 pm
Victor Lopez
Standing less than five feet from CNN's Wolf Blitzer and walking just feet from the podium where First Lady Michelle Obama delivered an incredible and emotional speech was exciting, to say the least.
To say I'm a little awestruck understates my emotions throughout this Democratic National Convention. Seeing celebrities and nationally known politicians, and conversing with some of them, can do that to a humble student journalist.
The New York Times' David Brooks once spoke to me following a lecture he gave at my college. He told me that he'd just had lunch with the president prior to flying in to give us a talk about politics, the election and the American way.
"Mr. Brooks, how is it that you can have lunch with a man whose policies you degrade in your columns?" I asked.
Brooks told me that politicians are very seductive, to make no mistake about that; however, if you've reached the presidency of the United States, then you likely have thick skin.
I thought that I would never experience the things Brooks spoke of. Yet now I find myself with press credentials roaming the floors of the Time Warner Convention Center and seeing people whose faces have adorned the pages of every major media outlet since I can remember. As a result, I ask myself many questions.
Questions like: Is one part of the country seduced, the other part complacent and another too tired to care? How do those who are electrified at this convention turn what is being said into actions that "move us forward"? I don't have any answers.
Yes, the Democratic National Convention is historic and fun to attend for me. Still, I wonder if this convention represents the morale of the American people?
If you think the question is rhetorical, it is not. We know what the Republicans are doing. Just look at their convention. Not a person of color in sight, Motown songs being sung by Caucasians, a lot of pageantry orchestrated by Karl Rove.
(Lopez goes on to speak about Noam Chomsky's views, etc..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-lopez/karl-rove-pageantry-vs-th_b_1859831.html
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KoKo
(84,711 posts)figured some DU'ers would enlighten me about that...since GOOGLE failed.
So .....WHY WAS KARL ROVE AT THE DNC...and WHO INVITED HIM... You just can't WALK IN THE FUCKING DOOR, THERE!
KoKo
(84,711 posts)n/t
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)The Republican Convention had "Karl Rove pageantry."
Get both those parts? "REPUBLICAN convention." Karl Rove PAGEANTRY." NOT Democratric. Not Karl Rove.