The Democratic Convention, Night the Second
8:17 PM – I don’t know who this guy is, and I cannot identify him because my stupid TV puts a big line across his face. But he did mention that John McCain ad that says “America is worse off today than four years ago”. When I first heard that ad, what instantly came to mind was: “But John McCain supported the reelection of George W. Bush; he’s partly responsible for why we are worse off!”
8:20 PM – Ah, it was the house majority leader.
8:21 PM – Right now is a lady, Pauline Beck, who is a home health nurse in Oakland. Apparently Barack Obama joined her on a day of work caring for an infirm old man. I know that that is hard, thankless work that pays next to nothing, and I am sure this is a fine lady. But she’s just reading her speech off a prompter, and it seems much less heartfelt, even if they are her own words. They should have just filmed her in a casual setting and showed the tape. Again, I am not blaming her–it’s probably the first time she’s ever had to speak in public–but the people running this show need to get a clue.
8:26 PM – This woman from the Service Workers International Union is shrill and annoying as all get-out. The Democrats are never going to convince any of the undecided voters with these screechy, whiny people.
8:28 PM – Apparently people from Arizona are Arizonans. That’s a weird word. So is “Idahoans”.
10:31 PM – If Hillary Clinton doesn’t start speaking right away everyone in America is going to go to bed and sleep through it.
10:42 PM – This had better wow me, or all the hype was just that.
10:56 PM – Aha! Some meat! “Were you in it just for me?” That’s is the question!
11:03 PM – “…Twin Cities…hard to tell apart”. There’s the big soundbite of the night.
11:07 PM – Well, Hillary Clinton was never my idea of the ideal candidate, but that was an excellent speech and it did what it needed to do.
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