Gotta say, I’ve seen maybe hundreds of party convention speeches and this might be the best ever, a stunning and subtle blend of the personal, the political and the freakin awesome.
Without ever mentioning Mitt Romney she mashed him into tiny little pieces. She drew the picture of an arrogant jerk who makes it to the top and then slams the door behind him so no one else could follow.
She forged a bond with middle class Americans in a passage about her early life — and Barack’s — that truly stands out: “We have learned about gratitude and humility. So many people have had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean. We were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.” (clips, 3 min.) …
Full video (26 min.)
What She Might Be Thinking
Imagining Michelle, to Invisible Ann Romney:
- ‘At least I don’t have to give a speech telling people my husband is actually human.’
- ‘When my husband talks about change it’s not about underwear.’
- ‘OK your husband might have better hair, but at least mine shows me his tax returns.’
- ‘Not getting into the polygamy thing but you must wonder what else Mitt’s hiding in Cayman Islands?’
- ‘If my husband strapped our dog to the car roof he’d meet the busy end of a wood chipper.’
- ‘When my husband sings to me I don’t have to hide in the trunk of one of my Cadillacs.’
- ‘Why hasn’t Martha Stewart sued you for identity theft?’
- After convention speech: ‘Take that, beeatch!’
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I cracked up at the polygamy line.
Having now watched it, my first thoughts were that I kept hearing the ‘political’ whistles toward Republican gaffes and forgotten important members of the Democratic party. But, I have to say that the best line was this:
“For Barack, success is not about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” It can be heard around 15 minutes 50 seconds.
Michelle was great…
Mayor Castro was great…
We are going to win…
The Republicans are toast…
If Dems do 2 more days like this, Mitt can refocus on getting his car elevators
Craig…you are absolutely correct…
We need more West coasters posting…
Oregon Democrat, Well, here I am, for one. It’s late tho so maybe it won’t count, but my reaction Michelle (i missed the first part) was WOW. People must have been wriggling in their seats so they could scream. She is remarkable -- her taste in clothes, in men, and words are marvelous. She managed to get across the feelong that her thoughts were meant to be the exact opposite of something :someone else” was suggesting without giving any word time to those suggestions
Nemo, I said several days ago the you must keep posting You always have something to add. I agree with and disagree with so many people here that it can be confusing, but that’s not the point The point is that you have somehting to say, and the space here and the time.
Flatus, I don’t know if you were thinking of me a being of the glood and doom persuasion, but I get gloomy, not because of polls or economic forecasts. My gloom comes solely because ai don’t trust the repubs. I do think that the mess can be fixed, but I think there’s somehting dirty going on and we are way to vulnerable. Here’s hoping I’m gravely incorrect.
Bethy…glad to see someone, other than me, is awake…I enjoy your posts…
Nemo…Just for you,an update from France.
“Very tired here. All in bed,including Cosmo. Purring and snoring galore!”
Additionally, first day of school, the youngest cried only when his papa put him in the arms of the teacher. Middle one
was”tough and silent” until he found another little boy who speaks english. Alex,.of course, made froends playing soccer.
Other english speaking momo from ca,ireland, australia, and nederland. Course my niece doesn’t need that but it might make some things easier.
OD< I enjoy yours, too, and I'm so tired but got involved
watching the tag ends of the convention. I get such a kick out o watching Steve Schmidt and even Michael Steeele, to a lesser degree. They have a good time with the msnbc crowd, there's laughter abd jokes. Those other repubs they have on cnn or are so serious and nasty. Is there any good reason to give Ari Fleischer tv time? What a drag he is. Those guys exist only to bad mouth the other party.
They’re not intereste in actual politics or the nation -- all they want is to win the power
As for Tweety and rancid, I thought it was hilarious -- the poor little fetid one must have been terified.
Also I jsut have to state that I think our transportation system is abominable, and blame Carter for it. Straight flights and good connections are things of the past.
Anyway, g’night, OD.
women of the house made big statement just by being there en masse
Lilly Ledbetter
One of my fave parts was about telling the TRUTH being IMPORTANT! Directed at Paul Ryan just like a mother subtly calling out a child who knows they’ve done something wrong, but without naming him. (I know it fits Mitt, too, but Paul Ryan needs a lyin’ intervention; he seems like a habitual liar.)
Also, I really liked the entire, first group of women who spoke, as well as Kumar and the Castros. Thank goodness for C-SPAN’s coverage!!! Rep. Carolyn Maloney was fantastic.
The mother who spoke about her infant daughter’s heart surgery/no more lifetime coverage caps was very powerful…because with the GOP, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
Watching Fox this morning -- painful but I wanted to gloat a little. They are not happy this morning. Democratic Convention? What convention?
Yeah, Michelle was good. But, she had an easy job. She didn’t have to make her husband sound more human!
If team Obama had been able to do the Sunday shows, etc., with the aplomb they had last night, they would’ve done a better job with explaining/selling Obamacare and stimulus money.
The country would feel better, as a whole, and consumer confidence would be higher. Let’s hope they keep the momentum going beyond this week, and then, beyond November.
…and if Lily Ledbetter’s speech didn’t strike a chord with people, they just weren’t listening.
I didn’t hang on every word (after all, it was the second night of “Coma”) but I did catch pieces of almost every speech. I thought Lilly Ledbetter put a nail between Ryan’s baby blues. Deval Patrick did a nice job of sticking it to Romney. Castro stated a great case for the Dream Act Kids, and Michelle … I don’t believe I’ve seen a convention or political speech that touched hers.
One of Mitt’s surrogates was talking about how hard it was for him to be an LDS missionary and have doors slammed in his face by the godless Europeans in France.
Yep, so much ~harder~ than actually serving in the military like Duckworth…and so easy for him to slam the economic door in the faces of others. Slam it and lock it behind him.
Maureen Dowd is doing her woman scorned Clinton obsession thing again
He’s no different than any other LDS kid wandering the streets in their bicycles in their silly short sleeved white dress shirts and skinny ties trying to sell to people something the people don’t want. They all seem nice, but on the couple of occasions they’ve come to my house (ironically around dinnertime) I’ve asked them for their address so that I could drop by when it will be inconvenient for them to talk and told them No, you can’t leave any literature. You can imagine their response -- a polite thank you and then they left. Yes, godless Europeans in France -- the home of Notre Dame. 69% of the French admit to being of one religion or another.
Jamie, would you take a run at giving instructions on using the link function? I tried Poobah’s instructions and got nothing that worked anything like what it is intended to do.
Apparently I need baby step instructions.
Way to go Michelle! Talk about a smack down of the opposition camp without even mentioning them.
pogo… Jamie has a Mac… linking is easy to do on one. After reading what Tony does on his pc a couple months back in order to link…. it sounded like such googly gob that I can see why some here are having trouble.
If you didn’t read it, go back to Jamie’s post and click on the link to Maureen Dowd.
It’s a spot-on analysis of the differences between Clinton and Obama.
Think about what Maureen said when Bill speaks tonight.
(Good “hunting and gathering,” Jamie.)
pogo, i think law school is to blame… both on the part of poobah and us. too many grey areas and ways to interpret what we think of as clear language. i had the darndst time following the link instructions until tony , jamie, jack (i think) helped walk me thru it check list style. example:
step 1: turn on computer
step 2: clean up coffee spill on keyboard
step 3: forget the linking impulse, new thread already.
“According to recent news reports, Bill Clinton has now become an adviser to Barack Obama. Bill Clinton is giving advice to Barack Obama. Do you know who is really upset about this? Michelle Obama.” --Jay Leno
Best punditry quote I’ve seen this morning -- this from Alexandra Petri. “Michelle Obama has a power I do not understand, and could never have. But tonight she did even more with it. Following in the steps of Chris Christie, she failed to mention Mitt Romney a single time.” ROF….
pat, great advice!
bigotry is funny?
Okay
pogo, this is how it works for me:
1. pull up the targeted article in a separate window from whence is copied and
2. pasted into the trail mix comment box the title or passage of interest.
3. go back to the 2nd window with the article and copy the url.
4. return to tm comment box, hi-lite previously pasted passage.
5. click “link” (NOT “b-quote” even tho’ that seems to be the more sensible thing to do).
6. a pop-up will appear on screen (far upper left on my machine) with a slot in it on the bottom left.
7. place cursor over the “h” of the blue http:// which is in the slot.
8. left click and paste.
9. if you see the url you copied in that slot, click the ok button in the popup upper right corner. (there is also a cancel button thankfully for the times one screws up the url click).
10. eureka! the target passage appears in the comment box.
11. business as usual from there.
12. you can now inhale, take a drink and pat yourself on the back at proving how smart and techie you are.
13. but first hit the “click to edit” and correct your typos.
pat, thanks for the detailed instructions -- I’ll try that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/julian-castro-democratic-national-convention_n_1856462.html?utm_hp_ref=latino-voices
pogo, as you can see from my 9:44 post, only the url was linked with the link button. the passage was too long imo to be shown all in link blue so it was copied and quoted in the traditional way. also the separate url gives folks like flatus a chance to see the link’s origin before blindly clicking to it.
however, gracious host seems to prefer the former, briefer linking.
more from the huffpo latino voices article:
Nash… I thought of you when I saw this Christian Science Monitor cartoon…
Blue, although she didn’t mention it during her speech yesterday evening, Tammy Duckworth, despite having two prosthetic legs, is still an active part of the Illinois Army National Guard currently serving as a lieutenant colonel.
She’s a soldier’s soldier.
In the Michelle Obama verse Ann Romney speeches, I do not know if it was the quality of the speech writers or subject content the writers had to work with but IMO Michelle wins hands down.
Ann and Michelle had the same agenda, trying to humanise their husbands. While Michelle may have come from a working class background, her trying to make me believe Obama did is laughable. After a while I was looking for the log cabin.
Jack
Baby Steps for Pogo
1. Go to the article that you want to cite
2. Highlight and copy the URL address
3. Come to Craig’s page and type your message
4. Highlight the part of the text you want to use as a link (i.e. “NY Times” or title of article).
5. Click on “link” button at top of message box. A window should open with the http already in blue.
6. DO NOT click inside this box just look at it, it’s pretty
6. Hit command (control) + V to paste the link you copied at the top of these instructions.
7. Check link box visually (DO NOT TOUCH) to make sure the link pasted properly, then press OK.
8. Click on “Post Comment”
Once the message posts, double check by clicking on the blue link that should have appeared in the message to make sure it has linked properly.
Also, if a link is really, really long, you can always copy the whole thing and then go to Tiny URL to shorten it for use here.
Pogo
for windows
Write your message in the comment box.
Then go copy the link.
High light a word or two in your message.
click on the link button.
A box will appear.
First remove the “http//” you don’t need it.
Then paste in your link and hit OK.
You should see html script around the part of the message you highlighted.
publish
Edit: my method requires me to use seperate windows for what I’m reading and one for Craigs blog. If you use my order of things and only use one window you lose everything you wrote. But you would figure that out, then slap yourself in the head with a big “DUH” }
jamie, gaaacck. you mac people are like martians to us horse and buggy troglodytes. your instructions are sooo much more efficient for pogo than mine. guess it’s cause mine is a wind-up key and rubberband driven propellor computer.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-04/exclusive-how-karl-roves-super-pac-plays-the-senate?campaign_id=otbrn.bw.mf
Pat
I think computer instructions are best gotten from someone whose brain functions like yours.
more from above businessweek link:
and even more:
If Danforth isn’t available maybe Clint’s chair is
The media coverage is as always pathetic and designed to prop up the sagging goopers
CNN Gloria Borger — ‘people are too cynical for this much hope’
and my favorite from some clown --”well you would expect Obama to have a better convention — he’s done this before” well doesn’t Mittens have all resources possible available to him..maybe he just makes bad decisions?
the header for ABC --’race tied’…puleeze
The cameras panned the audience and it was truly diverse young, old, middle-age --all races --the only minorities were not on the platform
Jamie’s method show’s the logic of what must be done in baby steps. Jack’s elevates that logic to a higher level. Pat’s is truly elegant.
jack,
thank you, i think.
but “functions” is an overstatement.
flatus, now you’ve gone too far. “elegant”? golly gee whiz.
Pogo, I was not getting it until Craig gave me that last instruction right about the time you left yesterday. The main thing that helped me was pushing the ‘preview’ button after I did the URL embedding part to make sure I had it right. That way, if you get it wrong a few times, you can keep going back to redo it before it is actually posted on the site.
The part I was missing is typing the sentence that you want the link embedded (Craig’s word) into the comment box, highlighting it, then going over to the URL to copy it. Before you paste the URL address into the ‘URL address’ box (delete http: that’s already in the box like Jack said) that’s already in the box because you don’t need that one — it’ll mess up the URL you’re pasting). Before you paste your URL, make sure your word or sentence is still highlighted (that’s the key). That sentence or word you highlighted will automatically be picked up and used as the link.
Then hit preview to see if it did what you want. If it looks right, then you go back to finish commenting, because the hard part is done. All you have to do after getting the URL part done is type what you want to say.
…. then maybe you’re having a different problem than I had. I had to read carefully through his instructions a few times, before I finally figured out where I was going wrong.
God, Pogo, you two guys talking lawyer speak just broke everything for the rest of us.
My bad, that was Nemo talking lawyer speak. Chloe, are you a lawyer??
Haley Barbour what’s he doing out in public — shouldn’t he be home filing for FEMA funds to fix his vacation home --that’s what he did last time a hurricane came through--
He is the embodiment of Foghorn Leghorn --
Ha, No I’m not, Flatus. I’m barely capable of raising my 3 yr. old granddaughter (who is constantly outsmarting me — she keeps me jumping through hoops.)
You must be looking at someone else’s post. ??
Good morning, btw.
Rebel Renee: One my favorite New Yorker cartoons…
http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Head-for-the-maze-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Prints_i8552957_.htm
Bethy! Thank you so much for the update!!
“first day of school, the youngest cried only when his papa put him in the arms of the teacher. Middle one was”tough and silent” until he found another little boy who speaks english. Alex,.of course, made friends playing soccer.
Other english speaking momo from ca,ireland, australia, and nederland.Other english speaking momo from ca,ireland, australia, and nederland.”
What an opportunity for your nephews! This will give them such a large awareness of so many other cultures. As for the crying (as well as the adjustment for your other two nephews) that would happen in any new school, even if they were here in the U.S.
Please keep us informed of their progress. I can imagine how much you miss them. Can’t wait ’til you make your first visit there, and hoping we hear about that too.
Good morning, he says, while heading back towards the laundry room. Not to worry, I’ve had many years of training including how to wash my T-shirt, drawers and socks in my steel pot. Figure that one out.
LOL, Nash!
You wouldn’t believe how much time I spend in the laundry room, Flatus — but that never means it’s ever completely caught up.
I heard this on NPR Fresh air this afternoon. Worth a listen:
Sadly, I have to agree, Jack.
.. gotta go.
Michelle was terrific! Speech was electrifying — the delegetes were at full emotional attention. I LOVED the way
she intermingled the personal with her oh so subtle political digs. She is a great representative for all of us who love middle class and democracy.
Flatus, glad you corrected that. You had me worried that I was speaking lawyer when I didn’t mean to.
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Pat
I have a sister who has been a programer for years.
She says the reason she is so good is because she thinks like a computer. Any way her brain and mine aren’t alike and all of her explanations are as clear as mud.
Of course it doesn’t help that as she is laying out this logical explanation my mind is darting back and forth going “oh look, shiny, shiny”
Jack
nice to see so many good link teachers here. now if somebody could just fix my ice maker, damn thing is driving me crazy
craig, easy. fill the tray with water, put tray in freezer and wait.
Prez Obama’s speech is moving indoors due to inclement weather. Although this may physically exclude many for the evening, the GOoPers exclude almost everyone most of the time.
If Mittens can’t get a team together to put on a decent convention with all of that money…
Romney/Ryan remind me of the song about kids who whimper & whine from, “The Electric Company.”
Just got back from my community health care clinic for a visit with my PA who is an absolutely brilliant sweetie pie. The clinic itself is uncrowded, clean and with a great helpful staff plus being computer linked to all of the hospitals in the county. While there they took blood, gave me two vaccines, gave me a report on a sonogram, and did a referral to a gastroenterologist. This visit was preceded by a CT Scan and a sonogram. All of this cost me exactly nothing thanks to Medicare, Medicare Advantage, the state of WA, and Obamacare (well nothing except for my $100 a month deduction from SS).
The Referral to the specialist will cost me $20. Should a visit to a hospital be in my future (not too likely at present), that visit will cost me $50.
Because everyone in WA is in some sort of coordinated state run plan in alliance with all of the hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmacies, the costs are controlled and affordable with a sliding scale dependent upon income that covers from the most impoverished to the wealthy (who can still get supplemental policies with luxury bells and whistles).
I am so sorry for all the other states that don’t have such an enlightened system. Maybe it is all due to our neighbor to the North so you can blame Canada, but everybody should have decent care without going broke.
Could Obama fare without compromise in a second term?
This is a test … it is only a test. and it looks like…. IT WORKS.
Thanks, pat -- you’re th’ nuts. (But you may have created a monster…)
How wonderful it must be to live in a forward-thinking state, Jamie! Hope all is well with you.
I will not be watching the Cowboys game tonight; I’m sure NBC will play the taped half-time interview again and again, anyway.
The one thing I took slight issue with last night, was Sebelius talking about her 91-year old father getting Medicare. I do think means-testing is a good idea, except that it would probably cost a lot to implement it & cause a great headache if there was a glitch in the system.
You know whose speech I was not blown away by last night, was Rham’s. I was happy that he dialed back his normal, nastiness a bit, but so many others were fabulous. Looking forward to tonight!
pogo
blue, you must really have seethed then at the crocodile tears ryan wept over his mom’s medicare need.
pogo, thanks for that link (and kudos to the monster). wapo editors are right about this:
The First Lady’s speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level -- the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney’s lowest mark of a 5th grade level
I live to serve. (Oh, and thanks again for yours).
Blue,
The main problem with means testing once someone is retired is that tracking individual by individual is expensive. Once a year I submit an income form to my Community Center (for others primary care physician). Based on that submission (pain of perjury and all that) my charges are set for the coming year for tests, drugs, and specialists. My understanding is that while I pay $20 for a specialist office visit, others pay as much as $50. This is on top of whatever your insurance company has negotiated for services, but the state mandates what basics everyone receives.
It truly is a great medical system.
patd
I’m firmly convinced that Democrats, whatever their educational level, can handle complex subjects and nuance better than the far right. There have been brilliant conservatives, but they have been pretty well driven out of the party, moved to the Libertarians, or are laying low in desperation.
flatus, good news in case you didn’t already know a shortcut pre-exposure exists with regard to those hidden urls: i just discovered (duh! never looked around) that when my cursor glides over the blue linked words/phrases/passages in posts, the real url is revealed at the bottom left of my screen. oh happy day! now i can wash my fears away. can jump into the great info pool with full risk knowledge…. well, some knowledge.
http://current.com/community/93893137_breaking-hacker-group-claims-to-have-romneys-tax-returns.htm
grandson of watergate burglaries (May 28 and June 17, 1972)
I’m assuming that means testing would be accomplished through some sort of coordination with the IRS.
It must be really worse for Mittens then I thought…
I was touring thru dial and the fox news story of the day is the Dems had to move the convention to the smaller venue because they couldn’t fill the stadium
and now they are whining because there won’t be balloons in the smaller venue
by the way --balloon are very ungreen
It is always a mistake to look at anything from Fakes News unless you are hacking them.
! SATIRE ALERT !
Quoting Trail Mugs Reporter Churl Raves : “The truth is the Dems are moving to a smaller venue so that there won’t be room for those liars from Fakes News.”
End Satire Alert
Yes, KC, we all know that the measure of the success of any convention is the number of balloons that are dropped at the end.
The Charlotte weather forecast
40% chance of t-boomers and hot & humid. Best to convene inside.
BTW, didn’t the repugns hold their convention indoors? guess they couldn’t fill a stadium either. But I digress.
I’m so glad I learned how to use the link function -- it’s soooo much easier than tinyurl.
The flipster is flopping again on abortion
ROMNEY STYLE CHANGE?
Exclusive Report
Geirraicgh Bullpaddie of the Daily Sniper quotes un-named sources claiming that Willard Milton Romney’s extended stay in a French hospital followed a transplant operation after a car accident.
“Ze candy date, ‘e woss a mess. Zay poot ‘im back togezzair, but alors! They had mislied his brine. Zair was a ‘uge unsightly hole in ze ‘aid. What to do?
“Zen, Doctair Fibber haz ze stroggo zheenius! Yes, Doctair Fibber,’e boldly open ze ‘aid of Messieur Romany, and excise the Americain crieu cut. Where wazz once ze fuzz, he transplant ze floughing locks noir of ze ‘andsome French homme. Zees locks, zey cover zee hole. Vive la France!”
And Ryan is being accuracy challenged again
I guess that explains romney’s French-style hairdo.
OK, au reservoir…
The Dems are god-fearing or afraid of being godless — they put god back in the platform
bunch of whimps — what happened to separation of church and state.
not too mention the whiff on Israel — must have been some serious polling produced
fun convention balloon history
http://earlyreturns.post-gazette.com/home/early-returns-posts/4739-perry-on-politics-balloon-drops
They could have a special f/x balloon drop for the viewing audience, or insert clips of previous balloon drops.
Only the most erudite of balloon drop afficienados would be able to tell the difference.
And, if you kept fake’s noose out of the event, no one will be the wiser. The $10 M!LL!ON savings could be applied to click & drag voting drives in NC and FL !
Xtra Bonus!
If Dems have a special f/x balloon drop, the bottom will fall out of the price of commie Chinese made balloons! Talk about a balloon drop !
I think the proper response to the ” are you better off blah blah blah question”
how much worse off would you be if Shrub-Romney were president
In one week we’ve gone from Martian rocks to Michelle Rocks!
http://craigcrawford.com/2012/09/05/michelle-rocks/#comment-296934
pogo…
I watched the MSNBC live feed from a site I got from Tonyb.
So I agree 100% with you on the First Lady’s Speech.
I have a question for you or anyone here that heard President Obama’s Speech at the DNC Convention. I have not yet heard it, but did hear it was a very powerful and good speech.
Do you think that Michele’s speech was better than her husbands from the convention?
Have a great evening.
Oops…..
I am talking about the Red State, Blue State Convention Speech.
Later……………………….
Just ran both speeches through a Flesch-Kincaid readability calculator,(the scale the article claimed to use) the first lady’s came in at the ninth grade level, Mrs. Romney’s came in at the eighth grade level.
As grade level is mostly determined by the number of syllables to words a quick look at the speeches pointed to the difference. Mrs. Romney’s was a speech about family and life. There was no need for long polysyllabic words. Mrs. Obama’s was more political and had many more multi syllable political boiler plate words.
So I believe that web article rates a “liar, liar, pants on fire” I personally would put the whole web site on my “total BS” list.
Lot of lies being passed around as truth in this campaign
Jack
xr, they could do a light show type projection of balloons (or for that matter dollar bills, cats and dogs) raining from the arena ceiling and erupting from the floor or off the tiers ala rock festival productions. cost a lot less and not leave such a mess afterward. billions and billions of computer generated images floating around, strobe lights, mesmerizing music… the whole place going nuts. and not a scrap of scraps to clean up the next morning.
fake balloon show is in keeping with the political times… no facts, no reality, less than human candidates. so why not virtual balloons?
Jack
I ran the entirety of both speeches through and it came out as 10 and 8. Not quite pants on fire, but stretched a bit. Still Michelle’s was a much more interesting speech.
Jack
Purely for curiosity, I had to check and ran a few of my blog articles through and they came up at 14. May just have to tone it down a bit.
Lilly Ledbetter -
If I ever go down in the North Atlantic, I want Lilly Ledbetter in my lifeboat.
By the way , Issac has looped near the Great Lakes, hooked, & turned South. There it laid 10″ of rain on Selma on Tuesday. It has now re-entered the Gulf of Mexico, just East of it’s 1st landfall. .
Jamie, I used calculate grade level by hand back when I was taking teacher training (mumble,mumble) years ago. we used a formula.
I googled and found this.
So basically
the more syllables per word and the longer the sentences the higher the grade level.
Wonder how a Churchhill speech would score, or Hemingway
Jack
Blue , I just forwarded your comments re mitt in dangerous
France because she had called me late that night outraged because her husband was a forward observer in viet nam when
mitt was terrified in france. I noted that, even worse, once mitt survived the hell of France, he was no longer in danger of being drafted, unlike members of any other religion. I’m so glad you picked up on this.
Winston Churchhill
Grade level 4
Hemingway -- A Farewell to Arms
Grade 11
Did several quotes a very consistent 11
Jack
Nothing like a good Churchill quote to cleans the mind of the pablum of the past couple of weeks.
btw Grade 10
Bill is great!!!
Jack
Have you tried Shakespeare? Clarity of thought, ability to communicate, and the poetry intrinsic in English are hard to measure.
I wrote technical manuals and we had to hold to an 8 or 9 to keep sailors from killing themselves.
Tried it. Hamlet’s soliloquy got a 15 but the witches cursing only got 10
LOL
Jamie, we are so easy to entertain.
Jack
I can’t imagine Craig’s next post… Clinton Nails It… Big Dawg Barks… Dems fetch… etc.
What a performance… this guy needs to infuse something into Obama’s upcoming performance.
CNN’s Blitzer said that it was, “perhaps the greatest speech Clinton has made.” I agree… he was hitting on all cylinders.
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