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8:58: Flipping over to NBC, after watching Ted Kennedy's speech on PBS. I'll admit it, it left me misty-eyed, and sent me to his wikipedia page to remind myself of what a great man he
8:59 Apparently someone worked the most dangerous job in the world in a brightly colored prison jumpsuit. Goddamn NBC has some stupid reality shows. Aw, the person who lost grew as a person and is back in Alaska for some stupid reason. Good for her, I guess.
9:00 And so it starts. Brian Williams is talking over someone trying to talk on the stage. Shut up Brian! You are wearing an ugly tie and NBC has already talked over the action during the Olympics. You guys should be done with talking over the important parts.
A greatest soundbite clipshow of Ted Kennedy's speech. He's still looking good, which makes me happy, despite the bandaged hand and the bald spot from the surgery.
9:04 A circle jerk of all of NBC's great talking heads. They are all looking very bored in their Brady Bunch inspired layout.
Ann Curry looks short. I think the cameraman is too tall and is filming her from above and giving her an awkward angle.
David Gregory says blah blah blah. I can't really listen to him because Initials is in the kitchen readying dinner and bitching loudly about the commentary. I can't really blame him, but I'm sitting only a few feet away from the tv and its hard to hear it.
9:07 Andrea Mitchell rehashes the Clinton/Obama drama briefly. Apparently there are people who need a refresher.
9:08 It looks like Brian Williams is doing a crossword puzzle on his clipboard while he's talking to that one guy in the ugly grey tie. Oh, it's Chuck Todd.
Apparently the Democratic Party is like the Mafia, always in search of a powerful family to rule them. I guess?
9:11 Savannah Guthrie is wearing a pastel pink powersuit. There's a guy in the back in a blue polo shirt who's totally checking out her ass.
Ouch! An old woman waves at the camera, and the arm flab just keeps wapping.
9:12 Michelle Obama is going to talk to America using the wonderful power of the television lens! Oh man! Brian Williams, you've blown my mind!
9:14 That "Strong America, Strong Schools" would make a good Democratic ad campaign.
9:16 Instead of listening to a strong female politician, Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw talk about how important they are. Poor Claire McCaskill, you coulda been a contenda.
9:17 Obama is a genie in a bottle baby! You can rub him the right way, oh yeah.
9:20 A John McCain commercial, and you can hear the screams of outrage from across the hall by the hippie college kids.
9:22 Caroline Kennedy comes and talks to Brian about Kennedy some more while someone is making a speech on the main stage. Judging by the screams in the crowd, it's a good speech that we're missing. Fuck you, NBC.
9:23 "Hey Caroline, you were in charge of picking the vice president. Did you like your pick?" Idiot.
9:24 The Michelle Obama tribute goes on during the commercial. Guess NBC isn't about keeping the strong females happy and in prime-time.
Yay! It's dinnertime. Apple cider curried pork chops. Normally we don't eat so late, but my sister needed computer help.
9:26 Apparently Michelle supports her husband. I wish we could get to hear her say that.
9:29 Imagine if you woke up one morning and your sister was married to the Messiah! That's totally what Brian Williams wants to say.
9:30 His brother's mike is overdubbed. Initials thinks his tie "rocks." He's not very good behind the mike.
Biden looks bored.
Wait a minute. That's not a flag decal her brother is wearing on his lapel. It looks like a polar bear or something.
9:31 Michelle's mom is wearing an adorable hat.
9:34 Heh heh heh. Go Beavers.
9:35 Initials is turned off because of the sports analogy. Yawn.
Michelle's hair is SOO Tipper, says Initials. I can see it. Her teal shirt kinda makes her fade into the backdrop though, and the asymmetrical bust looks like she's wearing her older sister's shirt.
9:37 Polite laughter.
9:38 "I come here as a sister." It'd be more fun if she came here as a "sistah." America needs a sassy first lady.
9:41 The speech isn't doing it for me, but I imagine its going to be seen as a success. She's getting into her stride now.
9:42 Joe Biden is nodding his head like a bobblehead doll.
9:45 Ok, I think she's swayed me.
9:46 People like Hillary Clinton who put those 18 million cracks in that glass ceiling. And Joe Biden, for something something something. Biden's cheer was louder. Hillaryites, you better step up!
9:48 Initials is mad at me for not starting in on the dishes yet, and only rolls his eyes when I tell him I will at 10, when the LIVEBLOG is over. It's all about priorities.
9:50 I can hear somebody's cell phone going off at the convention. Tsk tsk, put your blackberry to silent people!
9:52 A cornucopia, a veritable cornucopia, of overweight black women of a certain age acting all proud and shit. Plus one white woman.
9:54 She pulled it off. Initials thinks that she sounds disingenuous, especially when talking about her faith and family, but that's mostly because he was a diehard Hilary supporter, and he hates Obama with a passion that I reserve for fat people who walk slowly on the sidewalk and make it impossible for you to pass them.
OOoooh! Stevie Wonder!
And OOoooh! Barack Obama telecommutes in. Aw. "Hi Daddy." His daughter is adorable. She'd be a media darling like Amy Carter, not a wallflower like Chelsea.
9:57 "Anyone with small children who have been near an open microphone knows how Obama is feeling." Word.
9:59 and some postgame wrapup.
My postgame wrapup:
Fuck NBC. I barely feel as though I got to see anything worth writing about, it was all about talking heads and punditry. It was a ridiculously long hour, and other than Michelle's speech I think there was only 10 minutes worth of substance.
I have no idea if the theme of "One Nation" was successfully portrayed, because I barely got to hear any of it. NBC, you fail.
And now it's bedtime.
