Ok, I watched the entired damned thing whilst wolfing a bowl of Cheerio's with cranberry and pears.
- Rick Warren made me leave the room. A poor choice regardless of intent. I have no interest in anything the man has to say and can only wonder at the thinking of those who thought it would be cool to give him a soapbox.
- Next up was Aretha Franklin. Her singing was about as bad as singing gets though that could be the result of wearing a ludicrous hat that was perhaps cutting off circulation to her brain.
- Next was Itzak Pearlman, Yoyo Ma and others playing a dreadful piece of garbage by John Williams. In spite of their gifted help, the song was still a stinker. Who could seriously expect more from Mr. Williams though?
Eventually they got around to the reason why everyone had showed up and Joe Biden managed to come across decently, not stellar, but at least he didn't bugger up his lines. Vice-president Biden has a chilling ring to it, imo. Hopefully he isn't just bidin' his time.
Finally they got down to business with the coronation of BHO. I did giggle when he blew his lines, but appartently it was the other fellow who screwed up and that just threw him off. Understandable. All in all, I felt his speech was lacklustre and didn't actually have much substance.
Overall, I couldn't share the feeling of hope and that this was the man who was going to lead us to well... whatever... everything, apparently. I'll give him a couple of years and then decide if I am ready to sign on to his brand of snake oil.
The thing that stood out to me, is because of the huge amount of hope people have invested in Barak Obama, they stand a very good chance of being disappointed. I felt like I was watching a huge pack of lemmings ready to go off the proverbial cliff while chanting, "Yes, we can!"