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The Golden Speech
Talking Points Memo —
Hillary's, Bill's and Biden's speeches were great, each in their own way. Democrats had the night they'd been waiting for tonight. But you probably didn't see John Kerry's speech because most of the networks cut away to feature they're yakkers. As I said earlier, in its own way, I think it was the best speech of the convention, certainly the best speech I've even seen John Kerry give. If you haven't seen it, do you self a favor, set aside 13:13 and watch ...
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The Kerry Speech
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Cable believed their pundits were more interesting than this speech. They made the wrong call:
The Great Speech the Cable Networks didn't show you
Rising Hegemon —
Best speech I've heard him give:
Kerry takes 'Candidate McCain' to task
Political Animal —
KERRY TAKES 'CANDIDATE MCCAIN' TO TASK.... With all the great speakers lined up for the Democratic convention last night, few expected John Kerry to deliver some of the night's most memorable lines. And yet, that's exactly what happened. "I have known and been friends with John McCain for almost 22 years, but every day now I learn something new about Candidate McCain," Kerry said. "To those who still believe in the myth of a 'maverick,' instead of the reality of a politician, I say, let's compare Senator McCain to Candidate McCain. Candidate McCain now supports the very war-time tax cuts that Senator McCain once called 'irresponsible.' Candidate ...
Where Were You Four Years Ago?
Comments from Left Field —
Josh Marshall was dead on. Kerry was on fire last night.
This is not taking away from Bill Clinton who could not have delivered more. Bill Clinton didn’t just throw his support behind Obama, he offered a full throated endorsement. There was a lot good in Clinton’s speech, but the bit that really stuck was when he brought up Obama’s inexperience and youth, and all the animosity, all the tension, everything was driven away in two words; “Sound familiar?”
Bill knocked it out of the park.
Nor is this to detract from Joe Biden, who also knocked it out of the park. Joe, introduced by his son, ...
Back By Popular Demand: John Kerry!
TPM Election Central —
Many of you wrote in last night to say that John Kerry's speech was actually the sleeper hit of last night's festivities -- and many of you wanted a thread for it.
Well, ask and ye shall receive...
Where was this man in 2004?
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Swampland —
About the Bush family's toxic gift to presidential politics--ugly August.
And while we're at it, I disagree with my colleague Mark Halperin's assessment of John Kerry's speech last night: Kerry--the ultimate ugly August victim--said things that absolutely needed to be said about the degrading Atwater-Rove style of presidential politics. He was passionate, funny, liberated from the straitjacket he accepted from his handlers in 2004. It clearly was an attempt to redeem himself with the party he had so severely disappointed, and it was a smashing success.
It was the best speech John Kerry has given since his testimony to Senate ...
Our Man On The Floor: "And, Four Years Ago..."
BAGnewsNotes —
Thank you so much. Four years ago, you gave me the honor of fighting our fight. I was proud to stand with you then, and I am proud to stand with you now, to help elect Barack Obama as president of the United States. In 2004, we came so close to victory. We are even closer now, and let me tell you, this time we’re going to win.
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In closing, let me say, I will always remember how we stood together in 2004, not just in a campaign but for a cause. Now again we stand together in the ranks, ready to fight. The choice is clear; our cause is just; and now is our time to make Barack Obama ...
Convention Photos and Videos
BlueOregon —
Today's batch of pictures is a bit smalll
. Worse, Flickr's on the fritz and the slideshow application's not working. Instead, click through to the Flickr page where you can see them all, including some text descriptions.
I also wanted to link to the major speeches given thus far in the convention, in case you missed any of them:
Joe Biden
John Kerry
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton nominates Obama by acclamation
Hillary Clinton
Michelle Obama
Ted Kennedy
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I Didn't See This Speech
Booman Tribune —
I'll bet you didn't either. But I wish I had. It's great. So here it is today. Take a good look at it: (H/t to our own AP )
Viral Videos From DNC08 in Denver
techPresident —
While network TV has cut back its coverage of the national political conventions to an hour a night, and within that hour we often get more of the network "stars" bloviating than straightforward speechifying from the convention floor, the internet is, as my colleague Andrew Rasiej likes to say, "the Tivo of our times." A glance back at the speeches and media moments in Denver and their YouTube views suggests a couple of episodes must have strong word-of-mouth, since people are going to watch the stuff they heard about but missed. These include:
John Kerry's speech, which was widely praised as one of the best of his career: More than ...
