Don't ask why
Jul. 27th, 2004 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tahnanI've been watching C-SPAN's coverage of the DNC since 4 pm, when the convention started today. (In fact, I watched a little bit earlier, but gave up when C-SPAN started interviewing Randy Thomas, the announcer who gets to say things like "Ladies and gentlemen, the senator from the great state of Michigan....")
So I've seen a lot. Senators from Colorado, California, where have you, presidents of the NEA and something else, I don't even know what any more, a 12-year-old Little Orphan Annie clone who founded Kids for Kerry, Ron Reagan (who didn't mention Kerry, but told everyone to vote for stem cell research in November), and now Teresa Heinz Kerry, whose Portuguese accent is beautiful, and who's not at all a bad speaker.
But, man. All I know is that I'm voting for Barack Obama, and I'm not even a resident of Illinois. Maybe I'll write him in for representative or something. He's a really, really terrific speaker. I was dubious when the Wikipedia article about him reported a rumor that his giving the keynote address at the convention meant that he was being groomed as presidential material. Then I saw him speak, and, wow, yes, he is presidential material.
Vote Obama.
(Update: I should have mentioned that the singing of the National Anthem in Tohono O'odham was really moving. Also: transcript of the Obama speech; C-SPAN has a video of it, and a video is better.)
So I've seen a lot. Senators from Colorado, California, where have you, presidents of the NEA and something else, I don't even know what any more, a 12-year-old Little Orphan Annie clone who founded Kids for Kerry, Ron Reagan (who didn't mention Kerry, but told everyone to vote for stem cell research in November), and now Teresa Heinz Kerry, whose Portuguese accent is beautiful, and who's not at all a bad speaker.
But, man. All I know is that I'm voting for Barack Obama, and I'm not even a resident of Illinois. Maybe I'll write him in for representative or something. He's a really, really terrific speaker. I was dubious when the Wikipedia article about him reported a rumor that his giving the keynote address at the convention meant that he was being groomed as presidential material. Then I saw him speak, and, wow, yes, he is presidential material.
Vote Obama.
(Update: I should have mentioned that the singing of the National Anthem in Tohono O'odham was really moving. Also: transcript of the Obama speech; C-SPAN has a video of it, and a video is better.)