As if I needed another reason to vote for Obama…He came out after Sen. Biden’s terrific acceptance speech and began to talk about how the convention has gone.  Sen. Obama accurately highlighted the strong (bordering on spectacular) speeches by Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton (although he did leave out Kucinich’s stunning “Wake Up America” speech earlier on Tuesday [see below]- if you have not watched it, do so now.  Its only 6 minutes, but well worth every second).  Sen. Obama then began to talk about Thursday night’s speech and about how it would be great to have everyone able to attend the speech at “MILE HIGH STADIUM!” That just warmed my Denver Broncos loving heart.

For those unaware of why this is a big deal…When the Broncos chose to build a new stadium and abandon the beautiful old beast that was the original Mile High Stadium, one immediate concern was whether they would move into another corporate-named place.  Well, of course they did.  Invesco jumped in, fired a ton of $$$ at Pat Bowlen and Invesco Field (at Mile High) was born.  Anyway, for many Broncos fans, the stadium is not Invesco Field at Mile High, but will always be Mile High Stadium because that’s where the Broncos began and went to six Super Bowls (winning two of them back to back).  Its the place that I saw my first professional football game when the Broncos played the Seahawks, where I saw the Broncos win the AFC Championship in 1987 when Jeremiah Castille stripped the ball from Cleveland’s Ernest Byner as he was about to score the tying touchdown near the end of the game, its where I saw one of the best Monday Night games ever when Elway dueled Montana down to the wire in 1994, and its where I saw Metallica and Guns N Roses.

And even though the original Mile High is just a parking lot now, the stadium is still Mile High and clearly Obama knows that.  Tomorrow night will be great!

And here’s Rep. Kucinich’s speech from Tuesday night…

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