blogs.dailymail.com - 8/29/2008
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama makes history tonight, but mars his speech with a few errors.
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Well Delivered--But not "all that"
The Discerning Texan —
All and all a well-delivered speech, as expected; plenty of panache and charisma and confidence--but the same old tired platitudes and very little substance; basically the same lies Democrats have been telling (and not following through on for the last 30+ years. And It was well delivered, but it did not live up to the hype and to the grandiosity of the venue. Don Surber has done a bit of fact checking on some of Obama's talking points, and has found them wanting: 1. “Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story – of the brief ...
Obama Greek Temple Show Pales In Comparison To ChiCom Olympic Opening Ceremony
Stop The ACLU —
Nice music. Nice setting. Nicely scripted speech. But it doesn’t compare to what real Communist can do. Last night Obama gave his acceptance speech at Invesco Field. Obama has once again proven his ineffectiveness and inexperience with his Greek God Show in Denver. He has tried to pass himself off as the descendents of slaves (NOT!) and a Regular American (NOT!) and now he has shown he can’t even live up to his commie leaning roots. Frank must be rolling in his grave. Don Surber has the skinny on the lies in Obama’s acceptance speech and it’s a good read. The thing I found odd ...
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Initial Thoughts
talkingpointsmemo.com 8/29/2008 — I thought this was a very strong speech. About exactly what was needed. It was a strong speech. He made the case for himself; he laid out clear policy goals; and he aggressively set forth the stakes of the campaign. He made the case against John ...
Summing up
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 8/29/2008 — I was disappointed by the speech. Your mileage may vary, of course. But it was basically standard Democratic Convention Boilerplate: nothing we haven't seen before from Obama, or for that matter, every Democratic presidential ...
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CNN: Obama blasts McCain, lays out his own agenda
Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday in a speech that attacked John McCain and George W. Bush, laid out an ambitious agenda for an Obama administration and called on ...