Comments on: Speech Critiques – Obama, Democratic Convention 2008

By: Alvan Robinson

Alvan Robinson — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:43:20 +0000

very great site i will being doing my comm 101 project paper on these.

By: 365words

365words — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:55:18 +0000

I watched all these speeches and was impressed by both the skill and the warmth of the speakers. I was impressed that even though they used the teleprompter, it did not interfere with their connection to the audience. If Hillary had been that good during the campaign she might have won, but I think Obama’s thinking and rhetorical skills clinched it. Also, he exudes a decency that is hard to fake, I think.

By: Pointed & Impassioned » Overview of critiques of the Democratic Convention speeches

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:15:01 +0000

[...] Minutes has a great summary of the Democratic Convention speeches – videos of the main players and quotes from various critics were looking at the technical aspects [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:44:55 +0000

Hi.

Even on this side of the pond this convention has drawn attention. (In fact I’ve blogged about it.) I have to admit that brilliant though Obama’s presentation was I was ever so slightly disappointed. I was really, really hoping for something absolutely magical and it didn’t *quite* make it. It was brilliant, just not magical.

By magical, what I mean is that it didn’t contain a knock-out, killer phrase. Something like “I have a dream”