Posted on 07/29/2004 7:45:17 AM PDT by Pikamax
There has been the normal inside baseball whispering in advance of Kerry's speech — too much Shrum influence; too little Shrum influence; the speech had 12 or more kitchen sink contributors; Kerry didn't practice enough; editing was taking place until the last minute.
We have no idea whether any of that stuff is true (OK: we actually DO know that some of it is true … ), and/but we don't think it matters even if it were.
John Kerry is famous for finishing strong at the end of tough campaigns in order to win.
So one way to think about tonight is — does John Kerry's internal clock and mystical biorhythms recognize that with fewer than 100 days to go, this IS the homestretch?
Presumably, the prepared text won't have any "so I say to you"s, "if it would please the chair"s, or (especially) "who among us does not love NASCAR?"s.
But it won't be the writing that matters.
It is all about the delivery.
Says ABC News' Dan Harris, the best reporter on the Kerry beat: "Campaign advisers are calling it a 'positive' speech — not an 'attack' speech. It will, however, contain contrasts."
"Kerry will, per the campaign, communicate to the nation 'what's in his heart.' It will be 'very personal'; he will talk about personal experiences from his life, including Vietnam. He will talk about how those personal experiences have shaped the message of his campaign: 'Stronger at home, respected in the world.' There will be light moments, too."
"The speech will run 55 minutes. When pressed on whether this is a wise move, given Kerry's reputation for being a less-than-riveting speaker, Communications Director Stephanie Cutter bristled."
(Note Note: we have a hard time imagining Ms. Cutter bristling, but Dan is, as we suggested, a great reporter.)
"'He is a riveting speaker,' she said. Furthermore, she argued, it's a 'really good speech' and one that he wrote (longhand, on yellow legal pads) — so he will 'knock it out of the park.'"
Thus, in a city and a nation that loves their sports metaphors as much as they love their sports, the bar has been set.
The Boston Globe 's too-good-to-be-true Pat Healy secured some information on tonight's speech content as well: "But while Kerry plans to devote nearly half of his remarks tonight to national security, his advisers say he does not plan to unveil an exit strategy or ambitious, detailed plans to replace the Iraq policy being followed by President Bush." LINK
"Campaign officials, who offered a rough outline yesterday of the themes in Kerry's planned 50-minute nomination speech, said Kerry hopes to burnish his credentials as commander in chief by devoting roughly half of his remarks to national security. He plans to use tonight's introduction by fellow Vietnam veterans — including one whose life he saved in battle — to cast himself as a strong, unflinching leader in a time of war."
(Note Note: 50 or 55????? Network programmers can't wait to see, because 5 minutes make a BIG difference … .)
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Because I am boycotting all TV this week of the Lie Fest in Boston, I was surprised to read so little about Lil' John's speech last night. Was it really boring or what?
Please. FIVE minutes of this guy's droning/intoning, and I'm ZZZZZzzzzzzz....
John Kerry is famous for finishing strong at the end of tough campaigns in order to win.
Kerry’s hoping to get his gay 10-speed up to eleven sometime around December.
(Eleven is one faster!)
Ummmm...yeah, but he's done it by fishing around in his wife's purse for loose change at the last minute. Not giving stirring speeches.
If it is a hit, Kerry worked on it by candlelight deep into the nights while using pieces of coal to write the draft on the back side of a shovel....
If it is a miss, its the speechwriters' fault.
"'He is a riveting speaker,' she said.
She’s using “riveting” in the “really loud annoying clanging noise” sense.
Well, go about to the late 60's or early 70's and pull out a liberal speech. It was about the same.
[Either Edwards/Dems are in a time warp, or the rest of the Nation is.]
I'm gonna tape the entire thing. It should make for an excellent soporific.
55 minutes ohmygawd. Bush's poll numbers should be WAAAAY up tomorrow.
He is???? Could ABC give some references instead of opinion.
Well, I just got an advanced copy of the text of Kerry's speech and as ...I .... read ...... it .....I .....th ---- Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z
one that he wrote (longhand, on yellow legal pads)
They say the same exact thing about every dopey thought liberals allegedly come up with. Bill’s book. Hillary’s book. Kaczynski’s manifesto.
For some reason, they think the suggestion that they use 1970’s technology will make us find them groovy.
What's with all the nicey nice editorializing in the middle of a supposed news article????
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Wow, you can last five minutes? You're a better man than I am. 45 seconds of JFK's drone and I'm in dreamland.
"'He is a riveting speaker,' she said. Furthermore, she argued, it's a 'really good speech' and one that he wrote (longhand, on yellow legal pads) — so he will 'knock it out of the park.'"
What is this woman smoking? Anyone who can listen to more than 5 minutes of his drone, has to be a dyed in the wool yellow dog dumbocRAT. He is way too boring.
President Bush should pick up several points in the polls by Sunday.
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