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July 28, 2004
Tuesday night
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I thought Teresa Heinz Kerry's speech was one of the better ones of the night, although a distant second to Obama. There is still something a little off about Teresa, but compared to past speeches she's given this was a decent speech. For the record, all those thousands of blue signs said "Paid for by Obama for Senate" on them. Unlike the other signs that were passed out, they even had these covering the upper decks. If that text is true, I guess you can say the Obama campaign doesn't do anything half way. One thing that bothered me today was a reporter comparing Obama to Tiger Woods because his mom was white and his dad was black and now he is famous, etc. Is that all it takes to make an analogy these days? Is that the only important fact about these men? I realize perception is reality, but to me the more interesting fact is that the old Public Enemy lyric is still true.
If I remember, it went like this:
White mommy, white daddy, white baby
Black mommy, black daddy, black baby
Black mommy, white daddy, black baby
White mommy, black daddy, black baby
Anyway, Kennedy's speech wasn't bad, it just didn't grab my attention.
And that was not because Tamala Edwards was broadcasting from fifteen feet in front of me. Then sitting down on the platform there to watch the speech. Like she was during Teresa's speech. Actually, that might have had something to do with my favorable impression of Teresa's speech, now that I think of it. Before I sound like too much of a cave man, the "opinionated" line was great, and she was right on the money about the double standard. In fact, it could have a lot to do with the reason Tamala didn't get the ABC Sunday Evenings news spot, and got sent to ABC News Now at 2AM, instead. But that's just my opinion.
Some other people I was within a few feet of yesterday, before I lost all of my focus with Tamala in that pink blazer and black pantsuit: Tom Harkin, Chuck Shumer (again), Hillary Clinton, Gwen Ifel, Nora O'Donnell
I was sitting a seat away from Delaware's Governor and Secretary of Labor for part of the night, but then the whole New York congressional delegates was just a few rows back, too, so if I started listing fellow delegates, it'd be a long list.
Posted by Mike at July 28, 2004 03:10 PM
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