Tony Evers reminds Democrats that they haven’t cast off the gerontocracy just yet.
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers, touting the glories of his state and standing before a state delegation wearing cheeseheads, cites the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Milwaukee Bucks, spurring boos from everyone else in the arena who roots for any other NFL, MLB, or NBA team.
And he flubs a bunch of his prepared remarks. He’s hapless, but somehow likeable in his continued inability to say how many delegates cast their ballots for Kamala Harris. It’s like watching governor Charlie Brown.
Wisconsin delegation brings some bounce with ‘Jump Around,’ which is immediately deflated by the charisma vacuum that is Governor Evers.
Lenny Kravitz’s version of “American Woman” was the song for Montana, and again… did anybody ever listen to the lyrics?
American woman
I said, get away
American woman
Listen what I say
Don’t come hangin’ ’round my door
Don’t want to see your face no more
I don’t need your war machines
I don’t need your ghetto scenes
Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else’s eyes
They played “Shipping up to Boston” for the Massachusetts delegation, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” for the Michigan delegation, and Prince’s “Kiss,” for the Minnesota delegation. Actor Sean Astin helps announce the delegate count for Indiana, because he played Rudy Ruettiger at Notre Dame and he was brutally murdered by demogorgons in Hawkins, Indiana in 1984. I love how the roll call of the states is this close to becoming a cavalcade of state stereotypes.
I swore into the Navy at half court in the United Center @jgeraghty
We’d carry a Bulls flag before us throughout boot camp. It inspired envy in many. The Bulls broke the then-dominant Miami Heat’s winning streak that night.
I haven’t seen the Bulls play here, but I can now say I’ve heard the Alan Parsons Project’s song, Sirius, played in the United Center, as the Illinois Democrat delegation uses that song – forever associated with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls -as its music for its delegate announcement.
Lil Jon is announcing the delegate count for the state of Georgia. I just wish the chair and said his delegate count was turned down.
It was the karaoke version of “Sweet Home Alabama.” Credit to someone at the DNC who bothered to listen to the lyrics!
Ah, they DID play the first few notes of “Sweet Home Alabama!” for the Alabama delegation casting its votes for the nomination.