I feel bad for people not caught up in the excitement of this historical nomination

[La Lioness Priyanka]

and this amazing, optimistic, spirit-lifting, beautiful, diverse convention.

I really do.

I am not sure when it became the norm that in order to be considered a principled progressive one must always be in a state of cynicism and perpetual despondency, but i reject that brand of progressivism. I believe in grit and doing the most good and the least harm, and to me Hillary Clinton represents that.

I am so proud and happy to be part of the movement that gets our first highly qualified, competent, and incredibly empathetic female nominee.

And yes, it does matter that she is female. Allies are great, and both Bill and Obama have been great allies to women. However, actual representation will always matter, in terms of what policies get prioritized and what gets ignored.

I am so proud and excited to vote for her again.

PS: although, I will miss Obama sorely. He has been an amazing president.

[stonecutter357]

1. K&R!

[Siwsan]

2. I'm about to meet some people for lunch who are total "debby downers" on this election

A bunch of us retirees from work meet every month, and last month I got an earful about how gawd awful the candidates for both parties are, and how they will either refrain from voting, or vote 3rd party. Touchy situation because I don't want to say anything that will put a big whammy on this get together. I reel in what I would normally say, by about 80%, but always reiterate that their plan is just a passive way of giving votes to Trump.

I'm kind of hoping that politics isn't raised, today.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. Just smile and nod.

[Siwsan]

27. I pulled one person out of her apathetic fog and now she is saying she's voting for Hillary

I ended up just walking away from a conversation with another who was so ignorant, loud and obnoxious, I remembered why we were never all that close, when we worked together. I knew she was just baiting me, and I have better ways to spend my energy.

[niyad]

3. k and r

I will be watching HRC's acceptance speech tonight with friends, drinking fizzy stuff and celebrating that we lived long enough to see this.

going to skip the political meeting. the "progressive" men there simply do not get it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. when you've always been represented i think its harder to understand the importance of this moment

[niyad]

5. I think you are quite correct.

[Brickbat]

7. Very, very true.

[brer cat]

9. I agree, LLP.

I also think it means more to those of us in Hillary's generation. We had the dreams and ambitions, but were told we were only going to college to catch a good husband; that if we "had" to work, we could only be secretaries, nurses or teachers*; who were denied starting opportunities because "we would have babies and quit"; who were passed over for promotions time and time again while less qualified males moved ahead.

*I mean absolutely no offense to those who chose those very important careers, but only to stress that we wanted additional choices.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. I'm Chelsea's age and it still means a lot to me

People vastly overestimate how well women are represented in leadership, our numbers in elected political positions and in high level corporate positions are dismal.

[brer cat]

12. Very true. nt

[katmondoo]

6. I said almost the same thing, not as well, to my Republican relatives on Facebook

I feel sorry that they will never know another President in their lifetime with such grace, intelligence and caring as Obama. They have treated him with distain not realizing he is unique in our time and that one day they will regret not knowing him and not appreciating his many talents.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. Agreed

[whistler162]

13. Shrug... what is the big deal?

There was two Adam's, 2 Johnson's, 2 Harrison's, 2 Roosevelt's, and two Bush's. So having someone with the same last name is nothing new or exciting!

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Heh.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. ....

[Haveadream]

47. Nothing new!

[shenmue]

53. Because that's the point, yeah

[Iggo]

14. You and me both.

People just can't quit fighting that primary.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. And a lot of people buy into the fake controversies

Ironically a lot of them think they are smarter than the rest of us, while falling prey to the right wing bull shit.

[Iggo]

18. The controversies are real. The "Look at me!" non-stop outrage is tiresome.

And frankly, I'm over it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. A lot of them are not real at all, like Benghazi or white water

Or Vince foster.

[Iggo]

21. Oh, that shit.

That's republican bullshit and I stopped giving it any brain-space a looong time ago.

I'm talking about the Dem Primary All-Around Butthurt-a-thon. I'm sick of it all. They (the people who just can't let go of the primary fight) are missing a truly historic moment. It's sad.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. ...

[Hekate]

20. I'm with you -- and She's With Us!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. Yes, she is!

[yallerdawg]

24. When I see the look on women's faces at this Convention...

I can see this is something unique and special happening right before our eyes!

My wife and daughter have that look, too!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. ...

It's a big fucking deal

[Laser102]

26. I know. Just saw CNN. They are doing their level best to ignore the history that is being made!!!

They have talked about everything except the fact that we have just elected a woman to be our next President. Screw them. We know this is yuuuge!

[Wounded Bear]

64. Well, not yet...

lot of work to be done between now and November. Thankfully, the Repubs have served up a shit burger to oppose us, so it should happen. But yeah, lot of work yet.

[liberal N proud]

28. Part of History 8 years ago and part of it now!

I recall what it felt like on election night to stand there and say we just elected a black man to the office of President. How far we have come.

Now we are going to repeat that with the first woman.

Wait for it...

[calimary]

29. I'm actually surprised that it's even noticed.

Only this week has it started to come up, and frequently now, about just how historic this is.

For me, it's been pretty much EVERYTHING. Throughout the campaign. It's been EVERYTHING to me. Well, along with the many other reasons why I have loved, admired, and supported Hillary Clinton ever since I first learned about her in 1992. For me, she's been a shining star and an inspiration for about a quarter-century.

[MadDAsHell]

30. I just can't get on board with "it matters that she's female."

I don't want Ann Coulter as President.

I don't want Dana Perino as President.

I don't want Elizabeth Dole as President.

I don't want Melania Trump as President.

I don't want Nikki Haley as President.

None of these people are going to bring progressive ideals for females simply because they are female. I want a PROGRESSIVE PERSON as President, and if that Progressive happens to have a vagina (or identifies as female, either works for me), then so be it.

Are we literally going to be forever using lines like "only the second woman to hold this position" or "only the 10th African-American to accomplish this feat," or will we someday just recognize these folks as people, not a color or a gender?

The more we obsess about race and gender and lose our minds whenever a female or person of color accomplishes something (which is insulting, frankly, at least to this person of color), the more the world will obsess about race and gender.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

34. lol.

said truly like someone who doesn't understand what it means to be the other.

[redgreenandblue]

63. Apparently you missed where the person you replied to stated that they are a PoC.

It is clear that here on DU the perspectives of people of color matter only when they are in line with a certain "official narrative".

[PeaceNikki]

35. Clinton is none of those people. She's a lifelong Democrat who has busted her ass for Demoratic

ideals her entire adult life.

This is the first. Your need to dismiss it & accuse people who are damn well excited and proud of it of being "obsessed" is dumb.

[MadDAsHell]

36. Apparently I just think differently than others..

I wasn't proud President Obama was elected because he had the same color skin as me; I was proud he was elected because he was a great candidate and has been a great President.

I wasn't proud that Gabby Douglas won the Olympic gold medal because she has the same skin color as me; I'm proud she won because she represented the United States of America.

I guess heritage/demographics are just more important to some people than others. And it's a little insulting for so many on DU to insinuate that as an African-American I'm required to be "excited" anytime a person of color accomplishes anything. Not every person of color sits all day and thinks about their skin color (at least this one doesn't).

[Frank Cannon]

39. I truly don't give a shit about a candidate's race or gender.

Count me among those that just want the most competent and informed person we have available to hold the office.

[PasadenaTrudy]

40. +1

And I'm a woman.

[PeaceNikki]

41. Nobody EVER said you were required. But maybe you could/should stop trying to rain on everyone else

's parade. This thread wasn't about you and you decided to make it about you.

You could have shrugged your shoulders and moved along.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. i dont care but i care enough to tell you that i dont care about something that is clearly

meaningful to you.

I really don't get that attitude.

[MadDAsHell]

50. Um, this thread was exactly about me. The title is literally...

"I feel bad for people not caught up in the excitement of this historical nomination."

Are you perhaps replying on the wrong thread?

[awoke_in_2003]

60. I'm a white 48 year old male

who felt a whole lot of pride when I walked in to vote in 2008. My vote for Obama didn't affect the outcome (live in Texas), but the fact that I had the chance to vote for a black man for president made me (at least for a while) proud of my country. I didn't think it would happen in my lifetime. Maybe I'm just strange.

[ananda]

31. I know!

It really is phenomenal!

I have been loving this convention!

I look forward to hearing from Joaquin Castro, Sherrod Brown,
and of course the first woman president of the United States,
Hillary Clinton!

[PeaceNikki]

32. Beaming with pride - happy tears welling in my eyes all week

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. we live in amazing times, where we got to elect the first black man to be president

followed by the first woman. Both on very progressive party platforms.

how can one not be excited about this?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

38. she did not run a dirty campaign. she more than anyone has earned this place.

please don't belittle that.

the DNC should have stayed neutral, but she did not control the DNC. She won because Democrats liked her more to the tune of 4 million votes.

[greatlaurel]

43. Not sure what was in the post you replied to, but accusing HRC of a dirty campaign are Trump memes.

HRC ran a great campaign and refrained from trashing BS throughout the campaign even though BS was not a Democratic candidate and has already stated he is now an independent, again. Of course, the BS supporters were upset when the truth was pointed out about the BS talking points. As Harry Truman said, "“I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.”. That is true for the BS rabid supporters as well as the GOP.

The very thing that disproves the complaints about the HRC campaign is that BS won a lot of the caucuses, but HRC won easily due to the primaries where people actually got to vote in a real voting booth. Caucauses are just too easily manipulated by a few people.

There will be constant vicious attacks on the Democratic ticket this year, from the top of the ticket down to local races. The only way the Good Old Putin party can win is to push lies about the Democratic Party candidates, and suppress voting by discouraging people from voting with "legal" barriers and convincing regular people their votes won't matter. The trashing of Democratic Party candidates with the lies about being corporate shills and being neocons are really right wing tactics to drive down voter turnout.

To quote President Obama. "Don't Boo, Vote!"

Thank you for you thoughtful response to whatever that nasty post was.

[Starry Messenger]

42. k&r

[greatlaurel]

44. K & R!

Great post.

[Martin Eden]

46. I'm not excited, but I'm pleased.

I've learned not to get too caught up in professionally crafted political events, but I am very pleased with the content and delivery of the speeches. They said what needed to be said, not only in showing Trump for the unqualified demagogue that he is but also in making the case that Hillary Clinton has devoted her entire adult life to making positive change.
What a contrast withy the RNC!

[Rex]

48. I don't give them a single thought.

I did at one time, but I just don't have time to hold their hands anymore. Too many life changing events taking place right now, we are watching a few of them during this generation.

Obama is the best POTUS of my lifetime. I love Carter and I still love Big Dog. Obama takes the cake imo, the best of the best.

[Haveadream]

49. It has been outstanding!

What a contrast to the GOP. Incredibly proud to be a Democrat and truly beginning to feel there is a future for so many who have been marginalized. It is beautiful and we are all indebted to the great Dems who have been paving the way!

[treestar]

51. K&R

It is exciting and I too reject all negativity.

[itsrobert]

52. They are on the wrong side of History once again

n/t

[yeoman6987]

54. I am out and about right now

Tonight is grocery shopping and errand day. Many don't have the luxury to relax and watch tv all night. Hopefully they will DVR it.

[RandiFan1290]

59. Any news on the ratings?

You were pretty excited by the RNC numbers and then went quiet.

Any new numbers to report?

[JI7]

61. kick for answers

[JI7]

62. people are more likely to watch the convention of their own party

[RandiFan1290]

65. That is true

[Kingofalldems]

68. Looks like the Democrats had much higher ratings than Trump.

[aikoaiko]

55. I may be unenthusiastic, but I do appreciate how important HRC's nomination is for women.

Enjoy.

[AwakeAtLast]

56. +1000!

K & R!

[procon]

57. I've been waiting over 70 years for this day.

Thanks Democrats!

[pangaia]

58. No need to feel bad for me.

Different people have different interests and priorities.

For example, while I do have an interest in politics, and am very glad that the Democratic Party is about to nominate the first woman by a major party for president,(it's about time!) I also have other interests that are, in fact, more important to me.

For example, I am returning from Tokyo after hearing a stunning concert, and was fortunate and honored to have a late dinner with one of the world's great conductors and one of the world's great violinists.

I was in Seoul in April to hear the same violinist and also a concert by a great pianist, and the Seoul Philharmonic as well, in which I have several friends.

I have played all of the Mahler symphonies, but one,. etc etc...Not important to most, but this is where I can make my biggest contribution to the world, and what brings me the greatest joy in return.

I will be sailing in the Lofoton Islands in Northern Norway in a couple weeks on a 37' boat with 5 other people..... never even been on a sail boat before. !! :&gt

So, I am plenty excited about a lot of things. Don't worry about me.. Please DO enjoy the moment that IS so very important you. You deserve it.


Oh....
I do not agree that it is "....the norm that in order to be considered a principled progressive one must always be in a state of cynicism and perpetual despondency, ..."

I sure am not like that. And I do not know that any of my progressive friends feel that way.

Enjoy the moment..

[betsuni]

66. K&R

[joshcryer]

67. I feel the same way, especially some of our best DUers...

...just gone and not able to enjoy it. It's like the Dark Side really exists.

And mind you I am not the best person either. I can slog it. But I'm enjoying the fuck out of this election.

[adigal]

69. I like Obama as a person,good man, but I feel he's been ok at best as President

Let's look at one statistic -just one.

1/4 of Ameircan kids live in poverty. How is that possible? Did he ever mention it? Did any Dems mention that this week? Where are those concerned about this? Are you concerned? I am. This makes me sick, that in the "greatest" country in the world, we have 1/4 of American kids living in poverty. And no one is talking about it. Just chanting, "USA, USA!!!"

It's disgusting.