Live-blogging the DNC: Joel McNally
Tuesday was the night of the beautiful people at the Democratic National Convention. And ever since President Barack Obama changed history, beauty among Democrats comes in all different colors, ages and physical attributes.
Stunning appearances included the dynamic keynote speaker Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio and his impressive identical twin brother Congressman Joaquin Castro, Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth running on two prosthetic legs for an Illinois Congressional seat and that tough old lady Lily Ledbetter who refused to accept a US Supreme Court decision saying it was okay for employers to pay women less than men for the same work.
The one who really rocked the house was First Lady Michelle Obama, whose beauty goes way down deep. In a soft-spoken, almost intimate voice, she honestly confessed her concern four years ago about how achieving the presidency might affect those she loved most.
She says she learned: “Being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are. . . I didn’t think it was possible, but today I love my husband more than I did four years ago.”
Love was the theme too when a jammed LGBT caucus session gave Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin two standing, chanting ovations in support of race against Tommy Thompson for the US Senate.