Matt Ortega

They’re at it again. Right-wing bloggers are determined to single-handedly rebuild the U.S. manufacturing industry with all of their warped, imagined controversies.

Right-wing bloggers are trying to claim that VoteVets.org Chairman Jon Soltz stifled the dissent of a pro-war Army veteran. Soltz, as an army officer, informed the uniformed sergeant that he would be breaking the law by engaging in politics while wearing the colors of the U.S. army.

This army sergeant had no business wearing his uniform to a political event.

End of story.

Instead, conservatives are spinning this as “I guess this is what passes as free speech for progressives.”

Another long day and an even longer night.

My apologies for the light blogging. I originally anticipated bringing my laptop to the convention each day but my inability to return to my hotel quickly makes carrying it for 13 hours extremely difficult.

I am, however, taking pictures and plenty of them. I caught about a minute of Governor Howard Dean’s (D-Vermont) keynote speech before the camera keeled over. Taking video is proving much more difficult than originally thought.

Expect a full report on the convention later this weekend. I am being reminded by the sun rising over Lake Michigan to the east that it is time for bed. Enjoy the pictures.

It’s so late and I am beat. It’s nearly 5am here in Chicago and I have to be up in a couple hours. I’ll have more on this tomorrow but in short, I moderated a couple caucuses today, met a lot of new people, and enjoyed myself at the Drinking Liberally after party.

Here’s to a very tired tomorrow.