Convention Highlights -- Humor and the Big Wigs

We had lots of humor at the convention. The situation is dire so one might have wished for more vitriol, actually, but at least we had some biting humor from all participants.

Michelle's speech was beautiful and did exactly what she needed to do. It showed the deep family values she and Barack hold and teach their kids. The elegant lady had to prove she is not a monster, due to shameless right wing slander the RNC has been slinging.

Hillary's speech was moving and characteristic of her, a comfortable combination of intellectual and folksy. Her great line was something like -- I'm not surprised John McCain and George Bush are having their convention in the Twin Cities. Sometimes it's awfully hard to tell them apart.

Kerry gave an impassioned view of his confusion having known Senator McCain, who was at times the polar opposite of this new Candidate McCain. He gave a few examples and asked-- "Are you kidding me folks? "

Montana Gov. Schweitzer in his bolo tie was a very colorful speaker. Took a few paragraphs to warm up and then he really made the case for energy independence and conservation. He also threw some great jabs at Bush-McCain.

Governor Richardson said the Bush regime gets more and more arrogant as each of their failures comes to light. He, too, discussed McCain's many changes in position over the last ten years. And finished that list by saying John McCain may wear shoes that cost hundreds of dollars, but we pay a lot for his flip flops.

Gore had a brilliant speech but rushed through it. I hope lots of You Tube videos will be made and sent around with segments of his talk. He had some biting critiques of Bush-McCain and the dangers of continuing to be bullied by Big Oil.

Biden pointed out areas of foreign policy in which Obama's wisdom exceeded that of McCain's. He was strong on the areas Obama understood best. He agreed with me that Obama's take on the Georgia crisis was much deeper than McCain's; he considered the long term prospects as well. Appreciated Obama's understanding that tough, direct negotiations are crucial to our success and we need to use all the tools at our disposal, with war as a last resort.

They had a group of retired military generals and admirals who were supporting Obama speak at a certain point, too.

There were subtle references to multiple houses throughout the day. No bludgeoning, just slipping in a couple of extras here and there.

There's lots more, but for now I'll leave it at that.