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While I enjoyed each of these speakers.

Ron Silver, who was surprisingly passionate. Text available here.
Zainab Al-Suwaij, of AIC, bringing home the lesson.

And while, Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn aren't going to make the list, the two gentlemen they recognized were well worth seeing, and have earned our respect.

Rodolfo P. Hernandez (U.S. Army, ret.), of North Carolina, was awarded his Medal of Honor in recognition of his service in the Korean War. A member of Company G, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, Hernandez distinguished himself by single-handedly halting an enemy advance long enough to enable his unit to counterattack and retake lost ground.

Thomas J. Hudner (U.S. Navy, ret.), from Massachusetts, received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Korean War. Forced down behind enemy lines, Lt. Hudner risked his life to save an injured flier trapped alive in burning wreckage by using his bare hands to pack the fuselage with snow.

The most touching, of course, were three who lost loved ones in the attacks on September 11, 2001: Deena Burnett, Debra Burlingame, Tara Stackpole. Whether Mrs. Burnett's "Do something" or Mrs. Stackpole's stating that her son will leave for Iraq in December, they left few dry eyes and no untouched hearts.

The best of the night has to go to either Senator John McCain or Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.

Senator McCain was both powerful in his conviction and choice of words, he offered the funniest point in the night when he, apparently without knowing the Michael Moore was present, stated

"not a disingenuous film maker who would have us believe that Saddam's Iraq was an oasis of peace when in fact it was a place of indescribable cruelty, torture chambers, mass graves and prisons that destroyed the lives of the small children held inside their walls."

Read the text of his speech here.

Mayor Giuliani delivered a speech clearly aimed at the heart of the Kerry campaign's weakness. George Bush is a principled leader, Kerry is not. He left you both at once touched by the story of 9/11 and President Bush's response to it, and laughing as he delivered example after example of Kerry's failures in consistency.

In the end, the night was both touching, and a great reminder of the cause for which we fight, as well as powerfully positive and optimistic in our resolve to win the war, and to re-elect President Bush.

Outside the arena the worst has to include this protester.