South End Grounds hits the nail on the head with this astute wrapup of the DNC.

In the major speeches that most Americans had a chance to see (Carter, both Clintons, John Edwards, Gore, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Barack Obama, Max Cleland and Kerry), Viet Nam was mentioned by name 17 times. That is in addition to the introductions of Kerry's shipmates and the hefty emphasis on Viet Nam in the introductory video. It would be easy to forget that he protested the war. Coversely, The organization that instigated the War on Terror, Al Qaeda, was mentioned by name a mere three times, twice in the same breath by Al Gore.

If someone from Mars landed here just to watch this convention, they might easily believe that we are currently engaged in combat in Southeast Asia and that the War on Terror is a distant memory. This was a convention dominated by people living in a bygone era, more concerned with the war protests they waged in the '60s than the battle we are presently fighting. They dwell on the past and have no vision for the future.

That's a great observation. I almost missed it, too, because I was in such shock that he was able to make it through every major speech - I gave up on the first day.