Thursday, August 28, 2008

What? Not emotional?

Juan Williams was not impressed and didn't think it was an emotional speech. Complete sell-out to Fox.

Is Fox sold out? The morning after Hillary Clinton's great speech I turned on XM CNN from 8:00-8:01, lots of clips and follow up commentary from the previous night about how there's no question there's unity. I flip over to Fox at 8:01 to see what they had to say.

From 8:01-8:17 (I missed about 30 seconds when I took too long to return during a commercial break), they mention "Clinton" exactly once, around 8:12, I think, in one sentence with one clip, the worst one. The one about the "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pantsuits ... thank you to my supporters", which is pretty much the exact opposite of her overall message - support of Obama. It took KARL ROVE (who came on with Giuliani) to say that she gave a great speech.

Class lacking at CNN

The Anderson 360 guy, who's only on because this is his time slot on weeknights on CNN (my DVR tells me), asked Paul Begala about the speech and he spewed out how great it was - it was inspiration, epic, etc., etc., and finally said it was one of the greatest speeches.

Anderson Cooper says, "Well, it looks like you drank the Kool Aid."

I'm like "What an idot"!!!

Until he says, "David Gergen, what did you think?"

David Gergan has been the White House chief of staff for Reagan, and was in Nixon's White House, I think Carter's and Clintons. I'm like, "Oh, he's gonna get it now."

"Well I guess Paul andI are drinking from the same cool aid bottle. ... As a political speech, it was a Masterpiece."

Taxi drivers in Time's Square were hanging out their windows looking at the Jumbotron.

The Greatest Speech Ever

One of my kids came upstairs just after ended with his girlfriend. I said, "Did you see the Greatest Speech Ever?"
"The Greatest Speech ever?"
"Well, The Greatest American Speech Ever, er, maybe second?"
"OK, second, but what about George Washington's farewell speech?"
"Oh, yes, and then there's the Gettysburg Address"
"And didn't Roosevelt have one?"
"Yes, the uh, there's nothing to fear but fear itself."

Can you think of any others?