Theresa Heinz Kerry: We can and we will.
Why do so many speeches at this level read like second drafts? I want to mark up the transcripts and say “Here, these sentences can be made parallel, and turn this one around to put the applause line at the…
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Some ideas for the Tohu-Bohu book club
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Some ideas for the Tohu-Bohu book club. That’s what I need, some ideas for the Tohu-Bohu book club. Y’all remember that the first meeting of the Tohu-Bohu book club is this weekend, right? We’re discussing the introduction and first chapter…
Thursday Afternoon
OK, Here’s the last day’s notes. Not much here. I watched quite a bit of it, but I wound up not making many notes, or even thinking much about it. Anway, here we go. The Honorable Jack Ford—Mayor of Toledo,…
That’s a wrap
Your Humble Blogger is so bad at this blogging thing. I’ve just finished listening to John Kerry’s acceptance speech, and I have a couple of pages of notes, but I still need to do a lot of thinking before I’m…
Jennifer Granholm: Let Us Wake Our Neighbors
One of the things Your Humble Blogger likes in a speech is a central metaphor. It’s helpful if that metaphor is timely, and it’s helpful if it’s visual. John Kennedy said “The torch has passed” Jesse Jackson said “Your patch…
Wednesday afternoon
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OK, these are Wednesday’s notes. I’m hoping to get to two major speeches this afternoon, Sen. Edwards’ and Gov. Granholm’s. I expect Gov. Granholm’s speech will get short shrift, but I think it’s the best political speech I’ve heard so…
Bill Clinton: Tonight I Speak as a Citizen
The first thing to say about the Big Dog’s speech on Monday was the marvelous shot held for two or three sentences over the former president’s shoulder, so we could see the teleprompter. And the words on the teleprompter didn’t…
Monday Afternoon
Old news, as Your Humble Blogger is aware, and it’s not even News You Can Use. Still, here are my notes from the early part of Monday. Before I start, though, may I point out that there are three stages…
Jimmy Carter: Truth is the Foundation of our Global Leadership
First day, first session
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OK, quick update during the dinner break. I’ve seen perhaps a dozen of the three-minute speeches at and around the platform presentation. No chanting yet; I know the hall is pretty near empty, but when the mayor of Tallahassee said…