Tonight is Hillary Clinton’s night as she makes history as the first woman to be nominated to be President of the United States by a national party.
Last night, President Barack Obama painted the image of two America’s, the one he knows and the dark, divided country that Donald Trump imagines. He carefully laid out the choices the votes have telling them that Hillary Clinton is the better qualified candidate. “I have confidence, as I leave this stage tonight, that the Democratic Party is in good hands. Thank you for this incredible journey,” he said. “Let’s keep it going.” Secretary Clinton joined him on stage to wild cheers. They hugged and waved to the happy supports.
Prior to the president’s endorsement, other prominent speakers took the stage to support Sec. Clinton and trash Donald Trump. Former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said that she was the best qualified for the office and he would vote for her. he called Mr. Trump a fraud saying, “I’m a New Yorker, I know a con when I see one.”
Mayor Bloomberg was followed by Vice President Joe Biden who laid into the GOP nominee like no one else could. “He is trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. Give me a break. That’s a bunch of malarkey,” Biden said. “This guy doesn’t have a clue about the Middle Class. Not a clue.”
Next up was Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine to accept the nomination. He has been described as “America’s Dad”, kind of embarrassing at times but nice even when he’s being mean. He got loud raucous response when he asked the crowd if they thought Donald Trump pain his fair share of taxes and they all screamed “No.” But the loudest and longest applause and cheers came when he continued the speech in fluent Spanish. He even did a mocking impersonation of Mr. Trump’s line “believe me.”
But tonight is all about Hillary when her daughter, Chelsea Clinton will introduce her as the next President of the United States.
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Hillary still isn’t the world’s greatest orator. But I’d score it a B minus.
Largest applause line of the night was about fighting bad trade deals. Somehow you still feel like you need to reread and relisten to find the legalese loopholes in what she said.
Maybe Bernie made her a better candidate. Too soon to tell.