Thursday, August 28, 2008
More questions
When Thompson and Guiliani entered the Republican group of presidential candidates, I thought it was going to be a heckuva good year for speeches what with two people who can punch up decent rhetoric and get you excited about what they're saying in the process. Or so I thought. Unfortunately, about two seconds into it, they faded faster than last night's late night movie credits. Rudy never campaigned anywhere, not for real anyway, and Thompson went into "uh er dunno" mode before you could say welcome to the fray. I wondered if they were slipped overdoses of prozac or something, ostensibly to keep them from shooting off but really to guarantee McCain getting the nom. I'm a conspiracy theorist, given half a chance, and those two sure gave me reason to believe.
Then along came 11D blogging about the Dem convention. Last night she was watching Bill's speech (she described him as having "charm and a twinkle" - good to know he hasn't lost his stocks in trade - and convincingly making "a case for Obama" and even getting her to "slightly forget some of the slime ball comments that he's made in the past nine months") when along came John Kerry. Like me, you may have very nearly forgotten Kerry - he was the Democrat who ran for the presidency four years ago and would have won if he'd had even an ounce of oomph or substance on account of many voters supposedly loathing the incumbent GWB. Kerry was riveting last night, which goes toward explaining how he got the nomination - always a puzzlement - and partly gave rise to this from 11D:
Then along came 11D blogging about the Dem convention. Last night she was watching Bill's speech (she described him as having "charm and a twinkle" - good to know he hasn't lost his stocks in trade - and convincingly making "a case for Obama" and even getting her to "slightly forget some of the slime ball comments that he's made in the past nine months") when along came John Kerry. Like me, you may have very nearly forgotten Kerry - he was the Democrat who ran for the presidency four years ago and would have won if he'd had even an ounce of oomph or substance on account of many voters supposedly loathing the incumbent GWB. Kerry was riveting last night, which goes toward explaining how he got the nomination - always a puzzlement - and partly gave rise to this from 11D:
Now why didn't Kerry give a speech like that four years ago? He was very good tonight, while he was boring and hesitant when he was running for office. It shows you how the presidential process really wrecks havoc on the mind. When you have a staff and polling data pulling you in different directions, it really takes the steam out of a good candidate.Maybe that explains Thompson and Guiliani. And does it mean that the guy will win who can hold on and not sink under the strain? If so, I wonder which one will be crushed....
Labels: 2008 election, people
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| posted by jau at 1:54 PM
jau — at 5:19 PM, August 28, 2008:
| posted by jau at 1:54 PM
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jau — at 5:19 PM, August 28, 2008:
You know, now that you say that, I remember it too. He was very wry and clearly perceptive and smart - none of which was evident during his candidacy.
So do you think there's a big conspiracy and Someone Very Important is controlling the outcome of each election . . . or is the process unbelievably intimidating and destructive to personalities?
So do you think there's a big conspiracy and Someone Very Important is controlling the outcome of each election . . . or is the process unbelievably intimidating and destructive to personalities?
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