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Brilliant at Breakfast —
Wednesday's Convention Speeches
News —
Wednesday's Convention Speeches In case you missed the big speeches from Wednesday night at the Democratic convention, the YouTube clips of the addresses are embedded below. On Wednesday, Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) accepted his party's vice presidential nomination in a speech in which he criticized John McCain's foreign policy judgment. On the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, "John McCain was wrong, Barack Obama was right," Biden said. Former President Bill Clinton declared Obama ready to serve as president. Just as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) did on Tuesday night, Bill Clinton urged the 18 million people who backed her presidential ...
"The choice is clear, our cause is just." -- Kerry on Obama
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings This is obviously a big night at the Democratic Convention -- both Gore and Obama are speaking -- but make sure, if you haven't already (or, if you have, do so again), to watch Kerry's speech from last night. Sandwiched between Bill and Joe, it didn't get much attention, but it's Kerry at his finest, the Kerry it should have been four years ago. He makes a compelling case for Obama, but it is his critique of McCain ("the myth of a maverick"), his juxtaposition of Senator McCain and Candidate McCain, that is the most effective part of his ...
Pen-Elayne on the Web — Silly Site o' the Day After a particularly lengthy typing/transcribing/writing session for much of my workday, I spent most of the rest of the afternoon and evening AFK, so sorry I haven't blogged till now. Been watching the DNC speeches on YouTube. So far I'm only up to Monday's speeches. "Uncle Teddy" hit all the right notes and it was ...
God damn, America!
Whiskey Fire —
by Ripley
I wouldn't make a habit of stepping into Thers' blog with my own rantings and personal fol de rol but this seems to be a special kind of weekend, so I hope you'll forgive me. We've just ended a week so historic, so amazing and wonderful, that we should be sealing newspapers in plastic bags and guarding them like Comic Book ...
