Democratic Convention: Day One

It was a good start to the Democratic Convention today in Denver. Ted Kennedy gave a great, heartfelt speech urging the country to keep hope alive and strive for greatness. I think Jimmy Carter gave a speech, which the media decided not to show, which is rather annoying. The media in particular was very annoying, because all day was nothing but hours of talking about the Clintons, and nonsense about her supporters not supporting Obama, blah blah blah ad nauseam. I felt like we were back in the middle of the primaries again, in short, hell. All this despite polling evidence that shows Obama is having no problem, and only a few fringe crazies are holding out. Rachel Maddow had a great discussion of these, where she pointed out that the "Hillary supporter" in McCain's new ad was at a press event today and didn't know McCain's policy on reproductive rights. The idiot thought he was pro-choice, how embarrassing for her. Maddow described these fringe anti-Obama holdouts as "post-rational". It was great. Hopefully a clip will surface.

Meanwhile McCain appeared on Leno and once again tried to use his time as a POW as a "get out of everything free card". Shameless. Rachel Maddow actually nailed McCain really hard on this during the Convention coverage, basically saying it cheapens his service and at some point people need to stop letting him get away with using this as a crutch, or bludgeon as it were. Kudos to Maddow for calling him on that, because unless people in the media start having the courage to call bullshit on it, it will never stop. I'm sick of this noun, verb, and POW crap. I'll also try to find the video of that. Here's the video:



In sobering news, there was an apparent foiled assassination plot against Obama by white supremacists. That kind of thing never ceases to scare me, and I can only imagine what that does to his family. People are horrible.

On a happier note, the highlight of the night was Michelle Obama's speech, which was wonderful. She will make the best First Lady, really just a great person. In fact I love their whole family, they are adorable, and as American as apple pie. They could be one of those model families that are in picture frames when you buy them. How anyone could hate Michelle Obama or not fall in love with that family is beyond me. When the video is up I'll post it. Here's the video: