DNC ‘08: 2

Assassination plot busted, Teddy’s speech…

…and Michelle Obama’s home run to the nosebleed seats. Wow. What a way to start a convention!

In a bizarre twist, the DailyKos blogging team - DKos is the official host of the “Big Tent” blogger-space attached to the Denver Convention Center - somehow got bumped from their posh hotel suites at the last moment and ended up having to spend the night before the convention at a hotel in Glendale (where the Newsweek convention crew was also ensconced) before arranging better accommodations for the rest of the convention. But during that first night there was some big excitement when the entire Denver SWAT team staged a big meth bust of a room across the hall, rousting the crew and leaving them witness to some very exciting police action.

…only to find out that they had been bumped right smack dab into the very midst of serious political intrigue when it was announced that the bust was part of a possible Obama assassination plot! The SS, ATF and FBI are all involved in investigations of the busted conspirators, apparently a small group of wackos from the White Supremecist corner of the hard-right wingnut end of the spectrum. Updates state that “at least” four people are under arrest in connection with the plot

Day one didn’t go off without any hitches, but it sure got exciting right out of the starting gate! The Teddy Kennedy cry-fest didn’t bring as many tears as expected from this blogger, but his own personal appearance and strong speech full of Kennedy fire that lasted a good 20 minutes was deeply, deeply gratifying. It may be the last of the great speeches from the storied Kennedy brothers, that generation of inspired public servants who fought so hard and paid too high a price to give back to the American society some of the privilege they had enjoyed. That the youngest would have lived the longest, and still be so strong and determined as he faces his own end, may be one of the greatest legends of political dynasty ever lived or written. The Bushes and Clintons are babes in the woods compared to those brothers!

So yeah, when the speech was over and poor Teddy wandered from one side of the stage to the other not sure where he should go and what he should do, the tears finally came. Wow. God bless you and keep you, Uncle Teddy.

It was a hard act to follow, for sure. What we got was Michelle Obama, who pointed her well-manicured finger toward the skybox nosebleed seats and promptly hit the ball so hard its leather cover came right off before it soared over the top. Now the only question is how Barack will best use the considerable smarts on Michelle’s side of the family to make HIM a better president! Check out the CSPAN videos of her speech here, bottom of diary.

This afternoon the Republican platform committee starts its business [CSPAN2], hoping to craft a platform that doesn’t look quite as banal as the last 8 years of “we do what we want.” And tonight we get to see Hillary and Bill finally get over their misplaced sense of absolute privilege and acknowledge that they are not personally the sum total of the Democratic Party. It’s about damned time.

Stay tuned! It’s going to be an exciting week for sure…

Posts to the DNC Series:

Stoopid Network Tricks and Dallying Dems
Assassination Plot Busted, Teddy’s Speech
Hard-Hearted Hillary Made Me Cry
Bill Is Still The Godfather

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