Didn't we cats say recently that doing credentials for a national political convention is a nightmare? Today we don't envy the Democratic credentials staff one bit, since it's been announced that tomorrow's weather forecast has moved the President's acceptance speech indoors. We'll send a case of Scotch to those guys — they'll need it. But in the meantime, let's savor some of the great stuff from last night.
We loved the way both Mayor Julian Castro and First Lady Michelle Obama both snuck the word "marathon" into their speeches: "The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay" (Castro) and "Wounded warriors... tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going to run, and they're going to run marathons" (FLOTUS). Two nice, subtle — or maybe, not so subtle — jabs at a certain dishonest Vice Presidential candidate.
On the grammar patrol, we applaud Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Castro. Each knew what to do when "who" was the object of the clause they employed ("Today in Massachusetts, you can marry whomever you love," and "When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says 'no'"). Sadly, we must give a demerit to Elaine Brye, the military mom who said the Obamas had invited "my husband and I" to the White House. (We note with interest, however, that her error has been corrected in the official transcript. Curmudgeons rule!)
Speaking of the verb "to marry," this is a very gay convention. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. And while we're on the subject, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley kinda bombed. Not like Clint Eastwood did, but Marty was pretty underwhelming. Which is too bad, since current polls project that he'll preside over a successful marriage equality referendum in November.
Finally, there were so many great lines last night — like Kal Penn's "Thank you, Invisible Man in the Chair" — that we cats could do a post dedicated just to them. But for now, we must single out Deval Patrick's right-on-the-money observation about Willard Mitt Romney: "As Governor, he was more interested in having the job than doing it."
(And yes, Mrs. Obama wore a fabulous dress. We cats PURR and say to designer Tracy Reese: "Que dios los bendiga.")
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