Assignment Two Sulkowski

38 Million View Obama’s Speech; Highest-Rated Convention In History: As the the first ever African American accepted the nomination for president, 38 million viewers where watching. This is a huge number compared to any other nomination acceptance. Obama's viewer count was huge compared to John Kerry's who had 24.4 million people watching, and George Bush's 2004 acceptance which was watched by 27.5 million viewers. This means that more people watched Obama's acceptance, then did the final American Idol, and even had more American viewers then then opening ceremony in Beijing.

The Early Word: Tonight’s the Night: This was the day that Obama would accept the Democratic nomination. It was said that Obama's speech had been created around other huge speeches including John F. Kennedy's in 1960, Ronald Regan's in 1980, and Bill Clintions in 1992. Obama's speech was being held on the 45th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech as well as on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. 2004's Democratic nominee focused in his speech on Obama patriotism, in being American, saying that "This election is a chance for America to tell the merchants of fear and division: You don’t decide who loves this country. You don’t decide who is a patriot.”

I honestly dont care what so ever. I sat down the first night for about a whole 30 seconds before I was bored to death, and either had to leave and do something, or fall asleep right there. I guess a reason that I dont care is that Im more of a Republican but that still doesnt really make sense, because I wont be watching the Republican convention either. I have no desire in listening to some old guys telling (lieing) me about what their going to do to make the world and the United States better, when as soon as they get into office, theyll just forget everything they told us now, and continue with their original plan. In the end I believe that no matter who wins, in the end they lose. The way I see it is that the president's real job is to give us someone to blame, when something doesnt work out. So good luck McCain and good luck Obama. Just give it a few months to a year, and everyone will be talking about how horrible you are of a president just like with Bush.