Anybody else up late and still excited?

[MirrorAshes]

So yeah, maybe I've been drinking. Maybe I've gone a little crazy and watched all the speeches 2-3 times now. Maybe I'm going a little bit overboard since its only monday. But I'm freaking pumped.

Am I alone?

[yorgatron]

1. i'm always up late but

i was moved to hear Jimmy Carter speak,what a great man.Big Dog was good too,hell,everybody was good!

[yorgatron]

2. the music

was good too.i'm convinced Democrats make better musicians.

[MirrorAshes]

3. Better musicians, comedians, artists...

Maybe thats a generalization but I think you're right. Theres just a spark of creativity and life that you don't find very often in republicans.

The music tonight really was amazing though. A great night all around.

[NightTrain]

4. A friend e-mailed me tonight and asked if *I* had picked the music...

...for the convention! Needless to say, I took it as quite a compliment.

But yeah, my hat's off to whomever selected the convention's music. Vintage soul mixed in with Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, and other rockin' geniuses of days gone by. Magnifique! :kick:

(Yes, I deliberately used a French word in the hope that some freeper reads it and blows a gasket.)

[Aftershock]

5. I'm up late.

But I usually am. It's due to the anxiety I always have. Sigh.

[MirrorAshes]

6. Hey, I hear you.

I know what you mean, all too well. Tonight, at least, we can have something to feel good about! :toast:

[Aftershock]

7. That's true.

I'll feel good about what happened at the convention tonight...tomorrow.

:(

[ashling]

8. I was listening to a local talk show

from Seattle on KIRO. Pretty goood station overall, but this guy was this pits. I can't remember his name, but he describes himself as a Nixon Republican.

Anyway, he was making the arguement that the conventions are obsolete because they don't choose the candidate. This guy wants a mystery novel with a surprise ending. Like a lot of other pundits, he says it "just" a show business extravaganza. I've heard that a feww too many times from too many people.

I grew up listening to great Democrats give great rousing speeches and Conventions. I can never get enough of it.

Perhaps the purpose of the Conventions has been redirected, but that far from makes them obsolete.

Comments?

[MirrorAshes]

10. The republicans would love to frame this as "irrelevant"

And maybe it is a bit of a pagent, but its one of the only tools we have left to get our message across.

I'm 23 years old personally, and this is the first year I've had a real, serious appreciation for the convention. I just feel validated and hopeful. That alone, at least to me, makes this more relevant than ever.

[ze_dscherman]

9. It's late morning here in Germany

Not too much excited, though, since I'm only having a short break on work ...

[tainted_chimp]

11. OK, so maybe I've been drinking a lil bit too...

But GODDAMN I enjoyed the fuck out of that too....I was whooping and caterwalling to Bill...Loving him and the evening so...


I'mglad you posted this because i had to relieve my pumps too! :hi:

[MirrorAshes]

12. Yeah! Glad to hear it!

It was a good night for America. We don't see enough of them :toast:

[LastKnight]

13. shit yea... 4 30 am and the adrenaline still pumpin nt.