Words Not Spoken at the Democratic Convention

Ok, maybe you and I saw different conventions but torture was mentioned repeatedly by a wide variety of speakers. There were a number of references to closing Gitmo right away and I heard at least one person talk about not spying on our own people anymore. Sounds like we need to find you some transcripts. You may not have heard it as much if you only listened to the part of the show that was between 10:00 and 11:00 pm.

This is an exerpt from Bill's: (And the reference to torture goes by all tooo fast, but it is at least there.)

American families by the millions are struggling with soaring health care costs and declining coverage.

I will never forget the parents of children with autism and other serious conditions who told me on the campaign trail that they couldn't afford health care and couldn't qualify their children for Medicaid unless they quit work and starved or got a divorce.

Are these the family values the Republicans are so proud of?

What about the military families pushed to the breaking point by multiple, multiple deployments? What about the assault on science and the defense of torture? What about the war on unions and the unlimited favors for the well-connected?

(AUDIENCE BOOS)

And what about Katrina and cronyism?

(AUDIENCE BOOS)

My fellow Democrats, America can do better than that.

I think one of my very favorite speechs of the DNC was from Bill Richardson. OK, I'm done haunting your blog.

Thanks

LOL! Well... it's the only show in these two weeks that will even mention torture. And since I DO care about such things...