[berdie]

He is, imo, one scary dude. Give a speech in Philly at a very patriotic site surrounded by American flags (”Hey, I don't need a flag on my lapel to be patriotic, or put my hand over my heart during the Pledge. Besides all of that, my wife is real proud to be American...right now.”).

I actually thought he would do a version of “I Have A Dream”. But instead opened with Lincoln.

“Pay no attention the the man (my crazy uncle) behind the curtain”..The Wizard of Oz

And I fear that most people failed to notice the total deflection from the main topic and got caught up in his excellent rhetoric. He's almost as good as Bill was. Or FDR or JFK. He's a great speaker, I'll give him that. Sadly, the media and his supporters are easily distracted.

It reminded me of Mark McGuire during the Congressional investigations “Let's don't talk about the past (my mentor of 20 years), let's talk about today (my candidacy) and the future ( what I can do for you.)

I fear his political “speak”. We have no one with his verbal skills.

[tillacum]

He delivered the speach, written by a committee, very well.