Now That Was a Birthday Party!

Ok, that was one hello of a birthday. (click on that pic above for the big version.)

I am honored to be a new DNC member. Thrilled to have had a chance to hear these speeches. I feel so happy to have seen the wonderful speech by Teddy "Every one's senator" Kennedy.

It was a good day. The Democrats are really putting the party back into the Party.

This convention was the most diverse ever! It is an amazing crowd. And we are coming together. Tomorrow is a big test for us. A lot riding on it.

Mrs. R will probably have a nice long piece about Michelle, She had a great spot down front. I will write more about my reactions, the people I am meeting and the Rock the Vote event I attended after- which was loads of fun...

The wireless suckage is slowing down the blogging but we will try to catch up more tomorrow. Gotta crash now as my first meeting tomorrow is at 7:45 am and It is well past 1 am now.

Thanks all. Also More photos from my new birthday camera coming soon.

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Vanity Fair Calls Michelle "First Lady of Fashion"

Michelle Obama, At home, Photograph: Katrina Wittkamp For Chicago Magazine

Michelle Obama has been anointed the first lady of fashion by Vanity Fair magazine in its annual list of the world’s best-dressed people.-- VF Best Dressed Slideshow

I know it is fluff. But it is still FUN. Michelle makes potential firstladyhood look great. She is modern, actualized, healthy and practical. Someone our young women can look up to. So I am happily celebrating Michelle's ascendancy to First Lady in Vanity Fair.

Keren Eldad, New York fashion manager of the Los Angeles Times, said: “McCain’s style is like the political style of her husband: conservative and outdated. It screams 'safety’ and escapes any nod to change, to risk, or to bravado. She may throw on a tailored leather jacket every once again, but through her pearls and all that hairspray, can we really detect any semblance of inspiration? Of fun?

“Obama, on the other hand, gets it. She IS a modern woman, she has fun with fashion, she embraces life with fury and grace - making apparel choices so varied, that time and again signal this woman never sees anything in life as constant. That’s change. And that is the essence of what fashion is all about”.

Vanity Fair’s style connoisseurs deemed Mrs Obama ready for the crown of the world’s best-dressed woman for her ensemble of a Maria Pinto purple sheath dress, with a black Azzedine Alaïa belt, worn when her husband claimed the Democratic presidential nomination. “She’s our commander in sheath,” the magazine said.

When Mrs Obama appeared on the popular US daytime talk show, The View, wearing a black and white Donna Ricci dress that cost $148 (£74), the dress sold out overnight and made the designer a household name.Telegraph

It is great to see a woman of such sense, style, and smarts being held up as a role model. What a change.

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Michelle Says that Barack Will Fight for GLBT Equality

Michelle Obama says her husband will fight for equality for gays just as he fought to help working-class families overcome poverty. The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke Thursday night in New York City at a fundraising dinner for the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council. She spoke about her husband's record pushing for workplace discrimination legislation in Illinois when he served in the Legislature there. The DNC says the dinner raised more than $1 million.-- AP

One of the things I will be so happy about come Jan. 09, is that when we win we can get back on track with trying to make our country more fair for everyone. I will be happy to shine some light on all this racist, homophobic, sexist crap that has become somehow acceptable again under the Bush administration. These slimy screwed up haters will have to crawl back under the rocks that they have slithered out from in the last 8 years. It won't be easy but it will be worth it.

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Balance and Romance

"Tlg Celebration Thread #4" (yeah I know... But bear with me.) This really is our week, and his week. With news today that the Candidate wants to keep Howard Dean and the 50 state strategy in place and moving forward, this really is a big WIN for the progressive movement. So, I get to celebrate for a few days! I am sure the GNB mastheaders will soon get back to other serious stuff, but I am personally still doing the snoopy dance!

Here is Barack on Ellen, wow-ing a caller, and answering questions on balance and romance.



And h/t to Myrtle June in the previous thread.

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The Pound

From the "tlg Celebration" week, pt.3

Cute? Cool? Over the top? What do you think?

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First Family Open Thread

Part 2. of "Tlg's Celebration Days!" I am reflecting on what a wonderful first family this will be. (Yes, I knocked on wood, threw salt over my shoulder and sent an offering to the spaghetti god.)

What are you thinking about?

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