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July 28, 2016 07:02 PM UTC
16 Comments
I liked what she said about investing in infrastructure and clean energy jobs. As you know, I'm a skeptic and yet to be convinced to jump on the Hillary train. I'll have to see the walk, not just hear the talk, especially when the most progressive positions are very recently adopted.
And no, you really don't need to remind me that there is an election to win first, and a conman to crush.
It was a very wonky speech, but I like that. She definitely is not an orator like Obama, but people seemed to be connecting with her anyway.
Who the hell thought it would be a great idea to do a fireworks display in the hall after HRC's speech? Slightly over the top, ya think?
It doesn't matter if you're thrilled. You said you would register voters, which is the lord's work. And that in the end you would vote for her.
And that will do it.
Leave the enthusiasm for those who love her. History is made by those who show up.
At West Point we had a simple motto: Duty Honor Country.
In this election, that means voting for Hillary Clinton.
Having fun doing it is just a bonus. But a truly sweet one for those of us who've walked this long and troubled journey to reach the cusp of history.
Agree
Time has treated Hillary well. It's softened her face and her voice, and perhaps given her the opportunity to step it back just one notch. This convention was about love and caring and service, and she was able IMHO to convey that. She might not be the orator that some other recent presidents have been, but she came across plenty good enough for me tonight.
Clinton can't compete with Obama as an orator extraordinaire but she might be able to do some things that he couldn't. She might be able to break the gridlock with a mighty victory and carry forward progressive programs that weren't possible during his presidency. I loved the image he used of passing her the baton. Highly emotional and highly accurate. They looked great standing together.
Clinton is not a natural orator. Nor has she and her team invested the effort to allow her to effortlessly handle a scripted speech on a teleprompter. [During the past week, she spoke the word "SIGH" rather than doing it.]
My sense is two improvements occurred since 2008.
* She appears to have relaxed a bit. Her voice isn't as tight and straining. She has more variation in pitch and volume.
* Her content lets more of her feelings through. I've heard her speak of her mother and father before – but last night left me with more of a sense of the emotional tone of the household.
The fireworks raining down at the conclusion of the speech was a bad piece of stagecraft, I thought. I don't have an alternate imagery in mind, but would have searched for something that showed people coming together, building, helping, and being happy.
I liked her connecting Democrats to FDR with a reminder about what really dark days are and how Americans to faced them. She also connected the Democratic Party with the blue collar worker and their struggles for a decent job with a decent wage.
So I'm looking through Google News tonight, and I see "Is Wall Street Ready for Clinton Yet?" and the article notes that she might not be great for the still-weak oil industry.
If you gave me a million dollars and asked me to choose whether to invest it in coal or oil, I'd suggest that the wiser financial decision would be to have the money buried on my property with a big huge sign telling anyone who passed by that it was there. Coal and oil will likely never recover. Like the buggy industry after the advent of the automobile, they'll remain viable as niche producers, but they will never regain prominence. We need to stop pretending that we need to prop them up, and start believing that we need to spend money to transition the economy and the workers instead.
Is Wall Street ready yet for Sheikh Yamani circa 2000 . . .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1344832/Sheikh-Yamani-predicts-price-crash-as-age-of-oil-ends.html
neither…coal and oil and natural gas made the industrial revolution possible. It enabled us to get to the 21st century. The developing world is not doing so the same way we did. The next century belongs to the economies that grow with an energy regime that utilizes endless, cost free fuel.
The 21st century should be the century the human race leaves carbon based fuel in the dustbin of history.
One really minor problem with your vision, Duke. Somehow, I can't imagine the old steamers on the Durango & Silverton; the Cumbres & Toltec; the Georgetown Loop; running on anything but coal. Just wouldn't be the same.
Of course. There will always be uses, both traditional and modern, for carbon based fossil substances like coal. But we simply must stop using them to power vehicles., homes, and industry, as the basis of our energy economy.
Along with buggy whips and whale oil lamps, fossil fuel uses will always be with us. We just have to stop using them up so rapidly and inappropriately.
"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons."
It's a little long for a bumper sticker, but it sums up the race nicely.
"Honk if you Want Tweeter's Stubby Fingers on the Bomb???"
Hillary Clinton Holds Infant Grandson Upside Down By Ankle In Front Of Convention Crowd
" holding her infant grandson, Aidan, upside down by his ankle and firmly intoning the word “Family” in front of the assembled crowd."
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Sure to be re-tweeted by Trump as a true story. Then picked up by Fox.