Denver memories
There are times when you are so much in the middle of something that it’s hard to tell how it looks to observers - at the legislature, the first three days of the Convention - sometimes there’s a disconnect between the live and in person experience and how it looks and feels on TV.
Thursday night, there was not any question in anyone’s mind about the power and magnitude of that speech, and the fact that it would reverberate across the country.
To say our delegation was elated is an understatement. Mufi yelled out “Punahou!” at one point, when he saw a picture of Barack with his high school hoops team. Chuck Freedman was alternately dancing, hugging, crying, and giving great interviews. Mazie and Neil were misty-eyed for the better part of the night - while delegates Lynn Waihee, Donna Hoshide, Kate Stanley, Lono Lyman, Jennifer Tsuji and others were literally having the time of their lives.
I feel very fortunate to be a witness to history.
Aloha,
Brian
