This will go down as a classic

Clinton: I don't agree with the Bush doctrine.
Palin: I don't know what that is.

After you watched:

I got it when Palin said don't refer to her as a MILF (I won't break that down here) but didn't get when Clinton said quit calling her a "flirg". They break it down over here.

Dear Barack:

Great speech. I'm back on board. The specifics you laid out tonight were genuinely wonderful. You were witty and wise. I am hopeful that you will win. I will continue to do all I can to aid you, using my newspaper and radio program to reach thousands in the area.

I don't have big expectations of you as president. I know you'll do as well as you can, but hey...it's still America and it's still politics to get stuff done.

On to the next convention,
Sister P

Faith restored!

I skipped out on posting yesterday. I was sooooooo uninspired by Hillary. She did what I expected. She is a career politician and did the noble thing (when your back is against a wall). She endorsed the victor. The speech was very much like her concession speech.

The best thing she did was acknowledge the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones. I was waiting for that. I've been watching almost all of the speeches and she was the first major acknowledgment.

But Wednesday........Bill came with it. He was believable. He seemed to be saying, "I fought the good fight, now its over. We're family again." Hillary still seemed a little bitter. Bill was ready to rock this thing for the Dems.

Biden won me over. I was scared of his mouth. I'm still a bit afraid. But overall, he came off real. And he came off as generous. My fear of any VP would be that they would try to not be "the white man behind the first Black president" and try to upstage Barack and have in-fighting ruin their chances. I don't think Biden is going to do that. He seems grateful for his 3rd chance. (He ran for president twice already). He was generous by using almost 10 minutes of his acceptance speech to campaign.

This convention started slow for me but it's picking up steam and I expect Barack to give up the "hope" speech and give us some concrete reasons why he is the clear choice.

DON'T DISAPPOINT ME BARACK! (You know he reads my blog on his iPhone, LOL)

Raw unedited thoughts watching the DNC-08 Monday

Before reading what anyone else had to say, I wanted to write my thoughts about what I witnessed.

First and foremost, Mrs. Barack Obama.

What I saw was an articulate and intelligent wife, who was a bit nervous.

In her voice, which was a little softer than usual that followed her script so not to deviate into something that could be "soundbitten", she seemed to be thinking, "Just don't fuck this up for your husband girl."

I think she was real. She came across as true. But she had to put in the obligatory "this is why I love America". She did her job and I hope it worked. I hope she only does what she feels so when it's all over she'll never feel as if she had to be someone other than herself to be accepted.

She looked great, just a little apologetic.

Second, good coverage was hard to find. I left MSNBC when they had technical difficulties during Nancy Pelosi's speech. I wandered upon C-Span and now I'm hooked. No pundits after the big speakers, just crowd shots which give you a chance to formulate your own thoughts. PLUS, they show EVERY SPEAKER. On regular cable most people didn't hear Barack's sisters speech or Jesse Jackson Jrs. speech which were both great. Check them out.

This was a major night, a major speech and Michelle did not strike out. It will just be a few days before we can tell if she hit a homerun or a single.

Did you watch?