ROFL! Now that was a pretty funny line and she delivered it well. I think it pains me to say this but…sitting here pondering last night’s convention coverage then what I saw during the national news tonight may just get me to the polls come November. Ordinarily I make no excuse or bones for having turned to Libertarianism in recent years. Having seen and lived through even the years I have, that philosophy makes more common sense to me than anything else. Strikes me as a way we can live our lives without too many distractions and interferences yet maintain some order. John McCain has been a non-starter for me from day one and none of the other Republicans fit, either…(a posse of ancestors…including my mother…would haunt me if I voted Tory (equates to REP)..) The Dems have basically been the disappointment of the millenium (one way or another) and that leaves little else in which to have much faith. It could have been an apathetic toss-up were I not adamant that I’d have no part, small as it would be, in the possibility of another four years like the last eight. I was determined I would again abstain…still wishing I could be much more vocal and obvious about it. Anywaaaaay………………………….
As I read somewhere today, had Hillary conducted her campaign as she spoke last night there surely would have been no question to whom the Dem nomination would go. But much credit goes to her for swallowing whatever disappointment she surely must have felt and giving the speech of her political life. I even cheered! At the same time, while I’m not a fan of some of Obama’s views or promises, this is surely an historic moment for all of us…especially we who witnessed the struggles for equality, saw the marches, the assassinations…the first Black American to be nominated for the highest office in the land. And about time. I’m not sure he can take the election but this really is a momentous occasion and I’m glad to be here witnessing it. He could…they didn’t think John Kennedy could be elected…for one thing being an Irish Catholic. “In the White House?” Obama is doing for our kids/grandkids what Kennedy did for us…allow us to see that all things are possible if hopes and dreams are large enough. I don’t think Hillary is done furthering her political aspirations…perhaps we’ll see her in 2012, possibly 2016. I hope I get to see her nomination also…and THEN maybe we can rest easy knowing the Declaration of Independence is being lived up to…(All Men (and Women) Are Created Equal). I might not vote for her but appreciate the fact that this country has finally grown up; can find it not only possible but do-able to nominate…maybe even elect…a black President, female President. In fact, I do have to wonder…and hope it in no way looks as though I diminish Obama’s success thus far…if his nomination came from the fact that we are more ready to accept a black President than we are a Madam President. To be the forward looking, most advanced country in the world, we are still behind when it comes to giving women credit for having what it takes to run a country. Others beat us in that respect long ago.
Still…Ms. Clinton, you have been the shining light of this convention and whether contrived, planned or not, you carried your part off with aplomb, dignity and eloquence.
