My photo shoot last night caused me to miss the entire broadcast of the DNC wrap-up. But when I checked Google Reader afterwards and saw the buzz, I decided to watch the replay on C-SPAN and see what everyone s talking about.
And so it was that I was up until 2:00am watching a rerun of a political broadcast on C-SPAN. (Is there any single sentence that could make me sound like more of a nerd?) But it certainly was worth it.
Barack Obama is a demi-god. There can be no other explanation. The man is incredible. And what better place to give that speech than in a sporting arena in front of 80,000 people, because he certainly hit the ball out of the park.
When he described all the ills of the past eight years and then looked dead into the camera and shouted “Enough!”, I got chills. Finally, someone wants to fix our broken country. (And finally someone is willing to scold the men who are ruining it!)
He pulled no punches, yet made no insults. He attacked like a prizefighter, but never hit below the belt. And he finally gave me the one thing I’ve always felt was missing — substance.
My biggest complaint about Obama was that I never felt like I knew what he stood for, but last night he laid out a very clear, very firm position on every single issue that is important to Americans. And I agreed with him on every last detail of it.
It was a beautiful thing. I can’t help but be excited about the next 70 days, and then the next 4-8 years for our country. Now, where do I get one of those Obama t-shirts?