Headline of the Day

"DNC host committee tallies the price they cannot pay."

The cost of the recent DNC convention here in Charlotte is deeply in the hole:

How do you pay the bills when the party’s over and the guests have gone?

Democratic National Convention organizers are about to find out.

After struggling for more than a year to raise money – and ultimately coming up short – they face $10 million in debts and unpaid obligations, according to reports filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.

“This is a difficult debt to retire,” said Viveca Novak, a spokeswoman for the Center for Responsive Politics. “If (President) Obama loses on Nov. 6, then very few people are going to want to give to this lingering debt from the convention.”

It brings to mind Groucho Marx's comment on alimony: It's like feeding hay to a dead horse.

Oops, Wrong Navy

During the last evening of last week's Democrat National Convention, a retired US Navy Admiral took the podium to lead a salute to US Military veterans, while slides of military scenes played on the screen behind him. One, showing several warships, turned out to be a photo of...Russian warships.

Well, hell, Russians can be veterans too, right? And we were all allies in World War II, right? And it's not like we're at war with Russia, right?

Look, over there! Romney's tax returns!

DNC Tickler

Over at The Anchoress.

Yesterday, the DNC had to pretend it had a 2/3 vote to assert that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and for the inclusion of the phrase, “God-given gifts” into their national platform, because three attempts to vote couldn’t bring it. Whether it was the “God” language or the “Jerusalem” language they resisted more is hard to say. But the nays seem to have it it.

And then, of course, the mob boo’ed, jeered and hissed.

Later, Bill Clinton came out and did what Bill Clinton does better than almost anyone.

This morning, appeared on my Facebook wall the cleverest remark about it all:

“So, after they denied God three times, the cock crowed; what next?”

LOL.

Pandering To the Polydactyls?

Or is it just another example of Democrats being bad at math?

Six-fingered illustrations at the DNC:



h/t Daily Caller.

Well, I Called That One, Didn't I?

A few days ago, I predicted it.

And now, as I predicted, so it has come to pass.

Except for the chicken part, and I'll bet I'm not far off the mark there, either.


h/t Weasel Zippers.

Free Tickets and Chicken!

"Team Obama Vows To Fill All 73K Seats At Bank Of America Stadium For Obama’s DNC Speech…"

They won't have any problem filling the stadium here in what has been called "Detroit-On-the-Catawba."

Well, Great. There Goes the Neighborhood

The Charlotte Observer's food writer points out my local BBQ joint - - the tiny, cramped, barely-room-to-swing-a-cat Rock Store BBQ - - as a place that DNC visitors might wish to visit while in the Charlotte area.

Thanks a lot.

Just In Time For DNC

Charlotte installs ShotSpotter in the uptown area.

ShotSpotter is a system of gunshot location via sound sensors, similar to radio direction finding. When a gunshot rings out, accoustic sensors triangulate on the sound and locate the area in which it originated. It's already active in several cities, and I've mentioned it before on this blog as being active in Wilmington, North Carolina. It has the capability of getting cops to a crime scene quicker than 911 calls can, because often 911 calls aren't made in response to a gunshot.

The BBQ Sauces of the Democrat National Convention

The winners have been chosen.

The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte now has three official barbecue sauces.

The local convention host committee on Monday announced the winners of its “Taste of the Carolinas” barbecue sauce competition.

The winners are:

• Dan Huntley, aka “Dan the Pig Man,” with Pig Pucker BBQ of Charlotte for the mustard-based sauce

• Mark Cieslikowski with Q2U Catering and BBQ Pit of Lake Wylie, S.C., in the vinegar-based category

• Tom Montgomery and Sabra Kelley with 12 Bones Smokehouse of Asheville, N.C., for the tomato-based sauce.

I've eaten at Q2U, it has good BBQ. I'm guessing that Asheville's 12 Bones won because it's a favorite restaurant of President Obama's.

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