Most of this speech could have been given a year ago. It has nods to Obama, but it's almost entirely about her. It's not an attack on McCain, it's not a case for electing Obama, it's just nostalgia and platitudes.
--Sam Boyd
Posted by Sam Boyd on August 26, 2008 10:52 PM|Permalink|
We need to elect Barack Obama, because we need a president who understands that America can't compete in the global economy by padding the pockets of energy speculators while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas.
We need a president who understands we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in the new technologies that will build a green economy.
We need a president who understands that the genius of America has always depended on the strength and vitality of the middle class.
Barack Obama began his career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy. He built his campaign on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down.
(APPLAUSE)
And he knows that government must be about "we the people," not "we the favored few."
And when Barack Obama is in the White House, he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our times.
Well, John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's OK when women don't earn equal pay for equal work. (AUDIENCE BOOS)
Now, with an agenda like that, it makes perfect sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities, because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart.
I agree. She supports a Democrat in the White House, but there were hardly any points SPECIFICALLY about Obama, save for the point about his former position as a community organizer. Balancing her comments on "why i ran for president" against those about "why Obama specifically, is great," her speech was very, very lopsided.
Her speech was incredible. She had to take die hard Hillary fans and turn them over to Obama. The amount of her supporters that won't support Obama is shocking. Her speech was effective and strategic. If you were looking for a "Obama is the man because of this...etc." speech than you are missing the entire point of her being at the DNC. It would have been fake and hypocritical.
She supports a Democrat in the White House, but there were hardly any points SPECIFICALLY about Obama, save for the point about his former position as a community organizer. Balancing her comments on "why i ran for president" against those about "why Obama specifically, is great," her speech was very lopsided.
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COMMENTS (5)
Episode I: Sam Boyd versus the Truth
Sam Boyd:
it's not a case for electing Obama
The truth:
We need to elect Barack Obama, because we need a president who understands that America can't compete in the global economy by padding the pockets of energy speculators while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas.
We need a president who understands we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in the new technologies that will build a green economy.
We need a president who understands that the genius of America has always depended on the strength and vitality of the middle class.
Barack Obama began his career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy. He built his campaign on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down.
(APPLAUSE)
And he knows that government must be about "we the people," not "we the favored few."
And when Barack Obama is in the White House, he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our times.
Posted by: dry_fish | August 27, 2008 12:16 AM
Episode II: Sam Boyd versus the Truth
Sam Boyd:
It's not an attack on McCain
The Truth:
Well, John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's OK when women don't earn equal pay for equal work. (AUDIENCE BOOS)
Now, with an agenda like that, it makes perfect sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities, because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart.
Posted by: dry_fish | August 27, 2008 12:23 AM
I agree. She supports a Democrat in the White House, but there were hardly any points SPECIFICALLY about Obama, save for the point about his former position as a community organizer. Balancing her comments on "why i ran for president" against those about "why Obama specifically, is great," her speech was very, very lopsided.
Posted by: Nicole | August 27, 2008 1:03 AM
Her speech was incredible. She had to take die hard Hillary fans and turn them over to Obama. The amount of her supporters that won't support Obama is shocking. Her speech was effective and strategic. If you were looking for a "Obama is the man because of this...etc." speech than you are missing the entire point of her being at the DNC. It would have been fake and hypocritical.
Posted by: Kevin | August 27, 2008 10:27 AM
She supports a Democrat in the White House, but there were hardly any points SPECIFICALLY about Obama, save for the point about his former position as a community organizer. Balancing her comments on "why i ran for president" against those about "why Obama specifically, is great," her speech was very lopsided.
Posted by: Tower Defense | April 25, 2009 2:03 AM