Tuesday, July 27, 2004

I’m watching CSpan, by the way. I reckon other channels might give more info through commentary.

Through the SECOND intermission (7pm central time) . . .

[asterisk marks repeat performers, by the way, and first round numbers are in parentheses]

TOTAL PEOPLE SPEAKING (27) 13**
STATES REPRESENTED ON STAGE (when origin of speaker is clear) (14) 6*
STATES OF THE FORMER CONFEDERACY REPRESENTED (3.5) 2 (Texas and Florida repeat)

MEN (15) 9**
WOMEN (12) 4

IDENTIFIABLY GAY (2)
SEEMINGLY WHITE (12) 10*
SEEMINGLY BLACK (5) 2
SEEMINGLY ASIAN (2) 1
SEEMINGLY AMERICAN INDIAN (0)
SEEMINGLY HISPANIC (6)
UNCLEAR/CLEARLY MIXED (2)
SEEMINGLY HANDICAPPED (0) 1
CARRIE EDWARDS MENTIONED (2)

USES OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (4) 1 SPANISH “Mi casa” (Marca Bristo, perhaps referring to a specific thing)

USE OF THE WORD NUKLER (1 speaker, Jim Turner)
“EVERYDAY PEOPLE” PLAYED (0) once
“WE ARE FAMILY” PLAYED (0) once
PITTSBURGH PIRATES GET PROPAHS? nope
“DANCIN’ IN THE STREET” PLAYED (0) once
IRONY OF THAT (A RIOT SONG FROM ‘68) BEING PLAYED not quantifiable
JFK’S “LET THE WORD GO FORTH” SPEECH PLAYED (1) 1
MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES SONG PLAYED (0) 1
“WHAT’S GOIN’ ON” PLAYED (0) once
FOX GETS BOOED (0) once
ATTENDEES TOLD TO STAY STILL (0) thrice
BUSH BOOED (0) once
REFERENCES TO STOLEN ELECTION (0) 4
INSPIRING MOMENTS (0) 2 (the MTV Rock the Vote montage and the Bosstones)

STATES REPRESENTED (first round in parentheses):
UNKNOWN BY GREG (4) 7
CALIFORNIA (6) 1
MARYLAND (2) 2**
TEXAS (2) 1
NEW MEXICO (3)
FLORIDA (1) 1
CONNECTICUT (1)
GEORGIA (1)
ILLINOIS (0) 1
IOWA (1)
MASSACHUSSETTS (0) 1
MICHIGAN (1)
NEW JERSEY (1)
NEW YORK (1)
OHIO (1)
PENNSYLVANIA (1)
WEST VIRGINIA (1)
ALL OTHER STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD (0) 0


AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR A BREAKDOWN
white man from somewhere (Rod O’Connor)
black woman from somewhere (Alice Huffman)
white man from somewhere (Ed McElroy)
white woman from somehwere (Gloria Feldt)
white man from California (Phil Angelides)
white woman from Illinois (Marca Bristo)
black man from Florida (Kendrick Meek)
white man from MTV (Gideon Yago)
asian woman from MTV (Su Chen Pak)
white man from MTV (Michael Negron)
white man from Massachussets (Tom Menino)
white man from Texas (Jim Turner)
white man from Maryland (Hoyer: counted with asterisk due to 2nd shot)
white man from Maryland (McAuliffe, same deal as Hoyer)

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