Had to cut away a few times, especially from speeches by screaming Kimberly Guilfoyle and crazy-eyed (what was in them?) Donald Jr., both of which and whom are easy to mock and satirize. But sorry to report that for those who get their perspective from Faux News and other rightwing outlets (a very large number) a lot of what went on at this event was effective. Full of lies, yes, for a discerning viewer, but how many of those are there? Listening to call-ins to my local New York NPR station I heard articulate, educated, progressive young people categorize Biden as "not much better than" you-know-who on race!
And though the shout out from the states and territories was unshockingly almost solidly white, there were enough black and brown (I hate those generalizations but it's the current vocabulary) faces in other segments to appeal to anyone not identified as "white" to see an opening. My progressive friends in previous generations made the mistake of thinking that labeling Nixon a crook and faulting him for not keeping his promise to end the war in Viet Nam plus other obvious failings of his administration would cost him his second term but it didn't. Nor did branding W as dumb and getting us into an unwanted war etc. cost him a second term. It's going to take all of us not just voting but convincing others to, to avoid the same happening again.
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