What a night!!!
To kick off my convention coverage I would like to point out that I am not one of the famous bloggers who got press passes to the convention. I will forgive the DNC for this oversite. Now on to the show. Last night was amazing.
Gore started off reminding us exactly why every vote counts and why we can't let them steal this election like they did last time. A perfect line from Gore's speech was "What happens in a presidential election matters. A lot. The outcome profoundly affects the lives of all 293 million Americans, and people in the rest of the world, too. The choice of who is president affects your life and your familys future." So so true!
Jimmy Carter was next and at 80 years old gave one of the greatest foreign policy I have heard in a long time. Here is his best line "Truth is the foundation of our global leadership, but our credibility has been shattered, and we are left increasingly isolated and vulnerable in a hostile world. Without truth, without trust, America cannot flourish. Trust is at the very heart of our democracy, the sacred covenant between a president and the people. When that trust is violated, the bonds that hold our republic together begin to weaken." Trust has been lost and John Kerry can bring it back.
Bill Clinton then took the stage and the convention hall went nuts. He had to repeat some line because there was so much cheering. Clinton, in what is probably his last major convention speech, unless HRC runs, hit a total homerun. even Joe Scarborough said that even though he disagreed with Kerry that Clinton's speech would have convinced him. Clinton mixed in themes of service and clearly showed the contrast between Kerry and Bush. Even talked about the tax cut he received as one of the richest of few. I wish I could pick one great live but there were so many. Here is one of the great passages:
We Democrats want to build a world and an America of shared responsibilities and shared benefits. We want a world with more global cooperation, where we act alone only when we absolutely have to. (Applause.) We think the role of government should give -- should be to give people the tools and to create the conditions to make the most of their own lives, and we think everybody should have that chance. (Cheers, applause.)
On the other hand, the Republicans in Washington believe that America should be run by the "right" people -- their people -- in a world in which America acts unilaterally when we can and cooperates when we have to. They believe the role of government is to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of those who embrace their economic, political and social views, leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves on important matters like health care and retirement security. Now since most Americans aren't that far to the right, our friends have to portray us Democrats as simply unacceptable, lacking in strength and values; in other words, they need a divided America. But we don't.
Just perfect!
Tonight: Howard Dean, Ron Reagan (never thought I would say that), Ted Kennedy, and Barack Obama
Gore started off reminding us exactly why every vote counts and why we can't let them steal this election like they did last time. A perfect line from Gore's speech was "What happens in a presidential election matters. A lot. The outcome profoundly affects the lives of all 293 million Americans, and people in the rest of the world, too. The choice of who is president affects your life and your familys future." So so true!
Jimmy Carter was next and at 80 years old gave one of the greatest foreign policy I have heard in a long time. Here is his best line "Truth is the foundation of our global leadership, but our credibility has been shattered, and we are left increasingly isolated and vulnerable in a hostile world. Without truth, without trust, America cannot flourish. Trust is at the very heart of our democracy, the sacred covenant between a president and the people. When that trust is violated, the bonds that hold our republic together begin to weaken." Trust has been lost and John Kerry can bring it back.
Bill Clinton then took the stage and the convention hall went nuts. He had to repeat some line because there was so much cheering. Clinton, in what is probably his last major convention speech, unless HRC runs, hit a total homerun. even Joe Scarborough said that even though he disagreed with Kerry that Clinton's speech would have convinced him. Clinton mixed in themes of service and clearly showed the contrast between Kerry and Bush. Even talked about the tax cut he received as one of the richest of few. I wish I could pick one great live but there were so many. Here is one of the great passages:
We Democrats want to build a world and an America of shared responsibilities and shared benefits. We want a world with more global cooperation, where we act alone only when we absolutely have to. (Applause.) We think the role of government should give -- should be to give people the tools and to create the conditions to make the most of their own lives, and we think everybody should have that chance. (Cheers, applause.)
On the other hand, the Republicans in Washington believe that America should be run by the "right" people -- their people -- in a world in which America acts unilaterally when we can and cooperates when we have to. They believe the role of government is to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of those who embrace their economic, political and social views, leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves on important matters like health care and retirement security. Now since most Americans aren't that far to the right, our friends have to portray us Democrats as simply unacceptable, lacking in strength and values; in other words, they need a divided America. But we don't.
Just perfect!
Tonight: Howard Dean, Ron Reagan (never thought I would say that), Ted Kennedy, and Barack Obama
1 Comments:
Great way to kick off the convention!
I really enjoyed Gore. He was witty, engaging, and made wonderful points. But, I just kept wondering why he wasn't more like that four years ago. Oh well, you live and learn.
Clinton was wonderful! I was completely sucked in. I found myself yelling at the TV "Send Me!" It was great!
Steph :-)
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