<p>Yes, the “ordinary people” speeches are pretty hard to sit through. But we thought Barney Smith was so cute last night. He’ll be telling the story about the thousands of people chanting “bar-ney-bar-ney” for the rest of his life. He seemed like the kind of guy who had never had his name chanted before. I’m such a softie.</p>
<p>I thought his “Barney Smith, not Smith Barney” line was a home run.</p>
<p>I kind of wondered why he was selected to come on last because the other ‘ordinary people’ were more eloquent. Then he did the clever word play on his name and I understood. I wonder if he came up with the idea. It was a classic.</p>
<p>You know that some staffer saw his name on a name tag or a list somewhere and the idea clicked. His friends probably couldn’t believe that he had been chosen to speak on national television, in front of a huge live crowd. </p>
<p>I actually think all of the “ordinary Americans” did a good job, given that they were speaking in front of stadium full of people, etc.</p>