[Bill,
August 27, 2008]
Bubba
Man, Bubba can give a speech, can't he? In terms of presence and communication skills, he really is head and shoulders any recent candidate since. Plus, he actually knows how to organize his thoughts. That was the clearest message I've seen a Democrat make since ... oh, Bill Clinton was president.
Not that I believed a word of it. Well, that's not true. On the economic stuff (NOT the class warfare stuff), ole Bill's right. The Dems, with Newt's Republican Congress, did a far greater job managing the economy and the federal budget. And then the two of them got into a big fight and impeachment ... a dumb, politically destructive move that hurt both parties badly.
On the foreign policy, well ... no. Global warming, uh no. In fact, foreign leaders are coming around to Dubya's point of view, from Sarkozy to Merkel, etc.
Too bad the Dems can't nominate Bubba again.
I wouldn't be surprised if Barack gets a poll bump from this speech. Seriously. The Dems were dead and Bubba may have pulled their ass out of the fire. At least until Biden speaks :)
Not that I believed a word of it. Well, that's not true. On the economic stuff (NOT the class warfare stuff), ole Bill's right. The Dems, with Newt's Republican Congress, did a far greater job managing the economy and the federal budget. And then the two of them got into a big fight and impeachment ... a dumb, politically destructive move that hurt both parties badly.
On the foreign policy, well ... no. Global warming, uh no. In fact, foreign leaders are coming around to Dubya's point of view, from Sarkozy to Merkel, etc.
Too bad the Dems can't nominate Bubba again.
I wouldn't be surprised if Barack gets a poll bump from this speech. Seriously. The Dems were dead and Bubba may have pulled their ass out of the fire. At least until Biden speaks :)