Many of you have written over the last 24 hours or so about the story in the Times. I've not posted about it yet as I'm not so big on self promotion. But, I do have to point out the utter hilariousness of finding myself (and my pooch) on the front page of the Sunday Style section. Me. STYLE section. Those of you who know me personally will get the humor there. Those of who don't only have to look at the picture:
And as an aside, it's hard to imagine anything more hilarious than Phillip Anderson of The Albany Project--aka Daily Kos's own lipris--posing with a brew, a dog, a Mac, and a baseball cap in his usual (how shall we say this?) casual apparel under a blazing Fashion & Style masthead.
This isn't exactly something I ever imagined would happen to say the least.
That said, the real focus of the story is about how bloggers such as myself and Pam Spaulding (of the terrific Pam's House Blend) and John Odum (of the Vermont blog Green Mountain Daily) have been raising money for the trip out to Denver. We're really just stand ins for hundreds if not thousands of other folks doing the same thing, though often in very different, ever creative ways.
Which brings me to the big thank you. I'm currently packing for a flight tonight to Denver. I would not be making this trip if it weren't for the generosity of so many folks in this community. I mean what I say in the Times article above when I say that it was truly humbling when people were willing to pitch in to make this possible.
Thank you all so very, very much. You made this happen.
You've got to love this. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney are coming to Denver as part of a plan called "Not Ready 08." Really. Two guys who really, really wanted to be President but lost are pushing something called "Not Ready". Savor that for a minute. You can't makes stuff like this up.
When Democrats gather in Denver next week to nominate Barack Obama for president, they'll be joined by such uninvited guests as Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney.
The two former presidential candidates will be among two dozen or so Republicans in the city hoping to get their party's message out during a week dominated by Democratic festivities.
Their slogan? "Not Ready '08: A Mile High and an Inch Deep," a play on the nickname for the high-altitude city in the western United States.
It gets better. The RNC even has a website for this thing. It's called NotReady08.com. There's a problem though. It seems that NotReady08.com is, um, not ready:
It's official. Hillary Clinton's name will be formally entered for nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's name will be placed in nomination along with nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama at the Democratic convention in Denver, an emblematic move intended to unite the party after a divisive primary fight.
Democrats will officially nominate Obama at the convention but the state delegations will do a traditional roll call for his vanquished opponent as well.
The arrangement - which the rivals-turned-allies agreed to after weeks of negotiations - is intended to help the Democratic Party heal after a bruising primary while mollifying still-disgruntled Clinton backers and acknowledging the former first lady's groundbreaking presidential run.
Clinton and Barack Obama just issued the following statement:
Since June, Senators Obama and Clinton have been working together to ensure a Democratic victory this November. They are both committed to winning back the White House and to to ensuring that the voices of all 35 million people who participated in this historic primary election are respected and heard in Denver.
To honor and celebrate these voices and votes, both Senator Obama's and Senator Clinton's names will be placed in nomination.
"I am convinced that honoring Senator Clinton's historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong united fashion," said Senator Barack Obama.
Senator Obama's campaign encouraged Senator Clinton's name to be placed in nomination as a show of unity and in recognition of the historic race she ran and the fact that she was the first woman to compete in all of our nation's primary contests.
"With every voice heard and the Party strongly united, we will elect Senator Obama President of the United States and put our nation on the path to peace and prosperity once again," said Senator Hillary Clinton.
Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are looking forward to a convention unified behind Barack Obama as the Party's nominee and to victory this fall for America.
Every time I hear Colin Powell's name, I think "mobile bio-weapons labs". I had admired Powell before he joined the "administration" of George W. Bush. I had no idea just how low he would go in his service to that gang of criminals. The man owes the nation and the world one hell of an apology. That said, a good start towards making amends for his aiding and abetting an arguably criminal enterprise is to publicly back the candidacy of Barack Obama. Neocon uber-tool Bill Kristol says he may well do just that:
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Weekly Standard Publisher Bill Kristol told FOX News exclusively on Thursday.
"He may well give a speech at the Democratic convention explaining his endorsement of Obama," Kristol said, citing inside sources. "For whatever reason I think he has decided he's going to endorse Obama. I think [Powell] has a high respect for Senator McCain, they go back a long way."
Kristol continued, "This is not an absolute done deal, but these people are very confident that Powell will endorse Obama."
Kristol said sources told him Powell will "quite possibly" speak at the Democratic convention on the same night as Obama's vice-presidential selection and former President Bill Clinton.
I should also say that if this actually happens, it will be the first time in history that Bill Kristol has been right about anything. Ever.
OK everyone, I am tired of reading Robert Harding's post to raise money to send Phillip Anderson to convention. I am informed that it will not disappear until the $750 threshold goal is met. We are at $415. So for today only, I will match dollar for dollar your support up to the next 167.50. So, the community members put in any donations today above the $415 given, I will match it up to 167.50 so that we raise the $335 needed to end the drive! But you only have between now and midnight so please get cracking! Here is a link to
Robert's Help send Phillip to Convention post
(Update: Thanks to Kos for the mention today. Now let's rally around Phillip, shall we?)
Someone once asked me, "Who is Phillip Anderson?" My response was simple: "He is the king of the New York netroots." Phillip is responsible for The Albany Project. He has covered this state since 2006, when The Albany Project came to fruition and became the face of the New York progressive blogosphere.
When I went to New York City almost two months ago, I realized just who Phillip is. During the David Sirota discussion, Dan Cantor of the Working Families Party acknowledged Phillip when talking about the netroots in New York.
In short, Phillip has made a great name for himself. He has made this TAP community what it is today and he has continued to make us proud over and over again, whether it is here in New York or at Netroots Nation in his old college town of Austin, Texas.
A few months back, we found out that The Albany Project would not be receiving the state blogger's credential for New York to sit with our delegates at the Democratic National Convention. It was a disappointing moment. Truth be told, I wasn't disappointed for selfish reasons. My big goal this year was to go to Netroots Nation - a goal that was achieved thanks to many of you. The convention would be a nice consolation prize, but in the end, I wanted Phillip to go. He deserves the recognition and the honor to be New York's state blogger at the convention. When such recognition wasn't extended to Phillip (and TAP), I was very disappointed.
We weren't completely left out though. Later on it was announced that we had received a national credential, meaning that we could still attend the convention. It wasn't the same as a state blogger's credential, but at least it was access into the convention.
Phillip is not the wealthiest of bloggers. He is working hard for us but he needs this community's help to go to Denver. Just as he did for me, I want to rally the troops around Phillip to make sure he can get to Denver.
We have created a widget that allows you to give money to Phillip to make sure we can, in some way, help him get to Denver. Plane tickets are a big investment nowadays (with high gas prices) and hotel rooms in the Denver area are not cheap. If TAP is going to have a presence in Denver, we need the community's help.
What will your investment in Phillip mean? It will mean on-the-ground coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Knowing Phillip, he will shoot some video for us and throw up a few pictures to show us what Denver is like in late August with a bunch of Democrats descending on the Mile High City. It will mean that this community will be represented among the several blogs attending the convention. It will mean that the king of the New York progressive blogosphere will be in Denver for the Democratic Party's premier event.
So we need your help. Give what you can to Phillip. In the name of grassroots and the netroots, if you can give $5 or $10, please do. If you can give more, it is welcomed.
Let's make sure Phillip can get to Denver. I know that he will represent us well and will give us the coverage from the convention that is sorely needed.
Our goal is $750. That will go a long way to help Phillip get to Denver. So let's start giving, shall we?
(I reposted this so that we can get a fresh start to the week going with some fresh giving to Phillip. According to our widget, we are one-quarter of the way there. Let's give and give and give to make sure Phillip can represent TAP in Denver.)
Someone once asked me, "Who is Phillip Anderson?" My response was simple: "He is the king of the New York netroots." Phillip is responsible for The Albany Project. He has covered this state since 2006, when The Albany Project came to fruition and became the face of the New York progressive blogosphere.
When I went to New York City almost two months ago, I realized just who Phillip is. During the David Sirota discussion, Dan Cantor of the Working Families Party acknowledged Phillip when talking about the netroots in New York.
In short, Phillip has made a great name for himself. He has made this TAP community what it is today and he has continued to make us proud over and over again, whether it is here in New York or at Netroots Nation in his old college town of Austin, Texas.
A few months back, we found out that The Albany Project would not be receiving the state blogger's credential for New York to sit with our delegates at the Democratic National Convention. It was a disappointing moment. Truth be told, I wasn't disappointed for selfish reasons. My big goal this year was to go to Netroots Nation - a goal that was achieved thanks to many of you. The convention would be a nice consolation prize, but in the end, I wanted Phillip to go. He deserves the recognition and the honor to be New York's state blogger at the convention. When such recognition wasn't extended to Phillip (and TAP), I was very disappointed.
We weren't completely left out though. Later on it was announced that we had received a national credential, meaning that we could still attend the convention. It wasn't the same as a state blogger's credential, but at least it was access into the convention.
Phillip is not the wealthiest of bloggers. He is working hard for us but he needs this community's help to go to Denver. Just as he did for me, I want to rally the troops around Phillip to make sure he can get to Denver.
We have created a widget that allows you to give money to Phillip to make sure we can, in some way, help him get to Denver. Plane tickets are a big investment nowadays (with high gas prices) and hotel rooms in the Denver area are not cheap. If TAP is going to have a presence in Denver, we need the community's help.
What will your investment in Phillip mean? It will mean on-the-ground coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Knowing Phillip, he will shoot some video for us and throw up a few pictures to show us what Denver is like in late August with a bunch of Democrats descending on the Mile High City. It will mean that this community will be represented among the several blogs attending the convention. It will mean that the king of the New York progressive blogosphere will be in Denver for the Democratic Party's premier event.
So we need your help. Give what you can to Phillip. In the name of grassroots and the netroots, if you can give $5 or $10, please do. If you can give more, it is welcomed.
Let's make sure Phillip can get to Denver. I know that he will represent us well and will give us the coverage from the convention that is sorely needed.
Our goal is $750. That will go a long way to help Phillip get to Denver. So let's start giving, shall we?
Someone once asked me, "Who is Phillip Anderson?" My response was simple: "He is the king of the New York netroots." Phillip is responsible for The Albany Project. He has covered this state since 2006, when The Albany Project came to fruition and became the face of the New York progressive blogosphere.
When I went to New York City almost two months ago, I realized just who Phillip is. During the David Sirota discussion, Dan Cantor of the Working Families Party acknowledged Phillip when talking about the netroots in New York.
In short, Phillip has made a great name for himself. He has made this TAP community what it is today and he has continued to make us proud over and over again, whether it is here in New York or at Netroots Nation in his old college town of Austin, Texas.
A few months back, we found out that The Albany Project would not be receiving the state blogger's credential for New York to sit with our delegates at the Democratic National Convention. It was a disappointing moment. Truth be told, I wasn't disappointed for selfish reasons. My big goal this year was to go to Netroots Nation - a goal that was achieved thanks to many of you. The convention would be a nice consolation prize, but in the end, I wanted Phillip to go. He deserves the recognition and the honor to be New York's state blogger at the convention. When such recognition wasn't extended to Phillip (and TAP), I was very disappointed.
We weren't completely left out though. Later on it was announced that we had received a national credential, meaning that we could still attend the convention. It wasn't the same as a state blogger's credential, but at least it was access into the convention.
Phillip is not the wealthiest of bloggers. He is working hard for us but he needs this community's help to go to Denver. Just as he did for me, I want to rally the troops around Phillip to make sure he can get to Denver.
We have created a widget that allows you to give money to Phillip to make sure we can, in some way, help him get to Denver. Plane tickets are a big investment nowadays (with high gas prices) and hotel rooms in the Denver area are not cheap. If TAP is going to have a presence in Denver, we need the community's help.
What will your investment in Phillip mean? It will mean on-the-ground coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Knowing Phillip, he will shoot some video for us and throw up a few pictures to show us what Denver is like in late August with a bunch of Democrats descending on the Mile High City. It will mean that this community will be represented among the several blogs attending the convention. It will mean that the king of the New York progressive blogosphere will be in Denver for the Democratic Party's premier event.
So we need your help. Give what you can to Phillip. In the name of grassroots and the netroots, if you can give $5 or $10, please do. If you can give more, it is welcomed.
Let's make sure Phillip can get to Denver. I know that he will represent us well and will give us the coverage from the convention that is sorely needed.
Our goal is $750. That will go a long way to help Phillip get to Denver. So let's start giving, shall we?
