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1. #1
   On July 8th, 2004 at 11:21 am, Marshall said:

   I can’t honestly think of anything more nauseating than sitting through four days of Democratic Love Fest ’04. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise to these guys.

2. #2
   On July 8th, 2004 at 12:02 pm, Xrlq said:

   Yeah, it’s a bummer for the rest of us. I’m not familiar with Tabin’s blog, but INDC Journal’s coverage would have been gold.

3. #3
   On July 8th, 2004 at 1:16 pm, Aaron Margolis said:

   I live 25 miles north of Boston, and I got rejected as well… so much for their “blogger-friendly” facade.

4. #4
   On July 8th, 2004 at 1:25 pm, Wind Rider said:

   Reading Bill and John’s accounts, seems they both got hardcopy snail mail invites, but the disinvites were electronic.

   Since Bill already apparently already booked a flight and hotel, I’m thinking he should go ahead and go. John too.

   Both of them should show up with hardcopy in hand, and news video crew in tow (Fox pops to mind for some reason).

   Great exposure for bloggers/blogging. Plus, just think of the entertainment value of the DNC organizational buffoons doing a song and tapdance with the little red light on the camera for mood lighting.

   Has all the ingredients of a classic – or at least a heck of a story for John and Bill to tell the grandkids some day.

5. #5
   On July 8th, 2004 at 2:40 pm, Mythilt said:

   Yes, bring a camera and go. Think about the reactions of the DNC officials who get to realize that they might just be on the recieving end of a Moore-style action.

6. #6
   On July 8th, 2004 at 2:54 pm, hudson said:

   Oxblog is going

   http://oxblog.blogspot.com/2004_07_04_oxblog_archive.html#108930900521757250

7. #7
   On July 8th, 2004 at 4:22 pm, Jack Tanner said:

   I live and work in Boston and it is going to be so F$%63ked up it’s unbelievable. Our company has to be open and I have to commute in every day. They gave us instructions to run away if confronted by protesters, as if.

8. #8
   On July 8th, 2004 at 8:26 pm, John Anderson said:

   It is possible that by “site capacity” they meant WiFi access or some such.

   But…

   Bloggers could take notes and then post during meal breaks and nights, using connectors in their rooms.

   And has anyone heard of a cancellation of an unabashedly “friendly” blogger?

9. #9
   On July 9th, 2004 at 6:25 pm, rob galgano said:

   Sorry to burst your bubble, but the purge was not purely ideological. My left-leaning blog was granted creds and then had them pulled shortly after.

10. #10
    On July 9th, 2004 at 10:58 pm, Reverend Mykeru said:

    I must disagree, it’s more a “lame” excuse than a phony one. A “phony” excuse would be something like “Ooops, we sort of destroyed the Preznit’s National Guard records a decade ago, but only decided to tell folks two weeks after AP brought suit to see them”.

    Then there are completely laughable excuses. For that, see Scott McClellan

11. #11
    On July 10th, 2004 at 2:18 am, Thersites said:

    Considering that the DNC is paying the appearance fees for the bloggers (most media pay their own) and yes, there are conservative bloggers still going, I’d say you should retract.

    Could you name the liberal bloggers the GOP is paying the fees for in NY?

12. #12
    On July 11th, 2004 at 2:46 am, Bill from INDC said:

    Thersites -

    What ae appearance fees? All they are providing are site access and access to work areas … oh, and “a breakfast.”

    They just need to give the access.

    And as for “conservative bloggers still going,” there’s ONE that they describe as a conservative blogger … nevermind he was invited after the purge for “space” reasons, and after questions were posed about ideological bias … and nevermind the fact that he’s a REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.

    Considering this new information, maybe you should retract?

13. #13
    On July 11th, 2004 at 8:13 pm, James Landrith said:

    I also received “Hall” press credentials on July 3 and a disinvite on July 8. Its not a good way to conduct business.