This could be a little more interesting though, becuase
1. I am really very tired. It's been a long week.
2. I am currently drinking a Daily's Ready To Drink Strawberry Daiquiri, which is a ready made strawberry daiquiri in a Capri Sun like pouch that you stick in your freezer for a bit until it is all frozen and delicious.
Alcohol is in it, indeed.
For now, the channel is on CNN and Joe Biden is speaking. I think he really is a poor public speaker. I've actually spent most of his speech working on my Fantasy Football team, "The Marickovich Zips", whose motto is "U zanemarivanja pobjede", which is Croatian for "In Neglect, Victory". I actually made some moves tonight (brought in Ryan Fitzpatrick as my back-up QB, dropped my second string kicker for a different defense so I can cover my bye week). The draft was an auto draft, and I am pretty pleased. I have Matt Ryan as my starter QB (yes Hokie fans, that guy), Calvin Johnson at WR and the great Rob Gronkowski as my TE. Its my first season in fantasy football.
Earlier I did notice the Foo Fighters were on. What a career Dave Grohl has had, yeah? I mean, twenty years ago he was playing with Nirvana, playing having thousands of disaffected youth singing along "Lithium", and now he is playing for "the man". Not to say he sold out or anything like that. Not at all. Its just an amazing journey.
Oh shit, CNN has James Carville on the panel tonight. He is to political commentary what Dick Vitalle is to basketball commentary (i.e. annoying). I'm changing to NBC.
Tom Brokaw is in the booth? Wasn't he in the hospital last night? Ah. Mistakingly took an Ambien. Hate it when that happens.
Okay, Biden's done. There is going to be a movie! I can't wait! Shut your pie hole, Dick! Start the movie!
Oh boy. Don't compare Obama to Abraham Lincoln, senator Durbin. That is just asking for trouble. Lincoln was an incredible leader - Obama less so.
Okay. 1016. Movie starts. Piano music. George Clooney. Appeals to Americas history. Bill Clinton (heck of a speech yesturday, by the by. I wonder if Obama can actually top him). Michelle Obama. Young Obama. Joe Biden.
1019 Obama may go to bed at 1 AM. The question is, what time does he get up? 8? 9? Does he roll out of bed in his PJs at 1100 and rush to his morning briefing with a pop tart in hand?
1022 So Obama saved the auto industry and killed Osama bin Laden. George Clooney's back. The film is almost over and this thing is about to kick off. Quirky sound track building to the climax....
1023 And....Oh, its only Michelle Obama. Its nice that she gets to introduce the president. Nice touch.
1023 No stairs for Obama. Can't risk a stumble. Maybe it shows that Romney does indeed have more guts. Remember, he elected to walk up stairs to the podium. Point: Romney.
1025: And he's wearing a blue tie! I had a hunch that he would.
1025: I also note that Obama's earlobes are NOT connected to his face. Don't know that if bodes well for the man, but that is definetly something that sets the two candidates apart.
1026: Nomination accepted. I dare him to say "Free Tibet" and walk off the stage. Though if HE did that, we'd probably be at war tomorrow. So maybe its a good thing that he won't do that.
1029: A pean to World War II. Being victorious in that war is among the greatest thing we have ever done (though if Germany had never invaded Russia, I wonder....). I wonder if we could pull that off again. That kind of sacrifice on all fronts, that kind of mobilization. I am not sure. Then again, hopefully we will never have to.
1031: I don't know if its just being tired or if its the alcohol or just election fatigue, but I am really not into this. Maybe I've just seen Obama give too many speeches. Ah, but that is a nice little joke about tax cuts and regulation. Now he's got my attention. Let's see if he can keep it.
1032: There you go. A reference to our lack of STEM education. Good good good. But we are not moving forward yet.
1034: Goals. Real achievable plans. I hope that he is actually going to talk about that tonight. But maybe its not the place. The dems seem to have critizied the GOP for not offering many solutions, but so far the dems haven't really offered anything substantial. Hopefully you reckon that would come out in the debates, but sadly it never does. The purpose of a convention I guess is to get people fired up - not to go into the nuts and bolts of policy. Because that shit is boring.
1038: Was that woman actually texting? Instead of listening to the president? I mean, I am kind of doing that, but I am at home....Eh. I guess I really can't critizise. Can't spell either.
1039: I don't think there is a lot of difference between the two candidate's energy change. Ah, but there we go, Obama is bringing up climate change. Good on him. I am more skeptical than I used to be of it, but I still don't think its worth risking. We'd be better served if we did our best to curve our carbon emissions.
1041: Obama will also invest heavily in education, whatever that means. I have to say though that I agree with that. 100,000 new math and science teachers? Cutting tuition costs? In half? That is quite a promise. Quite a promise.
1042: A pivot to foreign policy. Obama's foreign policy is aggressive, problematic (with the drone strikes and such) but all in all I suppose I would have to give him pretty good marks for his foreign policy achievements. Sort of. I would disagree that we have reasserted our power though. If anything, the past few years show that our place in the world maybe needs a little rethinking. Still, I am surprised that Obama turned out to be as good a foreign policy man as he has. And I'm glad he is taking Romney to task on Russia.
1046: Oh! And a low blow to Romney on his disasterous trip to London! That was a kick right to the groonies. Right in the balls.
1047: I find that Obama is actually giving a good account of thimself. This is not a great speech, I would say, but he is kind of winning back my confidence.
1049: And there is a promise to keep all those lovely tax breaks that I have. I don't think that raising the taxes on the upper classes is going to pay for all that good stuff he wants to keep. I think taxes should be raised at the top...but I think that the tax base should be extended a little further in the lower classes.
1050: Eh. I wonder how he is actually going to save all these entitlement programs. We are all going to have pay a lot more. Just canceling the Bush tax cuts is not going to do all that.
1052: This is Obama at his best. Citizenship. What is the social contract we are all in? Do we really want a contract where its every man for himself? Or do we want to be tied in together, at least a little bit? Are we willing to exchange some "liberty" for freedom from the fear of being buried in a Pauper's grave?
1053: Hahaha. Funny how Obama mentions gays and they find a guy with a....well, a pretty sterotypically gay mustache. Good job NBC. Good job.
1055: Oh please. That last election was all about you. I appreciate what you are trying to do, happy you are willingly trying to shed some of your arrogance. But you annointed yourself a messiah. (And by you I mean Obama....not an empty chair).
1057: *sigh* I don't care what Obama says. The lobbyists and the heavy donors are never going to go away. Never. And it saddens me.
1058: An admission of some failings. A reference to faith. A more appropriate reference to Lincoln. Though the reaction of some of the people you see in the crowds are just priceless. So much emotion. Not as emotional as Manchester City football fans nearly loosing the premier league in the final match of the season, and then miraculously winning it at the death. But still.
1102: Preach it brother. Ride on. And wrap it up.
1103: The finale. No balloons due to the late change of venue. Point: Romney.
So it looks like its 2-2. Romney gets two points and Obama gets two for busting both of Romney's balls, several times over. Interesting, actually, that Romney was kind of the butt of some of the jokes in the speech. An excellent, though somewhat disrespectful, way to disarm your opponent.
And its over. It was a "meh" speech, nothing much new here, except maybe for just a touch of humility. Clinton's speech was much better, in my opinion. But its renewed my confidence in Obama and a vote that was maybe starting to be in doubt has swung back into his favor.
That's it folks. See you for the debates.
Only 60 days to go.
It can't come fast enough.
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