Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Speechification: Politics Unusual

So here we are in the midst of the 2008 election season. To date, the best speech I've seen is the unfortunately un-focused on diatribe given by Dennis Kucinich (Ohio's favorite leprechaun) at the DNC.



In terms of rhetoric, I thought it was beautifully written. "Borrowed money to bomb bridges in Afghanistan and Iraq. No money to rebuild bridges in America." Boom goes the dynamite. Hope you had fun as a potential VP Pawlenty. That's where you lost it and McCain decided to go with everyone's favorite hockey mom slash diplomat.

But then someone came along and did it in a different way, and while it might not have been better, it was definitely different and intriguing. A beautiful mix of the freak out videos of the 60's with the ability of technology to quickly allow anyone with a computer to make a statement within minutes.

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