The Non-Obama Convention

Byrd Droppings ^ | August 27, 2008 | Lorie Byrd

[2ndDivisionVet]

If you missed Hillary's speech tonight, let me summarize it for you: Obama is the Democrat nominee so I will support him, since he is the Democrat and I am a Democrat. She also talked about her campaign and how her candidacy inspired women and little girls. She looked great and her video was great. She just didn't make the case for Obama. She didn't talk about how he is qualified to lead. She said his name plenty of times, but she really didn't talk about him. Tomorrow night Bill Clinton will speak. We all know what he will talk about, because it is all he ever talks about, and it ain't Obama. The other speaker tomorrow night will be Joe Biden. Biden is known for his love of the sound of his own voice so I expect he will be talking more about himself than Obama. Since tomorrow night is "national security" night at the convention, it would be hard to say much specific about Obama (considering his limited experience in that area), even if Biden wanted to. We may have to wait until the big Obama acceptance speech Thursday night before we hear a prime time argument for an Obama presidency beyond "Vote for him because he is the Democrat." With so much attention on stagecraft and being that the speech will take place in a huge venue outside the convention hall, I wonder if the case for Obama will be overshadowed by the theatrics. It is definitely a possibility.

Following the Hillary speech, Greta Van Susteren showed the McCain ad which includes video of Hillary criticizing Obama during the primary for having no experience and asked her guest Terry McAuliffe what experience Obama has now that he didn't have when Hillary made that statement in the spring. McAuliffe could not answer that one, in fact he repeatedly refused to answer it, beyond saying that is just the stuff you say during primaries. The exchange went on for a while with Greta even asking why should anyone believe what any politician says during a primary then. That McCain ad showing Hillary criticizing Obama for having no experience, after praising McCain for his experience, is devastating and the question Greta asked is one that should be asked of any Hillary supporter now looking at supporting Obama. "What is Senator Obama's experience that Senator Clinton said he didn't have last spring? What does he now have?"

Update: Flip Pidot is looking at the text of the Clinton speech that was released prior to delivery and noting the things Hillary didn't say.

Update II:At least Hillary used Obama's name this time.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat." ~Will Rogers

[shibumi]

I heard a pundit on the radio the other day (his name escapes me, but I think it was on the Dennis Miller show) say that the Democrat support for Obama is “...a mile wide, but only an inch deep.”

The tone of their convention would seem to bear that out.

The term “buyer’s remorse” comes to mind.

[shibumi]

.....and this comes to mind as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4

[anoldafvet]

“...a mile wide, but only an inch deep.”

That would make Obama the "Platte River" candidate.

[Heartland Mom]

Hillary make the obligatory show for “unity,” but she does not want BHO to win the presidency. That would force her to wait 8 years for another run at it herself. No, she wants McCain to win and also to have the DNC “owe” her for being a loyalist. Her speech was a campaign one - for herself in 4 years.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

What I took away as the main points of Hillary’s speech were:

1. I am Hillary and I wanted to become the first woman astronaut, but instead I became the first woman who ran for President.

2. I am Hillary and I am a mother but I will not say I am a wife.

3. I am Hillary and my daughter will be able to say that her mother was the first woman who ran for President.

4. I am Hillary and Barrack Obama agrees with all of the changes for America that I have fought for during my long career.

5. I am Hillary and by the way do vote for Obama.

[Sir Aldie]

I don’t think either Clinton did much for Barak Obama’s approval rating in America. I think now that the DNC is about to wrap itself up; we’re going to watch, in the next several weeks a Democratic Presidential Candidate begin to crumble under the pressure. Be prepared for a McCain win. The democrats spew of “More of the same thing” isn’t holding an ounce of water with the rest of the nation.