While John Cole was preparing to liveblog Obama's acceptance speech:
6:20 pm- Might as well start early, as it is going to be a long night. To start, a true conversation I just had with my mother:
Mom: So, are you going to watch tonight?
Me: Sure. It will be great political theater, and regardless of your politics, it is a historic first for the country that you want to experience.
Mom: Oh. I was talking about the Steelers (pre-season game).
Congratulations, John. We knew you way back when.
And as long as we're here ...
From later on, direct from the source:
8:23 pm- Bill Richardson: “John McCain can pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we’re the ones who will pay for his flip flops.” Heh.
And:
The best thing about the night- as the press is dissecting Obama’s masterful performance, I flipped to a panel on PBS about the speech. Dolores Kearns Goodwin was talking at length, in the shadow of the Obama speech, that McCain needs to show he can use a teleprompter.
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NB: The two later comments were from here and here, but there was something screwy with the permalinks at the time of posting, so I left them out. If they get fixed in the meantime, I'll try to remember to update the main post.
Isn't it "Doris" Kearns Goodwin rather than "Dolores"?
Yes. Good catch.
I read right over it, which says bad things about my proofreading, but good things about my speedreading -- evidently, I knew who he was talking about from the three-name chunk and breezed right past it.
I'm not going to [sic] it. John was liveblogging, and I was blockquoting. But it's good that you noted it for the record.
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