The political party that has a near-lock on donations and endorsements from the entertainment industry could not muster a tolerable video feed to take advantage of the two hours of free television coverage available to them last night.  The series of pre-recorded video presentations offered as a substitute for an actual Democrat political convention was so tedious that even one of the runners-up in the Democrats' contest panned it in a tweet. I wanted to like it. I really did, I promise I did. — Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) August 18, 2020 Plenty of others on the left, such as N.Y. Timesman Charles Blow, shared her disappointment: This is a good effort by the DNC, but you can already tell that a virtual convention is going to be tough. — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) August 18, 2020 This feels more like a sad telethon than a rousing call to arms. I get the limitations of the format, but man this is slow so far. Only...(Read Full Post)