Posted on 09/03/2004 1:24:57 AM PDT by ambrose
bump!
I can think of two speaches at this convention alone that were by far better than Bush's. Cheney's presentation was lackluster as well.
Bush is not a good public speaker. He's likeable, but an orator he simply is not. For that reason I would have far rather seen them cut his speach in half and bump up the bullet points.
After about forty minutes it was all I could do to keep watching.
I don't think this speach was designed to speak to men. Bush is going to get the male vote. IMO, this presentation was designed to pull women along too.
Sorry, but that's the way I see it.
Think mega-bounce. I think Jay quibbles too much. This was a political speech and it serves its purpose masterfully and effectively. By that I mean it made people take another look at Bush as a human being and also gave them positive reasons to keep him around as President. It was very Reaganesque in the sense it was about the future and forward-looking. The President needed to do two things: he needed to show he could put the country on the right track and he needed to reassauge people's doubts about his being too rigid and not willing to accept he can be wrong at times. He accomplished both last night and my view is that unless he does something incredibly stupid between now and November, the election is his to win.
Zell Giving Sissypants Some Hell
Juan Williams opined on FOX News Channel that Zell Miller's speech was "full of brim and firestone"
I agree with J.C. Watts - Zell Miller can put his feet under my dinner table any day of the week.
EVERYBODY - you owe it to yourself to see Zell Miller put this liberal, socialist Kerry maggot right back up Kerry's backside!
WOW!
That was great!! I tried so hard to stay up. But getting up at 4 am every morning makes it hard. ( I hate east coast time!!)
So glad to hear W did so well! Bravo W!!! I love ya!!!!
Bet you liked Zell's speech... LOL..
(laughing because Zell was probably the personal fav of every Freeper)
If you mean the vulnerability stuff at the end - yes, women like to see a tough man show his pain and sorrow without compromising his manliness. No one will ever accuse Bush of being a girly-man but no one after last night will ever call him a stuck-up sexist machochist either. So if it got the soccer moms on his side, I'd say he scored a triple home run.
Very nice analysis - thanks.
>>Juan Williams opined on FOX News Channel that Zell Miller's speech was "full of brim and firestone"<<
I saw that. Too funny!
I notice Laura says "wadn't" instead of "wasn't". Texan. Cute.
Any speech that lasts an hour is too long.
I thought Zel Miller's presentation was excellent. He came off as the family patriarch saying things that needed to be said. I think he scored very well with women, even though the media tried to pass him off as harsh. Nope, when he talked about Bush protecting their children, I think he scored big-time.
The fact that he was a Democrat will speack to some members of that party. His thoughts on Kerry were excellent. His comments on Bush likewise.
The other speach I liked was Arnold Schwarzenegger's offering. The guy can deliver the quick quips in movies, but I didn't think he could deliver the type of moving speach he delivered on Tuesday.
His comments about his youth under the Iron Curtain were very telling. The connection with what the left tries to pass of in this nation, wasn't lost. His mention of Nixon and, how he himself came to be a Republican was charming. His comments about whether 'you are a Republican or not', were very good.
His comments on the U.N., whether you can spend your money better than the government etcetera, were right on. I know much of it was speaking to the choir comments. I never tire of hearing bedrock issues reinforced.
I know Arnold is problematic. I don't think we should deny that the guy is also an asset in other ways. There are people who tune in to see Arnold that won't tune in for anyone else. That's a plus any way you slice it.
I taped both Zel and ARnold's presentations. I just watched Arnold's again to see if it was as good as I thought. It was even better.
His comments about his experience as a boy when his father, his uncle and he had to go through a Russian checkpoint, was touching. Here's a guy that most people think of in his weightlifting or action hero image, who talked about fearing that his father or uncle would be taken into custody. You can't manufacture that type of experience. Contrast that with Kerry and Company.
The convention as a whole was masterfully correographed. I say, 'Job well done.'
Bush will get a ten point bounce. He'll extend that as sKerry/Edwards press and mealt down.
Cool.
Well I loved the speech too but as a taxpayer and a homeschooler, don't talk to me about expanding liberty. The story of America is now fine-print in the paperwork I file, in my driver license and Social Security card and insurance card and inspection sticker and tax returns and mandatory school medical exams and inoculation history form...
Agree! I didn't watch the Kerry midnight Pep? rally last night, but from some of the comments I read on FR, I didn't miss anything - except a chance to see Kerry appearing drunk!! I'm beginning to think we will in fact have a landslide -- as long as we can keep most of the voter fraud goons out of the picture - and that will take some doing.
The few times I hear comments by RATS - I've stopped listening to their lies and spin - I marvel that anyone would consider voting for them. Their mindset is so pre-9/11 -- so still in the Clinton slash and burn mentality. They just don't get it - after 9/11 America changed. And they haven't.
I agree. These folks are still living in the pre-USSR collapse 70s. They think socialism is the cause celebre and they won't give up.
They just don't have a clue. It's startling to see how inept they are.
He started slowly and deliberately, then switched gears and built to one of the finest climaxes ever delivered in any convention. It was magnificent. He did all he had to do--and more.
I think Jay quibbles too much
I agree, I listened with great pride and loved what he said.
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