Do you know anyone actually swayed by Conventions?

[The Homogenizer]

Originally Posted by BucsLose

But do any of you know of someone who gets swayed by these things?

I was swayed. I was planning to not vote. Now, I'm voting for Bill Clinton.

Originally Posted by banjomike

There is always some stupid stuff that happens in conventions.

I'll see your booing God and raise you with the Repubs throwing peanuts at a black camerawoman.

Neither party is full of saints, and neither is made up of only intelligent people. There are always going to be a few who live up to the worst charges the other side hurls.

A few? There were thousands in the arena who yelled,"No!"

[Ariadne22]

Originally Posted by The Homogenizer

I was swayed. I was planning to not vote. Now, I'm voting for Bill Clinton.

LOL - indeed.

Originally Posted by The Homogenizer

A few? There were thousands in the arena who yelled,"No!"

Yes, the voice vote was pretty even to my ear. Not a good optic for the devout who are on the fence.

The issue for many of the booers is that religion should not be in politics, period. A separation of church and state. When I was in school, "one nation under God" was removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. I was very upset about it at the time.

Today, the extreme right wing of the GOP has convinced me that attaching religion/God in any way to governance is dangerous. So, although I am moderately religious, for me religion has no place in a political agenda.

I was a bit surprised to see Cardinal Dolan at the DNC. Odd, I thought.

And, to answer the original OP, yes, the stark differences between the RNC and DNC motivated me to vote this year. Had been considering sitting this one out. Voting for Obama - or should I say the Democrats are the lesser of two evils. Scared to death of the GOP.