Quotation

Marc, Blogging live from Invesco Field!

August 28, 2008 by Center for Emer...

10:14

This stadium is hushed during this documentary about Barack
Obama. His is an American story. Yes, there are many things from
FISA to his lack of willingness to take on the financial industry but
his story is the American story. I look at my three daughters age 40,
38 and 11 and how much they are moved by him. My two oldest are women
of color who are Obama. My youngest is enthralled by him. He looks
like so much of her family.

America is changing. The mythology of America was blown up in the
fifties and sixties with the battle to end segregation, and Vietnam War.
Now, it is seems they want the dream of America to be its reality.

So, no matter who wins this election, America has made a turn. I
only hope we can redirect ourselves to save this nation, this earth
and life for my children. We can't give them a heaven on earth but we
can't leave them with this hellhole of environmental and human disaster for them to wade through. `

 

He is walking on stage ...let's see ... we will talk together later

 

Speeches, speeches... including Barack Obama's

August 28, 2008 by PamsHouseBlend

(NOTE: The live blog of the events at Invesco, along with photos, video, and my personal thoughts are here.

Finally at Invesco, feeling like a sardine (but happy to be here to witness history)

August 28, 2008 by PamsHouseBlend

4:30 PM: What an adventure getting into here this was. After meeting up with Chris Rabb of Afro-Netizen, we waited in line outside of the Hyatt to catch a delegate bus to the stadium. The line was massive and it was hot out there. All of a sudden an "out of service" city bus pulled up on the adjacent corner and the door opened and a cop stepped out and waved us over and we hopped on and were taken to Invesco.

Driving in, the number of people lined up in the hot sun to get in was enormous. I saw Dan Rather get off a bus and he got to ride a golf cart into a VIP area, I'm sure.

Members of the press could bypass the long line, but, at least in our case, it wasn't clear where the press needed to go in through security. It took several misdirections from staff, a couple of friendly Secret Service men, and a lot of walking to finally get in.