The Full Clinton

So I am definitely enjoying the Democratic National Convention.  It's a love fest.  I wonder if there is anything comparable to a political convention.  A room full of intelligent, articulate egos pontificating.  It's fun and I enjoy the learning.  I am embarrassed to say I missed the RNC.  I shouldn't have, but I supposed there is YouTube; we'll see where my motivation lies.  Last night was wonderful.  I am not ashamed to say I am a Bill Clinton groupie.  He is undeniably brilliant.  I was taught at a young age that intelligence isn't using fancy words or simply understanding things well enough to ace an exam, but rather the ability to think quickly and to take complex ideas and articulate them in simple easily understandable ways.  There are few people who can do this as well as William Jefferson Clinton.  He's long been great, but last night I think he gave the best speech of his life.  It was long, but that's vintage Bill, but I don't think I blinked.  What I did do, however, is share the experience with many friends (via text and Facebook).  I'd like to share, without attribution, a some of my favorite one-liners:

• "well i give ur man some propa.  bubba broke it down!!! still in lurve with barack tho"

• "Amazing.  I love that man."

• "That man has always had a way with words.  I saw him live in NH...even then he knocked my socks off. (Not in a sexual way...mostly...)"

• "I have no words, only emotions; I laughed, cried, clapped...."

• "Bill Clinton still has it.  Swagger on a hundred thousand trillion.  He's got all his mojo right now."

• "This shit is actually shockingly good"

• "I'm actually get hyped up over this"

• "Goddamn I love and miss Bill Clinton"

• "time to crank up the volume - it's william jefferson clinton!!!!!!!!"

• "flirting already"

• "Chills"

• "Final thought - I think Bill's conversational wonky style makes it easy for Barack to come in and do the soaring rhetoric he does so well without a lot of comparison. Well played."

• "You know what? I'm so glad we spent so much of this guy's energy rifling through his panty drawer. I'm sure he couldn't have spent it elsewhere."