Posted by Ralphie2 on August 28, 2008 at 10:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Obama delivered, and then some!

Now everyone needs to actually get out and vote and work!

Posted by boulderhippie on August 28, 2008 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

are these the same people who danced with the baby at 7?

Posted by jer084 on August 28, 2008 at 11:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I had a hard time justifying the $12 or so to watch a bigger-screen TV than I have... was it worth it?

Posted by bwg on August 29, 2008 at 1:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

In the discussion on another article on the speech it appeared the impression this was historic was for a reason unrelated to the actual content of the speech or platform of the candidate.

Hopefully those making such a big deal about this being "historic" and reference the "I have a dream speech" remember this quote from it:"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

Judge Obama by the content of his character, *not* the fact that he happens to be the first of a certain skin color to be nominated. If anything the very fact that he accepted (asked for?) special treatment to be nominated in the stadium rather than where the rest of the convention took place, as was good enough for past candidates. should give a clue as to his character. This choice led to I-25 being closed for a few mile stretch for a number of hours during rush hour inconveniencing thousands of people and costing large sums of money. Is he going to reimburse all the businesses that lost money (like downtown restaurants ) during this time? I sincerely doubt it as he is a typical politician who was more concerned with building himself up (effectively forcing these business to make a campaign contribution consisting of the lost $ during that time) than thinking of others.

Why does anyone think he represents change? The color of his skin may be different but that doesn't mean anything else is. He didn't manage to be nominated within a major political party without being part of the traditional political machinery and pandering to various special interest groups telling them what they wish to hear. He isn't espousing anything new or different. His performance in the senate didn't indicate any major
change or difference from the rest of the senate as if he would bring "change". People are just falling for the same old political rhetoric spouted every election season by insider candidate claiming to be different.

The only truly different candidates are those of third parties who the press doesn't pay enough attention to since they "don't have a chance" to win.. Thats a self fulfilling prophecy, since no candidate will win or gain contributions without media coverage that truly gives a chance to different ideas that may take more than a sound bite to explain. True change takes questioning assumptions of the current status quo and that may mean that new ideas aren't accepted on first hearing if only given a "sound bite" level of explanation and no true exploration to see if a change of view might make sense. Change isn't as easy as a politician spouting a new slogan when underneath his policies aren't really much different from the exiting status quo.. or he wouldn't have gotten elected at a time when the media is still focusing on superficialities rather than covering issues in depth.

Posted by xyz on August 29, 2008 at 9:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is historic because many people never thought it was possible to see this happen in their lifetime. Like the Berlin Wall coming down. Like the moon landing.

One small step for man....

And if Obama had received the nomination for ANY major political party in this nation, it would be just as historic. Yes, we only have two, and that is shameful. But that doesn't diminish the fact that this is a historic momment, and much of the world sees it as such as well.

Posted by shaunnam on August 29, 2008 at 9:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Eds: What about giving credit to Present Tense films for making this event at the Boulder Theater happen????