Night 4: Liveblogging the 2020 Democratic National Convention

Well, that was exhausting. Check out the recap here.

We at @PJMedia_com subjected ourselves to four nights of the #DNC2020 #DemConvention so you wouldn't have to! Here's a recap of night 4: Biden's speech and how Trump caused COVID or something. https://t.co/x27aoj4VrV

— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) August 21, 2020

Thanks for joining us tonight. We'll be right back at it on Monday when the Republican National Convention kicks off. See you then! 

This was probably a flub, but Joe Biden did say, at the climax of his acceptance speech, "There's never been anything we've been able to accomplish when we've done it together."

Got that?

The line as it was probably written was cliche enough. The line as delivered makes it a very sad trombone note. 

Jake Tapper calls Biden's speech "one of the best performances if not THE best performance I've ever seen." Ok, then. 

So, that video wall next to the stage is supposed to show individual Americans clapping for Biden. Evidently the producers couldn't find enough unique cheering streams to fill it, hence the squares with the D20 logo. 

Nice touch with the baby with the "BFD" onesie. Yikes.

Where are the balloons?

That might be the worst major speech I’ve ever heard, and I blogged Hillary for all of 2015-16.

Joe Biden did NOT end his speech with "God bless America."

It's my takeaway that Biden is not Trump, and also love.

Tropes, tired cliche's mixed with desperation.

“Are you ready?” YEAH, COACH, PUT ME IN! WE’RE DOWN BY 42 AND THERE’S TWO MINUTES LEFT!

I predict that if he wins, Joe will bring back Bush 41's "thousand points of light" program

Here comes the "fine people" hoax. This has been roundly debunked. 

There are educated people who still don't know the "fine people" hoax was a hoax. https://t.co/0OJVXQLXmN

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) July 25, 2020

To my ears, this is a well-rehearsed speech -- far better rehearsed than it was written -- by a man with zero investment in the words he's saying, other than what and where they might get him.

Somebody flipped the anger switch, and then flipped it off again.

Mr. Ukraine, Russia and Iran says he won't "cozy up" to dictators. Riiiight. 

Shorter Joe Biden:  I demand mask mandates with a smile on my face and if you don't agree, well,  let's have a push up contest right here! 

This is very long. I was supposed to watch a movie tonight still. That's looking less likely as the minutes drag on.