I didn't get to *see* him speak, but the convention was live on NPR so I heard it as I was driving home.
Whoever was speaking used the sea as a metaphor (was it Caroline's speech or the videoclip?)
...about how the water meant a lot to Teddy coming from Massachusetts and teaching the younger Kennedys how to sail, etc., etc.
My mind began to wander -- and remember 1969 -- and how water figured so dramatically in Ted's life.
But the mantra about Teddy being a senator from Mass and being everybody's advocate, brought me back to 2008.
The NPR guys described the scene as everyone in the hall having a Kennedy sign and that it was very moving....the highlight of the night.
When I asked my husband about the signs, he said, he never saw one. (He was watching CNN's coverage.)
Enough of my rambling...here are a couple questions.
1. What was the visual like? The TV coverage of the convention hall...did the delegates seem interested in listening to the speeches, or did they look tired and bored?
2. On the radio, the announcers kept interrupting to talk amongst themselves...which I hated. I wanted to hear the convention, not the radio-know-it-alls....and the topic was if and how the Clintons are gonna upstage Obama and take over the convention. Was anything along those lines mentioned on TV?
BTW... #3. Anybody read Rolling Stone? Here's two interesting articles:
August 21, 2008 Michael Moore "How the Democrats Can Blow it"
Sept. 4, 2008 - How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party by Sean Wilentz
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