It was more of the same, with a snarkier edge.
JB Pritzker took on the biggest brag - Take it from a real billionaire, you're not one.
VP Harris took Gov. Walz to Milwaukee, filling the arena to the rafters. Trump's failure to fill the seats in that same arena last week has become a meme.
Bernie Sanders leaned into the Commie Kamala epithet, addressing the audience as Brothers and Sisters.
Stephanie Grisham took us behind the scenes, revealing that the Republican nominee for President of the United States refers to his supporters as basement dwellers.
The Mesa, Arizona mayor said we all need a grown-up in the White House.
Tammy Duckworth's fabulous prostheses got her to the podium where she called out a 5 time draft dodging coward in her first ten words and ended with Lieutenant Bonespurs ten minutes later.
Doug Emhoff is a guy I wanna have over for dinner. The delegate wearing a Jews for Mommala cap and the one sporting a Doug for First Mensch t-shirt made me giggle.
Michelle Obama spoke about the demons in America, but only in passing. She spoke about love and justice and her mother and your mother and responsibility, and she was eloquent. But she could have been reading the phone book..
There were no distracted eyeballs. There was no one scrolling on a phone. The delegates' faces were filled with awe and joy. There were tears and cheers. The woman commanded the room.
She made the word escalator tell a whole story.
Who's gonna tell him the job he's currently seeking is one of those black jobs?
America, our parents taught us better than that!
She's a hard act to follow, but the gracefully aging 44th President didn't do a bad job of it. Using his hands to talk about djt's weird obsession with crowd size got a knowing laugh. He admired Tim Walz's flannel shirts. He faux lamented now that it's popular they don't call it Obamacare any more
He went a little Aaron Sorkin, a little community organizer, a lot elder statesman. He is America's biggest cheerleader, seeing the best in each of us and encouraging us to see it, too.
In a hospital room in 2011, he looked me in the eyes and asked me to see our better angels, to not give up on America and Americans. Tonight, he did the same to America.
Day 2 went well.
Yes, indeed, it went very well. HOPE!
ReplyDeleteIt was worth staying up so late to hear the Obamas, and the others you mention were terrific too. I am worn out today, but will be up late again tonight listening to Tim Walz, as well as Mayor Pete and Nancy Pelosi and Bill Clinton. I hate to feel hopeful for fear of being bitterly disappointed, but hope is creeping in...
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