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DNC 2008: Notes & Quotes from Around the Web

By Alex Neth, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published August 25, 2008 at 5:18 a.m.

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Venerable New York Post gossip Cindy Adams has been in town for only a few hours and she's already made up her mind about Denver.

And--surprise!--she doesn't think much of our Mile High City.

"Denver's wonderful. Nice air. Unlike New York, you don't even see it. Your eye can find the sky. Your eye can find the sun. But besides that there's not lots to see. One of the highest structures around is a silo.

Denver. Zero humidity, zero dampness, and, some say, zero culture."

Nope, we've never heard that kind of talk from the folks out East. Adams goes on to praise our helpfulness, can-do spirit and Elitch's (?), but couldn't resist this final zing:

"It's just that the city hasn't enough infrastructure, practice or smarts to suddenly accommodate a few tons of wild politicians on the hoof. New York moves this many subway-riders every day, but the only stampedes this place knows from are of the four-legged variety. In terms of staging a giant convention, nobody here knows his ass from his steer."

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