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Hillary | 40 comments (40 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Hillary (none / 0)

good to hear because I was so excited to see it that I fell asleep on the couch and missed the whole rest of the evening.

by BooMan on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 05:46:54 AM EST
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Re: Hillary (none / 0)

First part of it was the same dull stump speech with hokey anecdotes of suffering Americans (not that there isn't suffering). Then she perked up. She told people they should be for the causes they care about not just for her. It was a good message but still sounding so self-centered . Really liked the part about Seneca Falls and suffrage. She put some excitement into that.

It did the job, and the commentators on MSNBC were gushing. So, that's all to the good.

Slightly off topic, could Warner have been worse? And Schweitzer was clearly animated, but we didn't get a chance to listen to him. Had to listen to the MSNBC pontificators instead. He was cheated out of his evening in the limelight. And it was clear by audience reaction that he was a hit. Aah. The glories of TV coverage.

by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:19:09 AM EST
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Re: Hillary (none / 0)

Yeah, I flipped to CSPAN when I realized that Schweitzer was on. Missed most of his speech though. I am so over these talking heads.

Hillary has improved a lot as a speaker. When the campaign first started, her speeches were nothing special, delivered in the tone of voice you got from your mother when she wanted you to pick up your clothes. Now she can really deliver a good speech.

by ericy on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:31:17 AM EST
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Re: Hillary (none / 0)

She has improved, but she still has no natural sense of timing. And that is nearly as critical to an effective speech as the words.

by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:44:28 AM EST
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Oh that's too bad (none / 0)

I don't understand why anyone wouldn't watch CSPAN for these things. The twits on cable won't say anything new for like 4 hours at a time. They just babble incoherently to fill up space until they can pick apart the main speaker.

Gov. Schweiter's speech was the best of the night. And he did seem to be getting a big kick out of giving it. You really should go to CSPANs website to pull the video/transcript.

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:15:42 AM EST
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Re: Oh that's too bad (none / 0)

The Big Sky Dem rocked! I needed to be roused out of the Warner anesthesia and the gov delivered. I haven't seen him speak before, but he's the first guy to get the crowd really going in the first two days.

by RollaMO on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 09:52:36 AM EST
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Re: Oh that's too bad (none / 0)

Will do. We watch so little TV, it never occurs to us. We only have cable stations because we have to have satellite for any TV or internet. So, we have many dozens of channels we never watch. But tonight we'll find CSPAN and tune in there.

Thanks

by Heart of the Rockies on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 12:36:53 PM EST
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