Thank the Goddess for C-SPAN and PIP.

All of the Dem bigwigs know what an incredible and impassioned speaker Dennis Kucinich is. Why in the world didn’t they put him in prime time to hit all their high notes for the National audience? He was wearing a large button with a photo of Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (and an awesome tie) and seemed to channel her energy to mach his own.

Dennis had what had been a mostly quiet, chatting among themselves, audience on their feet and cheering.

I had MSNBC PIP in the corner of the screen, and David Gregory and Nora O’Donnel were continuing to chatter away on what Hillary needs to do and did Michelle do enough.

It is as if everything these days has to be prepackaged and wrapped in saran wrap (or its cheaper, generic equivalent.)

Now, back to check on Keith. There are distinct disadvantages to having my tv and computer at opposite ends of the house.

Bless you, you short, fiery pacifist with green tea in his pockets. :D

Thanks, Becky, for the full clip of the “get a shovel” episode, I do not think that I will ever get enough of that, and I also must give Joe credit for changing the metaphor to using the shovel as an implement for the GOP to dig themselves out of the hole they are in.

There is nothing like live television and open microphones.

And, Happy Women’s Equality Day to all my “fellow” women here.

Way to go, Keith.

It did not come up on my screen, so thank goodness you mentioned it as I hit refresh, and there it was!

I am still a bit horrified at the image created in that Tumble blog re Keith doing a drunk and naked King Kong impersonation from on top of a Ferris Wheel. I have realized that that is something I do not want to see, not even if he were to keep on the pink tie, not even with the donkey ears. (I think that I may hysterically blind myself with my own imagination.)

Charity, I also got totally fed up with MSNBC following Nancy Pelosi and switched to C-SPAN which was actually showing the convention instead of selected speeches and then talking and interviewing over those they considered less important.

As a Convention junkie (Well, a DEMOCRATIC Convention junkie, I can only follow the Republicans via Jon Stewart and his Daily Show programming), part of the excitement and wonder is the energy from the floor - the awkward gaps in programming and the music and people dancing together in funny hats, as well as the speakers who are unknown and suddenly are in that deer in the headlights position of facing a huge crowd who also do not seem to be paying attention to them after all their agony of preparation - so I do honor them and pay attention.

BTW, Jessie Jackson, Jr., had a wonderful line in his about them being in Denver with the Mountain tops, referencing back to the MLK speech of 45 years ago - we finally made it to the Mountain top.

I did not need nor want more talking heads going on and on about what has to be done to pacify the Clintons or what notes Michelle Obama had to hit to appease her critics.

I can only hope that the people being discussed do not bother to listen to this crap, which seems crises mentalities trying to stir up trouble so they can report on it.

I also have had to wonder if Barack Obama did not at all consider Joe Biden as filling a supposed “gap” in his resume but chose him because he likes him and thinks he would be part of a great team.

I am rather soured on punditry these days as some of them seem to be trying to drive the agenda, and I think again of Jon Stewart telling Tucker Carlson, “You are ruining this country,” and more recently telling Chris Matthews that his book claiming that life is like politics was terribly sad.

It was fine to listen to the analysis after the convention ended for the night, and didn’t NBC have a prime spot? and what seemed like easy access to the speakers - especially interesting after the mob went after FOX..

And the more we got into the movie and sports metaphors the more fun it became.

I also had noted the Brady Bunch reference and found it telling. Television has been such a great leveler in this country, even with inane sitcoms, as it gives us a chance to see those who otherwise might be considered different and to identify with them as real people: Thinking of how many times I heard the Obamas compared to the Huxtables today. (Sigh)

Tomorrow, Dennis Kucinich will be on at 3 pm my (PDT) time, so I suspect that I will be back with
C-Span while keeping MSNBC PIP just in case.

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