DNC Day 3 Mega-Photo Recap!
Greetings once again from Philadelphia! Wednesday found the Admins with tired legs and sore feet, not to mention just a tad hungover from the Arizona delegation shindig on Tuesday night. Those guys really do know how to party.
But the show goes on, and so must we! So here's our collection of photos from Wednesday. (See here for Monday and Tuesday.)
We spent the early part of the day in the Convention Center, which really is a vast place.
Where it is very easy to get lost...
I eventually made it to Hall G, a very relaxing media spot where I could plug in my laptop and drink free coffee, to prepare Tuesday's photo recap thread.
Meanwhile, Skinner decided to go see what was going on elsewhere in the Convention Center. There was another PoliticalFest exhibition here with yet more interesting exhibits.
By the time I was done posting the photo recap thread we didn't have too much more time to hang around, so we headed over to the arena. Walking around the concourse it seemed that there were noticeably fewer protesters inside the building than there had been on previous nights. To be clear, at no time did we see anybody causing a major disruption in the concourse, but there were definitely quite a few "buster"/Green Party types hanging around on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday seemed relatively free of those folks.
Although there were a handful of exceptions.
The Trumpbuster guy was back again today! Here's a much better shot of his buttons.
Also spotted on our way in: Keith Ellison...
And Terry McAuliffe.
Once again we only had one Hall credential so it was Skinner's turn to patrol the concourse while I took a seat inside the arena. It was a full house, so I had to sit in the media area which was way up behind the stage.
Unfortunately this meant I wasn't able to get the best shots of the speakers, but it was still cool to be in the hall to see:
Jerry Brown
Chris Murphy
Gabby Giffords
And a very powerful speech from Christine Leinonen, who lost her son in the Orlando nightclub shooting.
Meanwhile, Skinner was checking out the activity in and around the arena, spotting:
Rosa DeLauro
Robby Mook
Ron Wyden
A psychic vampire
And Frank Luntz wearing his Hamilton jammies.
He also found time to play a bit of Mario Kart (apparently there is a gaming tent here which NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT!!)
And pondered whether posting a photo of the Instagram booth to Instagram would break the space-time continuum.
Which it did.
Back inside the hall, Donald Trump was getting his ass kicked hard by a series of speakers:
Rear Admiral John Hutson
Leon Panetta, who got some boos from protesters in the crowd, but made a solid case for why President Donald Trump would be a complete and utter disaster for America.
And Michael Bloomberg. Trump must have been punching tiny holes in the wall at this point.
Back outside, Skinner encountered this gentleman who was giving a press conference to at least several semi-interested reporters. He was making a strong case for why it was imperative that the superdelegates change their minds within the next 48 hours to prevent Hillary Clinton becoming the nominee, apparently not aware that she had already been officially nominated the night before. "A" for effort though.
Inside the hall it was getting increasingly difficult to take good pictures because the major speakers weren't appearing on the large hall screen, so even if I posted them you wouldn't really be able to tell who was who. However, I did get some short videos which you can see at the following links:
What the World Needs Now! (Part 1)
What the World Needs Now! (Part 2)
Joe Biden's big entrance
A bit of Lenny Kravitz
Tim Kaine: do you really believe Donald Trump?
The end of Tim Kaine's speech
President Obama's big entrance!
It gets loud for POTUS!
Meanwhile, Skinner managed to get the score of the night. He wouldn't tell me how, but I have to assume it involved some kind of Jedi mind trick. Passes to the CNN Grill.
While he was over there he managed to catch Tim Kaine's speech...
And raised a glass to POTUS.
Back in the hall, I sneaked out right before the end of the big speech -- my phone battery was almost dead -- but I managed to get a better pic of the President up on the big screen from behind the Washington delegation.
And the other reason I needed to sneak out slightly early was so I could meet up with DUer JusticeForAll after the speech. He's a member of the Arizona delegation!
As the arena festivities had ended, it was time to head over to the CNN Grill to take advantage of free convention stuff.
Free CNN beer!
Free CNN wings!
Free CNN Jenga?
In case you ever wondered what Don Lemon looks like from the back, voila.
And finally, we really did almost break the space-time continuum as I got a photo of Skinner in the CNN Grill, on CNN, taken on a TV showing CNN, in the CNN Grill.
Mind blown! One more night to go and the final update tomorrow, or you can follow our updates live on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for reading!
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I forgot to mention how moved I was by Gabby Gifford's speech. What an amazing person!!
What a shared experience! 
And now - The Grand Finale!
Tomorrow, we wake up to a slightly different but immeasurably better world! 
On to November!
has got to be this one:
Hillary. 
And you got in the CNN Grill, nice!
Very fun pics. What an exciting opportunity. 
I am very much enjoying them; yes INDEED 
I'm really enjoying these photos. 
Thanks for sharing the experience! Can we get some heals on this girl?
Just went shopping and am getting one of these for myself!
for a button because I can wear that out, and I also bought the scarf. I figure I can take an indelible marker to the "2016" if I want and wear "her" for years, kind of a secret signal.
