Headlining the first day of the DNC were President Bill Clinton and his wife, the New York State senate candidate Hillary Clinton. Leading up to the convention all the pundits were talking endlessly about the Clintons "stealing the show" from Al Gore — a well-founded fear, but so what? After eight years in the White House shouldn't they be allowed to get up there and strut their stuff for an hour or so? Besides, this "show" needed some stealing, since every speaker leading up to the Clintons was an insufferable BORE.

After a big build-up by a gaggle of cheer-leading female Democratic senators, Hillary came out to a thunderous welcome. Democratic delegates tend to be more left-leaning than the average party member (just as your average GOP delegate leans more to the right), and this was made obvious by the half-hearted applause any mention that Hillary — or anyone else — made to our booming economy received, as opposed to the squeals of approval at the mention of any new or expanded federal government program. Boo to MAKING money; HOORAY for spending it!

Hillary also got a lot of support from the crowd when she praised both Tipper Gore AND Vice Presidential candidate Joe Leiberman for their past and present censorship campaigns, which made me wonder: what EXACTLY does it mean to be a "liberal" these days? These staunch defenders of the status quo aren't liberals — they're CONTROL FREAKS!