My Sentiments Exactly

This blogger on The Huffington Post echoes my thoughts on Joe Biden. Like him, years ago, I was channel-surfing and caught the Senator from Delaware handing John Ashcroft his un-electrocuted testicles while demanding accountability for U.S. torture. It is an issue that has received a disturbing cold shoulder from the media and - when pressed - the American public seems mostly to offer either an indifferent shrug or a 24-induced, full-throated war cry.

Despite his shortcomings that we'll all be hearing about in the next couple of months, this moment alone crystallizes why I'll have no problem getting behind the Democratic ticket:



The only C-SPAN moment during the Bush Administration that I found more compelling was Al Gore's speech on Martin Luther King Day, two years ago:



I had that on in the background while working on my computer - with no idea who was speaking. As the speech went on, I found myself getting goosebumps. I pretty much lost my shit when I realized it was Al Gore, a man not usually associated with words like "rousing" and "fiery orator."