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Journalists praise Obama rhetoric
Buenos Aires News.Net
Friday 29th August, 2008
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday night, has proved that he has his foot firmly planted on the ground, and has successfully connected with the American people, a senior television journalist has said.
Vaughn Ververs, a senior political editor with the website CBSNEWS.com, said in an article for the network that Obama's speech has raised "expectations to heights that not even the Colorado altitude could match."
He said that the prospective presidential candidate brought the night back down to ground level in a direct attempt to connect with the concerns of everyday Americans.
Ververs alos said that the Democratic convention in Denver was designed to introduce voters to a candidate many still remain unsure of; to create a stark contrast with John McCain; to heal divisions within his own party; and to convince a bulk of undecided or wavering voters that his concerns are no different from theirs.
"With his speech tonight, Obama succeeded in wrapping all those goals up in a neat and effective package," Ververs said, adding that it wasn't an easy task for a man speaking from a raised platform among a sea of adoring delegates.
Despite marking the 45th anniversary of the march on Washington and Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech, and despite standing on a stage flanked with Roman columns, Obama brought down his candidacy down to ground level.
"Mixing criticism of McCain with his own specific proposals, the speech was much more like something you would hear at most any campaign stop and less like what you would encounter in a history book," Ververs said.
Unlike any candidate in modern history, Obama has created his own mythos, wrapped up in the greatest and most shining examples from the nation's past. He sought to dispel the notion that he was a celebrity political upstart by saying, "I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. It's been about you."
Obama shed those ethereal connections for policy and down to earth political pronouncements. Talking about health care, education, taxes, energy and parental responsibility, among other topics, the candidate hit on the topics voters say they are most concerned about. And when it came time to respond to the charge that he's not prepared to be commander in chief, Obama issued a familiar, if yet unfulfilled, challenge.
Ververs believes that there is plenty in the speech for Republicans to pick apart at their convention in St. Paul next week, but adds that they will be hard-pressed to match the intensity, the specificity and the effectiveness of Obama in Denver.
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;) Midnight
08-29-08, 03:29 PM |
Journalists praise Obama rhetoric
And Sarah has been chosen by The Hawk McCain. Still my favorite, I think they can win. Only with this turn, this time around they have plenty to watch overseas lets hope he turns her lose to watch home while keeping her up on everything foreign.
Pretty cool, uh huh. It’s not over yet.
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Anonymous
08-29-08, 10:16 PM |
Change,will it be for real? A more peaceful world?
Talking is easy and cheap. Walking the talk is the thing. Let’s see how Obama is going to do all those things he talk about and whether he’s able to do it. I am all for Obama though rather than that silver haired oldie, subservient to oil and Co. Should give Obama a chance at saving the environment and an America who will care for their citizens first instead of creating conflicts everywhere for oil and power.
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Gorenpisang
08-29-08, 06:29 PM |
You think we are all dumb?
Journalist praising journalists praising Obama. Are journalists now the know all propaganda machine? Are they creating a journalistic complex to make everybody accept everything they say?
There is always a good and evil side to anything. Even almighty god created good and evil.
Trenching an abundance of compliments on Obama by the media as if he is flawless, is an indication Journalism has hit a dead end street.
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Anonymous
08-30-08, 03:20 AM |
obama: dreams flags and pom poms
Unregistered;99865:
Talking is easy and cheap. Walking the talk is the thing. Let’s see how Obama is going to do all those things he talk about and whether he’s able to do it. I am all for Obama though rather than that silver haired oldie, subservient to oil and Co. Should give Obama a chance at saving the environment and an America who will care for their citizens first instead of creating conflicts everywhere for oil and power.
Saving america with rhetorical dreams !
blame all the oil wars on Obama evil/evil /evil .
journalist the cheer leaders at the nuremburg rally wave their pom poms and say how clever he is!
Bush plan for smoking obama out of his cave hasnt worked ,obama promises to go right into the cave itself.journalists cheer.pom pom and flags wave.
Next Obama will promise to take the war into subteranean hell itself against the devil.evil/evil/evil.
journalist will cheer thats their job.americans lap it all up.
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