Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
My Dear America:
I have been watching Democratic Conventions since 1960 and I have seen a lot of good ones, some better than others, but all of them pretty good. I remember the stunning black and white television sight of John F. Kennedy accepting the nomination for President, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and many other outstanding Convention Speakers. Even though I really enjoyed the excitement and pageantry of all of the Democratic Conventions there were times that I thought that parts of the Convention were a bit boring and unnecessary. Sometimes the Conventions went on too long every day with lots of gaps in which many speakers who were unfamiliar to us were getting their 15 minutes of Democratic Party Fame.
There were, however, some exciting moments of conflict between Democratic Rivals.
John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown
There had been some knock down drag out fights in some Past Democratic Party Conventions.
There were No Real Democratic Conflicts this time around, Though.
Nobody on the Democratic Party side this time around was putting their interests ahead of the Democratic Party's interests, or more importantly the Country's interests or the interests of the Prospective Democratic Nominees for President and Vice President.
The Democratic Party under the leadership of Tom Perez deserves some serious kudos. You guys not only did a good job. You did a Great Job, An Outstanding Job throughout the four nights of the First and Only (So Far) Virtual Democratic Convention.
Speaking as a Democrat and speaking for some of my Democratic Friends who I talked to about the Convention, We are in agreement that this Convention was certainly one of the best and most memorable and successful Conventions of our lifetimes.
A Democratic Convention is meant to decide who will represent the Party in running for President every four years. It is also meant to present the chosen Candidates for President and Vice President to not only the Democratic Party Members but in the age of Television to the American Television Audience.
This year's Virtual Television Spectacular accomplished so much more than it had in years past that I am sure future Democratic Convention Planners, even those not in the age of Covid, will be using this years Convention as a model for future Conventions even in those future days when Covid is a thing of the past.
The Virtual Democratic Party Convention featured countless Democratic Luminaries such as Bernie Sanders, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton, John Kerry, almost all of Joe Biden's Democratic Party Presidential Rivals, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Kamela Harris and so many others, as well as a few of those increasingly rare birds these days, Moderate Republicans, such as John Kasich and Colin Powell.
Hollywood Glamour was also represented by the beautiful Democratic Activists who Emceed the festivities every night including Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington and Julia Luis-Dreyfuss.
There were a lot of young people involved in the Convention this time around singing, as well as talking. The amazing southwestern young lady who had lost her father to Covid was heartbreaking as she explained that her father's only pre -existing condition was that he trusted Donald Trump when Trump dismissed wearing masks and social distancing.
The most impressive young man at the Convention, I thought was Braydon from Maine who had met Joe Biden on the Campaign Trail and Biden had taken him under his wing because Braydon had a stuttering problem. Joe Biden had overcome his own stuttering difficulties in his younger days and trusted Brayden to speak at the Virtual Convention. Yes, Braydon did stutter occasionally through his presentation but he made it through his speech successfully and the look of pride on his face when he finished was precious. The fact that Joe Biden showed empathy, compassion and trust in this young man was in direct contrast to the complete lack of empathy and compassion for others that is shown by Donald Trump every day of his life and the life of our country.
And then on the last night of the Convention Joe Biden topped off the Convention with the speech of his life. No, he wasn't Barack Obama but he was the man who Barack Obama chose to be his right hand man in his admirable and successful Administration. Those in the Republican Party such as Trump who have tried to paint Joe Biden as some sort of senile old man who doesn't know what he is doing must have been extremely disappointed in the stirring and stunning speech that Joe gave accepting his party's nomination for President. It was certainly a good night for Joe Biden on Democratic Party Convention Thursday and it was a good week overall for the First Virtual Democratic Party Convention of 2020.
Now its on to the Campaign Trail for Joe Biden and Kamela Harris and hopefully on to The White House for these two highly skilled Democratic Politicians after one of the best Democratic Party Conventions that I have ever seen.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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