just a thought

I just wanted to quickly comment on how smart I think that it is that McCain chose a cool chick to be his VP. All of the support rallied by Hilary's intent to win has a lot of pent up energy. Any Clinton supporters were ready to see her win and she stand by her every move. Now that she's out, they're going to have a hard time suddenly switching to support the very man that beat out their best bet. So- with that in mind, McCain has now opened up a whole new door of supporters for himself. It seems that a lot of the reasoning behind a Hilary fan is merely because she is a woman- she would have been able to speak on behalf of half the nation's population for the first time. Now that that's not going to happen, they may see the Alaskan governor as their new shining light. Even if I'm wrong about that though- McCain is still brilliant because now everyone is talking about his radical choice, and not the "amazing" (I didn't hear it, hence the " ") speech.

DNC night two

I wish that it didn't take so long for the main speaker i.e. Obama to show up. It's 9:30 and I need to get to bed soon- I cannot and will not stay up until 11 just to watch him. However, I have Tivo'd it in hopes of possibly having time to catch some of it in the morning.

I thought that it was...interesting to say the least that Stevie Wonder performed before any of the speeches were made. This whole thing is just like a huge party to butter up the crowd in order to win votes. As I write that, I realize that that is exactly the point of this convention, but I don't really like it. For instance, I hated the way that Al Gore began his speech talking about himself. He talked about how differently he would have run the country had he won the presidency. To me that just says that he needs to get over it- he lost 8 years ago, it's time to move on, Gore. I just hate the way it was so easy for him to promise that the nation would be in better shape had he won. Sure, he and Bush have different views, that's normal, but at the same time, sometimes you can't help what happens. I'm sure that an economic crisis was never on the agenda for Bush, and it's completely possible that we'd be in the same situation with Gore. I feel like a lot of times people are just so unfair towards Bush. Gore just really made himself out to be the hero that lost...I can't stand that.

I'll try my best to make time in the am to see what Barack has to say...but so far I haven't really liked what I've heard. It's been all the same speeches from everyone- Kerry, Gore, etc, with a different and more annoying tactic each time. I hate showboats and empty promises, which is exactly what these conventions are brimming with. Blegh.

Democratic National Convention

Okay, first of all I hate the name "Democratic National Convention", I feel like National should be the first word, but that's just me. I tuned in when good ole' Bill showed up to support his pal Barack. Honestly the whole speech was nauseating, I felt like Bill was just repeating himself by saying how he was voting for Barack, and everyone else should too. Just showing up made the crowd in Denver go crazy, which was annoying in itself because they wouldn't shut up, but Clinton worked the crowd so hard, it was ridiculous to watch. I feel like the crowd was a mix of actual spectators and sheer giddyness from being on TV, which is likely why they wouldn't shut up. The guy who introduced Clinton was really playing him up, which was strange to me since all I've ever heard growing up is how deceiving and promiscuous he was/is. Tying in with what we talked about in class today with how all we seem to hear about are the bad things the "other guy" did, it was the opposite tonight at the Democratic Convention. So it seems to me that whatever is said is what people want to be true. To the democrats who support Bill's support of Barack, Bill was the golden president, whereas growing up in a pretty republican house, he was the devil's advocate. Politics seem to be about what people want to hear, which makes sense because that's what wins votes. When John Kerry was speaking about President Bush, I really felt that a lot of what he said was unfair. I feel like Bush is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Going back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK got extremley lucky with his 50/50 decision...and is seen as an American Hero. Bush, however, got the short end of the stick, but that's another argument.

The things that I honestly notice most were the was I hated how showboaty the democrats seem to be, and how many times the camera focused in on Barack's wife standing and clapping. How long can you stand and clap for? I felt bad for the woman. Anyway, I kind of hated watching the convention...I especially hated when Kerry had the audacity to call John McCain his friend and then go on to call him a hypocrit to the entire nation. I feel that that democrats (at least the ones on TV tonight) are very one sided in their thoughts, a little two faced, and extremely showboaty.
two thumbs DOWN