  Teresa was not as good as I had hoped, giving a somewhat clunky and not that inspired, or perverse, speech. Ted wasn't in top form either, failing to either come off as the serious elder statesman he is or the raging liberal stump-orator he can be. The night was stolen, by Barack Obama. He is a strong speaker, damn good looking, and running for an open seat in the Senate with no competition.
He's also a minority voice that doesn't speak only to minorities. I was a big fan of Carol Moseley-Braun, who also had that quality of turning her racial experience into an American experience without sacrificing her identity, and was enraged that Al Sharpton, who panders to only the worst instincts in whites and blacks alike, did so much better in the Presidential primaries than she did [she was my number three pick, believe it or not. ] Illinois has done it again, and this time I hope the Senator won't make the mistake of dining with African dictators and ruining his career in its infancy, like CMB did. This night should have been more inspiring, but it comes at an awkward moment. Tomorrow we get Edwards, Thursday we get Kerry, yesterday we had the Clintons, so tonight had to be star-studded to keep up, and only Obama really managed to make it work for him. urlLink Tim Noah on working the DNC : Being a reporter at a political convention is a lot like having sex. Hey there, gorgeous, would you like to interview me? The American people this, the American people that.
Oh … cliché. Cliché, cliché, witticism, cliché, insight borrowed from the New York Times . Fact retrieved from an appropriately obscure … please keep ask-ask-ask-ask-ask-asking … Oh yeah … cliché—don't stop asking!—evasion of difficult … Yeeeeeesssss! He also covers the Herald's "discovery" (i.e. republication of a thirty-year-old article) that Teresa once called Teddy K a "perfect bastard. " Of course, she didn't quite say that anyway, she said he would be a perfect bastard if he stayed married to keep the Catholic vote -- he would soon thereafter divorce.
Former Boston mayor Ray Flynn also makes an appearance as a pro-life Democrat. As all those who follow Bay State politics know, this isn't suprising. What is a little surprising is that Ray Flynn, the notorious alcoholic who often had to have security let him into his Embassy residence in Vatican City because he was too drunk to work the codes, isn't dead of liver damage yet. Where is the BU Chancellor and Progressive Fascist Democrat John Silber hiding himself? I want to shake his tiny, tiny hand. 
