The Speech

Many of the other speakers of the convention overshadowed Kerry. I was a little disappointed to be honest. I think he hit his stride about 2/3ths of the way thru.

Oh, I liked when he talked about the Saudi Royal family.
And when he plugged his website.

[Edited on Jul 29, 2004 by Coliwali]

I loved these two parts especially:

And

I agree completely. If there is a god, I hope and pray that he/she is on Kerry's side...

I first detected the Lincoln meme being tried out a couple of weeks ago. Looks like they decided to run with it. American political discourse during the 19th century was full of referances to God.

Is going to be interesting how the Bush campaign counters in the next week or two. I'm just sad I'm going to be off of the net and off the grid so to speak for the better part of the next three weeks. No Media of any kind.

I only saw the end, but this whole convention has gotten me very optimistic. Why can't the Democrats be exceptional all of the time?

i think he did a great job... got me pumped

Because usually, like reasonable but opinionated people, we disagree amongst ourselves. George W. Bush has given everyone a reason to unite, and in that sense is the best thing going for the Democratic Party this year.

God, the Lincoln vibe. I see what you're saying, and...


I raise you a this:

It was pretty much what I expected it to be. He gets criticized for not taking any stands on 'the issues' and not sticking his neck out, so he responds by doing it. And, for the most part in a way I liked. Good for you Kerry. You've made me excited to vote for you. Kudos.

I'll see that, and raise you this:



"We've got armadillos in our trousers."

Ah yes, the irrelevant embarassing photo vibe. How clever.

I thought Kerry did a good job. I was a bit worried he's seem like a block of wood up there, but he very much did not. The speech was well written too.

(Written in response to the irrelevant embarassing photo of Kerry. The Bush photo is at least slightly more relevant.)

[Edited on Jul 29, 2004 by the1stblindman]

I don't just pull out the jpegs for giggleshits, Keith. I do it when people go, "Look, it's Lincoln!"

I'm like, way justified.

[Edited on Jul 29, 2004 by Jeff_Fries]

Jonh Kerry's speech

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I was out drinking, anyone have a link?

http://www.c-span.org/
Right there on the front page. You can watch it even!

See above

Because of the dictionary definition of exceptional?

I caught the replay on CSPAN. I was fucking bored stiff. I doubt the Kerry ticket will get much of a bump in the polls because of that speech.

why the hell does he have to envoke Colorado in his God Damn speech. What an idiot

Betty Ford?

While Kerry will never be as charismatic as Bill Clinton at the mic, he speach was better than I expected. Far better than you typical GWB speach.

first laugh out loud post of the day!

Hey! It was Cool-Aid. <-

[Edited on Jul 30, 2004 by Mike]