I am still bitter about the couple of hundred of dollars I gave the DNC in 2004. As much I respected Kerry's service in Vietnam and his speaking out against the war afterwards, as much I liked the populism of Edwards (sure, he seemed a little phony, a little too slick, but I liked what he said), I wasn't moving towards their particular ticket as much as I was trying like so many others to do my small part in preventing another 4 years of Republican rule.
I tried to get excited about the Democratic ticket in 2004 and there were times during the Democratic convention and during Kerry's swiftboating that I did get riled up. But like so many others I remember exactly where I was (a sandwich stand during a break at a conference) when I and everybody around me stopped talking and looked up at the TV showing Obama's speech. And I remember people asking one another "Who is this guy ?!". 4 years later, I think we're all starting to learn who this guy (and his team) may be.
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