August 2006 Weddings
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Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner Speeches
They were pretty good. I just sort of stumbled upon the live coverage on MSNBC last night. I thought Obama's was more in the spirit than McCain's but I am biased.
ETA: Sorry, fixed the name - this is what happens when I nest on an empty stomach.
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Re: Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner Speeches
I actually thought they were both funny. McCain started off the funny with them being friends and using the pet name "That one" and saying Obama had a pet name for him as well "George Bush".
I haven't see the Obama video yet (I'm saving it to motivate myself to actually do some work), but I thought McCain absolutely killed it. ?Haven't seen him that relaxed in a long time.
I also thought McCain did well on Letterman--despite Letterman's pretty obvious hostility (and 20 minutes of "Is Sarah Palin really qualified" questions).
Good couple of days for him.?
Deductive reasoning isn't a conservative or liberal attribute. ~epphd
I think McCain played it perfectly--he was funny, but some of those jokes were right on the money..or could find some good basis in fact.
"I know some of this crowd of proud, Manhattan Democrays in this room are pulling for me...nice to see you, Hillary."
C'mon, that made me snort, lol. And the line about Joe the Plumber doing the work at the seven houses of a rich couple? Ha.
I think he got some really nice digs in in a really funny way--the MSNBC stuff, hinting Bill Clinton isn't really putting much effort into the Obama campaign.
He managed to make some good jokes and probably make some zingers his advisors would slap him upside the head for making any other place.
That said, Obama's "contrary to popular belief, I was not born in a manger" line was my favorite of the entire night. I heard it in the car on the way home and almost drove off the road laughing so hard. Not good, not good.
ETA: Also, the part where McCain talked about what Obama has accomplished--and how once, a black man wouldn't even get an invite to dinner at the White House...or something along those lines.
It was very classy and I was happy to see it. I hope some of his fringe supporters saw that and realize the last three weeks of this race shouldn't be about the crazy stuff they've been saying, but about where these two men stand on issues and the like.