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illusionofjoyI watched Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic Convention last night. As much as I admire her, I can not bring myself to support Barack Obama, no matter how many times she endorses him. The Democratic Party is casting aside the best candidate they have for a dishonest, self-serving, opportunistic lightweight who does not deserve his current political position to say nothing of any position higher up. Obama talks the talk (with the aid of a teleprompter) but does not walk the walk.
Prior to Hillary's time in the spotlight, I had Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey on mute as I read weblogs. Casey annoys me, and if he hadn't been the only challenger against Rick "Frothy Fetus Fondler" Santorum, I would not have voted for him. Still, damn near anybody was better than Santorum so I was willing to take a baby step with Casey in order to improve Pennsylvania's reputation in the senate. Rest assured, if Casey has a primary challenger in 2012, I will be voting for that person in the hopes of installing a real Democrat - one who supports a woman's right to chose.
I briefly unmuted the volume for former Virginia governor Mark Warner then turned the sound off again when it became obvious that watching paint dry was more interesting than Warner's speaking style. Ohio governor Ted Strickland followed Warner, and was a much better speaker in comparison (which, sadly, isn't saying much), but whatever Strickland said didn't stick in my mind. Ditto for Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
Frankly, Montana governor Brian Schweitzer was the star of the show before Hillary Clinton took the stage. Schweitzer, a relative newcomer to politics, was passionate, animated, charismatic and engaging. He delivered his speech with humour and conviction, engaging the delegates in attendance with a folksy everyman yarn which betrayed that he'd been studying from the book of Bill Clinton. I'm going to watch this one and see where he goes; he made a good first impression on me (but then again, so did Barack Obama).
Upcoming: The roll call vote will be held this afternoon at 5:00PM (EST); Bill Clinton will be speaking at 9:00PM (EST). Watch online at the official Democratic Convention website.
