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August 27th, 2008 Maeve Conran
Author and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Jeff Cohen says that Obama’s failure to react to the negative McCain ads, has damaged his chances of being elected. KGNU’s Maeve Conran caught up with Jeff Cohen at Progressive Central at the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, during the DNC.
August 23rd, 2008 CoyoteJ
Coyote is a
sometimes playful,
sometimes foolish,
sometimes wise,
archetypal figure
who often
gets into trouble.
Time to howl…
The stage for the play is set. We have a chorus (the press), we have numerous plot lines, we have heroes and villains, we have Denver as the setting, and we have a very large audience. Now the curtain goes up, and Coyote wonders, what exactly will we see? What is the title of this play? Is it a tragedy or a comedy? Who is the author? What moral are we supposed to learn? Why do we put on shows like this every four years?
Here is the most important thing to remember as we watch the play: it isn’t personal. It feels awfully personal. It will feel extremely personal if we get arrested. For some it felt very personal that Hillary didn’t win. Many will feel betrayed if Obama keeps moving to the right. Lots of people will feel thrilled at the spectacle, the pomp, and the excitement of the convention. Some will feel personally vindicated. Others will feel abandoned.
But Coyote asks us to keep clearly before our minds this one fact: it is a play, and it isn’t personal. It will be such a good play that we will, at times, be totally caught up in it. It will be such a good play that, at times, we the audience will feel as if we are part of the the scenes and acts. That is what a great play does: it draws us in so well that it makes us forget, for a time, that it is theater. We get absorbed in the drama. We become part of the drama. As we should.
But it isn’t personal. We don’t hunt down an actor who played Hamlet and ask him why he was so mean to Ophelia. He was playing a role. It isn’t personal. We don’t put the chief Puritan inquisitor in “The Crucible” on trial for murder. He was playing a role. It isn’t personal. The key Coyote fact to remember is that all life is a stage, and we are but actors on it. All life. And especially these every four year extravaganzas. If we take it personally, we miss the play. If we take it personally, we lose perspective. If we take it personally, then we lose the lessons the author is trying to get us to learn. Focus on the themes. Focus on the symbols. Focus on the plot twists. Focus on the comedy and the tragedy. Keep our eyes on the play.
If we can do that, then maybe, just maybe, we will learn a bit about who we are. The drama of the convention is a mirror in which we see our reflection. Will we see the mirror, or ourselves?
CoyoteJ, reflecting only on his next nap.
CoyoteJ is a Jungian oriented psychotherapist in private practice in Denver, who is very interested in the psycho dynamics of how groups work, and how groups like the police and protesters will function in the passionate environment of the Democratic national Convention. To see more Coyote’s thoughts, check out his blog at CoyoteJ.blogspot.com.
August 9th, 2008 Joel Edelstein
On August 6th, the Democratic National Convention Committee said Coloradans and other westerners will get the majority of tickets for Senator Barack Obama’s presidential nomination acceptance speech in Denver the final night of the convention. The 60,000 tickets were gone in less than a day. Bente Birkeland reports for Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
Invesco Field from the radio level on August 3rd. Senator Obama will deliver his acceptance speech at mid-field at the location indicated by the orange cone. (photo by Joel Edelstein)
August 1st, 2008 Maeve Conran
Closing arguments were presented on Thursday July 31st in the “free speech” trail surrounding protesting at the DNC.
August 1st, 2008 Maeve Conran
Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain spoke to Mexican American veterans in Denver on Friday July 25th. The Arizona senator then flew to Aspen to meet with the Dalai Lama.
July 8th, 2008 KGNU Staff
John McCain launches his economic policy in Denver Colorado. Christi Davis spoke with people who attended McCain’s talk.
Then KGNU looks at John McCain’s Economic Policy, and talks with AFLCIO’s Mike Serbo and gets his response to McCain’s Tax Policy-Jobs for America.
June 17th, 2008 KGNU Staff
Commentator Rahul Mahajan talks about John McCain’s military service.
June 2nd, 2008 KGNU Staff
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney capped quite a week on Colorado’s political scene, one that included visits from presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama.
Aired on the Morning Magazine | 6/02/08
May 26th, 2008 KGNU Staff
Colorado veterans call on John McCain to explain his opposition to veterans programs.
Aired on the Morning Magazine | 7/10/08
May 5th, 2008 KGNU Staff
On May 2nd, John McCain held a town hall meeting in Denver to talk about his plans for health care.
