"For the first time, bloggers will hold an on-site presence at the Republican National Convention called 'Bloggers Corner.' Positioned near Radio Row, credentialed bloggers will have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences. Through this behind-the-scenes look at the convention's proceedings and events, bloggers will play an important role in telling the story of the 2004 Republican Convention."
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September 8, 2004 3:22 PM |
The Pitch: Interested in seeing the Biography video of President Bush (narrated by Fred Thompson) which was shown at the Republican National Convention? It's now available for your viewing at GeorgeWBush.com.... |
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September 8, 2004 1:09 PM |
RNC Bloggers Reflect on Covering The Convention: Adjusting back to the routine of going to work everyday and not blogging at the convention, I do realize I need to continue writing my post-convention thoughts, but I just haven't had enough time to finish... however, a few other credentialed bloggers have in fact written some post-convention reflections. Scott from Slant Point has a big write up that is well worth your time reading. Also, John from PowerLine has a good post reflecting on the convention... Kevin from Wizbang! realizes (sadly) that it's over... It really is over...... |
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September 4, 2004 8:01 PM |
Convention Reflection: Opportunities come and go. Today it seems like the convention was over as quickly as it came upon me. If I had missed one event, or an interview, it will never feel like a loss because the experience of being at the Republican National Convention could have been nothing other than a net-positive. There was so much happening at the convention that I anticipate several post-convention posts on the various incidents, encounters, and experiences I had. This post will give some overall reflections on the experience of blogging the convention. It was difficult work but a rewarding challenge. Without the... |
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September 4, 2004 12:00 AM |
Blogs For Bush Interviews Richard Miniter: I now have available for your listening pleasure, my blogger exclusive interview (from Thursday night) with Richard Miniter, author of "Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror" which is coming out in paperback in a week. We discussed the convention and more specifically a key issue in this election: the war on terror, he told me that there are lots of things in that people need to remember before going to the voting booth. He told me, "If you elect Kerry, you are voting for the Clinton approach to fighting terrorism ... if you look at the... |
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September 3, 2004 11:54 PM |
Wizbang Live Blogs Kerry's Post-RNC Meltdown Speech: Amongst the craziness that was the last night of the convention I missed Wizbang's live-blogging of Kerry's pathetic attempt of trying to put the breaks of Bush's momentum following his successful convention. Check it out.... |
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September 3, 2004 7:30 PM |
Home, Home Again: Hey everyone, after missing two trains and going through the ordeal of being stranded because of a dead car battery, I have made it back home. Follow up coverage on the Convention will be coming in the next few days... In the meantime, here is a roundup of some media coverage the RNC Bloggers got: The NY Daily News Investors Business Journal (a harsh article criticizing lack of traffic to the RNC Bloggers' sites. Kevin McCullough defend the RNC Bloggers from Mark Follmann's Salon.com piece. Coming soon, my exclusive interview with Richard Miniter.... |
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September 3, 2004 11:38 AM |
View from the Convention: Here are my quick thoughts on Bush last night. He rose to the occasion and did just about everything right. Not saying it was a speech for the centuries, but he laid out his domestic agenda (blunting criticism that this convention was about nothing other than 9/11 and contrasting Kerry's convention that was about nothing other than Vietnam) and strengthened his resolve to win any battle and take it to the jihadists in their backyards so we are not fighting this in our backyards. His campaign is a well-oiled machine so Kerry will have to do a lot to take... |
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September 2, 2004 11:31 PM |
FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!: I have just returned from Bush's speech. Read my lips, George W. Bush will be President for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!!! Inside, all you feel, all you could be was proud. I was so glad to be in there and be a part of it. The energy, the enthusiasm. It was outstanding. I had never been to a Bush rally before, This was my first time seeing him give a speech in person and it was just an incredible experience. This was the big event of the week. The moment everyone was waiting for. I wish I could convey the... |
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September 2, 2004 10:00 PM |
President Bush's Speech: Blogs For Bush has it!... |
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September 2, 2004 9:25 PM |
Previewing Bush's Speech: i don't want to give any real detail, but I have just previewed President Bush's speech tonight, and we're in for a great speech! Off the get closer before he starts........... |
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September 2, 2004 8:51 PM |
Blogs For Bush Gets Exclusive Interview With Richard Miniter: This evening I got a blogger exclusive interview with Richard Miniter, author of "Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror", I have the audio, but unfortunately, I am having a problem getting the audio off of the iPod, so it might be a while before I can have that for you. UPDATE: Here is the interview:... |
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September 2, 2004 8:31 PM |
General Tommy Franks (Ret.) On Stage: There he goes...... |
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September 2, 2004 7:18 PM |
Today's Cutie For Bush: While Kevin has been going after GOP Babes of The Day, I personally have enjoyed meeting several cuties at the convention that support Bush. Here is today's Cutie For Bush. This is Morgan, the vixen responsible for the previously posted photo of Al Franken.... |
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September 2, 2004 7:11 PM |
Ed Gillespie Talks to The Bloggers: Ed Gillespie writes: We will come out of New York with momentum because the President is talking about the future and putting forward a positive agenda to improve our schools, create more jobs, make health care more affordable and win the war on terror.... |
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September 2, 2004 5:51 PM |
RNC Bloggers Interview Senator John Cornyn from Texas: Another great interview by the RNC Bloggers. This time with Senator John Cornyn from Texas. He came by right after we finished with Senator Santorum. We talked about a lot things. He told us, "this is not a time for a nuanced approach to the war on terror." David from OxBlog asked him a question about the electoral college, and the quetion of abolishing it, and he said, "Well, I'm not ready to scrap the electoral college, and really we wouldn't be having this conversation if the last race wasn't so close. I frankly don't expect this race to... |
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September 2, 2004 5:05 PM |
Al Franken, New Poster Boy For Blogs For Bush?: So Al Franken has been going around stirring things up on Radio Row. Word has it that things were getting pretty rough on the Michael Medved Show. Earlier this afternoon A few of us were having a candid conversation with John Podhoretz about the Bush twins speech the other night. He didn't have anything nice to say about it either. The girl in the photo above is Morgan. She's a student at NYU and a supporter of President Bush. She came over to Bloggers Corner to check it out and I told her about this site. I gave her... |
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September 2, 2004 3:39 PM |
RNC Bloggers Interview Senator Rick Santorum: Click below to hear the interview. This was a really good interview with Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. The main topic we discussed was gay marriage and the issue of a Federal Marriage Amendment defining marriage as being between a man and women being added to the constitution. I asked the Senator if he thought such an amendment could be passed, and he told us he feels "it's an important enough issue that we have to try," and explained that it takes a long time to get an amendment passed. Check out the entire interview!... |
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September 2, 2004 1:30 PM |
President Bush's Speech Sound Check: I have returned to Bloggers Corner after attending President Bush's speech sound check... Click below to hear audio: "My fellow members of the press corps, especially the cameramen, tax relief is on the way! Don't spend it all in one place, save it!" And more audio from a few moments later:... |
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September 2, 2004 1:30 PM |
Andrew Jackson Speaks: If you have been reading the pundits and blogosphere, you no doubt have heard reference to the links between the founder of the Democratic Party, former President Andrew Jackson, and possibly its last torch bearer in Democratic Senator Zell Miller. Michael Barone has an absolutely must read on this phenomenon: Until Wednesday night, I was under the impression that Andrew Jackson had died in 1845. But on Wednesday night he appeared at the podium of the Republican National Convention under the guise of Georgia Senator and former Governor Zell Miller. In the accents of the mountain South, with a directness... |
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September 2, 2004 8:20 AM |
Quotes of the Night: Obviously there are too many to choose from. Matt had some choice ones below. But I really got a kick out of these two: Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside. -- Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. And that makes the whole thing mutual — America sees two John Kerrys. -- Vice-President, Dick CheneyIt was great fun being in the... |
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September 2, 2004 2:31 AM |
One Zell of a Good Time: What can I say? I think Zell Miller stole the show tonight. His message and delivery were perfect. He stood up there at the podium, staring everyone down with a look that said "You better listen to me, I have something to say, you need to pay attention!" He spoke with his mouth and his eyes, and you knew he meant business. It's a tough feat to beat Guiliani's performance on Monday, but I think Zell may have taken the trophy tonight. I wasn't there on the floor, but I can imagine what it must have been like. I was... |
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September 1, 2004 11:52 PM |
Let's Make A Wager: How much do you want to bet that this page will never be updated?... |
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September 1, 2004 10:45 PM |
"George W. Bush will never seek a permission slip to defend the American people.": Dick Cheney is on right now! UPDATE: 11:00PM Cheney is gone. He was awesome too... Click below for Cheney's speech... |
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September 1, 2004 10:21 PM |
Zell! Zell! Zell!: Zell Miller was absolutely amazing tonight!!!!! I was up at Bloggers Corner with some fellow bloggers watching on the TV and it was absolutely incredible. Zell had great lines, great jabs at Kerry and we almost couldn't believe just how authoritative he was. He hit the ball out of the park nailing Kerry for voting against funding our troops. He hit the ball out of the park nailing Kerry for his past votes against the very systems which have helped our military achieve success; the B-1 bomber, the B-2 bomber, the F-14A Tomcats, the Apache helicopter, and on and on..... |
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September 1, 2004 9:57 PM |
Keeping The Ass In Mass: I saw Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey and Governor Mitt Romney speak tonight. I have to say, Kerry Healey did a terrible job pulling off that speech. Hailing from Massachusetts, I was really disappointed in her. Mitt on the other hand redeemed Massachusetts and he was great to watch. I loved it when he said "I'm proud to be from Massachusetts, where John Kerry will be the junior senator until 2008."... |
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September 1, 2004 9:56 PM |
Face To Face With McCain: Kevin from Wizbang and I went off for some grub earlier and apparently we couldn't bring the food back to Bloggers Corner. We decided at a one point to check out the arena and we were kind of stuck at one of the entries, next thing we knew, John McCain stepped out and was a mere 24 inches away, he looked right at us and winked. I have to say that's been one of the most bizarre things about being here at the Republican National Convention, finding yourself bumping shoulders and getting face to face with the leaders (and future... |
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September 1, 2004 9:39 PM |
Honoring the Gipper: I was in the big arena during the Ronald Reagan tribute earlier tonight... Incredible moment.... |
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September 1, 2004 8:36 PM |
Interview with Jim Holt, Candidate from Arkansas for the U.S. Senate: Tonight I got an interview with Jim Holt of Arkansas, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. We had a really good interview, we discuss his candidacy and the need to elect Republicans to the Senate. Check out the interview, then check out his website and be sure to help him out!... |
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September 1, 2004 6:30 PM |
Cuties For Bush: Samantha, 20 (left) and Hillary, 21 (right)... |
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September 1, 2004 5:49 PM |
Terry McAuliffe, Ignorant on the Blogosphere: After Terry McAuliffe decided to give credit to the already discredited story of Kerry's Cambodia "missions" he was interviewed by some fellow RNC Bloggers. Once again, Terry McAuliffe has absolutely no understanding of a particular issue. An issue very close to many of us who frequent this site: Q: Why are liberals better at blogging in terms of politics? A: Well, I think the Democrats... well, we're a younger party, we have a lot more young people involved the Democratic Party and I believe we've been on the internet more extensively than the republicans have... and I think the natural... |
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September 1, 2004 5:23 PM |
Terry McAuliffe Says Kerry "Went To Cambodia Twice": Bloggers get the scoop. Terry McAuliffe says he believes John Kerry went to Cambodia twice, then criticizes George W. Bush's service. I guess Terry needs to read up on this a bit more. Of course, my questions is this: Is John Kerry going to condemn the DNC Chairman's criticisms of Bush's service? Or do we need to wait for them to coordinate with MoveOn.Org first? Powerline has the video.... |
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September 1, 2004 5:10 PM |
Franken Engages Hannity: I was there to witness Al Franken approach Sean Hannity while on break from his show. Surprisingly enough it was a civil exchange, even if Franken lied to Sean about what happened with Laura Ingraham's producer.... |
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September 1, 2004 3:32 PM |
Bloggers Interview Former Senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming: RNC bloggers got an interview with former Senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming. We began, and when he realized we were bloggers he said, "You thought I was adept at all this didn't you?" He told us has a Palm Pilot, and that he had e-mail but got rid of it because he got too much junk mail it was taking him too long to fiddle around with. Then we discussed the latest shake up in the Kerry campaign. Simpson said the Kerry campaign would not be allowed to implode because "the hatred towards Bush and Cheney is so intense that... |
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September 1, 2004 2:25 PM |
Protesters Disrupt Youth Convention: Earlier this afternoon I made my way down to the floor and arrived after the Youth Convention meeting. I had heard reports that there was some protesters who were forced to leave so I went to find out. I spoke with Tiffany, 24, from Texas, who told me about the event. All the student in attendance were betwen 18 and 24 years old and selected by their state party and come from all over the United States. "They had the Bush twins, George P. Bush, Ari Fleischer, Andy Card, some other people, it was like a big pep rally." The... |
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September 1, 2004 12:10 PM |
Don King On John Kerry: This morning I got to follow around Don King as he was being shuffled from interview to interview. I first caught him being interviewed on Fox News Radio with Tony Snow. Now, I didn't know this until I saw him here at the convention, but Don King is an avid Bush supporter. He could talk and talk about how much he supported George W. Bush and why. I'll try and transcribe some of his great lines later. I have to say that Don King is quite a character. I have a bunch of audio from a few of his interviews,... |
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September 1, 2004 11:03 AM |
More Photos From Al Franken's Monday Night Fight: I just got these in, here are all the available photos of Al Franken's fight with Laura Ingraham's producer:... |
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September 1, 2004 3:28 AM |
Speech Reflections: I was down at the floor, less than thirty feet away from the stage. The crowd went wild when Arnold came up. It was almost funny seeing him in person after so many years of seeing him on screen or on TV. Similarly, for someone from Hollywood to be up there on stage stumping for Bush the way he did was great. Arnold talked about his own personal experiences as a child in Austria, which tied in perfectly with his message of the greatness of our country. His story about how he determined he was a Republican was very effective... |
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September 1, 2004 2:31 AM |
The American Dream: Did you ever get the feeling that the GOP knows what its doing? Its a serious question. While I'm not an old man, I am old enough to remember when we of the GOP had the exceptionally deserved unofficial name of "the Stupid Party". We had this habit of taking the most amazingly great opportunties and blowing them in a bad way. The last time we did this, by my reckoning, is when we allowed Pat Buchanan to speak at the 1992 GOP convention. Since then, however, we've just done one smart thing after another - evidence of this is... |
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September 1, 2004 2:19 AM |
W Stands For Women: Yesterday I attended a great convention event sponsored by a women’s coalition. I didn’t really think it would be such a big deal to hear these people speak in person, but I was wrong. It was very exciting and a lot of fun. Even with a requirement to rsvp in advance for security reasons, the ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was packed with women. The panel of speakers, also all women. They were: Lynn Cheney, Barbara Bush, Doro Bush, Liz Cheney, and Ed Gillespie’s wife. The two Bush twins were also on stage. They did not speak, but were there... |
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September 1, 2004 12:09 AM |
Our Clash With Al Franken: That's right, you read correctly. After we got the scoop on his fight with the producer of Laura Ingraham's radio show, we felt inclined to approach him when we saw him standing by Blogger's Corner. Kevin from Wizbang has a photo and a brief recounting of our inquiries on that subject. After we decided to ask him what he thought about the speeches tonight. Kevin and I had just returned from the speeches so they were fresh in our minds... He said he watched some of them, but was "distracted" at times. Scott from SlantPoint asked what he thought about... |
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August 31, 2004 11:35 PM |
Salon Dumps On RNC Bloggers: Yeah, whatever, who cares? UPDATE: Kevin McCullough defends us... UPDATE: Captain Ed rips into Follmann's piece... |
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August 31, 2004 10:58 PM |
Back From The Convention Floor: I have just returned from the convention floor. I was very close to the stage and took plenty of photos... Here's a sampling Quick thoughts on the speeches: Arnold was great. The crowd loved him, and he spoke very well. I expected that his speech would include his personal story of being an immigrant and that tied in extraordinarily well with his entire speech. Jenna and Barbara were so-so. It was exciting to see them up there, however, it didn't feel very real to me. They both looked fantastic, but there speech came off corny to me. The best moment... |
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August 31, 2004 10:18 PM |
Polipundit Confession -- Arnold Speaks to Him: As an American born citizen, I may be unable to fully appreciate the sentiment but not the meaningfulness, sincerity and emotion packed into this short post: I'm listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger speak and it's so very personal for me. Like Arnold, I'm a legal immigrant. Like Arnold, I dreamed of leaving my socialist homeland behind for the Land of the Free. Like Arnold, my political awakening came because of a televised presidential debate - his because of Humphrey-Nixon, mine because of Gore-Bush. I've waiited in endless lines in a socialist country for mundane services - electricity, telephones. No more! I'm... |
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August 31, 2004 8:55 PM |
Interview with Pat Spero of Bush Country Ketchup: Click below for an interview with Pat Spero, contributing writer to Blogs For Bush and founder of Bush Country Ketchup... |
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August 31, 2004 8:10 PM |
Al Franken's Fight on Radio Row Yesterday: More details to follow. Check out Wizbang for a pending interview with firsthand witness. But, we do have photos: UPDATE: 8:26PM **INTERVIEW IN PROGRESS** UPDATE: 8:41PM **CHECK WIZBANG FOR MORE INFO**... |
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August 31, 2004 5:08 PM |
General Tommy Franks Supports President Bush for Reelection!: Click here for RNC Bloggers Interview with General Tommy Franks: We got General Franks' first official endorsement of President Bush for reelection. After talking with us he went on to Sean Hannity's Show, where he was supposed to announce it first! Captain Ed is working on the transcript Check out RNCBloggers.com for continuing coverage. And Hannity is still under the impression that he got the exclusive announcement! Scott from Slant Point recounts General Franks using his laptop ...... |
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August 31, 2004 4:21 PM |
Terry McAuliffe: After Terry McAuliffe finished on Sean Hannity's show he spoke with some media, and have captured the audio of that brief encounter:... |
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August 31, 2004 4:02 PM |
Terry on Hannity: Terry McAuliffe is about to go on Hannity's show!... |
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August 31, 2004 3:09 PM |
Win Ben Stein's Photo: I got to meet Ben Stein after the end of Laura Bush's speech soundcheck. Ciick for a larger image... |
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August 31, 2004 2:57 PM |
The Bush Ladies: The bloggers were fortunate enough to get to Laura Bush with Jenna and Barbara on stage after speech soundchecks. We missed the actual soundchecks but we got close enough to the stage to get a few photos while they were still there.... |
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August 31, 2004 2:22 PM |
Priorities: OK, so I have been fortunate enough to attend a few parties this week, but last night I was at a special reception for Rudy Giuliani (who needs no introduction) and got to shake his hand and thank him for all he has done. I met Bernard Kerik who risked his life throughout his career keeping the streets of New York safe and then starting from scratch the new Iraqi police force. And I met many others. But whose photo was the only one I remembered to ask for? The lovely and beautiful Angie Harmon. Having missed so many others,... |
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August 31, 2004 2:06 PM |
Roaming Madison Square Garden: As I said before, I got to the convention early today, security was much quicker to get through. I forgot to mention that after I got through the security check, I turned around as saw that Don King was a few spots behind me. It was a humorous scene seeing him being checked by the security guards with the metal detector wand. Anyways... There was a bit of an internet blackout when I got to Bloggers Corner which was finally fixed recently... During this down time I decided to go around and and get some photos and see what was... |
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August 31, 2004 12:54 PM |
Audio Blogging from Bloggers Corner: Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! UPDATE: 1:40PM, back online...... |
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August 31, 2004 11:22 AM |
Blogs For Bush in USAToday: Yesterday I did an interview with USA Today, you can read it here.... |
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August 31, 2004 10:32 AM |
Settling Back At Bloggers Corner: Hey everyone, I've been here at Bloggers Corner for about an hour an half setting up. It seems as if Blogs For Bush was having some server issues... but things seem okay right now. I am here right now with Captain Ed, and Kevin McCullough has stopped by. I was fortunate enough to get here early enough that there was no lines getting into Madison Square Garden. Things are starting to pick up. I'm probably going to go roam around for a while.... |
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August 31, 2004 8:19 AM |
Jews for Bush: With President Bush's strong and resolved stance in the war on terror and his unflinching support for the State of Israel (the only democracy in the middle east, with Iraq soon to join it; I'd put Afghanistan in Central Asia as opposed to the mideast, but why quibble), Republicans are hopeful of making great strides with Jewish voters. Traditionally, Jews, as they say, live like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans - which is to say roughly 90% for the Democratic Party in an almost genetic fashion. But, as Democrat and former New York Mayor Ed Koch explains, this year... |
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August 31, 2004 7:49 AM |
C-SPAN: I am on the phone with C-SPAN right now! UPDATE: 8:01 AM, it's over. I hope I did alright. Any get to watch? UPDATE: Click here, you may be able to find a streaming video of it.... |
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August 31, 2004 2:45 AM |
Monday Round Up: Well, I'm back at Kevin's for the night. Monday was a long and fantastic day. I did not get blog this morning about our Blogger Breakfast at the Southgate Hotel, where BC'04 Chief Strategist Matthew Dowd spoke to the bloggers. David from OxBlog has a good write up of the breakfast. After the breakfast we went over to Madison Square Garden. We got to experience the neverending journey of the security checks. Equipment has to be turned on... from digital cameras to laptops. It's a tedious but necessary ordeal. Our arrival to Bloggers Corner was followed by the challenge of... |
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August 31, 2004 1:50 AM |
John McCain and Rudy Giuliani: In listening to the speeches by Senator McCain and Mayor Giuliani, we were exposed to the definitive arguments in favor of the Bush Administration's conduct of the War on Terrorism. Over the course of the next three days, other speakers will also touch upon this subject, and we can expect that President Bush in his acceptance speech will also devote a substantial amount of time to this subject - but tonight, for all practical purposes, the critics of the war have been answered. And the answer is indisputable. Senator McCain began by invoking the shades of Franklin Roosevelt, quoting him... |
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August 30, 2004 11:50 PM |
RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!: ... |
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August 30, 2004 10:11 PM |
Giuliani's Remarks: Once again, Blogs For Bush has them. Click below:... |
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August 30, 2004 9:57 PM |
McCain's Remarks: We got them here at Blogs For Bush! Click below:... |
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August 30, 2004 9:46 PM |
There She Is... Miss America...: I just finished an interview with Miss America 2003 Erika Harold: Here is the interview: POST CONVENTION UPDATE: After having a quick dinner at Roy Rogers across from Madison Square Garden, we made our way back into the convention (after a lovely experience going through security again.) Not long after getting set up again, I was fortunate to get a special interview with Erika Harold, Miss America 2003 – which was really exciting. I had asked Betsy if it be possible to get her, and amazingly enough she was brought over to Bloggers Corner around 8:30. With the help of... |
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August 30, 2004 8:34 PM |
National Review Party: Shortly after our interview with Ari Fleischer we went to the Turtle Bay Grill for NRO Bar Night with the folks from National Review. It was packed, but it was a good time. I got to meet Jonah Goldberg, and Senator Rick Santorum stopped by as well. Jonah Goldberg and I Kevin Patrick of Blogs for Bush with Senator Rick Santorum POST CONVENTION UPDATE: Most of the blogges had planned to go to the NRO Party that afternoon. And it was packed. I was able to attend the NRO Party when it was held in Boston during the DNC. I... |
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August 30, 2004 4:18 PM |
Ari Fleischer with the Bloggers: Click the button to hear the interview: POST CONVENTION UPDATE: An hour or so after Ken Mehlman left, we got another great interview with Ari Fleischer, who told us about working with President Bush, saying "he's a wonderful man to work for, and I think that's why you see such longevity among his top staff, it's unusual for the White House staff to work there [as long as many have.]" So far, this was a great first day on the job! Who would have thought we'd have the opportunity to speak with these figures, even if for only ten or... |
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August 30, 2004 3:45 PM |
Ken Mehlman Talks To The Bloggers: Ken Mehlman stopped by Bloggers Corner, I was coming back from my KMC LIVE interview so I didn't get all of it, but I did get to introduce myself, and he even said Blogs For Bush was his favorite blog! I hope to get another chance to ask him some questions. I will keep you posted. I didn't get a photo, but Captain Ed has a photo.... |
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August 30, 2004 3:33 PM |
On The Air With Kevin McCullough on KMC LIVE: Earlier today I was on the air with Bush-blogger Kevin McCullough on his radio show You should be able to hear the show in his radio archives. I should be back on his show every day this week during the convention.... |
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August 30, 2004 2:08 PM |
Sean Hannity Is In The Building!: I'm pretty sure this was mentioned before, but Bloggers Corner is directly across from Sean Hannity's broadcasting booth, and he has just arrived. Earlier today I saw Al Franken at Air America's broadcasting booth. I guess Air America is still on the air... quite surprising.... |
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August 30, 2004 12:29 PM |
RNC Bloggers Interview Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch: We got an exclusive interview with the former Mayor. This was our first exclusive interview, all of the bloggers gathered around to ask him questions. He first asked what blogs were, and after the explanation he joked "So I'm a half-assed blogger!" We talked about his endorsement of President Bush, telling us he was the one who first used the term the "Bush Doctrine." He explained that while he doesn't agree with President Bush on many domestic issues, he said all the other issues "are trumped by the single issue of standing up and dealing with international terrorism," and said... |
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August 30, 2004 11:35 AM |
Alan Keyes Gets Interviewed: I got real close to Alan Keyes getting interviewed by the media.... |
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August 30, 2004 10:06 AM |
Audio Blogging from Bloggers Corner: Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! POST CONVENTION UPDATE: Monday morning at 8 am was our Blogger's Breakfast: Our breakfast with the bloggers Monday morning was a nice kickoff event to the week of covering the convention. Bush-Cheney '04 campaign strategist Matthew Dowd spoke to us, giving us his insight into the election, including some interesting numbers from past elections, voting trends and such. Because of the shrinking number of independent voters, connected with these voters is vital. With the rise of the internet as a media source and the decreasing use of the mainstream media, the... |
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August 30, 2004 2:19 AM |
Words to kick off the week.: Senator McCain on President Bush: " ... He has been tested and has risen to the most important challenge of our time, and I salute him. I salute his determination to make this world a better, safer freer place. He has not wavered. He has not flinched from the hard choices. He will not yield. And neither will we." And from America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani. "There are many qualities that make a great leader but having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. "Winston Churchill... |
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August 30, 2004 1:32 AM |
Big Night In The City: Today, (well, yesterday) was a big day. Earlier, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Dick Cheney's speech sound check, and this evening was a quite interesting as well. First, some RNC Bloggers got together at the Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian barbecue restaurant. Hugh Hewitt was there to join us. Those of us who could make it had some drinks together, talked about politics and blogging and all that wonderful stuff. Hugh Hewitt had to leave early, but we had a good crowd stick around, David Adesnik from Oxblog, Roger L. Simon, Scott from SlantPoint, Tom Bevan from RealClearPolitics, Kevin... |
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August 29, 2004 7:15 PM |
Dick Cheney's Speech Sound Check: Well, as you already heard, Scott and I were able to witness the speech soundchecks of Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney. This was really cool to see. We didn't expect to find ourselves in the same room as the Vice President. We had come to Madison Square Garden after picking up our credentials to just get a little familiar with everything and locate Bloggers' Corner. After that we figured we'd go see the main floor. Coincidentally Dick & Lynne Cheney were there. They were there for probably 15-20 minutes after we had arrived, so we were lucky to... |
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August 29, 2004 5:38 PM |
Matt Phones in a Report: Matt calls to say that the audio-blogging is temporarily down, but he phoned in this report. Matt and Scott of Slant Point, having acquired their official credentials for the convention, were on the main floor of the convention center today checking things out. As they were familiarizing themselves with the area inside Madison Square Garden, Vice President and Mrs. Cheney arrived to do their soundchecks at the podium. The text of the soundcheck was the Gettysburg Address. Their appearing was a surprise, and a coincidence, but Matt and Scott got to within about 50 feet of the VP, and managed... |
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August 29, 2004 1:40 PM |
Audio Blogging from Union Square: Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! UPDATE: 2:20 PM, back at homebase. We made it back safe. Jesse Jackson at Union Square... |
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August 29, 2004 1:14 PM |
Audio Blogging from Herald Square II: Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! Not many people here at this point... |
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August 29, 2004 12:46 PM |
Audio Blogging from Herald Square: Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! 34th Street... |
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August 29, 2004 8:30 AM |
Waiting for C-SPAN: I'm waiting for C-SPAN to call right now... UPDATE: 8:44 a.m. and I still haven't gotten the call.... UPDATE: 9:00 a.m., just spoke with my contact at C-SPAN, looking into it... UPDATE: 9:05 a.m. I just learned there was a technical problem at C-SPAN and they couldn't call. We have reschedules for Tuesday morning.... |
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August 28, 2004 7:29 PM |
Communists For Kerry at Union Square: Today was a fairly busy day, and it is probably going to be the least busy day I'll have all week. I met up with a friend from college for lunch, then a little later I ventured over to Union Square where lots of stuff was happening. I was informed by a republican blogger Rob that Communists For Kerry were demonstrating, so I wanted to check that out... There were anti-Bush crowds out and about as well, lots of strange people. I met up with Scott from SlantPoint and we hung around for a while. We walked around and noticed... |
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August 28, 2004 4:06 PM |
Blogs For Bush on C-SPAN Sunday Morning: Tomorrow morning at 8:15am (Eastern Time) I will be doing a short phone interview on C-SPAN with Steve Scully. Convention blogger Tacitus was on this morning, and Scott Sala from SlantPoint will be on Monday. It should be interesting, feel free to check it out. Streaming video of the show will be available at some point, I will post details as I am made aware of them.... |
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August 28, 2004 10:40 AM |
Got Questions for RNC Guests, Delegates and Surrogates?: As you know, I'm now in New York, getting ready to cover the convention! Don't forget you still have time to submit questions for potential interviewees at the Republican National Convention! As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences." Bush bloggers and visitors of this site still have an opportunity to submit questions for potential interviewees. This is a great opportunity for Bush bloggers and visitors of this site to participate in my coverage of the Republican National Convention.... |
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August 27, 2004 11:14 AM |
WaPo's Howard Kurtz On The Convention Bloggers: The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz talks about the convention bloggers, and give Blogs For Bush some linkage! The bloggers are about to storm Manhattan. Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration by the troglodyte mainstream media. There are only 15 bloggers heading to Madison Square Garden, less than half the number that descended on the FleetCenter. But I thought you'd like to meet some of them anyway. The Boston bloggers were almost all Kerry boosters, so it comes as no surprise that the New York contingent is all Bush fans of the conservative variety. The Big Apple crew hasn't gotten... |
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August 27, 2004 8:55 AM |
Have Questions For RNC Guests, Delegates, and Surrogates?: I am heading off to New York later today, but you still have time to submit questions for potential interviewees at the a href="http://gopconvention.com/">Republican National Convention! As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences." Bush bloggers and visitors of this site still have an opportunity to submit questions for potential interviewees. This is a great opportunity for Bush bloggers and visitors of this site to participate in my coverage of the Republican National Convention. Please visit this page to... |
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August 25, 2004 10:31 PM |
The Wall Street Journal Profiles The RNC Bloggers: The Wall Street Journal has put out their feature on the RNC Bloggers. Republican Web loggers are getting ready for their shot at posting convention news and commentary, and they say they've learned from their left-leaning counterparts' experience five weeks earlier. At Madison Square Garden, the official blogger group will number about 15, a tiny fraction of the estimated 15,000 journalists expected, and less than half the size of the accredited Boston blogger set. "That's just the number we landed on," said convention spokeswoman Alyssa McClenning. She wouldn't discuss how convention planners chose the group, but said the bloggers "reflected... |
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August 25, 2004 11:52 AM |
Submit Questions For Delegates, Guests, and Surrogates!!: We're just days away from the Republican National Convention and I will be there as credentialed blogger representing Blogs for Bush. As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences." Bush bloggers and visitors of this site still have an opportunity to submit questions for potential interviewees. This is a great opportunity for Bush bloggers and visitors of this site to participate in my coverage of the Republican National Convention. Please visit this page to access the form to easily... |
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August 20, 2004 8:29 AM |
Submit Questions For Potential Interviewees at the RNC: There are less than two weeks left before the Republican National Convention and I will be there as credentialed blogger representing Blogs for Bush. As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences." Bush bloggers and visitors of this site still have an opportunity to submit questions for potential interviewees. This is a great opportunity for Bush bloggers and visitors of this site to participate in my coverage of the Republican National Convention. Please visit this page to access the... |
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August 19, 2004 2:49 PM |
Zell Miller To Be Keynote Speaker At GOP Convention: From Reuters: Retiring Democratic Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, who has backed President Bush for re-election, will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention, Republican officials said on Thursday. Miller, who supported Bush's tax cuts and has consistently voted with the Republican Senate majority against his own party, will speak on Wednesday Sept. 1, the third night of the New York convention, said Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee. Got questions for Zell Miller, or any other guests, speakers or surrogates at the GOP Convention? Submit them here.... |
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August 16, 2004 10:55 PM |
A Big Decision By 'A Small Victory': Scott at Slant Point has informed me that one our fellow RNC Bloggers, Michele Catalano, has decided to bow out of blogging the convention. Michele has made the decision to spend much needed time with family. Certainly this was a wise decision on her part, but we'll miss her anyway. So here is the list of RNC Bloggers as is known now: Kevin Aylward of WizBang! Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush Captain Ed of Captain's Quarters and Blogs For Bush Scott Sala of Slant Point John H. Hinderaker of Power Line Karol from from Dean's World, Spot On, and... |
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August 16, 2004 12:17 PM |
Participate in Blogs For Bush's Coverage of the RNC: As you know by now, I will be one of the credentialed bloggers at the Republican National Convention. As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences." Without the help of bloggers who joined our community here, as well as the loyal visitors who contribute as well, Blogs For Bush would be the success that it is today. Because of that I want to not only bring the convention to you on August 30th through September 2, but I'd like... |
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August 13, 2004 7:33 PM |
Boston Herald's 'Bookmark Diva' Offers Advice to GOP Convention Bloggers: While those of us credentialed to cover the GOP Convention later this month prepare for the big party, we've been offered some advice from the Boston Herald's Bookmark Diva: The Bookmark Diva has a few words of advice for the bloggers invited to cover the Republican National Convention in New York City from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2: Learn how to write with a hangover. This is a skill the Diva acquired back in the Ice Age as a cub reporter when she managed to meet her deadlines with a stomach lurching like the Titanic. During the Democratic National Convention... |
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August 9, 2004 1:06 PM |
Updated RNC Convention Blogger List: Here is an updated list of credentialed bloggers for the Republican National Convention: Kevin Aylward of WizBang! Michele Catalano of Command-Post and A Small Victory UPDATE: Michele is now unable to attend. We'll miss you Michele! Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush Captain Ed of Captain's Quarters and Blogs For Bush Scott Sala of Slant Point John H. Hinderaker of Power Line Karol from from Dean's World, Spot On, and formerly Blogs For Bush. Bill from INDC Journal Tom Bevan from RealClear Politics Ben Domenech of Red State Tacitus Roger L. Simon UPDATE: Brian Reich from Campaign Web Review UPDATE:... |
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August 2, 2004 6:43 PM |
Updated RNC Convention Blogger List: Thanks to Scott at Slant Point, we have an updated list of credentialed bloggers for the Republican National Convention: Kevin Aylward of WizBang! Michele Catalano of Command-Post and A Small Victory Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush Captain Ed of Captain's Quarters and Blogs For Bush Scott Sala of Slant Point John H. Hinderaker of Power Line Karol from from Dean's World, Spot On, and formerly Blogs For Bush. Bill from INDC Journal UPDATE: Tom Bevan from RealClear Politics UPDATE: Ben Domenech of Red State UPDATE: Tacitus UPDATE: Roger L. Simon If you haven't bookmarked these sites yet, do so... |
