Hello and good morning to y’all.
So, I listened to the last night of the DNC. Yes, listened as in radio. You may call me a Luddite if you wish, but I find television manipulates my emotion too easily. At this time in the political process, I need to hear what the people are saying, not just their words but the meaning behind those words. It really shouldn’t matter to me what others think about the candidate or speaker, yet often I feel when I’m watching the speech I’m getting swept in the political version of Beatlemania that the crowd feels. Emotion clouds judgment, and television raises the level of emotion by turning each speech into a montage of excited faces of mothers, rivals, and rarely the politician giving the speech. I strive to be a political Jedi Knight, free of all but the politics of the moment. You can call me Qbi Wan Canvotie.
This being said, I must admit there was nothing more cynically funny that watching the crowd wave their “unity” banners while Hillary gave her war cry for partisan politics.
It’ll be interesting what the Republicans have to say in response. I’ll certainly be listening. In politics, only fools don’t swing both ways.
A good thing to keep in mind when we’re choosing Senators for president.
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