Articles Tagged “Democratic National Convention”
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The Shame Of America’s Two-Party Duopoly
BY RALPH NADER The Republican and Democratic Conventions are mercifully over but their corrosive impacts on our democracy persist. First, did you know that taxpayers helped fund these conventions at a level of $100 million for logistics and police sequestrations of demonstrators in Tampa and Charlotte and an additional $18.2 million each for general convention [...]
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Clinton’s Mastery
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That Old Clinton Magic
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My Better Angel
BY JACK FARLEY I must admit to approaching the Democratic National Convention with a healthy amount of news reporter cynicism, which means that I was determined to view the convention as an objective, unemotional reporter. Needless to say, that approach became impossible when Tammy Duckworth, a disabled veteran, poured the story of her life and [...]
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The Elephant Show
BY SHARON MARTIN We’ve chosen our candidates in state primaries, so why do we even need conventions? Seems like a waste of good money to me. Maybe it fires up the party faithful, but aren’t those votes secure already? It might be entertainment, at least, if it all weren’t just so scary. In the first [...]
