Sozobe wrote:Oh and I thought the thing about "my tax cut" was absolutely masterful. It's the kind of thing he can do when he's not trying to get elected, himself.
Yep -- and the same applies to this part of his speech: "During the Vietnam war, many young men, including the current president, the current vice president,
and me (emphasis Clinton's -- that's what made it so brilliant in the first place), could have gone to Vietnam and didn't. John Kerry came from a privileged background, he could have avoided going too. But instead he said: 'Send me!'" (Continues with a riff about how the theme "Send me!" pervades Kerry's biography, culminating in the pledge to "send him!", John Kerry, to the White House.)
Finally, after every Republican commentator predicted Clinton would only promote himself, and even the Democratic organizers expected him to talk too much, he finished his speech precisely in time. I don't think the delegates noticed it much but it showed the rank-and-file Democrats how serious he is about promoting John Kerry.
I so wish Bill Clinton could have a third term.
PS to nimh: Have you tried watching it on
www.c-span.org? That's what I did, and it works great for me.
