Good Performances by The Clintons’

While I have endorsed Obama as President of any high school student council in America, I think the Clinton’s should be in the Thespian Hall of Fame. All right, I always blast them. This time, let me say good things about them.
Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton despise Barack Obama. They think he lacks experience–and he does. They think he is unelectable and if they aren’t among the shrewdest pontifical strategists, who is? Ironically, they look at him they Bush I looked at Clinton in 1992. I think the difference is that Bush underestimated Clinton. McCain is not making that mistake.

Hillary last night and Bill tonight gave great speeches and rousing endorsements. They aren’t hypocrites for going to bat so hard for someone they can’t stand. They are loyal Democrats. They are self serving and working their angles, but loyal Democrats.
I must admit it was fun to listen to Bubba once again. I have generally despised him and usually with good reason. No one can shoot that bull like he can. Rivaled or exceeded only by Ronald Reagan, Bill is the best political speaker of our time. He never lets the truth stand in the way of making a good point. He took us down one more "Don’t Stop Thinkin’ About Tomorrow" memory lane of his presidency: Peace and prosperity, denial and appeasement, impeachment and disgrace.
Back to being nice. Let no one distort this. The Clinton’s did their part. There is a lot of buzz that Bill is not attending Obama’s speech tomorrow night. Who cares? He did his part. Obama has done very little to foster a good relationship with Bill. I don’t blame Obama. I wouldn’t either. At the same time, you can’t criticize Clinton for not going out of his way.

It was humorous to watch Michelle Obama tearing up when Hillary and Bill spoke glowingly of her husband. They want him to fall flat on his face.

I also think the nonsense about a catharsis and Hillary’s supporters needing to be treated so deferentially has been nauseating. This is part of why Obama doesn’t go out of his way to cajole them.

The high points of the convention, so far, has been the tribute to Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton’s speech. So far, they’re not making a case for what they will do. They are bad mouthing Bush, though not excessively so and trying to link McCain to Bush but NOTHING about what change would actually be.