Democrats Reined in Drunken Delegates at Convention
by Jeff Davis
Obama was not to be embarrassed at his coronation by being crowned by a bunch of drunks. That was the word to the Democratic Party’s delegations in Denver. The fact that many Democrats are alcoholic and probably make most of their key decisions inebriated is of course irrelevant.
The New York Post reports: “The New York state Democratic party devoted a page in its information packet to three separate warnings to its delegation about how hard booze hits the system in mile-high Denver. On a page titled ‘high-altitude tips’ in a packet sent to traveling New York Democrats, there were repeated reminders that the air up here is different. ‘Please monitor yourself, and remember that drinks may go to your head faster than you’re used to in New York,’ was the first cautionary paragraph. ‘We don’t want any of our members to miss delegation events or proceedings, so please stay safe.’ “
No doubt, they also didn’t want their delegates pinching Hillary’s butt or calling Michelle Obama an ugly orangutan. And who knows what Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy might do should they hit the sauce. No doubt anyone overly intoxicated was whisked away by security and tossed in a secret drunk tank before the media might notice them. One wonders how many empty seats were in the delegate area by the end of the convention.
I imagine the Democrat powers-that-be were petrified that some of Hillary’s harpies and PUMAs (Party Unity My Ass) would get drunk and out of control and start showing their butts on the convention floor. The complicated choreography of nominating a bonobo for the highest office in the land was not to be interfered with.