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Al Sharpton
\n last night believed the only speech so far that could be classified as
\n a real
\n barn burner. The spontaneous cheers and delegate delirium far
\n exceeded that produced by Jimmy Carter, John Edwards, Teddy Kennedy and
\n even Bill and Hillary. He was also the only featured
\n speaker to date who deviated almost
\n completely
\n from
\n the
\n prepared
\n text
\n distributed
\n to
\n the
\n press in advance of his appearance.<\/p>\n
In a related vein we have noted that all of the prepared speeches we
\n have heard so far have a certain uniform blandness, as though they had
\n all been penned by the same lame hand trying to sound like many different
\n voices. Is it possible that all of these speeches are coming out
\n of one single office somewhere near the heart of the Democratic Party
\n Convention organization? And that Sharpton was the only Democrat
\n with enough guts to trash the prepared text and strike out on his own?<\/p>\n
If so, all we can say is that the Dems desperately need some new speech
\n writers. Just for the record, the Dowbrigade is available.<\/p>\n
article from the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Al Sharpton last night believed the only speech so far that could be classified as a real barn burner. The spontaneous cheers and delegate delirium far exceeded that produced by Jimmy Carter, John Edwards, Teddy Kennedy and even Bill and Hillary. … Continue reading