Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Democratic Nerd Convention..

for the first time that i can remember, i spent dang near an hour watching the Democratic National Convention.. if this isn't a Nerd Ball, i don't know what is.. i sat there trying to ignore and listen to the commentators (bored me dang near to death), look at these people who appeared to be having the time of their lives (which i couldn't understand, cuz absolutely nothing was going on in between speeches), and wait for Michelle Obama to speak..

that was it for me.. i just wanted to hear her speak..

so there i was, trying to listen and understand.. each moment that passed, i got more upset at the fact that i was getting lied to about when Michelle would come up.. i was also getting more upset because i just didn't understand why these people didn't seem to have a life.. why this event was so major to them.. i mean, this year brings some historical value, as we have the first Black man leading the charge.. this is something even Joe Biden is coming to grips with.. like "damn, it's really come to this? i worked my entire life just to take orders from a Black man?".. that ish had to hurt!!

but i watched everything from the looks, the outfits, the ages.. everything.. this is a Nerd Ball.. nothing short of one.. i've never been to one, but i can imagine that in my dreams, what i saw last night is what i would expect to see at a Nerd Ball.. manners kinda off.. badly dressed individuals.. conversations about the same dang thing.. some bad speakers.. everything..

pardon me, but the Kennedy thing was qute for a split second and that's it.. dude's elbow and hand kept messing w/ me.. like it was from years of being hit w/ a switch on some "keep it up this high, not that low!!".. "curve your hand like this, not like that!".. it was horrible.. then seeing him shake.. yeah, i was done.. it's wrong.. dude had a brain tumor.. i get it.. but dang, if you get paraded up there, then you can get talked about.. i talked about Ali when he about lit all of Atlanta on fire by handling the torch at the 1996 Olympics, and i'll talk about this dude.. and his speech? man, i was nodding off.. Great Grand Dad done had it.. let him go..

Michelle, it was just impressive to watch you speak like a proud Black woman.. i appreciated that.. i think i was expecting more, but i'll take what i can get.. you repped the South Side of Chicago easily and frequently.. much love for that.. i sat there saying that 2 people that have lived on the South Side of Chicago are about to be Mr. & Mrs. President.. that ish is messing w/ me.. and for the first time (actually, 2nd, cuz i gave Hillary respect), i feel like the woman in the White House is a great equal to the man in the White House.. Michelle is bad.. stumbles and all..

but your kids? come on, y'all had to keep it too real.. Barack crashing the party from some other people's home.. then gonna show up on a video.. how Black is that?? then is speaking directly to his wife and kids.. having his kids interrupt him (please resend the baby daughter the memo).. having the oldest stand right in front of the screen, knowing Michelle wanted to snatch her back and say "is your Daddy a window maker?".. it was just some classic Black people stuff.. Barack was stumbling around with his words, cuz he was like "damn, i guess we are Black!".. white people didn't know what to do or say, cuz that man was literally their boss.. it was all classic material..

a Nerd Ball it definitely was.. i can honestly say that the DNC is far from being included on my to-do list..

i'm just sayin'..

4 comments:

AroundHarlem.com said...

LOL @ Nerd Convention.

Some people who watch and attend are not nerds. They are hard to spot, but they exist. Myself included........LOL.

On the wife and kids --- pretty standard, everyone does it.

On Barack not being there --- again, standard. The nominee only attends the last event to accept the nomination and to celebrate.

Unknown said...

i feel you.. most of it was jokes.. thanks for the comment!!

i mean, i watched it myself, but then again, i do claim to be a nerd every now and then!!

Herm said...

Its nice actually being out of the country so I don't really have to watch this stuff.

Saw a video on WSJ where they interviewed a bunch of "No Bama" democrats. It was pretty obvious that many of them were racist.

But on the other hand Obama seems to be able to steal some votes from "progressive" Republicans. Not sure exactly what that is.

Whatever Hillary said in her speech, her staying in the race so long made it pretty clear to me that she wants Barack to lose, so that she can run in 2012.

The Obama campaign will have to do a great job if he is to win.

Giii said...

I'm out of the country and I watched it all. Thanks to CNN! Seriously, this speech of Barack Obama was beautiful. I'm so watching it again on CNN online. This man has made history...this is prolly the most watched Democratic Convetion... shoot, I'm not American and I'm watching it as if it was the last epsode of my favourite show. This man has made history, real history...

It was funny to watch Hillary telling people to vote for Obama... not convincing at all to me, but hopefully they'll listen to her and go for him.

Shoot, I'm not american and I'm praying for him to win.