I'M WATCHING THE JEFFERSON JACKSON DINNER on CSPAN right now. I'm sure you're dying to know: who sang the national anthem? Well, I'll tell you. The Gay Men's Choir of Des Moines. I have two thoughts re: the GMCDM. One: they weren't very good. This isn't to speak ill of them. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a hard one to sing properly. I, for instance, can't do it. But, y'know, if I were gonna sing it on national TV, I'd wanna be able to hit the high notes. Two: I think it says something meaningful about the Democratic Party that they had a not-very-good gay men's choir open at the JJ Dinner. It seems clear to me that it's more important to the Dems to include a gay group than to have a group that could sing the anthem well. And that says something about the Democrats. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I don't know, and leave to you.