Theres a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds

And with the Invocation from The Man Who Fell to Earth, we open our final demrat convention thread. As long as the projectionist doesn’t change reels to Independence Day midway through, it just might be all worthwhile.

We’re starting the open convention thread early today, since the demrats have a packed schedule: The Roll Call from Hell, followed by Bubba, followed by Plugz. Our keynote graphic is a rerun of something we ginned up awhile back — the last time we thought we would never have to deal with this soap opera again.

It’s Ladies Nite at the Democratic convention (”That’s no lady — that’s my presidential candidate who was cheated out of her nomination by a corrupt political machine!”), and our open demrat thread honors the women who, against all odds, danced up a fuckin’ storm on a Toronto soundstage.

We haven’t quite figured out that set yet, but here’s a Monday-night demrat thread for your commenting pleasure.