I listened to Kerry's speech last night. It helped the babies get to sleep. I heard him mention Fitzsimons Hospital, and it sounded like the Colorado delegation gave him a loud cheer for it. Also, the locals got some pub in this Tim Blair bit:
Current sleeper count on the floor is eight; one in each of the Florida, New York, California, Colorado, Kentucky, and Texas delegations, plus two happy snoozers from Maryland.
Plus the two in my house. I'm looking forward to a similar effort from George W. at the Republican taxpayer funded beer bash convention. I stayed awake by reading Zomby's and Steve's live blogging. I was awake enough to hear this bit:
And when I'm President, America will stop being the only advanced nation in the world which fails to understand that health care is not a privilege for the wealthy, and the connected, and the elected — it is a right for all Americans. And we will make it so.
I've heard politicians make similar remarks many times, and I'm still astonished that anyone can have such a dim view of human interaction as to think that health care could be a right. Health care, after all, consists mostly of the labor of health care workers. No one has a right to someone else's labor.
This why I yelled "you communist!" at the TV at that point.
I hate the conventions. Big freakin' political infomercials. "Buy this candidate, and we'll throw in lower taxes and free medical care for everyone!
"How much do you think this candidate is worth? Wait! Before you answer, look at this set of pre-school programs that we're throwing in absolutely free!"
And the Republican convention probably won't be much in the way of different. Darnit.
Still waitin' to see those baby pictures!