More on the conventions

I haven't spoke much about the speeches, for 1 simple reason: If you like the GOP, you're going to like their speeches, and if you like the Democrats, you're going to like their speeches. So except for distortion and error of facts, I haven't said much about the speeches. But there were 2 speeches that should be, and one that will be, remembered. I believe that every state legislator, every officeholder and every  person who works for them, no matter which party they belong to, should watch the speech by Rep. John Lewis. In fact, everyone who didn't see it should look it up and watch it. In it, he properly equated the current crop of voting laws with the Jim Crow laws of the 50s and 60s in the south. And he reminded people that it took the action of many, including some who died standing up for those rights, to ensure that everyone had the right to vote and could vote. And that if these new laws are upheld as legal and enacted, those who died would have died in vain. Then there was Gabby Gifford reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. I've watched it on tape several times, and I have no problem saying I've cried every time I've watching her. And what did the GOP counter these moving moments with? Yeah, the on speech that won't be forgotten: Clint and the empty chair. That's right, one convention touched people's hearts, and the other just left most people scratching their head.