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July 30, 2004
Kerry Speech
Well I was wrong, Kerry I thought did a great job. There were some really great positionings in this. Taking the high road was smart.
The highlights in my point of view were from the Kerry speech:
- Who Am I? The use of his birth, his mother and also the bike ride in Berlin. Wow, those are great images. And of course the imagery of the Vietnam War and having served.
- Bringing together. Thought he did a great job with the idea that patriotism and he is big on security. Amazing thing was that this evened the values and nationalism arguments. Could have been done by a moderate Republican which should have been the idea.
- Optimism. That was great jujitsu on the optimism and being the attack on the possible. And the very clever appeal on Bush to run a open campaign.
- Iraq. I thought he did an incredibly good job on this issue and saying the war is the last resort and the empathy with the guy carrying an M-16 wondering what was around the corner.
Some great excerpts:
We can do better and we will. We're the optimists. For us, this is a country of the future. We're the can do people. And let's not forget what we did in the 1990s. We balanced the budget. We paid down the debt. We created 23 million new jobs. We lifted millions out of poverty and we lifted the standard of living for the middle class. We just need to believe in ourselves -- and we can do it again.
I defended this country as a young man and I will defend it as President. Let there be no mistake: I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. I will never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security. And I will build a stronger American military._For four years, we've heard a lot of talk about values. But values spoken without actions taken are just slogans. Values are not just words. They're what we live by. They're about the causes we champion and the people we fight for. And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.
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BTW for those you wondering, right now you can see the live speech by
Podium Videos - Tuesday - 2004 Democratic National Convention Official Site.
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July 29, 2004
Barack Obama's Speech
USATODAY.com - Barack Obama's remarks at the Democratic convention. An amazingly impressive speech by all. Here's the original text.
It is sad that even with hundreds of millions spent, there really isn't a simple slogan and explanation for Kerry. Maybe it will come out tonight.
If I were him, I'd be shameless and steal from the best quote so far. Very hard for politicans (or marketing people for that matter alike) to do that I know. One of the hardest things to do is to just copy what is good.
Kerry apparently is spending 30 minutes a day working on his speech. To me, not a great sign, kind of thing is hard to get right and you need professionals to help you. Having given presentations, I can tell you that for the average person it doesn't come naturally and it is really hard, but super worthwhile to get critiqued and honest feedback.
So here's my vote on slogan:
Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America — there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America.
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