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I actually heard someone say the other day, that they were voting for Obama because he is such a good speaker. People, perhaps many people, are voting for Obama because they like not necessarily what he has to say, but how he says it. Is this not frightening? Does it not concern you that this man could be elected because there are enough people who would vote for him based solely on his oratory? There is a difference between someone who speaks well, and someone who leads well, they are not indicators of the other, they do not lead to...

Does anyone know where I can see Pelosi's "offensive to republicans" speech from yesterday?

See the speech that proceeded the bailout vote here: http://www.breitbart.tv/html/184803.html

The speech George W. Bush might give: . . . I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office. The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people. I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are...

Please copy, paste, and circulate this press release from the Governor of Missouri. Note the Web domain of the press release, governor.mo.gov. This is not "someone's blog," a "rumor," or a "smear." It is the official Web site of Missouri's state government. The Governor of Missouri says openly that Barack Obama conspired to misuse his state's law enforcement resources to "threaten and intimidate his critics."We cannot overemphasize the gravity of Governor Blunt's accusation. While we are not attorneys and cannot give legal advice, "Conspiracy against rights" is a felony under the U.S. Code, Title 18 (Crimes). At present, Governor Blunt's...

Why Americans are more tolerant Canadians often consider themselves to be more tolerant than their "backwards" neighbours to the south. But is this simply a myth? - Pete Vere America taught me the hard way to value freedom of speech. Even speech that is hateful and abhorrent, provided it does not incite violence, should be allowed in free and open democracy. Like every other Canadian who grew up during the 1980's and 90's, my concept of ‘freedom of expression’ was vague. It was something contained in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Yet I was taught to subject this freedom...

So I posted a reply critical of this video on you tube. Warning, profanity. If you look at the profile of creator of the video, he states the following: heartofdrakn is back from censorship!!!...... YouTube was our last refuge for truth and free speech, the powers that be want to shut us down. Free speech is not a privilege...FREE SPEECH IS A (censored) RIGHT!!! Odd then he would reply to me thusly: Hey (censored) clown, I have three university degrees and 20 years of research in History and the Media. So please, you little pathetic remarks, keep them to yourself...

Let me offer a little advance warning to the big-spending, greedy, do-nothing, me-first, country-second crowd in Washington and on Wall Street. Change is coming! Change is coming on November the 4th of 2008! Now my friends, I've got to give you some straight talk. And I know you want it, and you deserve it. We need reform in Washington and on Wall Street. The financial markets are in crisis. Times are tough. I know that the events unfolding can be difficult to understand for many Americans. The dominoes that we have seen fall this week began with the corruption and...

President, there is some hope in the distance. Not in The Hague. Not in this building. But in the streets, neighborhoods, villages and cities of the Netherlands. There grows the cry for change. That is what the Party for Freedom stands up for. Denounced in this building, scoffed at by the state broadcasters, spit on by the leftist subsidy slurpers, discredited by the fat and crammed-full left-liberal canal-zone [Amsterdam] elite. But supported by the other Netherlands, that of the ordinary people. The people who do not get everything for nothing. People who desire nothing more than the preservation of their...

Watch the video... "It must be designed. Uh It must not be designed. The recklessness of some of these executives has.. has uh helped to cause this mess. Even as they walked away with billion dollar.. uh multi-million dollar golden parachutes.. uh while taxpayers are left holding the bag. Those who benefit are uh.. uh expected to contribute. CEO's and Executives got reckless. uh lobbyists got what they wanted. How to modernize our system. Brueprint.. uh.. Blueprint. The answer is no.. uhhh. He.. He.. Here's how. Do higher taxes make sense at this time? Alright.. uh uh good question. it.....

Joe Biden recently opened his mouth, showed us those pearly whites, and said the following, apparently with a straight face. Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. . . . Noting that wealthier Americans would indeed pay more, Biden said: "It's time to be patriotic ... time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut." Real patriotic, that. Wasting no time, the hockey mom, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, skated over center ice, and drove...

Anyone just catch CNN's Lou Dobbs grilling the female reporter who was covering a Palin speech? Just got a call from someone who watched it who told me: "She snidely was talking about Palin using a prepared speech and teleprompter when Dobbs broke in and asked, "Does Obama still use a teleprompter?" "Does Obama write his own speeches?" She was like a deer in the headlights! She started talking about how she answered no questions and then Dobbs asked "how many questions did Obama answer after his speech today?" She had to ask her producer (on live TV-LOL) and then...

Obama interview: How does it feel to break a glass ceiling? How does it feel to “win”? How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling? Who will be your VP? Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP? Will you accept public finance? What issues is your campaign about? Will you visit Iraq? Will you debate McCain at a town hall? What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech? Palin interview: Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders? Aren’t you conceited to be...

WATCH Those campaigns signs you see everywhere are causing a little controversy. State Rep. Rob Schaaf cut off part of his own campaign sign. This comes after the city told the St. Joseph Republican the size of his signs violated city ordinance. Signs in residential areas can be no larger than 12 square feet. The 28th District candidate thinks the ordinance violates his freedom of speech. He felt he made that point by chopping his signs down to size. "During the primary and in previous elections I've seen four by eights all over the place," said Schaaf. "I can't...

The link will take you to the C-Span page. Under "Latest Videos," you'll see Palin's speech at the top of the list. You must have RealPlayer to watch it.

OK, I'm a conservative who is very excited about Sarah Palin. But, I have noticed over the past couple of days that Gov. Palin keeps using the EXACT same lines and phrases on the campaign trail that she used so effectively in her convention speech last week. This is not good. It is making her seem like a one-trick pony and it WILL be noticed by all very soon if she doesn't change up her rhetoric or at least preface such convention quotes with something like "as I have stated before..."

Marilyn Wright's "Fire Bill and Hillary," posted at my.barackobama.com on January 21 2008 and online as of September 8, 2008, expresses a wish for Bill and Hillary Clinton to be "lynched" and "shot." It also wishes that Bill Clinton would die from a heart attack, and it refers to him as "white trash." This hate speech is "Paid for by Obama for America."...Here is what Marilyn Wright has to say about the Clintons (Google cache in case it "disappears" now that it is becoming an Internet-wide scandal). We believe (not legal advice) that this falls short of being reportable to...

Obama's stump speech plays to fears, hopesSunday, September 7, 2008 By CHARLES BABINGTON DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- As Barack Obama paces before 15,000 people with a hand-held microphone, it's easy to assume his 30-minute talk is more or less a free-associating string of talking points and applause lines. In fact, it's a carefully organized four-part argument. Obama delivers it without notes or changes from week to week. A campaign centerpiece for 19 months, the full-blown stump speech probably has done more than anything to rocket him to fame and to a lead over Republican John McCain in some national polls....

LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, beating the record set last week by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported. Obama had an average 38.4 million viewers watching his speech accepting the nomination for his party last week. McCain's tally also was higher than the 37.2 million Americans who tuned in to hear Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech on Wednesday.

By all reports, John McCain isn’t much of an orator. But one wouldn’t know it from his impressive acceptance speech yesterday at the Republican National Convention. Part personal story, part policy blueprint, the speech, ably delivered by McCain, also was a stirring call to national service. Its greatest virtue, however, was its stark delineation of the differences between Sen. McCain and Barack Obama. Even more than McCain’s rallying cry to “fight with me,” the speech may be remembered as a study in contrasts. In his remarks, McCain had kind words for his Democratic opponent.

Poll asks what people think of Palin's speech -- "not so good" is running ahead, so Freep away!

http://www.cnn.com/ 48 bad 34 good Only 3000 votes so far

More held as convention protests continueTally grows to 315, expected to rise Gary Emerling Thursday, September 4, 2008 ST. PAUL, Minn. | Another day brought another series of protests during the Republican National Convention, as law enforcement officials remained on guard in a week filled with violent activity. National Guardsmen in full riot gear took up posts around the Xcel Energy Center following two days of protests that saw hundreds arrested, traffic disrupted and tear gas in the streets. Officials said 315 people had been arrested as of Wednesday evening, up from 280 on Monday. Secret Service spokesman Darrin Blackford...

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters. That audience rivaled the one for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama last week. Nielsen Media Research estimated 37.2 million people watched Palin on either ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC. PBS estimated it had four million viewers for the speech. Last week Obama had 38.4 million viewers on the commercial networks, topping 40 million with PBS and C-SPAN added in.

Couple of good graphics and some Hill-Dem reactions.

She is exceptional

Tonight's NFL opener between the Giants and Redskins is certainly unfortunate for McCain's speech. Plus the game is on NBC so you lose one of the big 4 networks. The Media will go out and say that B.O. got 30,000,000 viewers but he didn't have to go against the NFL and didn't have one network short carrying speech. Plus, the game tonight features the New York Giants, the largest market team in the NFL who also are the defending Super Bowl champions.

Subtle cues in Palin's speech speak volumesBy Christopher CookSarah Palin is about to transform American politics. Last night's speech was unbelievably good. I've heard it said—by at least on person who was physically there for both—that it was the best convention speech since 1980. It's made even more impressive because, apparently, she delivered a good part of it from memory after the teleprompter broke. Wow. Barack Obama couldn't do that if his candidacy depended on it.Like everyone who isn't already suffused with irrational hatred of the woman, I sat enraptured by an amazingly impressive speech. And one word kept floating...

Transcript of Michael Steele RNC speech Good evening. As we gather at this moment, many of our friends, families and neighbors have felt the devastating effects of Hurricane Gustav. Our hearts and prayers are with them at this hour. Times such as this remind us that we are each called to respond to a cause greater than our own self-interest. They speak to a truth about America: that when things are tough and the skies are filled with stormy clouds, we turn to each other for comfort, support and leadership. As mothers and fathers, families and communities begin the difficult...

Video link to Rudy Giuliani RNC speech Due to Rudy's adlibbing, posting the transcript of his speech doesn't do it justice.

"The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick." --Sarah Palin, RNC Speech In a speech full of memorable one-liners and highlights, we picked what we thought were the top 25 quotes from Sarah Palin's RNC speech in Minneapolis, MN. ALSO at DBKP: Video: Sarah Palin's Speech at Minneapolis, MN* A writer observed: "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty, sincerity, and dignity." I know just the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry Truman. I grew up with those people. They are the ones who do some of the...

The scene was stunning. What appeared to be handwritten signs bearing the phrase “Palin Power” multiplied throughout the Xcel Energy Center as the moment of the acceptance speech finally arrived. First came the warm ups from Senator McCain’s former rivals, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuiliani. Then “Palin Power” became the appropriate slogan for the evening as Governor Sarah Palin lit up the house with her confidence, moved hearts with the warm appeal of her very real and photogenic family and roused the ground troops of the revived Republican Party with a well delivered, substantive and electrifying speech. This...

The scene was stunning. What appeared to be handwritten signs bearing the phrase “Palin Power” multiplied throughout the Xcel Energy Center as the moment of the acceptance speech finally arrived. First came the warm ups from Senator McCain’s former rivals, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuiliani. Then “Palin Power” became the appropriate slogan for the evening as Governor Sarah Palin lit up the house with her confidence, moved hearts with the warm appeal of her very real and photogenic family and roused the ground troops of the revived Republican Party with a well delivered, substantive and electrifying speech. This...

Twenty years after Ronald Reagan left office, Republicans who have long missed him may have found a future Margaret Thatcher. If John McCain wins, conservatives may find one of the most enduring accomplishments of his term will have been what he did before it started: helping to fill the Republican Party's future talent bench with such a fresh and compelling figure. Sarah Palin is a conviction politician, a naturally compelling speaker and someone who can relate to her audience on very human terms. America has just learned why Mrs. Palin enjoys the highest approval ratings of any governor in America.

Halfway through Sarah Palin's speech tonight at the RNC, people following the speech noticed she was deviating from the prepared text. According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks. As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Governor Palin was in the speech. The malfunction also occurred during Rudy Giuliani's speech, explaining his significant deviations from his speech. Unfazed, Governor Palin continued, from memory, to deliver her speech without the teleprompter cued to the appropriate point in her speech. Contrast this to Barack Obama who, when...

I put my favorite parts in bold. SARAH PALIN: Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens, I will be honored to accept your nomination for vice president of the United States. (APPLAUSE) I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America. And I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country. And I accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much harder missions, and met far graver challenges, and knows how tough fights are won, the next president...

I’m told by a McCain aide that the teleprompter operator mistakenly rolled through the applause lines throughout the speech. So he rolled over the first two lines of the next paragraph after applause. But she was unfazed by it.

This is the text and video. The video is running slow at the time of this post. I think that cspan is bogged down. I will change it if they post it to you tube. This was one of the best political speeches I've ever seen. This woman attacked the dems over and over, and did so without stretching the truth even slightly. She will make a GREAT VP.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin cast herself as an outsider and took a swipe at Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday in what was the most anticipated speech of the Republican National Convention. She pledged that as John McCain's running mate, she wanted to go to Washington not to seek the media's approval but "to serve the people of this country." Depicting herself as "just your average hockey mom," Palin described her political career as mayor of her small town before her election as governor.

Didn't see this posted. He made an informative speech .....

Let's keep Sarah Palin in our prayers.

Remarks as prepared for delivery to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday by former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.

August 31, 2008 DNC Filled With the Same Faces & Ideas By David Broder DENVER -- The Democrats had themselves a successful convention -- at the price of appearing quite conventional. The delegates left here happy and enthused, believing that the divisive nomination fight was finally behind them. But their star, Barack Obama, on the climactic night of the conclave, gave an acceptance speech that was no match for the keynote address he delivered at the 2004 convention in Boston. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, introducing his colleague again here, said that first one "changed politics in America." That is...

I overheard some Obama supporters Friday talking about Obama's speech. They were saying that Obama's speech had a lot of "subliminal" messages in it and that he was "channeling". I don't think they were referring to communicating with dead folk, but rather to supposed hidden messages to the black people in the country. Any idea what they were referring to?

WHATEVER ONE’S VIEW of Barack Obama, it’s hard to disagree with the New York Times when it calls his party nomination for the presidency, capped off yesterday with an elaborately staged acceptance speech in Denver’s Invesco field, a “remarkable achievement in what has been a remarkable ascendance.” But the trouble with the Obama campaign has always been the gulf between the truly inspiring story of the candidate and the thoroughly conventional substance of his politics, which remains the stuff of left-liberal orthodoxy. For all the pomp and circumstance of Obama’s mile-high moment, that gulf endures.

My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year’s “American Idol.” One path before us leads to the past, and the extinction of the human race. The other path leads to the future, when we will all be dead. We must choose wisely.

Transcript Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech Published: August 28, 2008 The following is the transcript of Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions.

http://www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress/?p=1011 The above site has the pictures that document the angry speech. I don’t know what Barack Obama and his speechwriters were smoking but this speech is a disaster. The entire Democratic Convention had no theme and did not attack John McCain enough. This speech is boring, angry, whiny, lecturing, and full of very little specifics. I don’t know who told the Obama’s not to smile but Michelle and Barack are not smiling enough. Barack is coming off as an angry, arrogant, and pretentious candidate. Oh and he just brought out the “recruiting an army of teachers, and paying...

With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. . Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest – a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours -- Hillary Rodham Clinton. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden,...

"When Barack Obama's record meets his rhetoric, it explodes into a firey ball of hypocrisy."