but hey, professional hazard.

That said, this one will be studied in years to come in poli sci classes.

Did I mention history courses?

but I wasn't sure (I have a bad memory). So it probably was, since I have that feeling. It was just expertly put together, thematic, each and every speaker a good one, on point. Participating audience. It was a sight to behold. A convention that others in the future will be judged against.

Oh, man. I'm crying, for real.

For the President. For us. For America.

Wow...

out of a line-up.

I've been jumping to my feet so many times, and gotten choked up so many times, I'm really kinda tired. But very happy! This was a GREAT three days! I feel almost like I had a vacation. Exhilarated, even!

I think I literally blubbered through the entire night tonight - emotions high, and in a very good way.

I thought it was great, too, from start to finish. I have a question for anyone with the answer. Has the Democratic convention always come after the repugs? It seems the convention that comes second has the advantage.

But yeah, you ALWAYS wanna get the last word!

Thanks for the info, calimary.

For Frodo.

Very apt. Very poetic. I shall steal it.

I was thinking the same thing after the President's speech. But the person watching w/ me doesn't know the books or movies.

I seem to recall that he was somewhat conservative. But he had survived World War I and knew firsthand the futility of war. And it's telling to me that the hero of his books is a literal "little guy" who has no conventional strength or power--just enormous courage, a desire to do what's right, and eight friends who offer their own lives to help him out.

I'd sure like to have a DVD of it all, so I could re-live it again, and see what I missed.

Believe it or not I have watched political conventions since 1956.
This is the MOSTimportant one in my lifetime!

About the same time I became legal voting age. None of the conventions prior to this (that I've seen) compare at all, but I wonder how this convention would compare with conventions in the more distant past. Some are saying that Obama reminded them of FDR.

With what I know of history, there isn't any President I think more highly of than FDR, though Lincoln is a close second. Still... it was powerful, wasn't it? Amazing. Listening to Biden speak, then Obama immediately after... I'm something of a cynical asshole myself, or have been in the past. These brilliant powerful speakers though... they moved me to tears. As a person who almost never cries (I tend to laugh when I get hurt), at anything, I'm still rather in awe.

I'm a pretty nervous person... but I'll do my part. Maybe I can organize something at the University I'm attending.

Anyhow, I'm with you. I've long been ready to vote for Obama, but tonight (well, technically last night now) he invoked a sense of hope and inspiration within me that I have rarely felt throughout my life. I'm starting to believe we can actually accomplish things, that maybe we can face our challenges and overcome them.

Perhaps we give you hope, President Obama, but you definitely have a lot to go around. I believe in him, in the administration we have, I believe we can aim higher for a better today and a better tomorrow.

I remember listening to him and saying "Who IS that guy? He sounds like our next President". Went out and bought and read "Dreams from My Father" shortly afterward.