Democratic National Convention: Day Four & More

Opening again with a quote from www.demconvention.com

On Thursday night, the DNCC will throw open the doors of the Convention and move to INVESCO Field at Mile High so that more Americans can be a part of the fourth night of the Convention as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination. Obama will communicate the urgency of the moment, highlight the struggles Americans are facing and call on Americans to come together to change the course of our nation.

Or to put it a bit more bluntly, this is the night everyone finds out what change really means. And he is going to showcase that change in front of 70,000 screaming Democrats at Invesco field thursday night. This will be the night when one of the best speakers in America speaks what will clearly be the most important speech of his life. Not just saying it’s time for change, but delineating that change for all the world to hear, not just showing what he plans to do as President, but by speaking to the heart, and telling the people that, yes, there is a better way, a better road to travel down than the one we are going down now with the Bush administration. If he does this right, it won’t just be “When I am President I will lower your taxes” it will be “This day is the dawning of a new day in America, when Liberty and Freedom will regain the meaning our founding fathers meant them to have”. It should be good.

A speech to the heart, One that Barack Obama needs to give, and America needs to hear.

Last night we got to hear the rip roaring screaming and shouting that is the actual count of delegates that made official Barack Obama’s nomination. I don’t know about you but I have been watching this since I was a kid, and I get a kick out of it. Just hearing the ” In the name of the Great state of _____, with the Greatest _____+_____ on earth, and the land of ____, we are proud to cast our 54 rootin tootin delegates for Barack Obama, and 2 for Hillary Clinton” It might sound funny, and it definitely looks odd, but it is a quintessential piece of Americana that no person should miss.

It was a real class move by the Democratic Party that allowed the New York Delegation, led by Hillary Clinton, To summarily suspend the rules, and move to Unanimously nominate Barack Obama as The Democratic Party’s Nominee for the President of the United States.

The speeches, in general last night, were besides the “More of the same from McCain” were very well crafted speeches by the bigwigs in the party most of which got almost no real coverage. Evan Bayh? Untouched by the networks. Madeline Albright? Not even a hint of her on CNN or MSNBC. John Kerry? Not that I saw, and i was flipping back and forth between the networks and C-span. If you didn’t watch C-span, you missed most of the coverage, to listen to people tell you what was going on, despite the fact that they were talking to you and not paying any attention to what was actually being said. Maybe CNN and MSNBC have wall to wall coverage on-line, I haven’t looked there, but as for their Television coverage, It has been nothing short of weak and pathetic for the entire convention. If you want to see the speeches, you are actually better suited going to the Youtube C-span channel after the fact than any of these useless networks.

On a lighter note, I Hope the weather’s nice tonight. I don’t think they can have a rainout. It is supposed to be nice, highs in the 80’s, lows around 60, but forecasts change. A piece of advice to the delegates. Just in case, bring an umbrella. It can’t hurt, can it?

What impact do you think Barack’s speech will have on The democratic base? On those who have backed Hillary Clinton? On the undecideds throughout America? What do you think the Overall effect of these conventions is one the general public? Can the Networks get the coverage right for at least one day? Are these goofballs even capable of providing anything more than mediocre coverage? Drop me a Line and let’s talk about it!

Uncle Mikey