Inspiring Evening

I just love that woman, Mrs. Obama. She was everything she needed to be, simply herself, as she always is. At every rally I've been to, we in the audience were always just as excited for Michelle as we were for the Senator. Now the rest of the country, and even a few nay-sayers, probably understand why. So glad I got to watch this inspiring night at home with my girl. She watched the whole thing without being asked to, even independently clapped for her at the end. In agreement with the rest of the world, she thought Melia and Sasha were "soooo ceeuuute!" I loved watching the faces in the crowd as she spoke, especially the women. I've been trying to tell ya ladies, she's 1000 times better than Clinton as a role model for women and young girls, just wait. Senator Ted Kennedy was absolutely amazing as well. He looked much better than we expected him to, but we knew all along he would do great with his task at hand. Very emotional evening, I'm glad I didn't miss it.

(via Josh Marshall)

While I understand it, I wish intelligent people would resist the need to criticize/negatively critique the tone of the program. This was supposed to be an inspiring and rousing first night, about us, not the GOP. There's plenty of time to attack McCain, Michelle can't be the one to do that (right now). And despite what Chuck Todd said, Clinton won't be coming out swinging on Wednesday to say, "See Barack, this is how you do it." He'll be attacking the republicans and McCain because it's his duty. Just as Hillary earned her spotlight tomorrow, she also must atone for the selfish mistakes she made in vilifying Obama and propping up McCain. She doesn't really have a choice. It's not out of the goodness of her heart, she just knows the game, as does Bill. We do have a game plan folks, if we all stick to it, after tonight, I am 100% positive that we're going to be just fine. The republicans are shitting a brick, she gave them nothing tonight (not that they won't try to find something). This campaign knows exactly what it's doing, even if we don't all the time.

I'm still planning on leaving, I definitely feel like a whiny asshole after those two speeches. I'm not fighting fear so much at this point, the problem is actually one of confidence and indecision more than anything else. I'm ignoring the pain as best I can, alternating a heating pad and ice packs, there are just other circumstances that are tugging at me to consider what is really the "right" thing to do for me and my immediate family. I honestly don't know right now. Hopefully, I'll be on the road no later than mid-morning.

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