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      <description>The Denver Democratic Convention Blog</description>
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         <title>Where were all the prostitutes at the DNC?</title>
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"I wish I'd been hooking in Denver for the DNC."


Right now, everyone is hard at work dissecting the various successes and failures of the DNC. They're talking about the dearth of cabs, t...]]></description>
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          <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Let&apos;s Get this Party Started</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:49:41 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Busting Cindy Adams&apos; balls, and other WTF moments from the Democratic National Convention</title>
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We awoke this morning and wouldn't you know it: The stench has lifted. You know, that smell that hung heavily all week -- that subtle mix of patriotism (the proud delegates) and patchouli ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:37:19 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Shepard Fairey, creator of iconic Obama &apos;Hope&apos; poster, arrested at DNC</title>
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Artist Shepard Fairey's images have been widely used throughout the campaign.


One hundred-fifty two people were arrested during DNC protest events in Denver this past week, for charges r...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:38:27 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Spotting the meth den while in the DNC&apos;s Invesco line</title>
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Meth ahoy!

Those waiting to get into Invesco Field at Mile High last night to hear Barack Obama’s acceptance speech went on quite an odyssey as the queue snaked this way and that through ...]]></description>
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          <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Angel&apos;s Sports Bar</category>
        
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:41:26 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Connecting the dots on the DNC Invesco line</title>
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          View image.

The line to get into Invesco Field at Mile High for Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night seemed to go on forever - but just how long was it?

Using Westword's advanced m...]]></description>
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          <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">The Donkey Show</category>
        
        
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          <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Jared Jacang Maher</category>
        
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:01:57 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>There and Barack again: the journey to and from Mile High</title>
         <description><![CDATA[
         


Lines, lines, everywhere lines.


The day started out so well.

At 10 a.m., my boyfriend and I heard from friends who had two extra community credentials to Barack Obama's historic accept...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:55:18 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>The end of the Democratic National Convention</title>
         <description><![CDATA[
         


At last.


Oh yeah: After 8 p.m. during the big Invesco Field at Mile High Show on Thursday, Barack Obama came out and talked for a while. Not a bad speaker... -- Michael Roberts
      ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:49:50 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>The Springsteen- and Bon Jovi-free DNC acceptance speech</title>
         <description><![CDATA[
         


"Now please welcome... who?"


One of the big debates among inhabitants of section 524 at Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech on Thursday involved the musical acts...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:44:15 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>The downside of patriotic displays at the DNC/Obama acceptance speech</title>
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The stars and stripes, supersized.


Shortly after the speakers began appearing at Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance shindig, crews of yellow-smocked minions (whose act...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:43 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Al Gore scores at the Obama acceptance speech</title>
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Al Gore, bigger than life (if that's possible).


What an unlikely journey it's been for Al Gore. When he ran for the presidency in 2000, he didn't engender the sort of enthusiasm among r...]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/demver/2008/08/al_gore_scores_at_the_obama_ac.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:29:47 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>DNC Cops: Chillin&apos; Like Villians</title>
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I'll say this first: I walked and rode around downtown a lot this week, and every cop I saw -- including some being taunted by protesters -- were very chill, patient, and totally unlike ...]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/demver/2008/08/dnc_cops_chillin_like_villians.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:11:47 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>An empty I-25 outside Invesco Field for the Obama speech</title>
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No slowdowns on I-25...


Took a look outside Invesco Field at Mile High around 6 p.m. on Thursday in time to catch an astonishing sight: the security-related closure of I-25, seen here. ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:02:29 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Our Obama speech section leader</title>
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"And a-one, and a-two."


With hours to wait until the main festivities began, those of us fortunate enough to make it through the huge lines leading to Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mi...]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/demver/2008/08/our_obama_speech_section_leade.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:46:39 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Jennifer Hudson makes a wrong turn at Obama&apos;s DNC speech</title>
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Jennifer Hudson wisely fleeing the little people.


Most of the celebrities and performers on hand at Barack Obama's Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech no doubt came and went th...]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/demver/2008/08/jennifer_hudson_makes_a_wrong.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:26:41 -0700</pubDate>
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         <title>Scanning the skies before Obama&apos;s acceptance speech</title>
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"Look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Obama Man!"


Our seats for the Barack Obama DNC acceptance speech were also quite close to a platform from which security personnel continuously sc...]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.westword.com/demver/2008/08/watching_the_skies_before_obam.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:06:06 -0700</pubDate>
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