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8:24 PM – Nancy Pelosi is the least inspiring public speaker in the country.  Maybe her prompter was broken, but she fumbled her words, and even when she could get them out, she spoke them without conviction.  Even if she is a brilliant Speaker of the House behind the scenes–and I don’t think she is–whenever I see her on camera I instantly feel that she is part of the reason that Democratic Party is held in such disregard by so many people.  She seems feckless and artificial.

8:32 PM – Jimmy Carter is a great American, and the living president I most wish I could meet in person.

8:40 PM – Barack Obama’s sister doesn’t share his gift for inspiring rhetoric.

8:44 PM – Jesse Jackson, Jr. is a good speaker, and probably less crazy than his father.

9:30 PM – Ken Burns’ movie about Senator Kennedy was great.  It’s also good to see the senator feeling up to speechmaking.

9:35 PM – Kennedy is a titan.

10:50 PM – Mrs. Obama seems pretty freakin’ smart.

Filed under: Current Events, Politics on August 25th, 2008