Except for Willie Brown, the crew on MSNBC missed the point of Kerry’s delivery last night. He wasn’t talking to the true-believers in the Fleet Center, he was talking to the television audience, and the speech worked in that regard. Lengthy interruptions for applause, while loads of fun for convention-goers, would have destroyed the flow for television viewers.
Comment by John Cuccia — Friday, July 30, 2024 @ 1:34 pm
Actually, I disagree–by running over the applause lines and such he made it look as if there was insufficient energy in the room. Politicians liek Clinton, who know how to give a speech, know how to use the applause and such timing-wise to demonstrate the response he is getting from the crowd.
Heck, Edwards did a better job at delivery than did Kerry, and I thought Edwards was a bit flat.
I agree with Joe. The speech didn’t touch me at all.
The really laughable part of their analysis though, was that the speech was better than Clinton’s. You can say all you want about Clinton, but that man knows how to give a speech. John Kerry is no Bill Clinton.
As for the disrespect of Joe, the previous night when the discussion of how much faith and church means in the South, Joe was reiterating how important it is. Andrea Mitchell made a snide comment to stop talking about church. That is the whole point. The South is very steeped in the values of God and faith. You cannot separate it in political life. Like it or not, they are intertwined.
Except for Willie Brown, the crew on MSNBC missed the point of Kerry’s delivery last night. He wasn’t talking to the true-believers in the Fleet Center, he was talking to the television audience, and the speech worked in that regard. Lengthy interruptions for applause, while loads of fun for convention-goers, would have destroyed the flow for television viewers.
Comment by John Cuccia — Friday, July 30, 2024 @ 1:34 pm
Actually, I disagree–by running over the applause lines and such he made it look as if there was insufficient energy in the room. Politicians liek Clinton, who know how to give a speech, know how to use the applause and such timing-wise to demonstrate the response he is getting from the crowd.
Heck, Edwards did a better job at delivery than did Kerry, and I thought Edwards was a bit flat.
Comment by Steven Taylor — Friday, July 30, 2024 @ 1:42 pm
I agree with Joe. The speech didn’t touch me at all.
The really laughable part of their analysis though, was that the speech was better than Clinton’s. You can say all you want about Clinton, but that man knows how to give a speech. John Kerry is no Bill Clinton.
As for the disrespect of Joe, the previous night when the discussion of how much faith and church means in the South, Joe was reiterating how important it is. Andrea Mitchell made a snide comment to stop talking about church. That is the whole point. The South is very steeped in the values of God and faith. You cannot separate it in political life. Like it or not, they are intertwined.
Comment by kdeweb — Friday, July 30, 2024 @ 2:07 pm