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July 7, 2004Stronger, gentler, and wiserThere is already quite a bit of talk going on about bloggers at the Democratic Convention. DailyKOS has links to several of those articles, as well as some discussion. There is a small discussion on LiveJournal about what people would like to see bloggers writing about as well. The opening of the Olympic games in Greece soon is currently affecting my thinking about the convention in a few different ways. I’ve always disliked the personal stories that the U.S. media has always focused on during major sporting events. Many people have been asking for these sort of stories from the convention. I’ve had interesting discussions already with the youngest delegate from Texas, a trans-gendered Hispanic veteran delegate, as well experienced political operatives and people new to the political process through their involvement with campaigns like Dean’s or Kucinich’s. I’ve commented before, that instead of saying all politics is local, I like to think of all politics as being personal. Because of this, I won’t shy away from the personal aspects of the convention. In one email I received about the convention, the writer wrote: “I am hoping that the convention can somehow redirect the Kerry team from its new theme of ‘A Stronger America’ to one of ‘A wiser America’ . There is no way a Democrat can win trying to out Tough (out Republican) the Republicans. If anything America is too strong and this is one of the causes of destabilization in the world.” The draft of the platform that I’ve seen was titled, “Strong at home, respected in the World”. It isn’t the America’s strength that is the destabilization, it is the hubris of the current administration that is causing the destabilization. We can be strong and respected. We can be stronger and wiser. This returns me to my Olympic theme. Instead of ‘A Stronger America’ or ‘A wiser America’, while athletes are preparing to be faster, higher, and stronger, America needs to prepare to be stronger, gentler, and wiser. Comments
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