Tommy Burr carries the banner for the Salt Lake Tribune
I’ve been trying to figure out why the Tribune only sent Tommy out to the convention to compete with Lisa, Josh and Lee from the Deseret News. Three to one seems hardly fair for those with convention interest. Only Tommy is writing a lot. And he’s getting some good stories. Here are the ones for the day:
First up, the roll call vote last night. An exercise in following the rules, except for two people who only wanted to follow the rules when they wanted to and disregard them when they didn’t.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10375879
Then there is a story about the Utah Democrats attacking Sarah Palin. No surprise there. This is the Party that attacked Mitt Romney so badly two weeks ago, that one of their County Party’s released a rebuttal. Now they are in attack mode again.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10372954
As a public service, the Tribune prints the written speech given by Sarah Palin and by the other convention. For the first time at the the convention, tears came to my eyes during parts of her speech because I could relate to what her family is like because they seem to be a lot like my own.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10374989
A Guiliani speech story. He basically made the case by contrasting what McCain offers and what Obama offers. The contrast was stark.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10374506
Prepared remarks by Rudy. Its worth reading particularly if you are still on the fence.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10374500
Then a short article on Mike Huckabee. He displayed such bigotry towards Mormons during the campaign that even though he gave a good speech, I wasn’t all that impressed. His talk doesn’t match his walk. So the story is short compared to the other stories in the paper. Its as it should be. And funny how I can’t seem to find the link to his written remarks either.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10374297
Mitt Romney did great last night. Tommy writes a Utah centric article. Much of the other convention reporting is through the eyes of the AP, but the Mitt article adds a Utah flavor.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10374170
Mitt Romney is viewed by many as the defender of traditional values. He kept that mantle last night and I anticipate we’ll hear a lot from Mitt into the future.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10374010
Off the AP wire, a general story about Sarah Palin’s speech last night.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10374672
And to make sure they keep their liberal newspaper credentials, the prefunctory bash the Republican Party article. Allow me to opine on their opinion. Fundamental to Republican philosophy is a belief in personal responsibility. We understand that everybody makes mistakes and its not the mistake that makes a story. Its how a person responds to the mistake. Its how they try to make it right. That is what defines a persons character and that is what we do as Republicans. If this were Hollywood, the girl would be a victim in some way, justify her actions and then get an abortion. That is not what will happen with Sarah Palin’s daughter. If only she would have known the consequences of her actions, I think she would have chosen differently.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10375002
Be sure to read the opinion section for lots of commentary on the Republican convention.
Last but not least, go to Tommy’s blog.
http://blogs.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/
Question of the day: Why are Rebecca Walsh’s articles so condescending and mean spirited?
Stan