Damn.

[saxikath]

Setting aside for just a moment all questions of politics or qualifications or anything else: Barack Obama has to be one of the best political orators we've produced in a long time.

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[navrins]

Yeah. He's good.

[davehogg.livejournal.com]

Bill Clinton on his best day was awfully good, but yeah, Obama is even in a class beyond that.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Isn't he good?

Of course, you could turn the sound off and just show his kids waving at him and still win votes. What a family.

[stevie-stever.livejournal.com]

The speech itself was rather conventional. The eloquence and charisma with which he delivered it were stunning.

[jeffholton.livejournal.com]

When last you and I had any meaningful discourse, I was a stark-raving conservative.

Had I not already seen the light and become a moderate, Obama would have done the trick.

As it is, he'll definitely have me voting for a Democrat ticket WITHOUT wanting to take a shower afterwards for the first time, ever.

Heck, after hearing Bill Clinton's speech, I might actually become a Democrat by registration.

(Now, Bill *Richardson*, on the other hand... What the heck was he thinking tonight??!?)

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

wow....

[jeffholton.livejournal.com]

What'd I say??

Didn't you ever do anything stupid when you were young? :)

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

The wow wasn't meant to reflect on your judgment (past or present) but rather on Obama's influence.

[jeffholton.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Yeah. I was just agreeing that he's a phenomenal orator amongst a group of people who were already pretty darned good to start with.

Except Bill Richardson. I'm still trying to sort out what I think of that one. Weird speech.