Who was that fired-up speaker in the John Kerry suit? Who knew?
And, as only he can, Bill Clinton said all the right things. And he said them about Obama. Joe Biden has a couple of tough acts to follow.
If you're not watching PBS, you missed a conversation with Walter Mondale. Too bad we don't have more politicians like that these days.
Update Apprently the networks didn't show all of Kerry's speech. Too bad. It started out rather Kerry-like, but he got wound up really good and made a very good speech of it. If you didn't see it, check it out from TPM's YouTube clip.
I was thinking about Bill's speech a little more. What struck me as surprising was that he said the words Hillary wouldn't say: Barack Obama is ready to be president. He only said one thing about Hillary - that "his" candidate didn't win - and then he went on to say that Barack Obama is the right man for the job. Interesting. He also said that people the world over were more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power. David Brooks (PBS commentator) said that was a pretty slogan but he didn't think Putin or Ahmadinejad were impressed by the power of our example.
And then I was thinking about the claim that McCain has it over Obama due to experience. I wonder why the Democrats haven't taken up the Freewheelin' Franklinesque mantra that good judgment can substitute for experience, but experience cannot substitute for good judgment.
(You don't know Freewheelin' Franklin? Then be sure to check the "mantra" link.)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are moderated. There may be some delay before your comment is published. It all depends on how much time M has in the day. But please comment!