Posted on 07/29/2004 10:32:33 AM PDT by Howlin
Live Convention Video, 7 - 11 p.m. ET
• Sen. John F. Kerry
• Max Cleland
• Kerry's daughters, Alexandra and Vanessa Kerry
• former Green Beret Jim Rassman
• Madeleine Albright
• Sen. Joe Biden (Del.)
• Wesley Clark
• Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.)
• Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.)
• Rep. Ed Markey (Mass.)
• Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (Calif.)
• Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)
• House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.)
• Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.)
• John Sweeney, President of AFL-CIO
• Gov. Mark Warner (Va.)
Pray for W and Our Troops
Did anybody see Kerry give Teddy a peck?
What?
That's very kind of you. After two glasses of wine, just took sips when the DRINK DRINK posts came up, I find it hard to believe I am coherent. The sad thing about his speech was talking about his mother as the rock of his family and his young life. She basically shipped the guy off. I think that may have alot to do with the empty person he has become.
Well goody! lets pray that he just wears us out with his ugly mug and empty ideas everyday until the american people are sick of looking at him
If you go out on that ledge, tie yourself to a tether... NOT around your neck, silly... your waist!
You'll be fine then.
I predict about a 3% bounce from this rushed effort filled with platitudes by the end of next week. Not at all what he needs.
We'll see.
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YOU SHOULD HEAR THE BBC commentary!
The dumbass liberall bitch is saying..'I think he is giving a message of 'Hope'?'
Guy she's talking to: 'Well, yeah, that's their theme, I think'.
Then she said: 'And family values, his mom being a girl scout'
He said: 'Well, we won't go into the fact that she was born in Paris, but yeah, whatever'.
Nice Job CB!! Good analysis !
God BLess the USA and OUR WONDERFUL President and his wife Laura...
G
Weren't all the balloons suppossed to fall down all at once?
T for Tizzy!
Well, the political junkies are just wondering how many different things he stole from how many different speakers. "The best is yet to come," indeed.
Oddly enough, the delivery wasn't bad. He summoned a bit of passion into his speech. I'd say it was about as good as Edwards last night, but of course not even close to Clinton. If Kerry and Edwards spent time together practicing speeches, it gave Kerry what he needed.
That being said, he did go too fast. But he was passionate and my impression is that this is not normal for him.
But the content of his speech is the real problem.
I think a lot of his speech will come out as incomprehensible. For instance, what on earth does he mean by "let us never misuse ... the constitution of the US"? Only his fellow political junkies are going to get that one. I don't even get it, and I thought I was pretty well informed.
Here's another example. He said something about the nation divided into red states and blue states. I don't think non-obsessives even know what that means. We do here on FR, but that's because we're better read than the swing voters. It was a great line for us, and for those in the hall, but I don't think it would resonate with someone not obsessed with politics.
His speech seemed too disjointed and unfocused to get much positive attention. From my cynical point of view, which I suspect is similar to that of swing voters, I think he promised a lot he could not possibly deliver. In my view he simply did not have credibility.
Now, I know the conventions are places where you generally will do this, but George W Bush has a pretty good record of delivering - or at least trying in good faith to deliver - what he's promised. I have to give him a lot of points for focus and integrity.
I don't think this speech was enough to quell doubts about Kerry's leadership. It doesn't seem like he's done anything worthy of mention since Vietnam. If we stipulate that he was great in Vietnam, why is his life not full of additional achievements, perhaps more relevent to the Presidency?
I'm confident that President Bush is going to give a much better convention speech. I don't think Kerry's was good enough to provide an appreciable bounce.
We'll find out in a couple of days if I'm right.
D
The Balloons are really lame - they supposedly had 100K balloons and they haven't let them all come down at once for the dramatic look.....
Chris Matthews is comparing it to Bush's 9/11 megaphone speech.
is it just me or does she look like somebody from planet of the apes?
99% of Kerry's tough talk can be countered with one of the following:
"You're all talk."
"Talk is cheap."
"Actions, not words."
Harlem Hair Pollution........Was that a slap at Al Sharpton????
Over for Kerry?...You mean he's won or lost?...I have listened to just minutes of the speech....I just can't bear to watch..Brit reporting great reception by the dems...I turned it on when he talked about 911 and his service for his country and I turned it off...He helped divide this country after his "service" and after 911...
Muskie and Kerry...Turds of a Feather
He delivered a 55-minute speech in 46 minutes.
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