I was rather astonished this morning by McCain’s VP pick. I actually thought that he might pick a woman and Christine Todd Whitman or Condeleezza Rice seemed obvious choices. I suppose Palin is a better match with McCain. Whitman is probably a bit too liberal and I would have loved seeing the ads with Rice saying “bin Ladin determined to attack in America” over and over and over.
Pat Buchanin luvs him some Palen. You remember Pat Buchanin right?
To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest – a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours — Hillary Rodham Clinton. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night.
To the love of my life, our next First Lady, Michelle Obama, and to Sasha and Malia – I love you so much, and I’m so proud of all of you.
rest of speech after the break…
The entire speech is excellent. His delivery was nearly flawless. There isn’t a politician in America who can match his speaking ability. The man is truly inspiring.
America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.
It’s not because John McCain doesn’t care. It’s because John McCain doesn’t get it.
In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is – you’re on your own.
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Well it’s time for them to own their failure. It’s time for us to change America.
The entire speech is excellent. His delivery was nearly flawless. There isn’t a politician in America who can match his speaking ability. The man is truly inspiring.
America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.
It’s not because John McCain doesn’t care. It’s because John McCain doesn’t get it.
In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is – you’re on your own.
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Well it’s time for them to own their failure. It’s time for us to change America.
Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who’s willing to work.
So I’ve got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.
…Because if you don’t have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.
You make a big election about small things.
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
Tonight, August 28, 2008, Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado. This speech may well be ranked as one of the best speeches of the 21st Century.
Democrats are uniformly ecstatic about the speech. Republicans are trying desperately to give it a negative spin. Neither group really matters. What ultimately matters is what independents and undecided voters think of the speech. I can’t see how anyone could listen to that speech without being moved.
Even conservatives, like Andrew Sullivan were moved by the speech.
more after the break…
WOOOOOOOTTTT!!!!
Openthread or maybe I’ll just talk to myself for a bit!
The GOP and it’s leading spokespersons (well, Rush Limbaugh, but if it’s all you got…) are all ready to make a huge fuss over the stage at Denver’s Invesco Field.
Apparently there are columns in the backdrop. Oh my.
What kind of hubris it would be to use columns in the background of a US electorial speech? How assuming, how arrogant, gosh, how un-American can you get?!?
Here’s a sneak preview:
There is a video feed available from the DNC that you can view on your computer. The beauty of this hi-def video feed is that it allows you to do screencaptures of the available videos. I captured these four images and resized them in a few minutes. You won’t see any of these images in news articles.
Duh. I just figured it out. I realized the real head fake has just been accomplished and will come to an amazing crescendo tonight when the Big Dog speaks.
We have done nothing but talk about the rift between the two campaigns for the past eight months. This epic battle between two of the most spectacular candidates I have ever seen in my lifetime, and dare I say, the greatest adversaries in the history of this country, is now coming to a close. Now many may whine about how much oxygen the Clinton’s continues to suck up, and others will continue to cry foul over perceived injustices by the Obama campaign and supporters, but the fact remains that all of these people are consummate politicians and masters of the trade.
Tonight William Jefferson Clinton will give the speech of his lifetime. I think the media started to figured this out last night after Hillary’s speech, and started the backtracking.
I am delayed on MSNBC by 20 minutes (0.00 / 0)
but so far they seem very laudatory about her speech.
Oh wait. I just heard Tom Brokaw say something incredibly stupid. He just noticed that the “tempo is now building (duh) and I think in hearing Hillary Clinton doing tonight what she really needed to do, not just for HRC but for obviously for BHO, and a strong message to her supporters, is a preamble to what we will hear from WJC tomorrow night” (snip) “the fact is after this kind of reception for his wife tonight, with him cheering and tearing up and looking on and even mouthing the words I love you, it is hard to imagine that Bill Clinton won’t go to the podium tomorrow night, as competitive as he is, and if not equal it, probably try to top it in terms of his own enthusiasm for Barack Obama”.
Oh yeah, before Hillary’s speech he was going to be an ass and now we are all saved. Why can’t the media give the Clinton’s one bit of credit. by: Hollede @ Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 00:03:11 AM EDT
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This appears to be one of the MSM talking points today. Bleh, what fucking idiots. Yesterday, while they were still breathlessly wondering what Hillary would do last night, I wrote this;
The coverage of the convention by MSNBC seems to be pretty positive overall. Of course the Clinton’s are a big story today and will be again tomorrow. I am quite certain that Hillary will give a very good speech. I am sure that Bill will do what he needs to do as well. CNN will get their wish here. I believe they will both give the most amazing rip fest on John McCain and the repiglicans we have ever seen. I am looking forward to both speeches and then to see the Clinton’s move out of the center stage. I wish that the campaign would have eliminated this VP story a month ago, and right now I just feel a bit empty. I wish I felt better now, but know that I will come back in full support of Obama.
Right now I am looking forward to this convention knocking this election out of the park. I do believe that all of the rest of the speeches leading up to Thursday will show the nation the stark choices our country faces. At least four of the most fierce warriors of the Democratic party will speak over these next two nights and I will not miss a moment of Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Our party has this generations greatest politicians and public servants.
What do the repiglicans offer? bush, Cheny and McSame. They need to be reduced to toasticles. I look forward to the burning smell of white bread to come.
Fucking talking bobble heads. I want to see another event like the Jon Stewart appearance on Crossfire X 1,000,000;
I really hate the fucking MSM. Just a quick aside, is Bob Novak serving time somewhere for hitting that cyclist while driving drunk? Thought not, but please prove me wrong. Why do we let these fucks set the perception for our country? Every so often I have to save a friend after they have been watching too much CNN.
Bottom line is most of the MSM are total idiots and I think (hope) that our candidates are learning to play them for the fools they are.
I cannot wait to see our Democratic Warriors continue to kick some repig ass tonight and tomorrow. What would make my week ever so perfect and sweet would be if we could do the same to the MSM.
Good afternoon everyone!
John McCain has made a mistake. I understand that the conventional wisdom was that if he waited to announce his Vice Presidential pick after the Democratic convention he’d be able to steal their thunder and, perhaps, turn some voters his way. Folks, that bit of reasoning will turn out to have been incorrect.