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Rebroadcasting Barack

You know when you're walking down the street and a big gust of wind picks up the dirt from the street and one particularly sharp little rock pierces an unsuspecting eye? Or when you're cutting onions and your eyes burn? Or when the subway careens through underground tunnels, screeching to halt after halt?

And you know when you feel you have to act fast to get the shit out of your eyes or cover your ears for fear you might, like, die or something?

I have that feeling now that the RNC has ended. Now that John McCain and Sarah Palin, and Joe Lieberman, and Cindy McCain and Rudy Guiliani have all stopped talking -- for now. After listening to the lies and the laughter aimed at community organizers. After the stiff performances in front of teleprompters that flashed words with no meaning. After listening to the media gush.

After all that, I just felt like watching for the second time Barack speak to a crowd in Denver at the DNC so I could try and put things right in my mind.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv8eiDvrHJ4&hl=en&fs=1]

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