Comments on: Clinton Shows Class

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:39:23 +0000

"Obama wasn't in the house last night during his wife's speech either. Would you say he "snubbed" his own wife?"~ pico 13

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Well now that you mention it, yes, it seems a bit odd at that.

But not being present for a speech Hillary gave on party unity is absurd as strategy. What good is a speech on party unity when half isn't there? There can be no substitutes for Obama himself being in that audience; which of course, he wasn't.

And it sent a message loud and clear which is: Hilllary Clinton delivers, Obama doesn't....again....

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:11:00 +0000

Not a single thread yet exists on this site about the one (1) speaker who wasn't a dud or worse last night, Montana Governor Schweitzer, whose speech should have been _routine_ last night insofar as its rallying effect is concerned. Those of us who correctly saw Clinton's speech as pathetic also were telling each other about Schweitzer: "This guy is great!" It was what every speech last night should have been like rather than Clinton's crummy speech, pretty boy Warner, Sibelius (who made Nancy Pelosi look human and lively by comparison), or other failures.

http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswi...

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:09:47 +0000

Yes, a true experienced and tenured stateswoman worthy of the Oval Office 18 million times over.

Margaret Thatcher gave a speech last night? Huh?

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:20:25 +0000

I was listening to the classic-Kool-Aid drinkers on the Bill Press show this morning and it's not surprising, but it's embarrassing to see more of the same here. Clinton's speech wasn't good at all -- she was wooden in her diction to the point of being almost another Al Gore at times, she was simply trying to appropriate air time for herself (for no good reason, thinking people will realize), I was getting remarks real-time saying things like "Pathetic," and by the end, I was laughing hard and clamoring for "the hook."

Last night was almost 100% a dud. Sibelius was flat and predictable. Napolitano was a bellowing fool. The only good guy was from Montana, who started with clown-like form but got the crowd excited by the end of his speech. (Comments I was receiving from others expressed recognition of this.) All the speeches should have been like the Montana governor's.

The night was empty, it threatens to make the rest of the convention other than Obama's speech empty (do we now care what Bill Clinton will have to say? [yawn]) and it shows the Dems are all about Obama and his image this year.

Hopefully tonight will be better. It certainly needs to be. Hillary was pathetic.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:05:37 +0000

Silhouette, if you'd been paying closer attention to the words and meaning of your champion you wouldn't still be making posts like these. Did you actually hear what she was saying? Hillary is telling you it's time to move out of your rut and see the forest, not just the trees.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:57:02 +0000

No further comment except for this guy nails it:

http://WWW.samefacts.com/archives/election_2008...

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:24:17 +0000

Great last line pico13. Of course Silhoutte is really a republican operative and they are all like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas.

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:40:11 +0000

Hilliary did what she had to do, nothing more as far as support for Obama is concerned. Take out Obama's name from her speah and insert any democrat, and with one exception about he started his political career it would fit. This speech did nothing to praise Barrack Obama's abilities or qualifictions, nor was it really an attack on McCain's policies. What it was was a pledge of support to the general platform of the Democratic Party, a condemnation of the Bush administration (Bush isn't running in 2008 BTW) and a tale of the evolotion of the woman's movement.

The first two parts came out quite dull and not terrible effective, but on the last part she did well and this will serve her well on the campaign trail in 2012.

By: pico13

pico13 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:33:42 +0000

Obama wasn't in the house last night during his wife's speech either. Would you say he "snubbed" his own wife?

It seems like the decision was made to let Hillary and the Clintons have the day to themselves and not steal Hillary's thunder by having Obama appear prematurely. Had he been there it may have been a cause of friction for Hillary's supporters (their joint appearance in Unity didn't exactly end in the crowd singing Kum Ba Yah), and it would have caused the networks to broadcast Obama's reaction to Hillary's speech half the time rather than keeping the camera on Hillary herself.

To a lot of people (most?) I'm sure granting Hillary and her supporters their own time to reflect/celebrate/grieve seemed like the considerate thing to do, but I suppose if you want to act like Joe Pesci from Goodfellas and perceive every act and remark as an insult, you're free to do that too. Have at it.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:41:46 +0000

Yes, a true experienced and tenured stateswoman worthy of the Oval Office 18 million times over.

So let's get busy promoting the struggling Obama to his defeat this Fall..

Oh, and by the way, up is down and zebras speak chinese. Makes as much sense as anything else.

And where was Obama during Clinton's unity speech tonight? Nowhere in the house. Forget tradition, of all the conventions this was the one to buck tradition and have Obama in the audience applauding Hillary's promotion of unifying behind him.

Snub #3.

By: I Don't Like You Either

I Don't Like You Either — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:32:34 +0000

Hillary’s Shining Moment

by The Puppet Mistress | I’ll post the speech when it’s available. For now, here’s a list of reviews. As a former Clinton supporter, I can’t help loving the kudos she’s getting. I just hope this speech will remind the