Clintonation
Joy & I watched Bill Clinton’s speech to the DNC tonight, and I was blown away.
I never really saw much of Clinton, the politician, while he was in power. I read about him in the British papers, saw all the jokes about the sleaze and scandal on comedy shows, and that’s about it.
It wasn’t until I saw his speech to the Labor Party conference in 2002 that I really “got” what an incredible speaker and politician Clinton is. Just reading his words again now stirs up emotions within me of “Why isn’t this man still the president?”
And tonight… just… Wow! He effortlessly managed to crack jokes, share vision, and deliver an oratory which emphasized how crappy our current president is. Everytime you see Bush speak, you can picture 30 staffers working in the background on the policy and wording. Clinton gives the appearance of not only believing every word he is saying, but that he wrote it himself.
I only hope that Kerry can deliver something half as powerful on Thursday night.
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