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Friday, August 22, 2008

Businessmen and Innovators Need Not Apply in Denver

Jim Geraghty notes the differences in the speaker line-up for the Dem and GOP conventions:
Looking over the complete list of speakers at the Democratic convention, I note... that there is not a single businessman, entrepreneur, or private sector innovator speaking in the entire four nights, barring some last-minute addition.

Groups represented include the SEIU, the NEA, AFT, NARAL and Planned Parenthood. But not one representative of any company - just politicians, representatives of unions, and leaders of abortion groups. (I suppose some wag will say that Al Gore counts, as the innovative inventor of the Internet and creator of that television channel.)

By comparison, the GOP convention features EBay CEO Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. And this isn't even counting Mitt Romney, co-founder of Bain Capital.

Jim has the complete lineup of Dem speakers (not including all those "real people"). It's a real snoozefest and certainly no place for anybody who doesn't agree that government has all the answers.

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