Quote:So you have been hooked on conventions since you were 6? Umm..... Yeah

 

I still remember it like it was yesterday, to be honest.

 

It was dark outside, and in the summer time it means that it must have been 9 PM at least...  The crowd on the TV looked HUGE, like it was the entire USA that was there.

 

And they were all chanting "4 MORE YEARS, 4 MORE YEARS".  And in my child like mind, I don't want to remember how old I am, I was thinking OMG, my president doesn't want to be president anymore!!  

 

I was on the edge of my seat...

 

And then Reagan came out and started talking.  I didn't understand what he was really saying.  But every now and then, the chant went up... "4 MORE YEARS!  4 MORE YEARS".

 

I was on the edge of my seat...  Was he gonna accept it?  Was he gonna still be our president???  

 

Finally, after what felt like the entire night, he said something to the affect that he proudly accepts the nomination for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

 

I still remember jumping up and down and being so excited about it...  Not having any idea why, other than the relief that the continuity of Reagan-- this guy that I didn't even know-- was gonna still be the President and was gonna keep everything the way I liked it.

 

So yeah, I was pretty young, but I've never missed a convention, Democratic or Republican since.  

 

Nobody asked me...  But I thought Don Jr.'s speech was damn good.  I disagreed with all of it, and I thought his final paragraph was rhetorical garbage, but it was a great speech.  

 

I'm surprised nobody ever started a thread on it.  Don Jr.'s speech was the best of the convention.  

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