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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Chelsea's introducing her mom. Man do they ever have the same voice. I wasn't looking at the screen when she first started speaking and I thought it was Hillary.
EDIT: Apparently
volunteers are having to block the aisles to stop the more brain-damaged members of the Sanders' delegation from rushing the stage to place Clinton under "citizens arrest." Congratulations, Unicorn Brigaders. You are officially no different from Chris Christie and his "lock her up" chants.
edited 28th Jul '16 7:15:26 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
Oh shit, they've got fucking Morgan Freeman narrating Clinton's intro video!
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.So alongside the claims that the email hacking suggestion was "a joak", Trump claims Putin's a better leader than Obama
. At least the F-35 is going places now. Remind me why the fuck is there an equivalence between this guy and Hillary?
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Not!Obama is hardly a criticism. Sanders wasn't Obama either but I don't remember too many articles criticizing his speaking style. And there aren't near enough articles criticizing Trump as a speaker.
I love this article
. Given the microscope that the First Lady and potential First Lady's outfits are put under, I'm glad someone did the same to Bill.
edited 28th Jul '16 8:04:27 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
A major Republican Super PAC has gone silent. Just another threat to Trump's cash flow.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/politics/future-45-donald-trump-super-pac/index.html
Usually I'm more focused on the words of the speech itself. Most of the time I usually don't register how charismatic speakers are unless they're at either particular extreme. And Kaine, Hillary. Chelsea, they're all in the safe zone. As is Trump, but the words of his speeches are egregiously bad, so there.
x5 Good for you. Unfortunately, that's not what matters for a lot of folks. Here's a perfect example; the main reason why I was so floored by Obama last night wasn't just because of what he said, but how he said it. He was charismatic, he was personable, and he was awe-inspiring. That is why myself and many others were so in awe of him. With Clinton, she's not as charismatic, she's not as personable, and she's certainly not as awe-inspiring. That's not to say she'd bad, but there's a reason Obama was the Democratic Nominee back in 2008 and not Hilary, and it's because, regardless of their policies, Obama was simply the better salesman.

The funny thing is, he'd probably get away with that. I really, truly thought that Trump's campaign would be sunk when he insulted Mc Cain's military career. But alas, I overestimated the decency of the GOP base.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.