[finnman69]

For someone who makes his living as performing before an audience on television, Thompson was not impressive at all.

The best Thompson speech I ever saw was when he gave a rebuttal to a Clinton speech in 1994. He was presidential, likable, engaging and his voice was strong. I rememebr thinking this guy should run for president.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E0DD1438F935A25751C1A962958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/C/Clinton,%20Bill

We saw none of that tonight.

[festus]

I saw that speech too and had the same reaction you did to it.