The Obama speech, the night in pictures...
It was an awesome experience, awesome. It's right up there with the really big events in my career and in my life. On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, I unexpectedly got a floor pass for Barack Obama's speech. I jammed over to Invesco Field at Mile High where the excitement was off-the-charts. .Having a floor pass means you get to wander all around the place, including near the stage, near all the action and near the CNN booth and Anderson Cooper!
Here is Anderson and me. I handed my camera to a guy Anderson was talking to and he gladly snapped the photo then Anderson says to me: "You just asked the president of CBS News to take our picture!" Then the guy - I didn;t get his name - said, "I'm not the president." Anderson said, "You will be."
Here is Sheryl Crow just after leaving the stage. At this point, I was trapped in an area that suddenly went into lock-down because some VIP was coming in. Thinking it was Obama, I stuck around awhile but no dice. Got tired of waiting and found another way out but not before snapping a photo (below) of NBC's Luke Russert (Tim's son) interviewing Martin Luther King III who was one of the night's speakers on the 40th anniversary of his fahter's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Four years ago, John Kerry was the Democratic nominee. I snapped him getting interviewed by a Polish TV network.
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Last night was history in the making. Obama even mention gay people in his speech. I was impressed and grateful.
Nice picture of Anderson Cooper. He is one of the very, very few celebrities I would like to meet.
Is it me or is Anderson starting to show signs of facial wasting? That would explain his gym bunny biceps and the ultimate reason that he doesn't come out. It is one thing to just be gay, it is another to be gay and HIV+. I just wonder. And the best part of the Obama speech...ENOUGH!
Anderson has always been lean with a sharp chin and his face is showing signs of age because he isn't using plastic surgery and botox like a lot of celebrities.