The big statement.
There are buttons and then there are Button Bob Levine’s buttons. He sports two Obama pins the size of dessert plates.
“That’s nothing,” he boasts, “I make other buttons the size of dinner plates.”
Button Bob, who came to the convention from Manchester, Mo., is a Democrat, but he’s also a businessman. He said he’ll be making giant McCain buttons next week.
“Keep America moving.”
Each evening, the aisle separating the floor seats from the bleacher seats turns into a mosh pit.
The crammed crowds do the sideways crab walk and the itty-bitty-step sheep shuffle and look at each other helplessly as the aisle traffic continually grinds to a sweaty halt. “Keep America moving,” shouts one frustrated delegate. Another makes a quiet Democratic proposal to the woman he is tightly pressed against in the crowd: “Why don’t we get married?”
The human traffic jam truly is Democratic. Actors Matthew Modine and Susan Sarandon are as stuck in it as everyone else.
