D. Convention - Day 4
Tonight was the first fencing class of the new session, after a summer of informal fencing in the park, so today most of all, my experience of the convention was on VHS well after it ended. I found Senator Obama's acceptance speech a little long (not approaching former-president Clinton's record-setting lengths, of course) but I'll attribute that to me being tired, and having heard this all from him before, and perhaps a little post-event let-down. I wasn't the target audience for that speech. It meant to reach those just now tuning in.
My sister let me turn her television to PBS for some coverage while I changed clothes and bolted dinner at her place before fencing. She has a policy of ignoring elections until two weeks before the big day, so this was a generous and hospitable concession.
On the drive down, I heard former-vice-president Gore's speech, and it struck me positively. The recycling line will get mileage: "Today, we face essentially the same choice we faced in 2000, though it may be even more obvious now, because John McCain, a man who has earned our respect on many levels, is now openly endorsing the policies of the Bush-Cheney White House and promising to actually continue them, the same policies all over again. Hey, I believe in recycling, but that's ridiculous."
I predict McCain will announce his VP pick on Friday. But I can also imagine him sitting on it until the names must be formally entered into nomination. I cannot see him throwing it open to the floor, as some pundits have whispered.
My sister let me turn her television to PBS for some coverage while I changed clothes and bolted dinner at her place before fencing. She has a policy of ignoring elections until two weeks before the big day, so this was a generous and hospitable concession.
On the drive down, I heard former-vice-president Gore's speech, and it struck me positively. The recycling line will get mileage: "Today, we face essentially the same choice we faced in 2000, though it may be even more obvious now, because John McCain, a man who has earned our respect on many levels, is now openly endorsing the policies of the Bush-Cheney White House and promising to actually continue them, the same policies all over again. Hey, I believe in recycling, but that's ridiculous."
I predict McCain will announce his VP pick on Friday. But I can also imagine him sitting on it until the names must be formally entered into nomination. I cannot see him throwing it open to the floor, as some pundits have whispered.