John Edwards gives one hell of a motivational speech at the Democratic National Convention
As a rule, i really dont enjoy watching the conventions. They always come off as pretty much what they are intended to be: A big crap filled extravaganza full of meaningless promises, the usual cheerleading, and mindless speeches about how the other team is leading us all to hell in a handbasket. But i think my opinion has changed a little bit after watching the Democratic National Convention the past two nights. Oh sure the focus has been on Teresa Heinz-Kerry after her infamous "shove it" comment the other day, and i did enjoy her speech. But there were others that made more of an impression on me as a centrist democrat. Barack Obama And Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards. I really think they both nailed it in their respective speeches. Obamas comments on the two americas really spoke to me. Senator Edwards speech was very well done, and didn't rely on the usual "pitbull" tactic that the VP nominee speech usually does by slamming the other guys, or as Dan Rather so deftly put it "Spreading the raw meat". It's refreshing to see a major political speech during the convention that speaks to the average joe, not the liberal factions or the conservatives. Just plain honest talk. It will be real interesting to see John Kerry's speech tomorrow!