I didn’t watch the acceptance speech Obama gave in ancient Greece Denver tonight, but not to fear, I had a friend who was watching it with a few of his friends, and they were good enough to record their observations for posterity.  He passed it on to me, so I in turn pass this on to you:¹

[20:59] A.Friend: earlier, they showed the stadium and were talking how many people were there — that he was giving the speech in front of 85000 people and they’d likely have to turn thousands away.  but when they showed wide angle views of stadium, even though there were people everywhere in the place, the were so thin in places that you could see the color of the seating in various sections.  Sure they could still be packing them in, but it was /NOT/ even close to being packed. 

[21:00] Me: somebody mentioned that the crowds looked like the people you’d see at an infomercial audience cheering wildly (and inanely) at any damned thing

[21:00] A.Friend: haha

[21:00] A.Friend: yeah mostly.  you could see them notice the camera and perk up

[21:00] Me: “hi, I’m on TV and cheering FOR NO GOOD REASON!  YAY!!”

[21:16] A.Friend: lol “with great humility” obama says he accepts nomination — great humility, as he felt the need to move /his/ speech to a giant stage in the middle of a football field because the other place wasn’t big enough to contain his ego

[21:30] A.Friend: today is the 45th anniversary of mlk’s “i have a dream” speech.

[21:31] Me: yeah - it’s no accident he’s standing in front of a facsimile of the white house, and speaking on the anniversary of MLK

[21:32] Me: omg, he’s back to the Change thing

[21:33] A.Friend: that’s all he’s got — change.  if he stopped saying that, people would forget what he’s about.

[21:34] A.Friend: nice to know in 10 years we’ll be oil free.  nice.

[21:34] Me: not driving isn’t an answer for me