As the evening closed to orchestral strains from the film ‘The American President’ playing in the background, there was not one fictional note in Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech before a crowd of 90,000 people at Mile High Stadium. Reflecting on the tone, all I could think of was the archetypal movie line, “now [...]
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Who’s Got Next?
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Barack Obama Acceptance Speech
Posted on 29 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: acceptance speech, demo, Democratic Convention, obama
42 minutes of brilliance, enjoy.
To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation.
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, [...]
$69,100 From Swift Boat Friends
Posted on 08 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s, 57 contests, acceptance speech, Arizona, battle scarred and tested candidate, Carly Fiorina, Chicago, Democratic Party brain trust, desperate to chink away at Obama’s armour, Eddie Murphy, foreign trip, former hp CEO, gaffes, Gallup, game on, global audience of millions, handled with kid gloves, hitting solid line drives up the middle, in red states, John Kerry, John McCain, July leaders have lost six of the last nine contests, Karl Rove double standard attack politics, Libertarian/conservative Bob Barr, looks tougher, maintaining his lead. VP selection, Meet Dave, moves forward, moving to the centre, never takes his eye off the prize, obama, old every day, one-sided, outdoor 75, Pepsi Centre, public finance system, punchline too late, Ralph who?, Republican attack bullets, respond a second or so behind, robot, Ross Perot’s 10% in ’92, running mate, scoring runs, senior citizen, siphons from McCain, sloppy national reporting, smile too forced, solid Obama leads, stays the course, Straight Talk Express, stronger, Swift Boat Friends, team of tiny robot operators, the media, the world will clamour to greet him, tired, toe-to-toe with Billary, younger, Zogby, ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
It has been a silly-season weekend where Senator McCain and poor, sloppy national reporting made a non flip-flop from Barack Obama the weekend lead attack and pushed Senator McCain’s own acceptance of $69,100 in funds from the same Swift Boat group that smeared John Kerry in 2004 and which he denounced disappear from the headlines. [...]
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