Day 2 has started with a prayer.. which apparently someone decided would be an overly long prayer recorded from TV.
Could they not find a local pastor to bless this mess? Maybe it’s just me, but my local church in Brookings does not come with a scrolling news feed.
We’re off to an interesting start.
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A little controversy with people that some of the opponents of democracy tried to boot from their delegate positions. Two were restored after a little debate.
Hopefully we can move the rest of this day forward with little trouble.
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Once all that folderol was completed, it’s 10:30 am, and we’re back recounting the number of people that each delegations has present. I’m not sure we can get ourselves counted before 11. Assume that it’s a hand count, not a machine count, so it is guaranteed to take twice as long and be inaccurate.
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Delegate Stu Cvrk accosted me on the convention floor during the counting break crabbing that I’ve written about his stupid in the past. Ironically one of the stupid things he’s demanded of legislators in the past is to defund public broadcasting.
Which, considering the challenges the convention is having in counting, it kind of underlines the importance of public broadcasting. Because it’s evident that some of the really need to watch Sesame Street.
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This convention looks just like the Dakota War College banner.
This makes the point that the people who push for hand counting can’t even do this accurately. Over an hour of recounting the count. Over and over and over.