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.)
Is it just me or was Sen. Kerry trying very hard to run as a Republican? Sure, he threw in some liberal talking points to keep the party faithful interested. But altogether he's talking like a Pubbie. It'll be interesting to see how the Green Party and Nader benefit from this.
liberals have their talking points.
liberals are sayig they are "not feeling safe with gwbush".
this convention is perfect for a Rush soundbite montage.
?Mr. Kastanza?
tommorrow the subject will beeeeee: the balloon drop.
Jerry Stiller's prostate just ruptured in mid-sentence, rendering him incoherent.
Saying you will be a good commander in chief, doesn't make it so.
CNN must be working for Hitlery tonight.
"Lifted from Reagan"...
Yup: and most people, after last months events, are going to recognize that, too.
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My take is simple: sure he gave a great speech. Hell, between Kerry, Edwards, Obama, and Clinton, this convention has probably been a hit with the swing voters. But, remember, we're going to be doing the EXACT SAME THING in a month. Bush will surely give just as good an address (being a veteran of several awesome State of the Unions), and we can be fairly certain the whole convo will be just as inspiring for middle-of-the-roaders.
Kerry's speech was not nearly as sleep-inducing as we expected. In fact, it was rather quite rousing... Regarding the actual content, though, the Kerry campaign is making a very, very savvy move. By portraying Kerry as a hawkish moderate, they are appealing directly to those swing voters not particularly incontent with Bush but not entirely gung-ho about the war. On the domestic front, the same moderate (occasionally right - "fiscal responsibility" and his claimed "family values") message, the base be damned. You see, Kerry knows he can count on the liberals, such as those we've seen all week at the convention, to vote for him out of sheer hatred for Bush, so by going solely for the moderate voters, they in effect FORCE Bush to go further right than I'm sure he's comfortable at. Very savvy.
My prognosis: Expect a five-point (maybe higher...) bounce. No problems, though, as it fades rapidly, particularly as Kerry returns to his same old snooze-inducing self, and the RNC convo should turn a few votes, AS LONG AS it's just as good as the Dem convo.
The Republican party needs to spend the next month promoting Bush. They've been bashing Kerry for months now, and it would be folly to attempt to take him down immediately after this speech, particularly in the face of the liberal media, who is sure to replay sound bites of it for weeks. Bush needs to spend August outlining his plans, and make an effective run-up to the convention, and then score a knock-out at the convention. After the convention, call Kerry on his record, make a good show in the debates, and it should be no problems.
Have faith, my dear friends, we will take this election yet!
CNN is being critical only because they're the Clinton News Network. They're not real journalists or anything.
He was NOT born in the west wing of that hospital......don't have the URL for that story, but it's been on FR.
I liked his comment, "If it wasn't for Kerry they'd be drilling in the Artic." How the hell can you become energy independent if you don't drill your own?
Check out post 4677
Pfft. The last time I watched CBS Elian was still free...
Hey Repogirl - check out post 4450.
of course I agree and conventions have a way of making everything look better. As I told someone before, after attending the 1996 Republican Convention, I actually bet my neighbor $100 Dole would win, that's how excited you usually are after one. I know ours will even be better and we'll be feeling a whole lot better after that.
Ouch. LOL
C'mon now. He's from Boston. He's a more Irish than you are. He'll say so himself...in an aristocratic Brahmin accent. :D :D
(Although he's of Austrian and English blood, not Polish)
Now Drudge's server will probably crash.
Both cannot be done together.
Darn shame stiller is delusional....I like him as a comedian
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