A DNC Sugar High

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​A DNC Sugar High

     What a sugar high was this past week's Democratic National Convention!
      It was part love fest;

...and part big-tent revival, with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike, 

...up on the stage inviting everybody, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike to come on into the tent.

    And it was no small part entertainment, provided by, among others, Stevie Wonder,

...Pink

...John Legend,

...and comedian Keenan Thompson.

   Not to mention a gorgeous rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" sung by The Chicks.

      (Here's the link to The Chicks singing the "Star Spangled Banner," in case you'd like to hear it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICojk2H936k).
    There were some great moments, as when Michelle Obama said of Donald Trump, “Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those ‘Black jobs’?”

...and when Barack Obama made a quip about Trump's weird obsession with crowd sizes, using a visual,

...that brought the house down.

       There was the arrival on the stage of sixteen former members of the Mankato West football team that Tim Walz coached and helped lead to the 1999 state championship.

   And there was meeting Kamala's menschy husband Doug.

      There were several brave women - and men - who shared their stories of how profoundly their lives were affected by the availability of reproductive care, or their suffering from the lack of it.

       But the show was indubitably stolen by Gus Walz, the 17-year-old differently abled son of Tim Walz, in the poignant, heart-melting moment during Governor Walz's speech when Gus sprang up from his seat, pointed to his father, and tearfully called out, "That's my dad! I love you, Dad!"

      A close second was the scene of the Walz family together on the stage, with Gus the most ebullient and  happiest of campers.           

      There was some policy talk during during the week, much of it having to do with women's reproductive rights.
       As the campaign now kicks into high gear there will be time over the next two months for the meat and potatoes of platform and policy. However, for the Democrats, last week the dessert came first. And how sweet it was.