Been a long time... I shouldn't a left you...

Without a dopey post to step to...

I don't know where my passion and fire went, but somewhere between there (Kerry-Edwards) and here (Obama - Biden) it went out.  Maybe marriage softened me, or a little cat and a little dog, or just being too busy to think about it, or the ever-popular what have you.  

Maybe I was mad at Nancy Pelosi for not pushing for impeachment.  It took being in the right frame of mind to understand why she did it:  order of succession.  You can't impeach Bush without impeaching Cheyney.  And who's third in line?  Pelosi.   Even if she does have presidential ambitions, she didn't want to give the impression that she was abusing her position for personal gain.  And what do we call that, boys and girls?  I call it integrity.  Would Hastert have done the same thing had he succeeded in removing Clinton from office, and if investigations proved that Al Gore was also guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors?  You bet your sweet bippy he wouldn't. 

I've been watching the Democratic National Convention this week from Denver with an anxious tingle.  I think I'm finally starting to get excited again.  It wasn't that Obama didn't resonate with me, and it wasn't that I was that excited a Hillary supporter.  Truth be told, I loved Kucinich, but being pragmatic, I voted for John Edwards in the Florida primary.  (Sidebar: thank you DNC Credentials Committee, finally counted today at the role call.  Only 7 months late, but better late than never.)  I guess I booted up the old blogger because I am really starting to consider the prospect that the Democrats have gotten it together.  One can't ignore the powerful symbolism in having Hillary announce the vote count while yielding her delegates at the exact count where it put Barack over the top, and then called for unanimnity.    Oh yeah... and picking Melissa Etheridge to sing God Bless America was a stroke of brilliance!