Michelle Obama gave a pretty good speech last night. I like her more now. Not that I disliked her before, but you know my loyalties with Hillary and all that.

Anyone else watching the Democratic National Convention?

They played Stevie Wonder’s Isn’t She Lovely after her speech. It was a tad over the top. But, it was pretty good love fest last night.

Barack Obama was beamed in via satellite from Kanas City (Here he is Live) to talk to Michelle and the girls. I was irritated by this stage production, Do you have somewhere better to be than in Denver accepting your party’s nomination Barack?

My husband, Jeremy, says they do this via satellite bit at every convention to build anticipation. I am too lazy to look it up to prove him right or wrong. I think its stupid.

Ted Kennedy spoke and brought everyone to tears. He talked about the future, not of the Kennedy past.

The pundits were complaining the whole time that there wasn’t enough negativity and criticism for the other party.

One news guy actually said, “I don’t think Democrats have proven they are very good at negative campaigning. Republicans are brilliant at it. They win. Democrats have not shown tonight, once again, that they are good at negative campaigning.”

Dear God let it be true that Americans will see that it’s more effective and better for us to focus on what we do want, the hope, the triumph, our abilities, our strength than to focus on the failings of other people with other ideas in other parties.

Personally, I’m so sickened by negative campaigning that I hope Democrats will hold the course. The fewer mentions of how horrible The Republicans are the better.

Every time people buy into it I wonder why my fellow Americans are so stupid and easily Fear Pressured into doing crap they don’t really want to do.

I’m sick and tired of both parties starting every sentence, “I could be more effective if Republicans would just . . . “ or “I would do something about this if the Democrats would just . . . ”

No more. Take responsibility by making it YOUR problem if you’re elected.

. Taking a rigid, unrelenting stance on issues (abortion, etc) is a really easy excuse to do NOTHING.

If I can manage to respectfully and effectively deal with people who think differently than I, who disagree with me, every day – then I expect nothing less from the public officials I elect.

Every American in this country is sick. to. death. of. negative campaigning. It’s really just a politician loophole, a built-in excuse, to not DO anything effectively.

Anderson Cooper kept criticizing that much of the evening “made boring television” – as if the function of government is to amuse newscasters, pundits, and the audience at home.

This isn’t trashy Realty TV Anderson, its Democracy. Where “The People” govern themselves. They have to do “boring” votes and party business at a National Convention cause that’s how Democracy works. The action of our nation consists of boring meetings and boring votes. Next time, I’m sure cable news will lobby for a “producer” to take over “the made-for-TV event.”

Got Perspective?

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Michelle, Isn’t She Lovely?