Comments on: Past time for another Kansas City convention

By: Shocker'07

Shocker'07 — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:06:59 +0000

Ben, if anyone would care to defend KC like I defend Wichita, I welcome their input.:-)

By: Joe Williams

Joe Williams — Fri, 26 May 2006 02:59:51 +0000

Conventions are usually held in bigger cities than KC now.

By: Ben Huie

Ben Huie — Thu, 25 May 2006 22:57:42 +0000

Gee ‘07, and you get upset when anyone says anything negative about YOUR town!

By: Shocker'07

Shocker'07 — Thu, 25 May 2006 22:42:00 +0000

Why the hell would ANYONE want to go to a convention in Kansas City, the asscrack of America??

By: ksfarmgrrl

ksfarmgrrl — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:33:10 +0000

Gosh raptor, just ask holy joe lieberman about conventions…

SUPPORT NED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: raptor

raptor — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:28:45 +0000

Aren’t national conventions a tad “dated”? The outcome is already decided long before the convention. The time/effort spent on “platforms” is a waste as the “platforms” are pretty much ignored after the convention.

Delegates trade in rumor and inuendo, reporters latch onto anything they can, and many people strut around acting like they are “important”.

Nope..didn’t get that from tv..but live when I was at the 1984 Democratic National Convention..San Francisco. Thought it was silly…

On the plus side, they are a rallying point for each party..so go ahead and have ‘em, just please do not televise them!

By: JWink

JWink — Thu, 25 May 2006 14:10:44 +0000

President Gerald Ford won the nomination with Kansas Senator Robert Dole as his vice presidential nominee. I attended and was one of the first to congratulate Robert Dole as he entered the doors of the Muehlbach Hotel in downtown Kansas City that evening, now some thirty years ago. It was a great convention.

Remember, Gerald Ford never won a presidential election, instead being elevated to the presidency on the resignation of Richard Nixon.