Convention liveblogging: prelude

I'm in a bar on 3rd Avenue, which had to be persuaded to put CNN on.  I'd forgotten that there were places out there that didn't consider political conventions The Greatest Show on Earth.  Joe Biden has just delivered a cortated version of the standard convention speech:

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here because of the American Dream.  Barack Obama, that is--isn't he dreamy, folks?  And he cares about hardworking American families, because that's the kind of guy he is:  a hardworking American.  With a family.  An American family.  That's why he's going to make all of your dreams come true.  Vote for Barack Obama and you'll be taller, smarter, and possessed of a fuller, more luxuriant head of hair.  That's right, your whites will be whiter and your brings brighter if you'll just pull the lever for Obama/Biden.  Also, every one of you will get a free trip to Disneyland!

The suspense is killing me.

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