>>>>It's a big speech for Obama tonight, to say the least. His worthiness for the office is being questioned from all sides. I think he's going to nail it.
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>>>I don't think it is his ability to nail a speech that has ever been in question. Gee, I wonder what he'd be like as President ...
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>>>Of course, Jimmy Carter's acceptance speech in 1980 showed you could be deficient in *both* form and substance ( "Hubert Horatio Hornblower !!! " ) so I guess this will be step up. <bg>
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>>I say this in the nicest possible way, Charles..... ;-)
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>"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine . . . A salesman is got to dream, boy."
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>( and before you hear dog-whistle racism in this, please tell me Northwestern taught Arthur Miller <g> )
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>And I have to admit, I missed the Clinton speech last night to watch the Cowboys/Giants - and last week missed the entire GOP convention to Preseason Game 4 reruns on the NFL Network ...
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>and tonight will miss the Salesman in Chief
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>... they scheduled the big night of the Dem convention to conflict with the showdown between the Bowie State Bulldogs and the Benedict Tigers. Man, what were they *thinking* ??

I watched the football game live and the Clinton speech this morning. The DVR is a brilliant invention.

Bill Clinton was really on. I hope not too much, because it's a lot to expect any politician to live up to that. The main point was that we have a choice to make. Which of those two do you agree with more?