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Jackson Clarion Ledger
April 28, 2018
One need only go back to 2012 to be reminded the Democrats opened their national political convention by booing the inclusion of God in their party platform then declaring that the state is the only thing we all belong to. ... For years, the left has told us all that Christians are anti-science bigots. But now theyÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 28, 2018
Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) joined us in studio to get you ready for the Draft tonight @610SportsKC. How Mahomes s… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/989640324493561856 … .... LikeReply. Chris LaPlaca @espn_chrisfrom Twitter5ptsFeatured 26 Apr .@NFLprguy is right: looks like a political convention.
Davisclipper
April 28, 2018
(I'll tell you the reason…because the U.S. Supreme Court said they could and, according to the Constitution, it remains the law of the land.) The disruption of a political convention is nothing new in Republican politics. Mike Leavitt and Gary Herbert were both booed by delegates and Olene Walker wasÃâà...
Minnesota Public Radio News (blog)
April 28, 2018
The Supreme Court needs more time to decide on the U.S. travel ban. Kanye West needs only to be himself to lose ... Delegates to the state's political conventions will meet in early June –the Republicans in Duluth, the DFLers in Rochester — to endorse a candidate. In advance of those conventions, we'reÃâà...
WBTV
April 28, 2018
"We took a hard look at it once, we took a hard look at it twice, but it didn't work for us," said Frank Librio of Visit Dallas, which works to bring conventions to the city. San Antonio was ... Hosting a national political convention can bring the host city tens of millions of dollars in visitor spending. But it also bringsÃâà...
The Ledger
April 28, 2018
"We took a hard look at it once, we took a hard look at it twice, but it didn't work for us," said Frank Librio of Visit Dallas, which works to bring conventions to the city. San Antonio was ... Hosting a national political convention can bring the host city tens of millions of dollars in visitor spending. But it also bringsÃâà...
The Boston Globe
April 27, 2018
I usually argue that activists and insiders at political conventions shouldn't keep candidates off their party's primary ballot. ... in its horrific final days were homosexual; that Adolf Hitler's inner circle were mostly homosexual; and that nearly all of the most prolific serial killers in US history were homosexual.”.
550 KTSA
April 27, 2018
“I have reservations about spending millions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize any political convention.” San Antonio Mayor, Ron Nirenberg. ... Given the global impact of who the U.S. elects to the Oval Office, one can only imagine the reason itself must surely be political. It's because of Trump, isn't it, Ron?
San Antonio Express-News
April 26, 2018
“There's a reason San Antonio has not pursued a national political convention since 2000. The local community has to commit tens of millions of dollars up front, and prudent fiscal stewards have good reason to question whether that expense is worthwhile for the community,” Nirenberg said in an interview.
Salt Lake Tribune
April 22, 2018
West Valley City • The outcome of the marquee contest for the U.S. Senate ended up in a shocker, with state Rep. ... If the folks at Count My Vote want to convince people that political conventions are a rotten way to choose candidates, they really just need to show people the circus around the rest ofÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
April 21, 2018
John Zweifel, owner of the Presidents Hall of Fame roadside attraction in Clermont, remembers the relentless teasing he got from Barbara Bush during the “60 or so” times he worked with her on projects to promote knowledge about the White House and presidential history. “She's loving, she's got wits,”Ãâà...
The CT Mirror
April 21, 2018
Two weeks after winning a straw poll at a Connecticut AFL-CIO political convention, state Rep. ... But D'Agostino lacked the statewide infrastructure enjoyed by two rivals: Tong, who had briefly run for U.S. Senate in 2012, and Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who had campaigned statewide for sevenÃâà...
CNN
April 21, 2018
The Democratic Party alleges the conspiracy and the hacking hurt their relationship with voters, chilled donations, disrupted their political convention and ... But if it goes forward, "the DNC has created an opportunity for us to take aggressive discovery into their claims of 'damages' and uncover their acts ofÃâà...
KFGO
April 20, 2018
(Reuters) - Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said ... race, she told reporters that abortion and homosexuality were "personal things" that should be left out of political conventions and party platforms.
Minnesota Public Radio News (blog)
April 20, 2018
Delegates to the state's political conventions will meet in early June –the Republicans in Duluth, the DFLers in Rochester — to endorse a candidate. In advance of those conventions, we're talking with the leading candidates. Today: DFL Congressman Tim Walz. Then: There's still no agreement at theÃâà...
Deseret News
December 31, 1999
Pignanelli: “A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.” — Murray Kempton. Although most possess ... U.S. Senate candidates will face grumpy delegates who will have been at the Maverik Center for hours. Romney is popular with mainstreamÃâà...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
Barbara Pierce Bush, matriarch of an American political dynasty that has produced presidents, governors and other high officials, has died in Houston. ... nominating speech for her husband, becoming the first spouse to take on what quickly became a standard feature of national political conventions.
