Labor Day at the DNC

CHARLOTTE - The Democratic National Convention doesn't kick off until tomorrow but that doesn't mean today is devoid of action. 

The various caucuses in the DNC are meeting at the Charlotte Convention Center while most delegates will explore Carolina Fest, a carnival of sorts celebrating North Carolina culture.

Then there are the parties put on by the delegations, media outlets, and corporate sponsors to fill up the evening. 

Follow Reason's team in Charlotte on Twitter for live up-to-the-minute coverage: Matt Welch, Garrett Quinn, Peter Suderman, Paul Detrick, and Zach Weissmueller.

Comments

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Wow. The logo for the DNC is just an ad for the Obama "brand". Cult of personality, much?!?!

Oh, and first!

[sage]

I thought that was some variation of the square that imprisoned General Zod and sent him through space for thousands of years.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

We should be so lucky.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Until some dipshit explodes a nuclear device, shattering it.

[Ryan60657]

"The Jacket" not attending?

[Archduke PantsFan]

We should send barfman to be our correspondent.

[Killazontherun]

the Charlotte Convention Center while most delegates will explore Carolina Fest

I doubt if the progressive voter is going to be thrilled when the appointed cultural director remarks, 'North Carolina has the highest density of box retail outlets than any region outside of China, whew hoo!'

Besides, likely not even true when you cut West Texas off from the East, or discount the non coastal and farming lands of Cali. Who makes up these bogus stats, anyway?

[sage]

This is kind of funny. Obama takes his rightful place on Mount Rushmore (hope this works):

http://p.twimg.com/A139YabCIAA14dR.jpg

[mad libertarian guy]

most delegates will explore Carolina Fest, a carnival of sorts celebrating North Carolina culture.

For these people, I imagine it will be like attending the circus sideshow. "Ooooohhhh! Look at the native flyover country-er. Oh, look, he can speak, though I'm not sure it's English."

[Episiarch]

I used to go to camp in North Carolina. One year, I took the train down with my mother to get dropped off. The train stop was in north South Carolina, and the camp was in south North Carolina. We took a taxi from the train to the camp. The taxi driver made small talk with us during the ride, and I swear we couldn't understand most of what he said, his accent was so strong.

That's my obligatory asshole Yankee story of the day.

[Heroic Mulatto]

"Ooooohhhh! Look at the native flyover country-er.

North Carolina moved from the East Coast to the Mid-West? When did that happen?

Besides, as an upper-middle-class New Englander, I can assure you that the proper slur is "Southerner", which refers to anyone south of New York City. An area which is vast, undeveloped wasteland populated by inbred, cannibal rapists.

[Episiarch]

Hey, North Jersey also counts as "not the south". South Jersey, on the other hand...

[Heroic Mulatto]

North Jersey is a NYC enclave, that was a given.

[Episiarch]

Also, Philadelphia. But NOTHING ELSE.

I've tried to explain to people from Wisconsin and Michigan how they are Southerners, and they just don't get it. New England is a separate country.

[geo1113]

Plenty of "southerners" in Maine and New Hampshire.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Yeah, they're called "Southies" and originally hail from Boston.

[BakedPenguin]

No, they're hicks, but Yankee hicks.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Ok. Some people are confused, so I'll clarify proper usage:

Southerner = inbred cannibal rapist
Hillbilly = inbred rapist cannibal
Yokel = rapist inbred cannibal
Hick = rapist of inbred cannibals
Swamp Yankee = cannibal of inbred rapists

Clear?

[EDG reppin' LBC]

So how do the honyocks, hayseeds, and stump-jumpers, fit into this?

[Beowulf]

The more precise definition is west of the Hudson and South of the Holland Tunnel...

[Killazontherun]

I'll likely be getting my local culture on tomorrow night when the Chocolate Drops play at a local auditorium. If I can get a babysitter for a Tuesday.

[Heroic Mulatto]

The Carolina Chocolate Drops? If so, I love you.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

I'd prefer these silly nillies from Chapel Hill. Superchunk: Slack Motherfucker

[Fist of Etiquette]

...a carnival of sorts celebrating North Carolina culture.

Yuck.

[Tulpa Doom]

Biden's U-Haul stolen in Detroit

Ed Donovan, a spokesman for the USSS, told ABC News the truck carrying equipment was stolen between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning at the Westin Hotel in Detroit. He would not specify what kind of equipment was in the truck.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

I don't know if I'd classify this as "equipment".

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Oops. Meant to include this link, too.

[Archduke PantsFan]

A Raleigh-based group devoted to reducing the potential for voter fraud presented the N.C. Board of Elections on Friday with a list of nearly 30,000 names of dead people statewide who are still registered to vote.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.c.....rylink=cpy

[Archduke PantsFan]

Stay Classy, Jason Biggs

[Auric Demonocles]

Fuck the DNC and the NFl for rescheduling the opening game for it.