Day #3 Dem Convention: VP Choice Kaine & POTUS Obama Speak

Glad there is only one more night left of tuning into the 2016 Democratic Convention. To say it's been tough watching is a huge understatement.

Once again there were way too many speakers and most of them were non-descript and said nothing new, inspiring, etc.

But a few were worth listening to such as Kristen Kavanaugh, former Marine Corp Captain; Leon Panetta, Former Defense Secretary under the OBama administration; Joe Biden, Obama VP; Michael Bloomberg, former NYC Mayor and business owner; Tim Kaine of course and President Barack Obama.

I included Kavanaugh in the speaker line up worth writing about due to her military background. Why? Because I think it's important to listen to those who have served our country regardless of party affiliation. They've put their lives on the line for us and deserve to be heard.

So here's what Kavanaugh had to say.

First, she spoke a bit about national security. But then went on to suggest how if Trump were elected he would be reckless and deploy more military who would then leave their families, get hurt or killed. Specially noted was how extremely solemn she was when speaking. She was dead serious and there was no sense of showmanship or that she enjoyed holding court on center stage in front of millions.

Her speech was not an optimistic one in any way, shape or form as she talked mostly about the dark side of war.

Makes me wonder what happened to her while serving our country.

Next up was Leon Panetta. He talked about how he worked along 9 presidents of both parties. That only Hillary Clinton is qualified to be the next Commander in Chief.  He then dumped on the Trumpster, mentioned his tongue and cheek comments about how he hopes Russia will help find the 30K missing Hillary emails. Panetta clearly took The Donald seriously and did not like what he said.

Panetta's then went to say how this is 'no time to roll the dice and gamble with national security".Of course intimating that The Donald is too risky to take a chance on. 

Biden then took the stage. Gotta like him. I know, I know ... he's a goofball and such a lapdog to Obama. But he comes off as a really nice and sincere kind of guy who doesn't really seem to have a mean bone in his body. Have to respect that to a certain extent.

Of course, he too,  along with just about everyone else,  bashed The Donald a bit,  but not in a mean spirited way. The most negative thing I remember him saying was that Trump's 'caring about the middle class is just a bunch of malarkey'.

Michael Bloomberg was a pretty effective speaker and had absolutely no problems getting down and dirty about The Donald. He offered several one liner's that challenged his business acumen. They were the following:

"Donald Trump is a dangerous demi-God"; "I know a fraud when I see one"; "The richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy" and last but not least he claimed that the Trumpster "Is a risky and radical choice and we can't afford to elect him".

He then went on to say how Hillary Clinton is not perfect but would basically be better than The Donald.

Bloomberg claimed to be an independent during his speech. But I find that hard to believe. Would love to see his voting record and see if he ever voted for a republican. Somehow I doubt it. But for now that's neither here nor there as he's not a candidate. But who knows. He might have future aspirations.

Moving along.

Representative Bobby Scott of VA came on stage and introduced Tim Kaine.

Kane talked about his blue collar parents and upbringing. Then he switched to what sounded like very fluent Spanish where I assumed he was repeating what he just said in English. No doubt trying to draw favor with Latino's.

Of course, he had to do a bit of taking down The Donald, thus talked about how Trump has moved too far away from the party of Lincoln and how the Democratic party has a home for everyone.

Overall, like Biden, Tim Kaine seems to be a genuinely nice guy and also a bit goofy. Time will tell if that's just the image he likes to project or if it's for real.

Next up... the Big Kahuna Barack Obama. The POTUS first started out praising his wife and kids. Then went on to talk about how tough the first year as president was. How he had so much faith. But then joked about how his kids insinuated often,  how much he has aged since then.

Of course Obama can't go long without talking about himself and all he thinks he's accomplished during his almost 8 years in office.

So he went on and talked about how he brought the country through the worst recession in over 80 years; how unemployment is down; that he's created many new jobs and how after a century of many trying, his administration has provided the American people with healthcare for everybody. How we're now not so dependent on foreign oil anymore.

In addition he spoke about how under his administration Bin Laden was captured; how he's opened a new chapter with Cuba; has worked on climate control that will help save the future of our children.  The list went on and on.

Finally (I knew it was coming!) he went on to bash the GOP and The Donald. How the republican message is one of pessimism; how they have only fanned resentment, anger and hate,  and how their views are not the America he knows. Sounded to me like he was talking about himself and his administration... A bit of projection maybe?

Toward the end Obama began to talk about Hillary.

How we have a big choice in November and cannot vote for The Donald. That she is the only candidate for the future and would blast through another glass ceiling.

How she is truly a leader with real plans and one that would widen the circle of opportunity for every single American.

He then credited her with taking out Bin Laden, how she kept her cool under pressure, never ever quits and handles crisis' well. That "no one is more qualified to serve as POTUS; not me, Bill, nobody."

Following the praise of Hillary he talked about how Tim Kaine will make Hillary a better president just like Joe Biden did for him.

I have to admit I did not watch the last 10 to 15 minutes of his speech. Couldn't. With almost every word out of his mouth, I grew more and more angry about how he's either purposely gaslighting the American public with how well his administration has done or is in complete denial and is totally delusional about his so called accomplishments. Not that he hasn't done a lot of what he says he's done, but that his claims about how his programs, executive orders, etc have been nothing but true successes and has made our country a much better and healthier one.

So I shut the tv off.

Thankfully there's only one more night left of the DNC.  I can't wait to see how Hillary performs, how long her speech will be and if she gets the crowd going like Obama and Biden did, along with a few others.

With Hillary's lack of charisma and Nurse Rached persona, along with all the scandals, dumping of classified email, Benghazi, etc. it'll be very interesting to see if the convention, as well as her speech gives her a bump in the polls like it has for The Donald (latest polls show him beating her by 7 pts.).

Once again, stayed tuned for the next edition of the DNC.