Day 2 at the Dem convention

We heard many more speeches tonight at the Democratic convention center, most of them mediocre rhetoric that glazed the same talking points over and over again. One speech that stood out among the others for its use of factual evidence and persuasiveness was Montana governor's Brian Schweitzer's speech viewable here. Hillary supported Barack Obama with kinder words than many, many convention losers before her. Ted Kennedy mentioned Carter's name once in his convention speech as a loser and Reagan didn't even mention Ford's name in his convention speech. The mainstream media, despite this difference in historical precedent, was keen to point out that Clinton could have done more for Barack Obama. This kind of coverage diminishes the power that candidates have because it is essentially an opposing last word. At best it makes the candidates seem contrived and planned and at its worst it puts words and intentions in their mouths and minds that don't necessarily exist. It is this coverage from the media that is dumbing down the process of the convention. I would recommend that anyone who is interested in politics watch the convention from C-Span and let the mainstream media pretend to know what is happening behind the scenes towards other viewers.