August 25, 2008

Today is Day One from the 2008 Democratic Convention.  Ankarlo is live from the Pepsi Center. Today’s guests include ABC’s Cokie Roberts and Vic Ratner. 

Also, Ankarlo says Obama’s nomination is going to change race relations in this country forever.  Ankarlo has also noticed all the hate from Democrats here in Denver.

Tomorrow on the show, Day 2 from the Pepsi Center with reaction to Michelle Obama’s family speech, the tribute to Sen. Ted Kennedy

Day 1 Dem. Convention

Photo gallery from Day 1 at the Democratic Convention

Dem. Convention Day 1 and Photos

I arrived in Denver to a town that is buzzing.  Police, SWAT and all other types of security are everywhere.  There have already been a few protests and famous protestor Cindy Sheehan is in town.  And the Obama t-shirts.  It seems everyone has something Obama on.  I have never seen anything like this.  I mean, people are wearing shirts with Obama’s face on them.  The only good note is that vendors are making up these shirts on their own and hawking them on street corners.  Yes, they too have been checked by security.

By the way, don’t mention you are a conservative here.  You will get yelled at.  I arrived at the airport, told a few people I was in media and I wanted to leave it at that.  But, they didn’t let me off the hook.  They kept asking what kind of media.  I finally relented telling them I was a talk show host.  Oh, did they love that.  It was like I just had thrown a pack of red meat to the wolves.  They started yelling and screaming about being a conservative.  Look, I make no apologies about being a conservative.  At the same time, I don’t always agree with conservatives.  These people at the airport have never met me, never talked to me and they were very quick to judge me.  Why the quick hostility?  There is no doubt there is more hostility coming from the Democrats than the Republicans.  I have seen so many people filled with so much hate already.  It’s only been two days.  I’m sure it will only get worse as the week wears on.

Check out this photo gallery from the Rocky Mountain News to see protestors yelling at the police officers and getting right up in their faces.

Here is our photo gallery!