Best Convention Ever!

I cannot get over the comprehensive inclusion of guest speakers, issues, facts and reminders as to why President Barack Obama is a good president and should be re-elected.  The DNC left no stone unturned,  no problem unaddressed, no member of our society ignored.  It was masterful.

Here's The Obama Diary blog's coverage of newspaper headlines, political commentary, photos and videos of the DNC 2012.  

Enjoy!

The Big Dog Brings Down the House (Oh yes he does!)

                                  President William Jefferson Clinton speaking to the DNC 9/05/12

As wildly anticipated as was the Clinton speech, he did not disappoint.  He nailed every single aspect of the GOPs criticisms of the past four years.  And he did it with facts.  

Bill Clinton’s 48-minute speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night was, as FactCheck.org put it, “a fact-checker’s nightmare: lots of effort required to run down his many statistics and factual claims, producing little for us to write about.”

Clinton’s numbers checked out, according to most fact-checking outlets, including Politifact, which has been accused of unfair exaggeration by liberals before. Though he frequently departed from the script, the former president correctly cited the statistics on Obama’s job growth, decreasing health costs since 2010, and the stimulus tax cuts for 95 percent of Americans.  ThinkProgress.com 

By the way, I channel surfed between Fox and MSNBC & NHTV (public television) and the biggest complaint I heard was "He talked too long."  Even the pundits at Fox News could not find anything substantial last night or this morning on which to call him out.  

Michelle O Rocks It

The first night of the DNC was one hit after another. Each speech lifted the listeners with positive message in sharp contrast to the angry speeches of the RNC which I watched every night 7p - conclusion.

Last night's speakers talked about the President: how his work, his legislation, has improved their lives. Instead of the self-aggrandizing focus of RNC speakers, the speeches soared with affirmation. It was POSITIVE and that's what stood out.

Michelle Obama knocked it out of the park. Here's a complete transcript of her speech. http://www.npr.org/2012/09/04/160578836/transcript-michelle-obamas-convention-speech