Diva Dispatch for Monday. Almost under the wire for AZ time.
Posted by: Donna
It’s well known by now that the future First Lady blew the roof off the joint tonight with her speech. I’m watching the MSNBC recap where the pundits can’t even hide their awe of the awesomenitude that is Michelle Obama. I’m trying to imagine a scenario where Cindy McCain even approaches Michelle’s eloquence and passion. It’s not coming to me. I predict Cindy’s gonna go full on flag-draper, with numerous mentions of her son in Iraq and how her husband was…wait for it…a POW.
Obviously, I know what my tens of fans are waiting for in my dispatches, and I will not disappoint. What famous people did I see today? Okay, let’s start with the panel discussion I attended: It was moderated by Arianna Huffington. The other participants were Jonathan Alter, Chris Cilizza, uber-blogger Digby (if you don’t know who she is do yourself a favor and Google her), and some guy named Greg whose last name I can’t recall but is a prominent writer. It was called “Bloggers vs. the Mainstream Media”. Good stuff. Hopefully it will be streaming online somewhere soon and I’ll post it.
The panel ended at 12:30 and since it was so close to the Pepsi center, I decided to head over there. After I got through the security checkpoint the first famous person I saw was Al Franken. Well, let me back up for a sec. Prior to entering the checkpoint I stopped to make a phone call and for a quick smoke. A man and a woman walked by me and I realized the man was Joe Scarborough.
I find it necessary to unburden myself at this point and make a shameful confession. I sorta think Joe is hot. I feel emboldened to do this because, as I’ve gotten more habituated to the progressive community over the years, I understand this sort of thing is not uncommon. I know more than one liberal dude who has confided to me that he has a secret thing for Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin. Stephanie Miller admits to having an attraction to Sean Hannity. So it’s okay. Maybe it’s not socially acceptable to lust after them publicly, as with Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow, but can’t we admit that some of the conservative pundits are quite comely and sometimes make us feel all tingly even though we know it’s wrong?
So I’m watching Scarborough walk by (he is quite handsome in person - tall and well built), and of course my head pivoted to watch him, you know, going away. Joe’s got some “junk in the trunk”. I mean that in a good way. That’s all I’m saying, ladies.
The local highlight of the evening was delegate Ruben Gallego proposing to fellow delegate Kate Widland. I guess they set it up so some of the delegates in the stands held up signs popping the question. Kate tearfully accepted and all us Arizonians were gooey about it, as were several reporters standing by to snap photos.
Speaking of reporters, I got interviewed three times today. One of them was a thorough grilling by an Englishman who writes for The Economist. 20 solid minutes of me trying to sound reasonably intelligent as I attempted to explicate the complex racial issues in America, and what an Obama presidency would portend.
Other famous people I saw included Ted Koppel, Judy Woodruff, Al Sharpton, Gayle King (Oprah’s friend) and the entire cast of the Daily Show (minus John Stewart and Samantha Bee).
That’s all for now. Catch y’all later.
Donna
Edit to add: I also walked by Tucker Carlson in the concourse. He’s another jerkwad conservative pundit whom I kinda sorta crush on. He has a really dreamy tan.
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