Posted on 07/27/2004 6:16:15 AM PDT by crushkerry
Great analysis ping! Looking forward to your inputs on the subsequent events!
I think every day of the convention will help Bush.
"We hate to say it, but in style Clinton beats the President."
Clinton is not a good speaker. Winston Churchill is a good speaker. Clinton is an evangelist or carnie barker.
Well, the Dims are an ideological freak show.
Perhaps not historically, but in these times he passes for one.
Jimmy Carter rarely, if ever, gets to speak at a democrat convention ... now we know why ... he's pathetic.
Yet, the floor of the DNC convention was just mesmerized. In other words, DNC delegates have the aggregate analytical power of the OJ jury. They are desperate for abuse. If I was a carnival hypnotist, I'd pick democrats as subjects.
Next week, not even one in 10 of them will be able to tell you what he said.
Well, it WOULD be, if anybody was watching. When the convention is over, and Kerry goes "dark" for a month, this is probably the biggest "bump" he will get in the polls. So long as he is largely out of sight, no negatives show. For the majority of the public, should they be watching the Democrat National Convention, they would indeed be turned off. But the vast majority did NOT watch, and those who did, will have forgotten long before November 2nd, 2004.
Clinton is a great speaker. He can talk about anything. What makes him completely forgettable is that, unlike Churchill, he has no thoughts. He's just trying to stay at the podium long enough to shoot the beavers in the front row.
Ping
Slick Willie and his Traveling Snake Oil Show.
"but there is just something about her voice that makes you reach for the mute button."
Exaclty - just saw Hillary on FOX. Didn't want to hear her tortured spin so I muted here. Only interest in watching her was to wonder if she'd look to "haggish" to mount a campaing in 4 years. Have to admit she looks decent and will be a serious problem in 2008 - barring some scandal that the NYT can't get away with ignoring.
Good analysis, fair and balanced......(grin)
I completely agree about Carter, that wasn't the smartest move by the DNC putting him on last night. They should have hid him tonight, when the shrinking three media outlets (ABCCBSNBC) won't be airing the convention. You can't help but be reminded of weakness, both in terms of action and in terms of spirit when you see Jimmy Carter. I know I can't forget the humiliation he brought to us in 48 long months. I can't forget 20% inflation, unemployment through the roof, and the feeling we were leaderless for the first time in a century or more. And I can't forget Jimmy Carter was attempting to extend the retirement requirements for our military personel by 10 years right up to the day the hostages in Iran were seized.
Gore obviously didn't write that speech. Nuff said.
Hillary Clinton demonstrated EXACTLY why she will never survive a primary run for the DNC nomination, let alone get to the general election as anything other than a VP....and I don't think her ego will let her accept that position. She's a terrible public speaker, ironically her husbands performance served very nicely to demonstrate that.
Finally, Bill Clinton. While he's speaking, he does keep your attention, can't deny it. But afterwards, for some reason you feel just a tad dirty....kinda like watching a porno movie with the lights turned low, then the lights come up and everybody is just a bit red faced. Bottom line is Sandy Berger failed to hide four possible actions that would have ended the threat of Osama bin Laden. Guess Marc Rich's anger was more of a threat to the Clintonites, eh?
I think last night is going to be viewed as the highwater mark of the DNC convention folks. And thats very bad for the John John's.
Sorry, have to disagree. Clinton is a great speaker. The difference between Churchill and Clinton is content - namely, Churchill had it, Clinton doesn't. Clinton is blessed with remarkable rhetorical gifts, and has a genuine talent for shrinking a room. Because of that, he can make inane or otherwise stupid ideas sound innocuous by burying them in elaborate, eloquent speeches, mired in messages about the goodness of man, the need to coordinate international efforts and such.
Hanity has termed this the "Reinvention Convention".methin ks it's more like the "Stepford convention"...including the Mikulski haranue..
I got the feeling that Clintons speech was just a "fill in the blank" for anyone, I was unimpressed.
The convention is turning into a dream, with such gems as the umpa-loompa photo op, the pitch that missed the plate, and the shove it comment... I cant wait to see what happens tonight.
(Word is, that the National Guardsman who was catching, was supposed to pitch, and Kerry bumped him... you might want to look into that, you have ways of digging through the dirt to find the truth)
Absolutely not, to those people gay marriage is a family value. protecting pornographers is the reason for the first amendment--as well as suppression of religion at every opportunity. The second amendment was written to protect the government FROM the people. C*nt jokes are the "heart and soul" of America. Abortion is sacred and capitol punishemnt an abomination.
You see, in liberal la la land, black is white, up is down, good is bad, sweet is sour, etc. etc.
Which is why reason and truth will never sway the democratic base.
Clinton is a good speaker. He is engaging and he makes you think he is talking to you. I can not stand the guy as a politician but I would love to hang out with him for a day.
The booze, broads and blow you could get!!!! WooooooHooooo!
Wouldn't everyone here like to hand out on his porch and drink beers with Bubba? I sure would.
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