I didn't watch Bush's speech, but I did read a transcript. The self-deprecation was, honestly, a nice touch. It's good to know he's aware of his flaws. Other than that, the speech was inspiring, but not great. Definitely better than Kerry's "reporting for duty" speech, in any case.
However, my disappointment comes from the Democratic Underground reaction. I was expecting them to spout all kinds of crazy conspiracy theories and come up with creative new "nicknames" for Bush, but they couldn't even do that much! They're just rambling about "lies" and claiming that the mythical "Religious Right" was the target audience of the speech.
IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO? I WANT YOU TO ENTERTAIN ME, YOU MOONBAT FREAKS!
I wish I could go into more detail about the speech and the neolib reactions, but I have studying to do. Hooray for higher education!!!
UPDATE
Quick commentary on Kerry's speech:
John Forbes Kerry, you are a liar, and you are a freaking douche. Why can't you get through one speech without mentioning Viet F**king Nam? I think it's rather ironic that in one breath, you can claim that the Republicans questioned your patriotism, and in the next, you can essentially call the vice president a chickenhawk. Is that not an issue of patriotism, Kerry?
And before you talk about anyone "misleading our nation into war," you should probably remember how you voted when you had the chance to lead us in another direction. I'm not even going to cover the Halliburton/Saudi Arabia lines. That Michael Moore really is popular with the Democrats, isn't he?
You know what? I don't even feel like being civil. This man is a f**king prick, and frankly, he's a disgrace to even the Democratic Party.
Thank you.
Posted by CD on September 2, 2004 10:53 PMNaw, don't hold back, CD, tell us how you realy feel about Kerry. I'm gonna give it till October before you just go ahead and drop the astrices.
:-D
Oh, and i meant to mention, Didn't the republicans avoid speeches and suspend their commercials during the DNC out of "respect" to the opposition. I'm just saying. Of course, the DNC wasn't out trying to slander the other guy, noooOOOOOOooooo.
:-D
Hey, these f**kin' "astrices" are part of my signature style! I'm not going to stop using 'em just because John Kerry is a moron.
Posted by: CD at September 3, 2004 01:16 AMYou can catch videos of most of the speeches here:
http://www.gopconvention.com/rewind/
I was disappointed that they didn't have the video of Ron Silver's amazing speech from Monday night. It was short, but stirring.
"Even though I am a well-recognized liberal on many issues confronting our society today, I find it ironic that many human rights advocates and outspoken members of my own entertainment community are often on the front lines to protest repression, for which I applaud them, but they are usually the first ones to oppose any use of force to take care of these horrors that they catalogue repeatedly.
"Under the unwavering leadership of President Bush, the cause of freedom and democracy is being advanced by the courageous men and women serving in our Armed Services.
"The President is doing exactly the right thing!"