I am all sleepy this morning on account of Denver being several unnecessary hours behind the East Coast, but last night was history in the making, so I stayed up. Everyone else has said the smart stuff already—emotion, smack, epic levels of win, the right combination of policy specifics and calls to the heart—but I do want to point out that one of the PBS commentators was pretty clearly ready for his own nap: He felt that America needed to notice that this was an especially unusual nomination acceptance, because there were no balloons dropped when Obama's speech concluded. This was, he explained (and follow the logic here, it's good stuff), because the stadium has no roof. His partner, perhaps trying to save him from further embarrassment on national TV, pointed out that there was already a lot going on, what with the fireworks going off, confetti cannons exploding all over, attendees going bazoo, the Obama girls being adorable while their parents waved to the crowd, viewers at home wiping their eyes and cheering, et cetera, which is when my new hero mumbled, "Well, I still don't know where the balloons would fall from."
So there we have it. An historic nomination, because there were NO BALLOONS. I look for this to be a serious talking point in future debates.
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Remember Kerry's speech in 2004, when those tens of thousands of balloons up in the rafters failed to drop? Well, like 9 of them came down, something like that. Terribly metaphoric, it was. Dude couldn't even get balloons to work. How was he supposed to win an election?
This year? Fireworks, man.
I wore my snazzy Agent OO8 shirt to work yesterday, result three new orders to the NYC-based designer, who was surprised but pleased by the sudden burst of DC interest. Hurrah for enterprise.
get this commentator a raise. that he summoned the courage to point out such an important historical moment is a fact to be heralded.
sweet mary.
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