Thursday 29 July 2004
8:00AM
The sun rises this Thursday on a city that has nominated John Kerry to be the Democratic Presidential candidate for the November election.
The city sits quietly this morning; Boston officials spent six months scaring the cheese out of the residents regarding the traffic/terrorism/live-jaguars-falling-from-the-sky scenarios that they predicted would ensue if people who live here stayed here and tried to go to work. A lot of people took it to heart, and the town this morning looks like a deleted scene from 'Night of the Comet.' Ain't nothing happening but the rent.
But the buzz is there to be heard, if you have the right ears for it. Carter, Gore, Heinz-Kerry, Obama, Clinton, Edwards and many others have risen to the challenge of speaking to a national audience about national issues, and the tingling nerves of this city await the final show. John Kerry will speak tonight, will accept the nomination, and O my Lord this city will rock and roll.
The truthout crew will start the day at the Progressive Democratic Convention at Roxbury College tomorrow. Speakers will include Dennis Kucinich, Howard Dean, Tom Hayden, the indomitable Doris 'Granny D' Haddock, and several others. We plan on getting as many interviews with as many of these people as possible. Watch this page, folks. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
http://www.truthout.org/dnc04.shtml