Dennis Perrin makes me feel a bit better about not being at the DNC with all the kewl kidz:

Demver [sic] is dullsville so far. I had hoped to write more yesterday, but there wasn’t anything hefty to grab onto. Just infomercial lighting, empty journo-chatter, Pepsi Center delegates going through the robotic motions.

The fucking Pepsi Center. Is there a better frame for the corporate stranglehold on the Dems and the nation? And after the Dem faithful have had their fill of Pepsi, they’ll be herded over to INVESCO Field for Obama’s outdoor coronation, with AT&T hopefully tracking their cell and BlackBerry usage, just to keep everything in check. You think Obama can save the country without corporate sponsorship? [...] And that’s the god-awful convention reality: diversion, euphemism, cheap patriotism, and ceaseless bullshit.