OK, I couldn't go to bed tonight without writing something about the Democratic National Convention this week. We've watched most of it on C-SPAN, no commercials, no snotty comments and you get to see all of the speeches. While the 2000 election was very important and held our interest, this year it seemed vital that we watch and really pay attention to everything that was going on. And it's really been awe-inspiring to see the Democrats so intense and unified. For years I've been a self-proclaimed Independent, but I can really say I'm a Democrat now. There is so much hope and promise in the party, I really will be holding my breath until this whole thing is over and official.

There is so much venom and desperation coming from the Republicans (not all of them, just the ones in power) that I wouldn't put anything past them. With the combination of "divine right" and corporate greed and power this is going to be a scary next three months. But after seeing all of the speeches this week, especially John Kerry's tonight, I really believe that the Democrats are not going to back down again, and are going to be so alert for fraud and deceit that we might actually have an honest election this year. By the end of his speech tonight John Kerry was so strong & focused I think he could take on anyone. Maybe what's happened in this administration was a lesson the US needed to learn, perhaps we needed to see one moral extreme in order to propel us to fight for what's right and not just talk about it. I really do believe that after four years of madness that "Help Is On The Way".