cskendrick's blog

On April 6, 2006 George W. Bush convened a town hall meeting at Central Piedmont Community College in downtown Charlote, North Carolina. He expected a very favorable, controlled setting for his own self-glorification.

If different in any way from fourscore and seven similar gatherings elsewhere in the country, Bush expected the people of the central Carolinas area to be especially welcoming of his talk of necessary sacrifices and defense of freedom.

He expected a Norman Rockwell moment. Boy, did he get one.

This past Saturday, I was attending the North Carolina Progressive Bloggers Conference, which was hosted, appropriately enough, by State Chair Jerry Meek, of the North Carolina Democratic Party.

Depending on whom one asks, the highest-profile attendee was either Matt Stoller, who has some nice things to say in a diary over at MyDD, or Representative Brad Miller, who has excellent taste in both basketball teams and snark!.

Of course, any venue that has me around for (too) long is just asking for trouble. More on that later. :)