Posted by
Locutisprime on Thursday, August 28, 2008 6:14:55 PM
I missed getting to watch the speech live tonight, as I had a prior
commitment. But since getting home, I have reviewed the youtube video
of the entire speech. And I will watch the rebroadcast later on cable.
And
from everything that I have watched and heard, he was everything that I
said he would be and more for the democrats. He not only hasn't lost
it, he has polished it to perfection. And regardless of what you think
of the man, he still has the ability to deliver the raw meat and
inspiration to the party faithful that he always had. It is really a
shame, that the constitution prohibits him from being the VP. If it
did, this election would be over.
But as I have said before this
speech and leading up to this speech, Bill Clinton would present the
subliminals and the logic bombs once he had his opportunity on the
stage at the DNC in Denver. And he did that tonight.
For those interested, this is the
LINK to the entire speech. It's the one that I watched when I got home tonight after it was posted.
24
minutes and 47 seconds, from the time he walked on the stage until he
walked off, but only about a 20 minute speech in actuality. After a
three minute ovation, at 3.50 in the tape he states that he is here to
be warm up the crowd for Joe Biden. After which he goes on to add, "I
loves Joe Biden and America will too."
IMO, that was a
purposeful logic bomb. He didn't say that he loved Barack Obama, or
that he was there as the all star patriarch of the party to warm up the
crowd for tomorrow night's appearance of Barack Obama. The remark was
made jokingly as always, but there was a message behind the message.
Then
comes the first subliminal. At 5.10 in the speech, he states that he is
"not so greatful to speak in the wake of Hillary's magnificent speech
last night......but I'll...do the best I can" and he immediately places
his tongue in cheek noticeably and smirks at 5.23 at the end of that
remark.
That is classic Clinton and that was and is one of his
classic ways of conveying what he really thinks about what he has just
said. (translation: "yeah, she's good, but watch this.")
And
once again at 17.40 into the speech, he begins to note John McCain."The
republicans in a few days, will nominate a good man....who has served
our country heroically......and who suffered terribly, in a Vietnamese
prison camp. He loves his country, every bit as much as we do." And
once again at 17.53 into the speech and immediately having made that
remark, we see the tongue once again slide to the cheek and the smirk
cross his lips. (translation: "Loves his country as much as we do? Like
hell he does").
And once again 18 minutes into the speech, as he
continues his attack on John McCain, as he makes the analogy that
McCain "still embraces the extreme philosophy that has defined his
party, for more than twenty five years." comes the next subliminal of
tongue in cheek and smirk. "and to be fair to all the Americans who
aren't as hard core democrats as we" and there it is again at 18/20 in
the speech. Again we see the tongue slide in cheek and the Clinton
smirk. (translation: "Like hell I will be fair. They know they made a
mistake by not choosing us. We are the democratic party")
Bill
Clinton knows how to work a room and he knows how to work a partisan
crowd, but more importantly, he is like the Cheshire Cat. He can't not
let you know what he thinks on any issue. Even when he is purposely
saying all the expected things and performing the function that he is
supposedly there for. Oratory and subtlety of verse and inflection are
his stock and trade. But included in that speaking persona are always
his coy presentations and his purposefully non coy visual communication
skills.
He knew precisely what he was there to do tonight and he
knows that there is no one who can do it better. But he was going to
get his subtle jibes in. His vanity and his anger could not prevent
that after how he and Hillary were treated by those democrats all
across America and in the party, "who aren't as hard core as we are."
I
actually expected him to make direct reference to his betrayal by the
party and the people during the primaries while making his speech
tonight. But I guess that was even too tall of an order for the wizard
of Hope to confront directly. But he certainly made his point, when he
made the remark "and to be fair to all the Americans who aren't as hard
core democrats as we" and immediately slid that tongue over so that
everyone paying attention would know his real sentiments on the issue.
I
did get to watch live Joe Biden's speech that followed. And all I can
say, is that once again a Clinton had sucked all the air out of the
room by the time old Joe took the stage. And on top of that, to follow
the ultimate party attack dog, when it is Biden's now nominated and
accepted mantle to be the party attack dog for Obama? Well IMO, poor
Joe looked visibly unsettled having to follow the main act.