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Analysis: Biden Surpasses Expectations in Acceptance Speech, But Debates Loom Large
townhall.com ^ | 8/21/2020 (1005 edt) | Guy Benson

Posted on 08/21/2020 8:56:19 AM PDT by rktman

Biden conspicuously over-delivered with a forceful and energetic speech, barely scathed by a small handful of minor stumbles. His remarks weren't spectacular, but they were solid. Most of the speech was fairly standard issue Democratic fare, yet it felt oddly reassuring compared to our disorienting, hyper-woke moment. Biden praised the country as fundamentally good. He issued a callback to Barack Obama's 2004 theme of a unified America, not polarized into angry red and blue silos. And perhaps the most memorable passage was Biden's resonant, heartfelt message of condolence and hope for the many Americans who have lost loved ones to the pandemic. The former Vice President is often at his very best as a consoler, and he bears the personal scars that make him authentic in that role. He finished with a rousing call to action:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; delaware; hairsniffer; kiddiediddler; presidentialdebate
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Um, what? Did benson drink from the same cooler as mccallum and perrino earlier? Perhaps he should go back and rerun the "most awesome speech". Unless rip van biden remaining awake was more than they expected or actually putting together a semi-coherent sentence. Yawn.

Job or mobs. Your choice 11/3/2020

1 posted on 08/21/2020 8:56:20 AM PDT by rktman
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"Systemically racist", but "fundamentally good."

That's the Joe, I know.....

2 posted on 08/21/2020 8:59:03 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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Jeez, the guy can still read a teleprompter, no doubt after numerous practice runs... how IMPRESSIVE.


3 posted on 08/21/2020 8:59:40 AM PDT by House Atreides
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How do we know the speech wasn’t an AI fake? It’s impossible to tell the difference now.


4 posted on 08/21/2020 9:00:27 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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So he has at least one good speech writer.
Probably selected by his handlers.
Am I supposed to be impressed?

5 posted on 08/21/2020 9:00:30 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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It was a taped speech. How many takes? How many edits? Let’s see the full version, blunders, bloopers and all.


6 posted on 08/21/2020 9:01:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Trump stands with us to preserve the Republic. Biden kneels with those wanting to burn it all down.)
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Question: Was the speech Live or Taped?

Does anyone know for sure?

It could have been “take 42 “ for all we know....

7 posted on 08/21/2020 9:03:23 AM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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De, um, de, um, yeah, debates are good.


8 posted on 08/21/2020 9:04:11 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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t was a taped speech. How many takes? How many edits?


Agree. Did any news media cite the taped / pre recorded nature of the speech.

May be wrong but I think at least some versions of speeches have had the banner displayed “ pre recorded”

As you note, many takes, can make it look like its smooth from end to end...


9 posted on 08/21/2020 9:04:18 AM PDT by patriotspride
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“Biden praised the country as fundamentally good.”

That’s it...half of Democrats just decided to stay home on election day.


10 posted on 08/21/2020 9:04:51 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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The Author is impressed that someone running for the most mentally challenging job on planet can still read a teleprompter right in front of him after who knows how many takes.


11 posted on 08/21/2020 9:04:58 AM PDT by iamgalt
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Expectations??? He DID NOTHING.


12 posted on 08/21/2020 9:05:23 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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13 posted on 08/21/2020 9:05:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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“It was a taped speech. How many takes? How many edits? Let’s see the full version, blunders, bloopers and all.”

EXACTLY. I didn’t watch it, but I expect it was a fully Hollywood production to make him look and sound human.


14 posted on 08/21/2020 9:05:55 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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There will be no debates.


15 posted on 08/21/2020 9:06:05 AM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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To be fair... Getting Biden to read from a teleprompter for 10 minutes without screwing up must have taken days, multiple takes and a lot of video editing. It was probably easier to make it look like these chimps were dancing.

16 posted on 08/21/2020 9:07:03 AM PDT by fireman15
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The expectations were extremely low and not hard to surpass.


17 posted on 08/21/2020 9:08:00 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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I happened upon this live last night. I was somewhat taken aback by how lucid he seemed.

I didn't bother listening to him, but whatever 'message' he was trying to deliver, seemed like he did an okay job.

18 posted on 08/21/2020 9:08:08 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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Biden Surpasses Expectations in Acceptance Speech...


Yeah, he didn’t drool on his tie.

the bar was pretty low.


19 posted on 08/21/2020 9:10:05 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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I fully expect the pedophile’s handlers to tell him to tell us that he will not glorify Republicans by being in the same room as Donald Trump, and he will be happy to answer all RESPECTFUL questions submitted to him in writing.


20 posted on 08/21/2020 9:10:18 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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