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The reigning patriarch of the Kennedy legacy.
Everything seems to be going great inside the Pepsi Center. On Monday Michelle Obama, and her beautiful, talkative, little girls, did a wonderful job opening the Democratic National Convention.
The "lion in winter" Ted Kennedy took the stage after recently battling a brain tumor. He was introduced by his niece Caroline Kennedy (correction: I first erroneously called her his daughter, oops) .Then he gave a well-thought, inspirational speech to an emotionally touched audience.
OnTuesday night Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered on a promise to support her fellow Democrat. Even though her primary comments are being used in TV ads by the Republican party to discredit Barack, her show of support should trump any past differences with Democratic nominee.
Note: At the live taping of The Daily Show yesterday, which was a great hour of entertainment after spending seven hours baking in the sun waiting in line, the biggest laughs came during a segment lambasting Hillary supporters who won't let go.
I saw Barack Obama at Denver University back on Jan. 30, where he was accompanied by the elegant Mrs. Kennedy. This appearance came just after Obama received a grand political endorsement on national TV from Senator Kennedy. I believe this endorsement, and the ensuing support from the Kennedy family, played a very significant role in his success in the primary. I think the staunch support from long-term Democrats helped him overcome the smear-attack media blitz, and I'm glad he can count on it for the general election.
As far as symbolic moments are concerned, Monday night at the DNC was really amazing. Seeing a legendary remnant of past progressive movements find the strength, in his condition, to make an inspirational speech on behalf of the new leader was pretty outstanding symbolism. It's something my generation has never seen before, and we should all be very thankful of.
Sen. Kennedy's rousing endorsement should really galvanize the old and the new generations of Democrats to finally, finally become the party it has always claimed to be.
Barack Obama isn't going to win the election just because he's motivated the youth of this country to make a change in politics. He's going to win it because he's motivated everybody, from all walks of life, to make a change in politics.
Just ask the five middle-aged women I waited in line with all day for tickets to The Daily Show.
It's almost time for Rage Against the Machine!
It might sound a little hypocritical for me to be extolling the virtues of the Democratic Party in one sentence, then becoming completely enthralled by the anarchist avowing, government bashing, rock n' roll group Rage Against the Machine, but the Democrats uninspiring performance the past two decades has been the main inspiration for this kind of music. And Barack's not in the White House yet, is he? I actually think many of the young rockers at this concert, who would otherwise be completely apathetic, and would probably be sitting at home watching trashy TV or playing gory video games, may be motivated to get off their asses and do something political by a rock n' roll band singing against it. Speaking from personal experience, it's happened before.
