Live From The DNC: Day 15:34 pm | Monday, August 25th, 2008
[All week long, writer Brad Listi will be reporting for Complex at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Check back each day for an update!]
I spent much of the day walking around downtown Denver, the epicenter of activity for this week's Democratic National Convention. The scene here is a bit chaotic: A pro-Obama drum circle to your left, and God-Hates-Fags march on your right. Cars honking. People chanting. Journalists swarming. Meanwhile, mounted police and SWAT teams circle the action, ready to put the hammer down at a moment's notice if things start to get ugly.
One thing that struck me: the incredible number of merchants in town. Apolitical folk who showed up with box-loads full of Obama gear, looking for nothing more than to make a quick buck. One of the guys I talked to'who was walking around, smiling, wearing a gaudy “Yes We Can” shirt'is actually a McCain supporter. Free market capitalism at its finest. Anything goes. And so here you have a photo collection from this morning's walk-around…
Brad Listi is the author of the bestselling novel Attention. Deficit. Disorder.
Tawni August 25, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Fred Phelps is there spewing his “God hates fags” ignorant vomit? Yuck. That douche will march *anywhere* for attention, I guess.
These are really fun pictures, Brad. Thanks for posting so we can live vicariously. :)