Last night was Hillary and her “No Way. No How. No McCain.” speech. Now it’s Bill’s turn.
His introduction was mediocre, but his reception is amazing. The more he wanted to move on, the more the audience clapped. That lasted about three solid minutes. When he tried to start his speech, he yelled that it was an honor to be there, but the reception was too loud. He then took another minute or so to get the audience to settle.
Right off the bat, he states his support for Obama. If you heard some of the pundits early in the day on CNN, they thought Bill would be too proud to support Obama. The man may have an ego, but he still knows politics.
And part of knowing the politics is smoothly moving from saying he’s a warm up act for Biden to the hellofa campaign Hillary ran.
He then got another standing ovation for repeating that he supports Obama and that he wants Hill supporters to back Barack too.
Let’s face it Bill still has it. He can keep an audience riveted saying things we’ve already heard from others in a four-day convention. And darn it, he looks good doing it.
Recaps of his speech will be available in all of the usual places – LA Times, NY Times, CNN, WaPo, HuffPo. Take your pick, but also try to catch it on YouTube. Seeing is believing.
Highlights include Bill picking apart the GOP and saying “My fellow Americans, we can do better than that,” and following it up with “Barack Obama will do better than that.” He also ripped at McCain by poking holes in the GOP party platform and linking McCain to the platform and going with the same old policies that crippled our country in the last eight years.
Aside from his speech, which was not as amazing as Hillary’s, I love when the crowd is panned. You get to see what the director thinks are people that represent whatever issue the speaker is talking about. Take note at who’s drinking Bud Light, who’s reading a newspaper, and who’s scratching their nose semi-indiscreetly. Three things I saw within minutes of each other.
