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Jul. 26th, 2004 11:35 pmBefore I forget it: C-Span chatted for a minute with a fella named Mike Lowery from Minnesota, who started his conventioneering in SF fandom. Good on ya! And he was dressed in warm sunny neon tones.
I saw a number of speeches this evening on PBS. I missed Gore's speech, bein a bit busy.
President Carter spoke for a while, and if he is not a barn-raiser with his speechifying he is at least a very solid speaker with good ideas and good speaking style. He talked about how the country has progressed and where he wants to see it go. Carter has gravitas, let's face it, and he spoke well.
Hillary Clinton had her several minutes on the stage, and she spoke with directness and occasional wry humor. The crowd listened to her speaking on health care, and they applauded.
The real roof-raiser, though, was President Clinton. He used a speech he's been using a lot the past year, about how the Bush Administration is protecting his tax cut and he'd rather they didn't. He talked about Kerry's background in the Vietnam War, and didn't shy away from mentioning that President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and he himself all avoided service. He did have a couple of minor speaking flubs, but nothing on the level of, o, George W Bush.
He peppered his speech a lot with points saying, "If you want to see the US go more isolationist, vote for the current guys," and "If you want to see first responders and schhols cut, vote for the current administration," and other points like that. I saw him speak live in 1996, two days before the election, and he was an excellent speaker then. He's even better now. I hope he goes stumping for Kerry - Edwards is excellent at stump speeches himself, but Bill Clinton still has some lessons he can give him.
Bill Clinton has enviable charisma. Hmm... D20 standards, probably somewhere around a 28 or 30. I can feel it through the TV set.
A small hiss to PBS for a minute or so when talking heads were speaking over Mr. Clinton - yeah, it was him saying Hi before the meat of the speech, but Boo nonetheless. And Channel 11 (PBS) out of New Hampshire was teh suck for about 2 minutes - they went black, put up something indicating a promo spot they'd normally run, then said, 'O Hell!' and finally got back to Bill Clinton's speech.
God, I wish I could have been in the Fleet Center tonight...
I am such a wonk. I skipped movie night for the convention on TV.
I saw a number of speeches this evening on PBS. I missed Gore's speech, bein a bit busy.
President Carter spoke for a while, and if he is not a barn-raiser with his speechifying he is at least a very solid speaker with good ideas and good speaking style. He talked about how the country has progressed and where he wants to see it go. Carter has gravitas, let's face it, and he spoke well.
Hillary Clinton had her several minutes on the stage, and she spoke with directness and occasional wry humor. The crowd listened to her speaking on health care, and they applauded.
The real roof-raiser, though, was President Clinton. He used a speech he's been using a lot the past year, about how the Bush Administration is protecting his tax cut and he'd rather they didn't. He talked about Kerry's background in the Vietnam War, and didn't shy away from mentioning that President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and he himself all avoided service. He did have a couple of minor speaking flubs, but nothing on the level of, o, George W Bush.
He peppered his speech a lot with points saying, "If you want to see the US go more isolationist, vote for the current guys," and "If you want to see first responders and schhols cut, vote for the current administration," and other points like that. I saw him speak live in 1996, two days before the election, and he was an excellent speaker then. He's even better now. I hope he goes stumping for Kerry - Edwards is excellent at stump speeches himself, but Bill Clinton still has some lessons he can give him.
Bill Clinton has enviable charisma. Hmm... D20 standards, probably somewhere around a 28 or 30. I can feel it through the TV set.
A small hiss to PBS for a minute or so when talking heads were speaking over Mr. Clinton - yeah, it was him saying Hi before the meat of the speech, but Boo nonetheless. And Channel 11 (PBS) out of New Hampshire was teh suck for about 2 minutes - they went black, put up something indicating a promo spot they'd normally run, then said, 'O Hell!' and finally got back to Bill Clinton's speech.
God, I wish I could have been in the Fleet Center tonight...
I am such a wonk. I skipped movie night for the convention on TV.
