Democrats in Denver Craig Hickman, of Winthrop, is among 32 delegates from Maine who are attending this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. Hickman will update this blog as often as possible.
I've never seen any thing like it. I'll never again see anything like it.
And I'm not one to say never.
From my girl Jennifer Hudson's rousing rendition of the National Anthem, complete with bombs bursting in air, fireworks that exploded from the top of the columns and the top of Invesco Field after Barack Obama's jaw-dropping acceptance speech, I was left with aching bones, weeping eyes, and a hopeful heart.
Just as Barack Obama was about to address the nation, my camera card filled up. Whoops. I forget to empty the card of the 900 photos I'd taken throughout the week.
900 photos? You ask. But I've only seen a handful of them. What's up with that?
Well, I'll tell you. Editing photos and creating a slide show or two -- or 10 -- takes so much time that I chose instead to tell the story as it happened and how I felt about the unfolding narrative.
In the next week or so, I'll do my best to show you some of the behind-the-scenes images and the anecdotes that go with them, complete with shots of all the celebrities and high-ranking government officials I was lucky to meet.
But I digress.
Not being able to take pictures allowed me to fully absorb Barack Obama's speech and drink in this incredible American history straight with no chaser.
Have you ever seen anything like it? It played like a great film, but it was reality. The producers of this convention are geniuses. We got a climax we might heretofore have only been able to dream, and Barack Obama brought it home in the words of the preacher from Georgia who delivered his dream 45 years ago today.
I wept and wept and wept.
Barack Obama's gloves are off. When he throws an uppercut, and he threw many, he bloodies your nose. Knocks you down. He punched John McCain and the other party so hard, their shills in the Associated Press had to disseminate yet another desperate set of lies about his address just to try to get up off the mat.
The slightest glimpse of integrity would have required the AP to deliver something like this:
Through all the brilliant stagecraft, the exquisite set design, all the live music and dancing, even the presence of Al Gore, the inclusion of regular working Americans telling their stories in front of 84,000 enthusiastic voters in Mile High Stadium and millions more on television and the internet stands out and proves that this campaign is truly about the people.
Even the biased, liberal AP writers (today) had to mention that the convention was all glitz, glamour and no substance. It was all "change" (just the word) and "hate Republicans." Only those young and immature who don't care about SUBSTANCE would find anything good about the convention. I guess Hollywood and the anything-goes types are cool to many. Sorry, guys, that's not what runs a country and makes it properous. Charisma, well-rehearsed written empty speeches and bright lights just doomed Obama and the party that represents those who want what others have, regardless of their own actions and choices. It was a joy to actually watch the convention, but was it just my imagination that Obama hung Sharpton and Wright out to dry? How he has been able to keep both those racists quiet amazes me. Thankfully, though, the proud bomber Ayers was not in Denver this past week:)
well its clear FLNonny has no bias whatsoever. 85000 people and 38 million people tuned in to see this speech....do i smell some jealousy and despair from the right wing. The verdict about this event was near unanimous, it was the most amazing convention speech ever.... even Pat Buchanan agreed ( and i NEVER agree with him). It is hard to give someone their proper due when you are blinded by your own partisanship like FLNonny. "Empty speeches"? please compare this speech to Ronald Reagans, Bob Dole and George Bush's acceptance speeches....this was a much more well thought out, reasoned and specific speech.
But hey we live in a free country, by all means vote for John McCain FLNonny.
WE will vote for the next president of the USA
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