I’ve never been to a DNC before, but I’ve always watched from home. Even as a little kid, my mother and I would watch the convention on TV. I remember speeches by Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards and then my first time as a voter watching Bill Clinton.
I'm very sad to write that legendary activist Del Martin passed away yesterday morning. Phyllis Lyon, her partner of 55 years and wife of two months, was with her. Martin was 87 years old.
Hillary Clinton’s speech last night reminded every person in this country that getting a Democrat in the White House trumps everything else at this point.
[Editor's note: Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule will be reporting for OC from the DNC in Denver this week, where she is rocking it out at various Convention parties playing tunes like "The Rapture" and "Put Him in the Hall of Fame."]
Day 1: Of course there was a lot of fanfare over Uncle Teddy’s appearance at the DNC last night. And as Chris Matthew’s quipped "the Democrats are a sentimental party." He wasn’t kidding.
This weekend Diana Cage and I traveled to the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association conference in Washington, D.C. Of course, Barack Obama’s VP pick was on the tip of everyone’s tongue, or phone, I should say.
