I watched the Democratic National Convention last night (Monday) on MSNBC. I think this is probably the 10th convention that I’ve seen on tv. Actually, I’ll say that this is the 10th one, given that my dad has watched them all of my life, and I got hooked on politics this way. (And the convention in 1988 was especially memorable because George McGovern’s grandson was in my high school class, and George McGovern would pop into our Political Science classes all the time, which was really cool.)
Ok, back to last night… I was really moved by Sen. Kennedy’s speech. I think the fact that my parents AND my grandparents were active in the civil rights movementsin the 60’s and still today, had a huge impact on me. And we had a picture of Bobby Kennedy hanging in our home. So I guess I think of the Kennedys as still being a part of our nation’s center. (Plus he is one of my Senators, and I have voted for him, so that makes me extra interested in what he was saying.)
But I was really motivated by Michelle Obama’s speech. I guess I’d never really paid attention to her speeches before, but she really is inspiring! And I did like the way that she incorporated the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling that represented Hillary Clinton’s votes into her speech (Check out minute 9:08 of the video). That made me feel special (since I voted for Hillary, and have been feeling a little bummed with the choice of Joe Biden as the VP choice.)
So Hillary gives her speech tonight. Can’t wait to see what she has to say!!!
